Geeked Week 24 Kicks Off with Reveals, Sneak Peeks, and Surprise Releases
Netflix’s week-long event began with videos and announcements for the animated series ‘Castlevania Nocturne,’ ‘Wolf King,’ and ‘Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance.’
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Lilly Wachowski Boards ‘Hell Followed with Us’ Animated Adaptation
The ‘Matrix’ filmmaker teams with Trustbridge Entertainment, Circle Management + Production, Powerhouse Animation Studios, and Line Mileage on the film project, with a screenplay by Alvaro Rodriguez and Warren Wagner.
Nickelodeon Drops ‘Max & the Midknights’ Trailer, Key Art, and Voice Cast
The original 3DCG series follows 10-year-old Max and friends on their quest to save Byjovia in the adaptation of Lincoln Peirce’s best-selling book series, premiering October 30.
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Riot Games, Virgin Music Unveil ‘Arcane’ Season 2 Original Soundtrack Lineup
The groundbreaking album ‘Arcane League of Legends: Season 2 (Soundtrack from The Animated Series)’ features over 20 electrifying singles by superstar artists, including Woodkid, Twenty One Pilots, Stray Kids, and more.
Aniventure and Viva Pictures Drop ‘Hitpig!’ Trailer
From famed cartoonist and author Berkeley Breathed to the screen! Jason Sudeikis, Lilly Singh, and Rainn Wilson star in the crazy new animated feature about a clever bounty hunting pig who gets his biggest job yet: returning an escaped dancing elephant to its owner; animated by Cinesite, the film hits theaters November 1.
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Max Drops ‘Gremlins: The Wild Batch’ Season 2 Trailer
The adventures continue when havoc-wreaking Mogwai heads to San Francisco and the American West; Part 1 of the 2-part season debuts October 3.
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Apple TV+ Drops ‘Curses!’ Season 2 Trailer
From DreamWorks Animation, the spooky animated adventures continue as the Vanderhouven family keeps trying to undo the generational curse caused by their greedy ancestors, streaming globally October 4.
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Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit Talk ‘LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy’
The showrunners, co-creators and EPs, self-described ‘Star Wars’ nuts, discuss how they turned the entire empire upside down on the new Lucasfilm 3DCG series, where good guys are bad, bad guys are good, and Jar Jar Binks may well be… a Sith lord; now streaming on Disney+.
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Annapurna Interactive Staff Quits En Masse Following Deal Breakdown
The move follows failed talks between Annapurna Pictures founder Megan Ellison and Nathan Gary, former president of Annapurna Interactive, that were aimed at converting the division into a separate company.
Police Work is ‘Ruff’ - DreamWorks Animation Unleashes ‘Dog Man’ Trailer
NYT bestselling author Dav Pilkey’s newest kids’ book series gets its first big screen treatment; a dog becomes much more than a police officer’s ‘best friend’ after they are both hurt on the job; the 3DCG feature stars Pete Davidson, Isla Fisher, Lil Rel Howery, and Ricky Gervais, hitting theaters January 31, 2025.
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XTR Acquires AI Animation Studio Late Night Labs
The film and television studio known for its feature documentary ‘Daughters’ will utilize the AI studio’s proprietary technology to help launch holding company Asteria Film Co. to produce animation, fiction, and non-fiction film and television.
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Polymath Motion Rebrands as Oddbeast
Motion design and production studio embraces the ‘Beast’ to reflect its expertise and ‘Odd’ to represent the rarity of its ‘high caliber’ creative work.
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Zeno Robinson Talks ‘Big City Greens’ and ‘Transformers: Earthspark’ Voice Acting
The actor voices both Cricket Green’s best friend, Remy Remington, for Disney and the Transformers Terran, Thrash, for Nickelodeon, though he found some time for a bit of writing on the Houghton brother’s fish-out-of-water show this past season.
Disney+ Sets ‘Inside Out 2’ Debut
The highest-grossing animated film of all time, which takes audiences back into the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is making room for new Emotions, streams September 25.
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PFCAT 2024 Announces Animation Award Winners
The Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology, which wrapped last month, featured 160+ films in competition, including 90 animated shorts and features; animated films ‘Fulgores’ by Andrés Palma and ‘LUKi and the Lights’ each garnered wins in 2 categories.
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Gulli Greenlights ‘Wild Kat’ Animated Series
The new show from Watch Next, which blends fantasy, action, adventure, and humor for tween audiences, is set in a world where some kids can transform into hybrid creatures.
New ‘Bluey Minisodes’ Coming to Disney+
The upcoming batch of 7 episodes, which follow the brief, funny and sweet moments of Bluey and Bingo, stream October 7, then roll out on Disney Jr., Disney Channel and Disney Jr. On Demand throughout the week.
Fede Alvarez to Deliver Keynote at VIEW 2024
Award-winning ‘Alien: Romulus’ director will present live at Italy’s premier animation and VFX event running October 14-19 in the beautiful baroque city of Turin.
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Netflix Orders ‘Twilight’ Animated Series ‘Midnight Sun’
First announced in 2023 as a series reboot at Lionsgate Television, the project serves as a retelling of the original ‘Twilight’ novel from the perspective of the broody vampire Edward Cullen.
Netflix Debuts Official Trailer, Images for ‘Arcane’ Final Chapter
One of the streamer’s most successful animated series ever, based on the video game ‘League of Legends,’ returns for its final chapter this November.
Emile Award Nominees Announced
September 23 awards ceremony kicks off the ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival taking place September 23-29 in Syros, Greece.
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Titmouse Announces ‘Best of 5 Second Day’ Screenings
The 1 night only September 20 event features a compilation of 16 years of fan-favorite, provocative, and emotional creations from Titmouse’s hugely popular annual ‘5 Second Day’ events; tickets are now on sale.
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Release Date Set for ‘Flow’ Animated Feature
Gints Zilbalodis’ Annecy award-winning 3D animated film, which follows a cat who wakes up in a universe where all human life seems to have disappeared, opens in New York and Los Angeles on November 22.
DreamWorks Drops ‘The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist’ Trailer
It’s gonna get scary when the ‘Bad Guys’ return to deceased crook Reginald E. Scary’s haunted mansion on a quest to score his prized amulet; new 3DCG Halloween Special comes to Netflix October 3.
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Donald Duck Stars in Special ‘Hot Ones’ Episode
As part of a ‘90 years’ celebration of the iconic animated Walt Disney Company character, Donald appears on the celebrity interview show to prove he can take on the heat after a challenge by Daisy Duck.
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