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Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana, in partnership with Toon Boom Animation and China’s WeKids, has chosen to proceed into development with Dreamweavers, one of the animation concepts submitted through their China Tales Incubator program.

Total Dramarama, the prequel to the original Total Drama series, has been renewed for a second season and will air on Cartoon Network in the U.S. and TELETOON in Canada.

Sesame Workshop and MetLife Foundation are expanding their “Dream, Save, Do: Financial Empowerment for Families” initiative to reach children and adults in Brazil, Mexico and Japan.

Grace: a storytelling company has partnered with Round Room to produce Beat Bugs Live!, a live musical based on the Beatles-inspired animated series.

Canada’s CBC is making a commitment to double the amount of programming it has for young audiences on the CBC Gem streaming service over the next year.

Discovery International is launching Discovery Kids Media (DKM), a new unit created to develop, commission, co-produce and distribute kids' animated and live-action content.

Moonbug has acquired My Magic Pet Morphle and Toddler Fun Learning, including Gecko's Garage, which has been viewed for more than 1 billion minutes.

France’s Cyber Group Studios has inked a deal with India-based Aadarsh to co-produce, distribute and license Purple Turtle.

Nickelodeon has placed Kari Kim in the newly created role of VP of animation development, responsible for all aspects of original series development from concept to pilot.

Zombies 2, the sequel to Disney’s Zombies movie, will begin production this spring with stars Meg Donnelly and Milo Manheim reprising their roles as the film’s main characters, Addison and Zed, respectively.