Portuguese Animation Leading Lights José Miguel Ribeiro, Nuno Beato, David Doutel & Vasco Sá Unveil Projects at Annecy (EXCLUSIVE)

Manchester United have gone back to the drawing board over their transfer strategy, finding a new blueprint that promises an interesting list of potential targets.

Manchester United have reportedly enquired about the availability of defender Miguel Gutierrez. Reports in Spain have claimed that Gutierrez has been the subject of interest from United, with Real Madrid also keen on signing the 22 year-old and Arsenal, Chelsea and Bayern Munich linked back in January too.

In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo gets killed off in episode one while discussing “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.” The Netflix series is based on the Bryan Lee O’Malley Manga book series and the Edgar Wright-directed cult hit film of the same name and follows an alternate take on Scott Pilgrim falling in love with Ramona Flowers, only to find that he has to fight her seven evil exes.

Hundreds of passengers have been left stranded without their luggage following a power cut at Manchester Airport on Sunday which left travel plans in chaos.

J. Kim Murphy The Dark Knight returns. Prime Video has debuted the first trailer for “Batman: Caped Crusader,” a new animated series executive produced by “Batman: The Animated Series” co-creator Bruce Timm, as well as J.J.

Jilly Cooper‘s Rivals have nearly entered the building.

Fred has offered a telling reaction as he prepares for the new season at Fenerbahce under former Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho.

As a screenwriter, David E. Kelley is used to injecting social commentary into his material — not unlike the way the ancient Greeks entered the city of Troy. But when the creator of shows like The Practice, Big Little Lies and Ally McBeal made his foray into documentary filmmaking – with the ocean sustainability-themed Hope in the Water — the Trojan Horse method of educating was no longer applicable. “If you would leave me to my devices, I probably would’ve had a floating dead body, to talk about the biosecurity risk of people being beheaded in our oceans, but it was not going to be this kind of series,” jokes the prolific producer. “I didn’t proffer that idea. They didn’t ask for it – maybe because they were worried I might suggest something like that.”

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent TOLEDO, Spain — Brazil’s Ventre Studio is readying a powerful slate of scripted series mining the rapidly growing Portugal-Brazil co-production axis, which Ventre itself has helped forge with “Godless John,” produced by Ventre Studio and Canal Brasil as well as Coral Europa and TVI in Portugal. First up in titles is dramedic mini-series “Coligay,” directed by Oscar-nominated Paulo Machline (“A Soccer Story”) and Rafael Gomes, helmer of LGBTQ romantic drama “45 Days Away From You.” Canal Brasil has boarded “Coligay” licensing Brazilian first window TV rights.

Warner Bros brought twin tornadoes to CineEurope today, showing off an extended new look at the Daisy Edgar-Jones/Glen Powell starrer Twisters which the studio is releasing internationally. From Lee Isaac Chung, the action thriller starts overseas rollout on July 17 and storms into domestic cinemas via Universal on July 19.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor David Boreanaz, the star of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Bones” and “SEAL Team,” teased what could be his next project while attending the Monte-Carlo Television Festival Monday. Boreanaz, who has recently finished shooting the seventh and final season of “SEAL Team,” said that he was developing a series as a writer that he could also star in and executive produce.

It was a special night for Wicked fans at the 2024 Tony Awards!

which is set to release on July 11. The series is created by Jeb Stuart and is a sequel to Michael Hirst’s “Vikings” from MGM Television. The official logline reads, “Set in the early 11th century, ‘Vikings: Valhalla’ chronicles the heroic adventures of some of the most famous Vikings who ever lived, Leif Eriksson, his sister, Freydis and the Norwegian prince Harald Sigurdsson.

Ben Croll Continuity was the key word at the “Creature Commandos” first look held at the Annecy Animation Festival, as execs from Warner Bros. Animation pulled back the curtain on the first series developed and produced within Peter Safran and James Gunn’s DC Universe. That continuity will be both narrative and stylistic, with the animated series playing as a direct follow-up to Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad” and “Peacemaker,” while the creatures designed for animation will keep their same looks once they turn up in upcoming live-action offerings like the Gunn directed “Superman” reboot and the Viola Davis-led “Waller” spinoff.

Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe. Unveiled Wednesday at Annecy, they join a new “Adventure Time” series, “Side Quests,” as greenlights at the Warner-owned companies.

Japanese animator and director Kenji Kamiyama made his Annecy debut in the company of Andy Serkis on Tuesday with a 20-minute preview of upcoming anime feature The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

Animated movies about robots are always good. You’re talking about major films like “Wall-E” and “The Iron Giant.” Those are classics.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent ANNECY, France — Banijay Kids & Family, behind hit “Totally Spies!” and “Mr Bean: The Animated Series,” has unveiled first deals on “Froggie,” crowned best TV pilot at early June’s Cartoons on the Bay Pulcinella Awards. In deals which suggest one way much Annecy-announced business will go, Spanish pubcaster RTVE and top French kids channel Gulli, have acquired rights to Spain and France respectively. Both are among the biggest and most established players in Western Europe’s children’s entertainment.

Licorice Pizza star Cooper Hoffman and HBO Industry actor David Jonsson are currently in the mix to headline Francis Lawrence’s take on Stephen King‘s The Long Walk for Lionsgate.

Jamie Lang Portugal is this year’s Country of Honor at the Annecy Animation Festival, so we’ve decided to take a close look at the current generation of artists who are helping to inspire a new era for the country’s animation sector and, increasingly, making waves abroad. Below is a list, in no particular order, of 11 exciting Portuguese animation talents to keep an eye on. Some have been around for several years and already started to put together impressive bodies of work, while others are just emerging on the scene.