Kristin Brzoznowski

Portfolio Entertainment has closed a raft of new deals for the hit 2D animated series The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! and additional sales for the companion holiday movie.

The KingstOOn Animation Conference and Film Festival, scheduled to take place virtually from April 21 to 25, has set “Diversity in Animation” as the central theme for this year’s event.

Squared Zebra, produced by SMF Studio in cooperation with Channel One, has won a MIPJunior award in the category of Animated Series with the Highest International Potential at the XXVI Open Russian Animated Film Festival in Suzdal.

9 Story Media Group and Karma’s World Entertainment have signed a publishing deal with Scholastic for Karma’s World, the new CG animated series created by Chris "Ludacris" Bridges.

Pete Browngardt, who currently serves as executive producer on the HBO Max series Looney Tunes Cartoons, has signed an exclusive, multiyear cross-studio overall deal with Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) and Cartoon Network Studios (CNS).

BBC Kids and Nick Music are joining the Australian platform Fetch TV, as replacements for Cartoon Network and Boomerang.

Nickelodeon revealed details of its all-new content slate for 2021-22 during The Nickelodeon Virtual Upfront Show: Bring Your Kids!, including franchise extensions and a bevy of animation highlights.

Mindy Kaling (The Office, The Mindy Project) has joined the voice cast of Disney+'s animated series Monsters at Work.

King Bert and WildBrain have been commissioned by CBBC in the U.K. and Canada's Family Channel to produce an additional 26 episodes of the live-action series Malory Towers in association with BYUtv in the U.S.

Genius Brands International has put in place the production team for the animated series Shaq’s Garage, tapping Academy Award-nominated writer Joel Cohen (Toy Story, Garfield: The Movie, Evan Almighty, Cheaper by the Dozen, Daddy Day Camp).