Jakarta Unveils Tax Rebates and Production Incentives in Bid to Become Southeast Asia Film Hub, Expands Netflix Partnership

The companies, which will showcase the deal at Cannes Lions, say "Toonstar’s animation production engine and digital distribution technology will enable brands to respond to audiences and trends in a way that wasn’t possible before."

Fox’s new offer to advertisers may get Madison Avenue a little animated. Fox, known for Sunday-night fare like “The Simpsons,” “Bob’s Burgers” and “American Dad!,” wants to give marketers more cartoonish content to work with, whether it be an original animated short or series or a new piece of “branded content” devised in collaboration with […]

"There’s a term we use: ‘new-stalgia,'" explains a top Paramount exec of the Santa Monica project, which exults in the aesthetics of the 1987 animated series. "It’s new for kids but nostalgic for adults, often their parents.”

The “NO FAKES” Act of 2026 (“Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe”) would establish an intellectual property right by which individuals could authorize or block digital replicas of their voice and likeness. The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on whether to advance the bill today — June 18, 2026. In the […]