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Cartoon Network Studio Europe renamed Hannah Barbera Studio Europe

Cartoon Network Studio Europe renamed Hannah Barbera Studio Europe

Warnermedia has renamed Cartoon Network Studios Europe as Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe. The London-based studio will serve as Warnermedia's flagship t...

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Nikkatsu, Japan's oldest major film studio, launches Anime division

Nikkatsu, Japan's oldest major film studio, launches Anime division

Nikkatsu, the oldest major movie studio in Japan, is stepping up its animation operation. The company has set up an anime department within its video ...

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Blue Sky took 4 49M in excess tax credits, auditors say

Blue Sky took 4 49M in excess tax credits, auditors say

Blue Sky Studios, the Disney-owned animation studio due to shut this month, received around $49.4 million more in Connecticut tax credits than it shou...

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Laika Moves into Live Action, Plans Film Adaptation of Action-Thriller Novel "Seventeen"

Laika Moves into Live Action, Plans Film Adaptation of Action-Thriller Novel "Seventeen"

Laika, the Hillsboro, Oregon-based studio behind stop-motion films such as "Coraline," "Kubo and the Two Strings," and "The Missing Link," is expandin...

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Michael Fukushima retires at Canadian National Film Commission for the first time in 23 years

Michael Fukushima retires at Canadian National Film Commission for the first time in 23 years

Michael Fukushima has stepped down as executive producer of the English Animation Studio at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). The public organi...

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Amazon Games Opens Fourth Development Studio in Montreal

Amazon Games Opens Fourth Development Studio in Montreal

Amazon Games is opening its fourth game development studio in Montreal, which joins existing studios in Seattle, Orange County, and San Diego. The new...

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