Boat Rocker Announces ‘Dino Ranch: Island Explorers’ is Coming to Amazon Kids+
The spin-off of preschool animated series ‘Dino Ranch’ will stream in the U.S., UK, Canada, Japan, and Germany in 2026.
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Paramount Drops New ‘Smurfs’ Trailer
Rihanna’s Smurfette leads her friends on a rescue mission to a very real Earth after Papa Smurf gets kidnapped by Razamel and Gargamel; the upcoming live-action / 3DCG hybrid – and extremely blue musical - hits theaters July 18.
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New Episodes of Turtlebox Productions’ ‘Mini Explorers!’ Now Streaming
The preschool live-action/animated series, which features scripted, parody-style walkthroughs for a fictional first-person adventure game, has launched on the Shaftesbury Kids YouTube channel and Yippee TV.
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‘Marvel’s Iron Man and His Awesome Friends’ Finds its Villains
Tony Hale, Talon Warburton, and Vanessa Bayer have joined the 3DCG animated ‘Iron Man’ preschool series, set to debut this Summer on Disney Jr. and Disney+.
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SIGGRAPH 2025 to Honor Pixar’s ‘Toy Story’ 30th Anniversary
The groundbreaking, first fully computer-animated feature film returns to the SIGGRAPH stage with a special introduction by Ed Catmull, a 4K screening, and a tribute to the community that helped bring it to life, presented as part of the conference’s Computer Animation Festival.
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First Look Revealed for ‘Spider-Noir’ Live-Action Series
Starring Nicolas Cage and based on the Marvel ‘Spider-Man Noir’ comic, the series follows an aging, down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York; debuts domestically on MGM+’s linear channel, then globally on Prime Video, in 2026.
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‘Fallout’ Renewed for Third Season Ahead of Season 2 December Premiere
Who doesn’t want more Ghoul… hit Prime Video show, based on Bethesda’s beloved video game series that chronicles post-apocalyptic life, gets a Season 3 pickup.
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Sycamore Studios Taps Jeremy Latcham as ‘Zita The Spacegirl’ Executive Producer
The animated film, which follows a girl who is propelled into a cosmic adventure after her best friend is abducted by aliens, is also produced by Latcham Pictures’ Andrew Pace.
‘Butterfly,’ ‘Hunting’ Take Top Honors at ITFS 2025
The festival wrapped its 32nd edition with a May 10 ceremony honoring winners of the main competition, with Florence Miailhe and Lea Favre, respectively, taking home the big awards.
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Applause Entertainment Launches 'ApplaToon' YouTube Animation Channel
The channel’s first original animated series ‘Kiya & Kayaan,’ based on the Amar Chitra Katha Junior Library, is now streaming.
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Lino DiSalvo Directing Mediawan’s ‘Twisted,’ First Look Set for Cannes
The ‘Frozen’ head of animation returns to the director’s chair in the original animated feature, which follows a young girl who journeys across Italy with a reluctant truth-telling folklore creature.
Animated Comedy ‘Stitch Head’ to Premiere at Annecy
Crafted by Gringo Films and based on the children’s book by Guy Bass, the 3DCG film flips the ‘Frankenstein’ fable on its head.
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Steamroller Animation Drops ‘Spice Frontier: Escape from Veltegar’ Trailer
Pilot episode, which centers on a doomed excursion to the desert planet Veltegar, premieres May 21 on the Steamroller Stories YouTube channel.
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‘Godzilla x Kong: Supernova’ Now in Production
6th Monsterverse film will see the legendary Titans face off against a cataclysmic, world-ending event, with Dan Stevens reprising his role as Trapper alongside Sam Neill, Kaitlyn Dever, and Delroy Lindo; release set for 2027.
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Spin Master Announces ‘Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie’ Voice Cast
Jameela Jamil, Terry Crews, Snoop Dogg, Bill Nye, Paris Hilton, Henry Bolan, and Meredith MacNeill join previously announced Jennifer Hudson, Fortune Feimster, and Mckenna Grace on the upcoming animated film, which releases in 2026.
DreamWorks Animation Shares ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie’ Cat-tastic Trailer
Gabby, her grandma Gigi (Gloria Estefan), and the adorable Gabby Cats head to Cat Francisco, only to lose the dollhouse and lock horns with eccentric cat lady Vera (Kristin Wiig), in the hybrid live-action / 3DCG feature based on the hit, mixed media preschool series; in theaters September 26.
Onirikal Studio Shares ‘Punto Nemo’ VFX Breakdown Reel
The Spanish VFX and animation house delivered bubbles, fish, underwater shots and a dramatic shipwreck on the Prime Video sci-fi drama series about an oceanographic expedition that gets dragged by a storm to the farthest point from inhabited land on Earth: Point Nemo.
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Vision Films’ 'Dalia & The Red Book' Releases on Cable and Streamers
The 3DCG, stop-motion, and 2D animation hybrid film, which follows a daughter who attempts to finish her late father’s novel from the inside, debuted May 6 across the U.S. and Canada.
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EGOT Winner Tim Rice Joins ‘The Land of Sometimes’ Animated Feature
The prolific songwriter, known for his work on ‘Evita,’ ‘The Lion King,’ and others, will pen 3 new songs for the film, which stars Ewan McGregor, Helena Bonham Carter, and Mel Brooks; debuts later this year.
Aaron Waltke Boards Prime Video’s ‘Wings of Fire’ as Showrunner
The ‘Unikitty!’ and ‘Trollhunters’ writer/producer will also executive produce and co-write the animated series alongside ‘Wings of Fire’ book series author Tui T. Sutherland.
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Titmouse Celebrates 25th Anniversary with ‘Blood’ Stains, Laughs, and Battle Scars
A blowout party at the studio’s Burbank headquarters included the ‘Branded by Blood’ event, which pitted blindfolded ‘Floggers’ against squeaky-footed ‘Victims’ in a 10x20-foot cage match of ‘blood-soaked’ pool noodles.
BlueBolt Delivers 232 VFX Shots for ‘A Thousand Blows’ Disney+ Series
The studio enhanced brutal bare-knuckle boxing fights as well as created digital environments for key story locations and a CG aerial London cityscape, totalling 125 shots for Season 1 and another 107 shots for the upcoming Season 2.
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Producer Mary Alice Drumm Talks ‘Elio’
Watch INDAC’s Johannes Wolters interview the Pixar creative (associate producer of ‘Coco’) at an April screening in Munich where she talks about team building, tough deadlines, and protecting artists so they can make the best film possible.
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ROOF Studio Reveals ‘The New Yorker’ Animated Short
Watch it from ‘cover’ to ‘cover’… in partnership with Le Truc, The Condé Nast Creative Marketing Team, and Human, the promotional project celebrates the publication’s 100th anniversary.
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‘Mighty Monsterwheelies’ Season 2: A Monster Mashup of Monstrous Proportions
Creator Kyel White and executive producer Stephanie Simpson discuss brave new characters and fun new stories on DreamWorks Animation’s 3DCG adventure-comedy preschool series that follows a team of half-monster-half-rescue vehicle heroes; new season debuts May 5 on Netflix.
