Holiday special "Madagascar", the second DDEG MegaGrant, the cast of the anime "Tomb Raider" and more

Madagascar - The 4 of the wild oasis (Madagascar: A little wild) is back with an exciting new season on November 11th on Hulu and Peacock! In season five, the intrepid Zoo Crew returns with even greater adventures in the concrete jungle of New York City. New guest stars include WNBA Champion Candace parker such as "Sadie Swish" and Megan hilty such as "Ziggy" and "Waffle".

Alex (Tucker Chandler), Marty (Amir O'Neil), Melman (Luke Lowe) and Gloria (Shaylin Becton) are back in the New York City swing with adventures in and out of “A Little Wild” rescue habitat. Alex faces some serious jealousy issues when Ant'ney goes viral, Marty is locked up in the public library, the gang helps Melman get through her first night away from habitat, and Gloria struggles to cope with the greeting when Lala decides she's ready. for a larger pond.

Plus, get into the Christmas spirit and grab a holiday special for the family of Madagascar: a little wild holiday goose hunt premieres on Hulu and Peacock on November 26th! It's vacation time in New York and Melman is determined to add another sticker to his annual “Nice” list! When he meets Hank, a goose who has been separated from his family, he, Alex, Marty and Gloria embark on a wild hunt around town to reunite Hank with his merry flock.

Pioneers of real-time animation Digital Dimension Entertainment Group (Canada) received its second Epic MegaGrant to pursue the integration of Epic Games' Unreal Engine technology into its pipeline. Based in Montreal, DDEG employs over 200 people in studios including Mezuarts Animation, Saturday Animation and KRAKN Animation.

“The promise of faster iterations using real-time rendering tools is based on adapting our workflow processes to take advantage of real-time updates during reviews and approvals. Ultimately, we want to create production efficiencies so that we can focus on higher quality results in a shorter time using the full power of Unreal Engine's capabilities, ”said Martin Walker, CTO of DDEG. "The goal is to implement a robust production pipeline focused on real-time rendering using advanced creative / production tools and methodologies based on proven animation workflows."

CCO Fred Faubert added, “We were the first in the industry to render a series entirely using Epic Games Unreal Engine technology, starting with the first two seasons of zafari for NBCU, and it was a huge success! The latter Epic MegaGrant will allow us to improve our production pipeline and help us create fantastic universes for our properties such as Chase and CAPTURE e Aiko and the Masters of Time. We are so excited to have this opportunity from Epic Games ”.

Following last month's announcement that Hayley Atwell (Captain America, Mission Impossible 7) will be the voice of iconic adventurer Lara Croft on Legendary Television and the upcoming Netflix tomb raider anime series, the companies revealed that Allen Maldonado (Heels, the wonder years) joined the cast as the voice of tech-savvy and colleague Zip, and Count Baylon she will reprise her role from the video game as the voice of one of Lara's most trusted friends and voice of reason, Jonah Maiava.

The news of the casting of Maldonado and Baylon was made in a video with the showrunner Tasha Huo, and was made as part of the 25th anniversary celebration of SQUARE ENIX, Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montreal for tomb raider last week. (Reach here.)

Leading brand of children's entertainment Nickelodeon e Viacom CBS Consumer Products announced a consumer product partnership with the music icon Darryl McDaniels (aka DMC) for a cross-category consumer product program that includes apparel, an editorial contract with Random House Children's Books, and a partnership with pumpkin, Nickelodeon's interactive learning service for preschoolers, for What's the Word?, a brand new short series now available exclusively on the platform.

McDaniels will lend his voice to the episodes of the 15-episode series. Each short animated music video features a new word, how to cooperate, oppose and persevere, for kids, while using fan-favorite songs and characters from the hit series, including Blue's Clues & You !, PAW Patrol, Bubble Guppies e Team Umizoomi, to help illustrate and teach the meaning of the word.

The partnership will also see a future collaboration with The Felix Organization, a nonprofit organization and longtime partner of ViacomCBS, founded by McDaniels and Emmy-winning casting director Sheila Jaffe, which aims to help enrich lives. of foster children. “Throughout my career, I've been very fortunate to have a diverse group of fans, including children,” said McDaniels. "Working with Nickelodeon and ViacomCBS Consumer Products and having the opportunity to help make a positive impact on their lives and develop their self-esteem is so special to me."

Obki, Sky Kids' adorable underwater alien cartoon, was honored for its groundbreaking environmental episodes for children and for contributing to the discussion of global climate change at the COP26 inspiring showcase and cultural reception at 10 Downing Street, London . Obki conquered the highly contested One Step Greener Ambassadorship, voted for by the British public and awarded by Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of the COP26 summit in Glasgow this week.

Obki was created by award-winning artist Simone Giampaolo, who has spent the last 20 years in the animation industry and believes cinema can be a powerful storytelling tool for educating people about the importance of nature and protecting the environment. Obki the episode “Switch It Up” will be presented to 190 world leaders at COP26. Audience members can also purchase tickets for the November 7 screening with Giampaolo, as well as Q&A with Steve Backshall, MBE, BAFTA-winning British explorer, naturalist, presenter and writer: https://greenzonetickets.ukcop26.org.

double jump.tokyo Inc., a blockchain-based NFT and NFT game sales and development company, announced that Michinori Chiba will be the second artist to participate Gonzo .KK  "SAMURAI cryptos" project, which will be supported through double jump.tokyo's NFT business support service, NFTPLUS. The second collection of NFT symbols will go on sale on November 5th, while the NFT auction of original artworks kicks off on November 11th at 5:00 UTC (24 hours). Sales will be hosted on OpenSea with symbols priced from free to 4 ETH.

Chiba is an animation character designer who has worked at the forefront of various genres. He started his career at Nakamura Production and currently works for Studio Hercules. His credits include Basilisk, SK8 the Infinity e Mobile Suit Gundam 00.

YouTube Originals announced the new pickup episode of Pinkfong Wonderstar, Smart Studiothe popular animated series. The 13 new episodes of the series will be released sequentially on Pinkfong's official YouTube channels in Korean and English and will be available on the YouTube Kids app starting November 9 at 9:00 am (PST and KST). YouTube Originals launched the first 13 episodes of the series in four different languages ​​including Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian and Russian in 2021.

Pinkfong Wonderstar follows two best friends, Pinkfong and Hogi, as they team up to solve their friends' problems in Wonderville with Pinkfong's magical powers and Hogi's great ideas. Exclusive to YouTube Originals, there are special clips at the start of each episode with Pinkfong and Hogi's fun explanation of key learning points from each episode's story. It was the first Korean animated series on YouTube Originals in 2020 and has remained one of the most loved animated series by families around the world. The first 13 episodes have been successfully streamed in English and Korean since December 2020 with 73 million views in October 2021.