Jamie Stalcup

The Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards has unveiled the 26 shortlisted titles that will be competing across ten categories, with the winners set to be awarded on May 10.

Gaumont has set the voice cast for the upcoming film Paul McCartney’s High in the Clouds, including Himesh Patel (Yesterday), Céline Dion, Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso), Idris Elba (Luther) and many more.

Penguin Random House has signed new license agreements with Disney Publishing to publish beloved stories and create original content for fans.

New episodes of Turtlebox Productions’ preschool series Mini Explorers! have premiered on the Shaftesbury Kids YouTube channel and will air on the U.S.-based streaming service Yippee TV on May 9.

Nickelodeon has slated the premiere of its new original animated series Wylde Pak for June 6 in the U.S.

Sanrio has extended its partnership with the footwear company Leomil until 2028 across EMEA, Indonesia and Russia.

Bobs Gannaway, showrunner and executive producer of Apple TV+’s WondLa, and Tony DiTerlizzi, executive producer and author of the books the series is based on, tell World Screen Newsflash about the themes of season two, how closely it aligns with the second book of the series and their close collaboration throughout the development process.

CBeebies has released the first stand-alone Yakka Dee! magazine special in stores in the U.K.

Fauna Entertainment has secured several licensing deals for Molang in Turkey and Poland.

Young Animator of the Year UK (YAY UK) will open for submissions of short 2D, 3D or stop-motion animated films from young animators on May 12.