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Created in 1994, Irish animation studio Brown Bag Films has gone from strength to strength in recent years, with the likes of Oscar nominated shorts Give Up Your Auld Sins and Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty and hot kids shows Octonauts, Henry Hugglemonster, and Dc Mc Stuffins under their belts. Now, they will embark on an exciting "new chapter" with the studio being acquired by Toronto based 9 Story Media Group, one of North America’s largest animation studios, which will open up the Dublin based animators to a much larger market and take them to the “next level". Brown Bag’s Dublin based headquarters currently employs 180 staff, and, with the acquisition, they aim to create 50 more jobs in the near future. Alongside their Dublin studio, they also have a 2D studio in Manchester and post production facilities in Los Angeles. Speaking of the recently announced events, Brown Bag founder Cathal Gaffney said,...

For nearly 20 years, Tom Kenny has voiced Spongebob Squarepants. As Sponge Out Of Water arrives on disc, he spared us some time for a chat.

If ever you want to give your head a bit of work to do after watching a family movie, give the beautifully insane Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water a watch. A big box office hit earlier this year, and now arriving on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK, it's got a plot that defies anyone to sit and explain it succinctly. So we decided to go straight to the heart of things and ask Spongebob himself, the mighty Tom Kenny. Here's how we got on...

I have a confession, and I should start with that. I broke my Spongebob duck this year. I took my kids to see Sponge Out Of Water, having no idea what to expect. I really, really liked the film,...

A preschool whodunit. A hilarious friendship between dirty trucks. An epic quest to defeat darkness. An ousted crowd who navigates middle school cafeteria dynamics. And a trio who discover the power of magic.

These are the five kids’ stories Amazon Studios has ordered to pilot, officially announced today. Early next year, all five will showcase their first episodes for viewer feedback on Amazon Instant Video.

During the last kids’ pilot season, one of the highest-rated pilots was Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street, which was created by pre-school teacher David Anaxagoras, a first-time writer who was discovered through Amazon Studios’ open-door submission process. In November, Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street will launch as a full series on Amazon Prime.

In a few months, viewers will have the chance to discover the next hit kids show. “We’re very excited to be working with such talented creative minds...