5+ hour, 20+ min ago  (196+ words) Nippon TV is heading to the Series Mania Forum (March 24-26) in Lille with two new scripted formats and, for the first time, its most senior executives for scripted series and global strategy " a sign of the Japanese broadcaster's accelerating push…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (300+ words) Japan remains one of the world's most insular television format markets, exporting globally successful unscripted hits while importing almost no foreign concepts, according to data presented by Virginia Mouseler, CEO of The WIT, during the "Fresh TV: Japan" session at…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (511+ words) Hulu has picked up a full-length series version of the popular web show "Childish Deano," Variety has learned. The eight-episode, half-hour comedy " now simply titled "Deano" " hails from creators Dean Thomas and David Ferrier. Both serve as writers on the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (293+ words) New "Hello Kitty" comic books will soon launch as part of a collaboration between Japan's Sanrio and comics giant IDW Publishing. The new multi-title partnership will begin with the debut of the "Hello Kitty: Hello World" comic book series July…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (359+ words) Netflix has commissioned an adult animated series that hails from co-creators Andrew Law and Matt Murray with Mike Schur attached to executive produce Netflix Orders Animated Series "Dang!" From Andrew Law, Matt Murray and Mike Schur; Cast Includes Stephanie Hsu…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (211+ words) The animated feature is sold by Charades and co-produced by France's Studio Miyu, recommendations in themselves" It all starts with a line. In "A New Dawn," Yoshitoshi Shinomiya's directorial debut feature world premiering at the Berlinale as part of the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (165+ words) Brian Tyree Henry is headed to Netflix with the adult animated series "Bass X Machina." Henry will executive produce and star in the show which is set to debut on Oct. 6 Joining Henry in the voice cast are: Janelle Mon'e…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (307+ words) By Emiliano De Pablos ZDF Studios has closed a new volume deal with Dutch commercial group Talpa Network, granting Talpa free-TV rights to roughly 250 episodes drawn from multiple instalments of the long-running German crime franchise "SOKO." The agreement " the third…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (239+ words) Little Spark Films is making an expansion into becoming a full genre studio based in Arlington, Texas, with plans to release original content, acquire new material for production and join outside productions as co-producers. "There are a lot of projects…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (672+ words) Woodblock, a fast-growing Berlin-based animation studio that has gone from producing acclaimed shorts to visually stunning shows at Las Vegas" Sphere, is now aiming to wow new audiences with a lineup of ambitious sci-fi and horror-fantasy series that showcase the…...