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‘Preet Re’ From Dhadak 2: A Soulful Ode To First Love — Song Out Now ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

After striking a chord with audiences through its trailer and title track, Bas Ek Dhadak, Dhadak 2 introduces another heartfelt melody — Preet Re. Featuring Siddhant Chaturvedi and Triptii Dimri, the new track captures the innocence and quiet joy of discovering love for the first time.

Dhadak 2’s Latest Track Blends Innocence With Timeless Emotion

Brimming with youthful charm and simplicity, Preet Re resonates with the emotion of someone slowly becoming the rhythm of your heartbeat. With lyrics like “Dhadkan yeh hi kehti hai, dil mein tu hi rehti hai”, the song gently expresses how love settles into your everyday moments.

Composed by Rochak Kohli with lyrics by Gurpreet Saini, and sung by Darshan Raval, Jonita Gandhi, and Rochak Kohli, the song strikes a balance between modern romance and timeless feeling.

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Global Constellation, the financing and international sales outfit recently formed through the union of London- and Paris-based Film Constellation with Munich’s Global Screen, is making a strong showing at the Annecy Animation Festival as it unveils its animation slate.

Global Constellation, part of Vuelta Group’s international sales division Playtime Group, has six high-caliber animated features in production and slated for delivery in 2025 and 2026, and additional titles in advanced development for 2027 and beyond.

Fabien Westerhoff, managing director – film, Global Constellation, said: “Animation is a key pillar of our strategy, and this slate signals the scale of our ambition. We’re curating projects that combine strong market appeal with the distinct creative signatures of Europe’s most exciting talents. This is about building globally-minded, theatrically viable animation that travels, both commercially and culturally.”

In Cannes, Global Constellation unveiled a new promo for underwater CG adventure “The Last Whale Singer” from...

Red Animation Studios has announced the opening of its newest facility, Red Canarias, located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the Spanish Canary Islands. The move is a major step in the studio’s 20-year journey and strengthens its presence in the European animation market.

With studios already operating in Lima, Peru, the addition of Red Canarias gives Red Animation Studios a strategic base in the Canary Islands, a region fast becoming a magnet for film and animation production due to its robust infrastructure, experienced and bilingual talent pool and attractive fiscal incentives, including up to a 54% cash rebate on qualifying production spend.

The opening of the Tenerife studio also formalizes Red Animation’s collaboration with German-based Seru Animation, the studio behind “The Elkins,” “Rabbit Academy” and “My Fairy Troublemaker.” The two companies will work jointly to produce and co-produce a slate of CG feature films, leveraging both studios’ technological...

Global Constellation has boarded international sales on upcoming CG family animation “Mission Granny,” which has a Euros 10 million ($11.3 million) budget. The company has shared an exclusive first-look image with Variety.

The film, which is directed by Toni Weiss, is from the producers of “Marnie’s World” and “The 7th Dwarf,” and the animation studios behind “The Ogglies,” “My Fairy Troublemaker” and “Giants of La Mancha.”

“Mission Granny” follows brother and sister Paul, 8, and Kat, 12, who are shipped off to spend four months with their super-strict grandma. They don’t expect to discover their granny was once a world-class secret agent. But when her old friend turned nemesis has her kidnapped, it’s up to Paul and Kat to team up, gear up, and save the day … spy-style. They’ll have to train like agents, chase down villains, and stop a satellite-powered vaporizer before it destroys their mom’s space station, all before bedtime.

The Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! office romance series is diversifying its assets beyond manga, anime and live-action film/series, revealing at a presentation in Japan yesterday that a stage musical adaptation is in production. With Keita Kawajiri at the helm as scriptwriter and director, Tokyo Dome City Hall will host the show on April 11-20, 2025 before it moves to Ai Plaza Toyohashi for an April 25-27 run. Advance tickets are now on sale at Lawson Ticket. Confirmed cast members are as follows: Kiyoshi Adachi played by Ryo Matsuda Yuichi Kurosawa played by Yoshihiko Aramaki Masato Tsuge played by Daichi Saeki Minato Wataya played by Satsuki Nakayama Yuta Rokkaku played by Sho Sakai Nozomi Fujisaki played by Kaho Takada Mari Kurosawa played by Yui Hasegawa Asahina played by Naoya Gomoto Ensemble played by Shuma Ito, Daiki Iwama, Takuma Okamura, Aoi Shindo, Kiya Setokuchi, Ryo Tachibana,...

Animagrad Studio, the Ukrainian animation powerhouse behind the global hit “Mavka. The Forest Song,” has unveiled the first teaser for its latest project, “Family Squad,” Ukraine’s first satirical animated feature.

This 2D animated dramedy, aimed at young adult audiences, marks a collaboration with acclaimed Ukrainian filmmaker Antonio Lukich.

The teaser introduces viewers to the film’s protagonist, Serhii Punko, a 30-year-old misfit whose life takes an unexpected turn when a celestial mix-up by Miki, a feline angel of death, sends him to heaven. Serhii’s journey back to the land of the living leads him to the frontlines and the Chop Pirates, a group of former smugglers from Transcarpathia. The story promises a blend of love, betrayal and self-discovery.

Originally conceived as the YouTube project “Nasha Faita,” creators Mykhailo Krapenko, Pavlo Mandzych, and Ivan Bon are making their feature animation debut with “Family Squad.” Lukich serves as creative producer...

Exclusive: A pair of German production houses has teamed for animated adventure feature Tafiti — Across the Desert, which Sola Media is launching at AFM.

Tradewind Pictures and Little Dream Entertainment are making the CGI-animated film in association with compatriot Sola, and production has begun in Germany. Nina Wels is directing with veteran animation director Timo Berg a core part of the team. Helmut G. Weber and Thomas Springer are producing.

Tafiti is being made in English and scheduled for release in 2025. Sola, which is part of the Embracer group-owned Plaion (fka Koch Media), has worldwide sales and will unveil first footage in Santa Monica next week.

Synopsis reads: “When Tafiti, a young meerkat, meets Bristles, the bush pig, he knows they can’t be friends. ‘Meerkats stick to their own!’ is what grandpa has always told him,...

London-based outfit Film Constellation has scored a first round of pre-sales on its upcoming family CG animated feature “The Growcodile” at the Annecy Animation Film Festival.

“The Growcodile” tells the story of a young girl and her rather unconventional pet, a crocodile named Gilbert. The feature is being adapted by Luuk van Bemmelenfrom from the bestselling children’s book “Crocodile came within!” from renowned Dutch author Paul Van Loon.

The animated film, which is expected to be delivered during the fourth quarter of 2025, has pre-sold to Poland (Kinoswiat), Eastern Europe (ProRom), Cis & Baltics (Volga), Portugal (Nos), Greece & Israel (Tanweer), Turkey & Mena (Italia Film), and Vietnam (Lumix), with several other territories under offer and in discussion. Kmbo will release it in French theaters.

Budgeted at $10 million, the CGI animated feature film will be directed by Cartoon Saloon alumni Joost Van Den Bosch and Erik Verkerk, who have previously collaborated on a...

Los Angeles-based Viva Kids has nabbed a stake in 3Doubles Producciones, a 2D/3D animation studio in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

For now, Viva has acquired a minority interest with an option to acquire a majority stake after two years.

Founded by Darío Sánchez in 2017, the company currently employs more than a hundred at its headquarters in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Mercury Steam owner Ignacio Navas and Aliot Innovation founder José Ángel Olmo became partners at 3Doubles in 2020. 3Doubles’ slate of animated films includes “Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow,” “The Ogglies,” “Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia,” “My Fairy Troublemaker” and “Daily Fables.”

Muscular island incentives and the annual presence of multiple animation events, such as Animayo, that focuses on its didactic and recruiting components, has helped boost the animation industry in the Canary Islands, with some 25 companies sprouting up in recent years.

The live-action remake made a total of £6.9m including bank holiday Monday

RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (May 19-May 21)Total gross to date Week 1. The Little Mermaid (Disney) £5m £5m 1 2. Fast X (Universal) £2.2m £10.9m 2 3. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 (Disney) £1.6m £32.3m 4 4. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal) £290,897 £52.4 8 5. Hypnotic (Warner Bros) £187,503 £238,150 1

Disney’s The Little Mermaid topped the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, opening with just under £5m.

The live-action remake took in another £1.9m on bank holiday Monday to bring its total to £6.9m. Directed by Rob Marshall and starring Halle Bailey, The Little Mermaid opened in 732 locations...

Also opening this weekend is ‘Hypnotic’, ‘Sisu’, ‘Full Time’ and ‘Master Gardener’.

Disney’s The Little Mermaid is aiming to make a splash in cinemas this weekend as the live-action remake opens in 732 locations.

Halle Bailey stars as a young mermaid desperate to experience life above water. The Little Mermaid was directed by Rob Marshall while Melissa McCarthy, Jonah Hauer-King, Davey Diggs and Javier Bardem round off the rest of the cast.

Marshall directed 2018 Disney remake Mary Poppins Returns which scored an impressive £8.2m in the UK’s widest-ever opening at the time, with 740 locations. The 1989 animated version of The...

Story of a misbehaving sprite who gets access to the human world, and a fellow rebel, looks good but the story is a little flat

This German-Luxembourgian animation is a passable if unambitious hour and a half for under-10s, heavily in the orbit of Pixar both in terms of visuals and in its central conceit of the business of tooth-fairying as a Deliveroo-esque big-tech courier outfit. But unlike Inside Out and Soul’s pint-sized explainers of the psyche, there’s virtually no philosophical sprinkling on the cupcake here. Not that that will stop the young ’uns from gobbling it up anyway – but they might have enjoyed something more nutritious.

The exam to become a fully accredited tooth fairy seems easy enough. As the would-be disco earworm at the start of My Fairy Troublemaker has it, “Sneak inside, take the tooth, make the toy, and disappear!” Cookie-scoffing, misbehaving Violetta...

Exclusive: Global Screen has sealed a fresh round of deals on the 3D-animated feature My Fairy Troublemaker, about a mischievous, rookie tooth fairy who gets stuck in the world of humans on her first mission.

In a key territory deal the animation has sold to France (Kmbo) and recently also secured sales to Benelux (In the Air), Israel (Lev Cinemas), Austria (Constantin Film), Switzerland (MovieBiz), Hungary (Vertigo Media), Slovakia/Czech Republic (Bohemia Motion Pictures) and Greece (Zinos Panagiotidis).

The film follows the adventures of the fairy who ends up befriending a 12-year-old girl, who is having a hard time adjusting to a new life in the city. The fairy promises to magic the girl back to her beautiful garden, but things do not go to plan, sending the duo on a race against time to get back home.

Caroline Origer directs from a screenplay by Silja Clemens and based on an idea from Maite Woköck.