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www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/02/11/netflix-plans-to-open-an-office-in-canada-and-grow-its-relationship-with-its-creators.html

deadline.com/2021/02/blue-sky-studios-closing-disney-ice-age-franchise-animation-1234690310/

Blue Sky’s top grossing animation features at the worldwide box office were Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (’09, $886M), Ice Age: Continental Drift (’12, $877M), Icen Age: Meltdown (’06, $660M), Rio 2 (’14, $500M), Rio (’11, $484M), Ice Age: Collusion Course (’16, $408M), Ice Age (02, $383M), Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! (’08, $297M), Ferdinand (’17, $296M), Epic (’13, $268M), Robots (’05, $260M), and The Peanuts Movie (’15, $246M) and Spies in Disguise (’19, $171M).

www.awn.com/news/post-production-shake-streamland-media-acquire-technicolor-post

www.awn.com/news/warnermedia-release-six-superhero-films-year

www.awn.com/news/20-new-series-coming-disney-next-few-years

“In yesterday’s big Disney investor meeting, Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy revealed plans for 10 Star Wars and 10 Marvel series to stream on Disney+ in the next few years. PHEW! That’s 20 series in less than five years, which is ambitious to say the least.”

www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55232418

Fiona Bevan, who has written songs for One Direction, Steps and Lewis Capaldi, said many writers were struggling because of the way streaming services pay royalties.

Bevan revealed she had earned just £100 for co-writing a track on Kylie Minogue’s number one album, Disco.

“The most successful songwriters in the world can’t pay their rent,” she added.

www.sidefx.com/community/epic-games-invests-in-sidefx/

Epic Games is now a minority investor in SideFX

In a press release, Framestore said the acquisition and resulting scaled-up business “represents the next phase of the industry, uniquely uniting all aspects that support the making of entertainment and communications content – from concepts, through to digital and post-production.”

www.broadcastnow.co.uk/tech/framestore-acquires-company-3-/-method/5154656.article

deadline.com/2020/10/titmouse-vancouver-animation-studio-iatse-union-vote-first-canadian-studio-1234600790/

Animators at Titmouse Vancouver have unionized, voting 98% to 2% to join the Animation Guild, IATSE Local 938. IATSE says it’s the first animation studio in Canada to become unionized.

The studio’s many animated titles include Black Panther for BET, Star Trek: Lower Decks for CBS All Access, and Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures for Disney XD.

www.cartoonbrew.com/streaming/netflix-to-release-six-original-animated-features-every-year-says-co-ceo-ted-sarandos-197509.html

montreal.ctvnews.ca/mobile/dying-for-movies-suicide-highlights-labour-issues-in-canada-s-visual-effects-sector-1.5175793#_gus

www.awn.com/blog/true-costs-working-home

“…what are the long-term negative ramifications of working from home…

As entertainment industry freelancers, we know how to deal with these extra costs. When we supply our own equipment for a job, we charge a “kit fee.” A Kit Fee is billed as a daily expense, on top of our working fee, to cover our hard and soft costs such as supplies, software and computers.”

www.awn.com/news/netflix-signs-huge-animation-studio-lease-burbank

Streaming giant takes on over 170,000 square feet to house its first dedicated animation studio.

www.awn.com/news/microsoft-acquires-fallout-and-elder-scrolls-publisher-bethesda-softworks

Microsoft this morning has just announced plans to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, one of the largest, privately held game developers and publishers in the world.

The game studio, which publishes a number of best-selling gaming franchises including The Elder Scrolls and Fallout, brings to Microsoft and its Xbox platform an impressive portfolio of games, technology, talent, as well as a track record of blockbuster commercial success.