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Blurry.If you know Dash Shaw’s films but haven’t read his books, you might be unsure what to expect when picking up his newest graphic novel, Blurry. My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (2016) is a high-school melodrama that dovetails with a disaster plot: soon after a student discovers that the school building is not up to code, an earthquake sends the building into the sea. The characters, rendered with thick lines, are often tinted and filled in by expressive bursts of color. The animation style in Cryptozoo (2021) is more detailed, the colors more lush; the story seems more straightforward at first—the stewards of the titular enclosure attempt to capture another mythical beast for their menagerie and protect it from the humans who want to exploit it—but it raises questions which are meant to encourage deeper thinking from the audience.Ever since his first graphic novel,...

In a groundbreaking move, European powerhouse Beta Film and Grupo Globo, the biggest production force in Latin America, have inked a multi-year partnership, kicked off by development on ‘Discipline,’ from Konrad Dantas and Felipe Braga, the creative team behind “Sintonia,” Netflix’s biggest hit in Brazil.

“Discipline” marks Beta Film’s first series outside Europe, but head Jan Mojto has always been alert to new creative hubs, entering Central and Eastern Europe years before most competitors, a move now reaping rewards.

Created by writer-director-producer Dantas, founder of KondZilla, owner of the biggest YouTube channel in Latin America, and Braga, “Discipline” will be produced by KondZilla, which has also won an International Emmy, a Latin Grammy and three Cannes Lions, and Lb Entertainment, co-headed by Braga, for Globo, Beta Film and Janeiro Studios, the newly established production boutique led by former Beta Cco Koby Gal Raday.

Globo has exclusive rights in...