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TOP STORIES: Folivari, Studiocanal Link on 'Ernest & Celestine' Sequel 'Samsam' (EXCLUSIVE); Annec…

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NUMBER ONE 06.12.17

TOP STORIES
Folivari, Studiocanal Link on 'Ernest & Celestine' Sequel 'Samsam' (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell ANNECY, France -- Didier Brunner's Folivari and Studiocanal, two of Europe's major animation forces, have signed a joint development deal for a sequel to the Academy Award nominated "Ernest & Celestine," as Studiocanal has also boa Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Annecy: TeamTO's 'Take It Easy Mike' Scores Greenlight with France Televisions, Super RTL Deals (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell ANNECY, France -- TeamTO, one of Europe's most dynamic CGI studios, has greenlit comedy TV series "Take It Easy Mike," a milestone in its CGI imaging, after scoring lynchpin pre-sales to top European TV networks France Televisions for Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Annecy: See the First English-Subtitled Trailer for Ankama's 'Mutafukaz' (EXCLUSIVE) By Jamie Lang ANNECY, France -- Set for its world premiere at 2017's Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival, French video game, comic book, and animation company Ankama has released the first trailer for the feature-length follow-up to the 2003 Sundan Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Annecy Fest Surges in Size Yet Again, as 'Despicable Me 3,' 'Loving Vincent,' 'The Big Bad Fox' Premiere at Event By John Hopewell Illumination MacGuff's "Despicable Me 3," China, Disney-Pixar's "Coco" and "The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales" look set to figure among highlights at this week's edition of France's thriving Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival, a Mecca Read Full Story at Variety.com →

U.K. Coordinates Annecy Drive at Crunch Time for British Animation By Stewart Clarke A fifteen-strong U.K. delegation will be looking for buying, selling and recruitment opportunities at Annecy under the Animation U.K. banner, in the most coordinated ever push by the country's animation sector at the French festival. T Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Indie Sales Boards Topical Animated Documentary 'Zero Impunity' (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy Paris-based company Indie Sales ("My Life as a Zucchini") has come on board "Zero Impunity," an ambitious animated documentary film which is part of a transmedia project combining investigative journalism and activism aimed at combatti Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Annecy: 'Cat in Paris' Directors Prepare 'The Tales of the Hedgehog' (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell One thing seems certain at France's 2017 Annecy Festival. Few animation projects will be as exquisitely drawn as "The Tales of the Hedgehog," the new project from France's Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli, animated feature Ac Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Annecy: 'Animal Crackers' Team Re-ups for Scott Christian Sava, Jaime Maestro and Thomason's 'Pet Robots' (EXCLUSIVE) By Emilio Mayorga ANNECY, France -- Scott Christian Sava's U.S.-based Blue Dream Studios has kicked-off pre-production on animated feature "Pet Robots." First designs, pictured above, and to which Variety has had exclusive access, are by Carter Goodrich Read Full Story at Variety.com →

REVIEWS
Film Review: 'Zombillenium' By Peter Debruge "Daddy, are monsters real?" a little girl wants to know in "Zombillenium," a gloriously stylized, bizarrely didactic animated feature in which vampires, witches, zombies, etc. really do exist, but manage to go undetected by working at Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Film Review: 'Ballerina' ('Leap!') By Guy Lodge If your girlish daydreams of pirouettes, adoring spotlights and blush-pink tutus were darkly dashed by the shattered psychological mindwarp of "Black Swan," take heart: "Leap!" is here to generously restore them. Read Full Story at Variety.com →

TV Review: 'BoJack Horseman,' Season 3 By Sonia Saraiya In the seventh episode of the third season of "BoJack Horseman," the idea is raised to make the for-your-consideration advertisements for BoJack's film "Secretariat" into reflective surfaces that show the viewer his or her own image &m Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Film Review: "Perfect Blue" By Dennis Harvey Forsaking the usual anime fantasy terrain for a straight suspense plot that might easily have been executed in live-action form, director Satoshi Kon's debut pic, "Perfect Blue," is a psychological thriller that intrigues without quite Read Full Story at Variety.com →

First-Ever Women in Animation World Summit to Be Held at Annecy International Animation Festival

By Erin Nyren

This year's Annecy International Animation Festival will include a new addition to the roster of events: the Women in Animation World Summit, a day-long symposium of panels and discussions on topics relevant to women in the animation w