Crunchyroll is developing “Dark Star Squadron,” a space-opera anime series, in partnership with Zoe Saldana’s Cinestar Pictures production shingle.
Crunchyroll also announced that it now has more than 5 million paying subscribers and more than 120 million registered users worldwide. AT&T’s $1.2 billion deal to sell Crunchyroll to Sony Pictures — which owns Crunchyroll competitor Funimation — is pending regulatory clearance.
“Dark Star Squadron,” which will stream exclusively on the Crunchyroll service, follows the journey of four failing cadets who return from a joyride with a stolen starship to find their academy in ruins and everyone vanished. Now on their own, the ill-equipped heroes set off for the far side of the galaxy to find their missing comrades — and prove their worth.
Todd Ludy (“Voltron: Legendary Defender”) is on board to write with sisters Zoe Saldana, Cisely Saldana and Mariel Saldana of Cinestar serving as executive producers. Sonia A. Gambaro and Maytal Gilboa...
Crunchyroll also announced that it now has more than 5 million paying subscribers and more than 120 million registered users worldwide. AT&T’s $1.2 billion deal to sell Crunchyroll to Sony Pictures — which owns Crunchyroll competitor Funimation — is pending regulatory clearance.
“Dark Star Squadron,” which will stream exclusively on the Crunchyroll service, follows the journey of four failing cadets who return from a joyride with a stolen starship to find their academy in ruins and everyone vanished. Now on their own, the ill-equipped heroes set off for the far side of the galaxy to find their missing comrades — and prove their worth.
Todd Ludy (“Voltron: Legendary Defender”) is on board to write with sisters Zoe Saldana, Cisely Saldana and Mariel Saldana of Cinestar serving as executive producers. Sonia A. Gambaro and Maytal Gilboa...
- 8/3/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Anime purveyor Crunchyroll has surpassed 5 million streaming subscribers and has also teamed with Zoe Saldana on Dark Star Squadron, a project it describes as an “epic animated space opera.”
Crunchyroll, founded in 2006, is owned by WarnerMedia. The AT&T division entered into an agreement last December to sell Crunchyroll to Sony for almost $1.2 billion, but regulators have not yet signed off on the transaction.
Dark Star Squadron is backed by Saldana’s Cinestar Pictures. Todd Ludy, whose credits include Voltron: Legendary Defender, is onboard to write it. Saldana and her sisters, Cisely and Mariel Saldana of Cinestar are exec producers. Sonia A. Gambaro and Maytal Gilboa from Pollinate Entertainment are also producers on the film.
“The tremendous growth of our streaming service is indicative of the growing love for anime and its deserved spotlight in popular culture,” said Joanne Waage, Crunchyroll’s Gm. “Zoe and her team are bringing their own...
Crunchyroll, founded in 2006, is owned by WarnerMedia. The AT&T division entered into an agreement last December to sell Crunchyroll to Sony for almost $1.2 billion, but regulators have not yet signed off on the transaction.
Dark Star Squadron is backed by Saldana’s Cinestar Pictures. Todd Ludy, whose credits include Voltron: Legendary Defender, is onboard to write it. Saldana and her sisters, Cisely and Mariel Saldana of Cinestar are exec producers. Sonia A. Gambaro and Maytal Gilboa from Pollinate Entertainment are also producers on the film.
“The tremendous growth of our streaming service is indicative of the growing love for anime and its deserved spotlight in popular culture,” said Joanne Waage, Crunchyroll’s Gm. “Zoe and her team are bringing their own...
- 8/3/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Crunchyroll and the production companies of Idris Elba and his wife, Sabrina, are joining forces for an animated fantasy series with the working title Dantai. It is the first producing collaboration by the pair, who married in 2019.
The news about the project comes as Crunchyroll also reports surpassing four million subscribers. The WarnerMedia anime specialist is in the process of being sold to Sony’s Funimation in a $1.2 billion deal.
Crunchyroll passed three million subscribers just last summer. At that time, it added two higher-level subscription tiers beyond the $8-a-month “Fan” basic tier. The $10 “Mega Fan” and $15 “Ultimate Fan” plans have been “very successful” and comprise a “significant portion” of the overall subscriber base, a company rep told Deadline. The company has not broken out numbers by level.
Founded in 2006, Crunchyroll has accumulated a library of more than 1,000 titles and 30,000 episodes, available in more than 200 countries and territories. It has...
The news about the project comes as Crunchyroll also reports surpassing four million subscribers. The WarnerMedia anime specialist is in the process of being sold to Sony’s Funimation in a $1.2 billion deal.
Crunchyroll passed three million subscribers just last summer. At that time, it added two higher-level subscription tiers beyond the $8-a-month “Fan” basic tier. The $10 “Mega Fan” and $15 “Ultimate Fan” plans have been “very successful” and comprise a “significant portion” of the overall subscriber base, a company rep told Deadline. The company has not broken out numbers by level.
Founded in 2006, Crunchyroll has accumulated a library of more than 1,000 titles and 30,000 episodes, available in more than 200 countries and territories. It has...
- 2/2/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Anime in particular is starting to go mainstream among Gen Z and Millennials as the number of global streaming buyers grows.
Japanese film and TV content, in particular anime, has been reaching new international audiences during the era of Covid-19 lockdowns and growing steaming consumption, according to several speakers at this week’s Tiffcom Online (November 4-6).
On the first day of the market, Crunchyroll general manager Joanne Waage said the WarnerMedia-owned anime streaming service has already achieved its projected year-end figures of 3 million subscribers and 70 million registered users.
“During Covid times, the streaming business has been resilient as people have been home more,...
Japanese film and TV content, in particular anime, has been reaching new international audiences during the era of Covid-19 lockdowns and growing steaming consumption, according to several speakers at this week’s Tiffcom Online (November 4-6).
On the first day of the market, Crunchyroll general manager Joanne Waage said the WarnerMedia-owned anime streaming service has already achieved its projected year-end figures of 3 million subscribers and 70 million registered users.
“During Covid times, the streaming business has been resilient as people have been home more,...
- 11/6/2020
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Streaming was the topic for a series of seminars and talk shows at the Tokyo International Film Festival and its Tiffcom content market. Anime platform Crunchyroll and Amazon Video extolled the virtues of on-demand viewing, while a panel of Japanese film folk took a more cautious view and expressed concerns about its impact on cinema-going.
Crunchyroll Gm Joanne Waage and head of Prime Video Japan Robert Early both pointed out how the pandemic had driven more viewers to their platforms and noted that their companies were commissioning more original content to meet the growing demand.
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda opened the ...
Crunchyroll Gm Joanne Waage and head of Prime Video Japan Robert Early both pointed out how the pandemic had driven more viewers to their platforms and noted that their companies were commissioning more original content to meet the growing demand.
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda opened the ...
- 11/4/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Streaming was the topic for a series of seminars and talk shows at the Tokyo International Film Festival and its Tiffcom content market. Anime platform Crunchyroll and Amazon Video extolled the virtues of on-demand viewing, while a panel of Japanese film folk took a more cautious view and expressed concerns about its impact on cinema-going.
Crunchyroll Gm Joanne Waage and head of Prime Video Japan Robert Early both pointed out how the pandemic had driven more viewers to their platforms and noted that their companies were commissioning more original content to meet the growing demand.
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda opened the ...
Crunchyroll Gm Joanne Waage and head of Prime Video Japan Robert Early both pointed out how the pandemic had driven more viewers to their platforms and noted that their companies were commissioning more original content to meet the growing demand.
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda opened the ...
- 11/4/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Crunchyroll, the anime specialist now controlled by WarnerMedia, has hit a milestone of 3 million subscribers to its streaming service.
Gm Joanne Waage, who took the helm of Crunchyroll in late 2018, said the platform has seen accelerating growth. Founded in 2006, it reached 1 million streaming subscribers in 2016 and then hit the 2 million mark toward the end of 2018. Initially a San Francisco-based online forum for uploaded anime clips and message boards, it has grown to 70 million registered users in 200 countries.
Crunchyroll says it has the world’s largest anime library with more than 1,000 titles and 30,000 episodes. Initially a unit of Otter Media and AT&T, it was shifted last year under the aegis of WarnerMedia and its entertainment chairman, Bob Greenblatt. The main reason for that shuffle was the launch of HBO Max, which includes a hub of anime fare curated by Crunchyroll.
In an interview with Deadline, Waage declined to speculate on the...
Gm Joanne Waage, who took the helm of Crunchyroll in late 2018, said the platform has seen accelerating growth. Founded in 2006, it reached 1 million streaming subscribers in 2016 and then hit the 2 million mark toward the end of 2018. Initially a San Francisco-based online forum for uploaded anime clips and message boards, it has grown to 70 million registered users in 200 countries.
Crunchyroll says it has the world’s largest anime library with more than 1,000 titles and 30,000 episodes. Initially a unit of Otter Media and AT&T, it was shifted last year under the aegis of WarnerMedia and its entertainment chairman, Bob Greenblatt. The main reason for that shuffle was the launch of HBO Max, which includes a hub of anime fare curated by Crunchyroll.
In an interview with Deadline, Waage declined to speculate on the...
- 7/28/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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