- The UAE plans to enforce an under-15s social media ban (WIRED)
- Disney’s live-action Moana is circling a US$85-million domestic debut (Deadline)
- Roblox will charge CPM-based fees for creators’ brand integrations (Games Beat)
- Talking points at Annecy will revolve around the rise of Chinese animation, the evolving role of AI, and more (Deadline)
- The future is uncertain for the Cool Japan Fund, the Japanese government’s anime investment fund (Outlook)
- Toy Story 5 could notch a US$275-million global opening this weekend (Cartoon Brew)
- Studio Ghibli is opening its first-ever US store…for a limited time (Polygon)
- Wallace’s famously silent pooch Gromit will finally tell all in a licensed “autobiography” (Aardman)
- Despite reports, kids can’t actually outsmart Roblox’s age verification tech with a fake ‘stache (NBC)
- The award-winning Paddington musical will open on Broadway next spring (Variety)
- Was SEGA buying Angry Birds studio Rovio a misstep? Experts weigh in (Games Industry Biz)
- DreamWorks Animation has dropped the first Shrek 5 trailer (IGN)
- Aardman co-founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton have been knighted (Skwigly)
- Toys “R” Us Canada is selling off its assets to a trio of buyers (CTV News)
- Original animated Lilo & Stitch co-director Chris Sanders will direct the live-action sequel (THR)
- Two writing teams are competing to deliver a Monopoly movie take (Deadline)
- Romania, where Wednesday shoots, is looking to draw more productions with revamped 30% rebate (Variety)
- At its one-year anniversary, what KPop Demon Hunters should do to ensure franchise success (The Kids StreamerSphere)
- Gatto is sporting a very different look from previous Pixar projects (Cartoon Brew)
- And speaking of Pixar, the Toy Story franchise has generated US$16 billion in 30 years (Axios)
- Netflix is hosting KPop Demon Hunters screenings to celebrate its first anniversary (Tudum)
- Penguin is launching a new publishing line for kids (Publishers Weekly)
- Animator Floyd Norman, who worked on some of Disney’s most well-known films, is getting an honorary Oscar (WDW News Today)
- The T.I. and MGA legal battle over an “OMG” doll line is heading back to court (Rolling Stone)
- For International Day of Play today, toycos donated US$5.7 million in toys (Toy Association)
- Though Paramount is considering selling its kids channels to clear European regulatory hurdles, Australia, New Zealand and more countries have cleared the way for the WBD merger (Deadline)
- …but the UK’s competition regulator has pledged to investigate it (Variety)
- Toy Story 5 seems positioned to perform well at the Oscars (THR)
- Moonbug says it’s content isn’t overstimulating, and has shared its research and principles to prove it (Variety)
- In Netflix’s upcoming reboot, Scooby-Doo will be played by a real dog (AV Club)
- Elysian Film Group Distribution, which sold Studio Ghibli pics in the UK, is being liquidated (Deadline)
- Moose Toys has secured an injunction against a company it accused of infringing on its slime copyright (Toy World)
- Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation have revealed the title for the new Ghostbusters series (Deadline)
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is the first film to reach US$1 billion this year (THR)
- Meanwhile, Masters of the Universe didn’t master the box office on its opening weekend (TheWrap)
- There’s a live-action Jem and the Holograms series in development at Amazon MGM (Deadline)
- Sales of soccer toys have soared thanks to the World Cup (Toy World)
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