DreamWorks Animation Drops ‘The Wild Robot’ Featurette
Go behind the scenes with Oscar-nominated writer/director Chris Sanders, production designer Raymond Zibach, and many other artists, along with stars Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, and Catherine O’Hara, to see how storyboards, sketches, concept art, models, layout and animation came together to tell the story of a domestic robot shipwrecked on an uninhabited island who becomes the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling while protecting the animals 'she' encounters; coming to theaters September 27.
Aardman Academy Names Will Becher Stop-Motion Lead
Academy Award-nominated director to oversee all stop-motion teaching, learning activities, and development, plus lead academy’s premium courses ‘In-Studio Stop Motion’ and ‘Stop Motion Professional.’
Corvus Belli Drops ‘Infinity: Paradise Lost’ Trailer
New animated series, based on the popular tabletop game, is set 200 years in the future in a universe where humanity has abandoned Earth, colonized star systems and achieved a tenuous unity, but conflicts still exist; fans get 1st look at Comic-Con panel July 27.
Pixar’s ‘Inside Out 2’ Now the Highest Grossing Animated Film in History
Now standing at a global cume of just over $1.46 billion, Kelsey Mann’s sequel to Pete Docter’s Oscar-winning 2015 ‘Inside Out’ takes us back inside the mind of newly minted teenager Riley as a new set of emotions, led by Anxiety, arrive to take over operations.
‘Zima,’ ‘Our Uniform’ Lead Winners at Anibar 2024
15th festival edition wraps up with announcement of films awarded in 6 categories; shorts by Tomek Popakul and Kasumi Ozeki, and Yegane Moghaddam among 11 honored in the competition.
Warner Bros. Games Acquires Player First Games
Known for its free-to-play platform fighting game ‘MultiVersus,’ the developer will continue to be run by co-founders Tony Huynh, head of Player First Games, and Chris White, head of technology.
RADiCAL Adds Habib Zargarpour, Joe Marks and Dane Allen Smith to Advisory Board
The three industry leaders bring decades of shared experience to the AI mocap and real-time 3D creation tools developer as it ramps up its product expansion.
Emilia Clarke, Gerard Butler, Simone Ashley Join ‘The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland’
The new animated feature, based on Carys Bexington’s bestselling book, follows St. Nick (Butler) as he goes down the rabbit hole and meets a host of familiar characters who help him save Christmas.
Call for Entries: Annie Awards 2025
Submissions will be accepted for animated productions that were released in the United States between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024; entries now being accepted through October 30, 2024.
Samurai Jack, Beetlejuice to Headline ‘MultiVersus’ Season 2
From the Cartoon Network and Adult Swim animated series of the same name, the katana wielding warrior joins the new game season launch on July 23. The troublesome ghost Beetlejuice (a.k.a. Betelgeuse) will arrive in time for the ‘Beetlejuice Beeltjuice’ release in September.
Multiple Seasons of ‘The Venture Bros.’ Headed to Netflix
One of Adult Swim's longest-running, award-winning original adult animated series will be available to stream starting August 16; all seven seasons also stream on Max and the AdultSwim website.
NVIDIA Studio Blog: Next-Gen Video Editing Upgrades
Wondershare Filmora adds NVIDIA RTX Video HDR support and RTX-Accelerated AI features; content creator Kevin Stratvert shares how AI is a crucial part of his creative toolkit.
‘Yumi’s Cells: The Movie’ Now Streaming on Rakuten Viki
Animated feature, based on the popular Webtoon and live-action K-Drama, just debuted on the U.S. Asian content streamer; also released are new anime series ‘Mom, I'm Sorry’ and ‘Rakshasa Street’ Seasons 1-3 from BILIBILI.
Crunchyroll Adds 20 Sports Anime Series to AVOD Roster
Fan favorite titles include ‘Haikyu!!’, ‘Blue Lock,’ ‘Run with the Wind,’ ‘Tsurune,’ ‘Kuroko’s Basketball,’ Re-Main’ and ‘Ping Pong the Animation;’ free to watch without subscription with commercials through August 15.
‘Arcane’ Season 1 Coming to Digital, 4K UHD, and Blu-Ray
Set in the universe of the massively popular video game League of Legends, the series Limited-Run Collector’s Edition releases October 22, the SteelBook edition and the Standard Blu-ray edition on October 8, and on digital starting September 24, from GKIDS and Riot Games.
Matthew Chauncey Tapped as New ‘X-Men ‘97’ Writer
The ‘What If…?’ head writer steps in for previous writer/producer Beau DeMayo, who was mysteriously let go earlier this year, just weeks ahead of the Emmy nominated series’ Season 1 premiere.
Corus Pauses Development at Nelvana, VP Athena Georgaklis Exits
The cost-cutting effort also includes the elimination of 300 workers by the end of August that follow the layoffs of 500 employees earlier in the year.
FOX Unveils Fall 2024 Animated Slate Premiere Dates
The schedule includes return dates for 'The Simpsons,' 'Bob's Burgers,' and 'Krapopolis,' as well as the new animated comedy, 'Universal Basic Guys,' which debuts immediately following the FOX NFL doubleheader on September 8.
Ravel Announces ‘Bare Metal Build Station’
New functionality empowers IT and DevOps teams to automate preparation and deployment of customized ‘build candidate’ virtual machine images to any network connected machine from a single unified and user-friendly interface.
The Younglings Return in ‘Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures’ Season 2 Trailer
Lucasfilm’s animated series’ sophomore outing, which follows young Jedis in training as they study the ways of the Force, debuts August 14 on Disney+ and Disney Junior.
STARCHASER: THE LEGEND OF ORIN REMAKE RIGHTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!
Starchaser was the world's first full-length 3-D animated feature and after 40 years the rights are now available.
Vincent Waller and Marc Ceccarelli Talk 25 Years of ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’
The showrunners share some behind-the-scenes stories while reflecting on 25 years of undersea adventures, timeless humor, and the enduring legacy of Stephen Hillenburg’s animated ‘Sponge Boy’ creation from Bikini Bottom.
TV Academy Announces 76th Emmy Award Nominations
‘Blue Eye Samurai,’ ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Scavengers Reign,’ ‘The Simpsons,’ and ‘X-Men ‘97’ are nominated for Outstanding Animated Program; The Emmy Awards will be broadcast September 15 from the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE, live on ABC, while the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which take place at the Peacock Theater over two consecutive nights on Saturday, September 7, and Sunday, September 8, will broadcast an edited presentation September 14 on FXX.
The DNEG Group Finalizes Prime Focus Technologies Acquisition
The addition of PFT’s platforms CLEAR and CLEAR AI supports the group’s expansion into AI-powered tech solutions for M&E.
Warner Bros. Discovery to Lay Off Nearly 1,000 Workers Across Multiple Sectors
Affected staffers include those in finance, business affairs, and production; most cuts will be in the finance department, with less than 10 cuts to Max staff.
