Event News: NY Television Fest Animation Slate ; Live Talks Los Angeles Adds “Simpsons” Panel

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Mark your calendars.

Live Talks Los Angeles is hosting a panel featuring producers and cast from The Simpsons. Yeardley Smith (“Lisa”), Nancy Cartwright (“Bart”), writers Mike Scully and Mike Reiss, and David Silverman (director) are slated to take part in an event slated for June 14th.

The event is being held at The Ann and Jerry Moss Theater–New Roads School Herb Alpert Educational Village and tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by the aforementioned link.

The Simpsons will premiere this Fall for its 30th season.

 

 

The New York Television Festival is slated for a 2018 Summer bow and the annual festival is getting ready to showcase its strong suit…animation. The one time home of Animals has a bevy of new pilots and shorts that will be shown in hopes of potential pickups to series. Here’s a sample of some of the older-skewing animated pilots expected to be showcased:

Mixed [World Festival Premiere]
Created by Manolo Moreno – New York, NY
An Asian-American woman in a mixed-race relationship struggles between being a young, urban hipster and a good mother (to an obnoxious musical prodigy).

Omega House [World Festival Premiere]
Created by Marc Sloboda – Chicago, IL
After surviving the nuclear apocalypse, four mutated frat brothers set out on a journey across the wasteland to figure out what the heck happened.

Robits [World Festival Premiere]
Created by Chris Parks – Los Angeles, CA
A group of Robots work a nine to five in corporate America.

Rock Bottom
Created by Nick Baker and Tristan Klein – Sydney, Australia
Welcome to Rock Bottom – a filthy underground bar, full of filthy underground bugs.

Tommy Wants His Mommy [World Festival Premiere]
Created by Tom McDonald – Brooklyn, NY
An absurdly banal series following a 28-year-old slacker who moves back in with his suburban mom, who begins mentoring him in the family business: life coaching.

True Puppet Theater [World Festival Premiere]
Created by Victor Varnado – New York, NY
This comedic series puts an unexpected spin on true-crime formats, with hilarious retellings of startling stories with paper puppets.

 

 

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