With three days to go until the world premiere of Minions & Monsters at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Universal's Illumination has released an extended trailer for the movie. The latest adventure of the mischievous army of yellow underlings first introduced in 2010 breakout De…

Programming from France’s TF1 will be available on Netflix from tomorrow, June 19, marking the start of a watershed deal between a U.S. streamer and one of Europe's biggest commercial broadcasters. French TV giant TF1 and Netflix announced the deal a year ago, touting a "first-of-its-kind…

Today marks the first anniversary of Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters release, and the streamer said today that the animated flick has spent every week since then on its top 10 most-watched list.  The streamer said the film has clocked 600M views since its debut and hit the top 10 in all 93…

Disney has picked up the animated adaptation of Coolabi's global phenomenon Warrior Cats. Warrior Cats is based on Erin Hunter’s feline book series that follows the adventures and drama of multiple clans of feral cats. Created and showran by AC Bradley, the series will drop in 2028 on both…

EXCLUSIVE: OTT company Future Today has unveiled a suite of creator and agency partnerships for its ad-supported streamers Fawesome and HappyKids. Future Today’s plan to turn creator content into broadcast-quality video on its AVOD and FAST channels has seen it quietly strike and expand on deals…

EXCLUSIVE: Sydney Agudong (Lilo & Stitch), Henry Ian Cusick (Lost), Mahina Napoleon (The Walking Dead: Dead City), and Tori Anderson (NCIS: Hawai’i) are among leading cast in Hawai'i-set adventure comedy The Tourist Curse. Also starring are Ta'imua, Kimee Balmilero, Jason Antoon, Mele'iwa Silva…

EXCLUSIVE: The Piccolo America Foundation’s 12th edition of Il Cinema in Piazza has set game designer Hideo Kojima, Nicolas Winding Refn, Gaspar Noé, and Dario Argento for a marathon of screenings and conversations from July 4-6 billed “Five Carte Blanche Challenges – a New Project by Il Cinema in…

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian distributor VVS Films has promoted Claire Peace-McConnell to the newly created role of Vice President, Theatrical Distribution. In the position, she will help lead the company's theatrical distribution strategy across sales, PR, and exhibitor marketing. She will continue to…

U.S. director Richard Linklater will be feted with a Career Achievement Award at the Zurich Film Festival this fall. The festival said it was honoring Linklater as one of the most influential auteur filmmakers of American independent cinema, highlighting his Before trilogy and Oscar-winning…

Microdrama platform ReelShort has entered into a strategic partnership with Filipino telco Globe as it further accelerates its rapid growth across Southeast Asia. With the Philippines widely recognized as the world’s most mobile-engaged market, the partnership will give Filipino consumers access…

Rick Baker, the veteran make-up artist behind Michael Jackson's Thriller music video and Hollywood classics like The Nutty Professor and An American Werewolf in London, will be awarded the honorary Vision Award at this year's Locarno Film Festival.  Baker will be handed the award at the…

EXCLUSIVE: UK TV personality Dermot O’Leary’s book series Toto the Ninja Cat is being adapted into an animated series by Studiocanal and Superprod. Check out first look image below. O’Leary, a former X Factor host, will see his book turned into a 52-episode action-comedy show by Emmy-winning…