Monthly Archives: July 2022

Nintendo acquires animation studio that’ll become ‘Nintendo Pictures’

Illustrations by Alex Castro / The Verge Nintendo has acquired CG production company Dynamo Pictures, and will rename it to “Nintendo Pictures,” the company has announced. The new subsidiary will “focus on development of visual content utilizing Nintendo IP” and the “planning and production of visual content including CG animation.” The company’s IMDB page lists…

Amazon orders another remake of a beloved British comedy

Amazon has ordered a remake of British comedy Friday Night Dinner for its recently rebranded Freevee service.  Formerly known as IMDb TV (which itself was rebranded from IMDb Freedive in 2019), Freevee is Amazon’s free, ad-supported video channel, available to Amazon account holders in the US and UK through the Prime Video website or app. Amazon began ordering shows for the…