Angela C Santomero has left her post as chief creative officer at 9 Story Media, the Toronto-based company has revealed.

Canadian kids’ entertainment studio WildBrain is set to acquire Toronto-based animation company House of Cool for around  C$15.5m (US$11.4m).

Wattpad Webtoon Studios has partnered with Thai prodco and talent agency GMMTV on an adaptation of the Webtoon comic My ID is Gangnam Beauty.

Disney CEO Bob Iger has said that the planned elimination of 7,000 jobs across the enterprise will take place in three phases, starting this week.

Apple TV+ has commissioned a limited drama from Jessica Chastain’s Freckle Films and US studios Fifth Season and Anonymous Content.

Drag Race producer World of Wonder and Gatekeeper Productions have partnered on a feature documentary chronicling the history of the Best In Drag Show, an LA-based event which raises money for people living with HIV/AIDS.

Netflix has renewed its psychological thriller series You for a fifth and final season.

US-based streaming company Roku has made several changes to its originals team following the departure of former scripted head Colin Davis, with Brian Tannenbaum, Lydia Antonini and Olivia LaRoche taking on expanded roles.

David Steward II, CEO of US-based Lion Forge Animation, talks exploring Nigerian mythology and building franchise potential with the studio’s upcoming 2D animated series Iyanu: Child of Wonder for Cartoon Network and HBO Max.

US studios and streamers are lining up various projects in the UK and Canada as they intensify their “strike-proofing” measures in the event American writers go on strike in May.