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Hasbro Studios, the Los Angeles-based entertainment distribution division of Hasbro, Inc. has pacted with Cartoon Network to distribute the first season of the hit animated series Transformers: Cyberverse to Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The international deal includes both linear and digital…

UPDATED: Hasbro’s been toying with the idea of buying a studio for years, going back at least to 2014 when acquisition talks with DreamWorks Animation fell apart. But the plaything maker broke off conversations with Lionsgate last week over “price disagreements,” Reuters reports today, citing “people familiar with the…

Back in September, we told you about the writers room put together by Hasbro to hash out the next several years of the Transformers franchise. The group wrapped after three months with what was said at the time to be ideas for 5 possible new films, in addition to numerous other spinoffs on various media. Shocking no…

As the company expands projects based on its line of games and toys, Hasbro Studios has announced the hiring of screenwriter T.J. Fixman as Creative Consultant. Among Fixman’s feature script credits are Tristar’s Generation Heist, Fox’s The Men Who Kill, produced by Greg Berlanti and starring Michael B. Jordan, and Gar…

EXCLUSIVE: Josh Feldman, formerly of Genre Films, has joined the entertainment division of Hasbro Studios in a newly-created position of head of development. The move  comes off the crazy success of Transformers: Age of Extinction and as the entertainment division of Hasbro continues to strengthen its brand as a force…

India’s Richest Man Backs Start-Up Channel Epic TV India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is backing Epic TV, a new Indian start-up channel. Due to start broadcasting next month, the high-def channel will have content based on the nation’s history, folklore and mythology in a contemporary format, Indian press reported…

Hasbro Studios & Clear Vision Ink Distribution Deal UK-based Clear Vision has acquired HV distribution rights for the first and second seasons of Hasbro Studios’ My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic. Under the multi-territory deal, Clear Vision will distribute the hit kids’ show in the UK, France, Italy, the Nordic…

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. and PAWTUCKET, R.I., April 11, 2013 — Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) and Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) today announced an expanded agreement making two of the hottest new Hasbro Studios shows, Littlest Pet Shop and Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters, available to Netflix members in the U.S. Kaijudo is…

Hasbro Studios today laid off the three staffers in its Game & Reality Show Production & Development department under VP Kevin Belinkoff. Belinkoff will continue to oversee the studio’s game show efforts, including current series Family Game Night for sibling HUB network as Hasbro remains committed to the genre. But…

LOS ANGELES, CA, December 11, 2012– Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) announced the integration of all of its content initiatives, including television, film, commercial productions and short-form content, under Stephen Davis, president of Los Angeles-based Hasbro Studios. Davis, who has overseen global TV development…

New York, March 5, 2012 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced that Hasbro Studios, the Los Angeles-based production and distribution division of Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), will serve as a presenting partner of its new International Emmy Kids Awards. The previously announced awards…

Looks like a lot of kids — OK, their parents — are snapping up the toys and games represented on shows such as Transformers Prime, Clue, and My Little Pony that they see on The Hub. Hasbro COO David D. R. Hargreaves says these sales are soaring even though initial ratings following the channel’s October 2010 launch…