ASIFA-Hollywood Heads to WonderCon
The event runs March 29-31 and features 900+ exhibitors and movie and TV programming exclusives; ASIFA panels include ‘Animation Superstars: Movers and Shakers,’ ‘The Greatest Cartoons Ever!’ and ‘Monsters of Adult Animation.’
HBO Drops ‘House of the Dragon’ Dueling Season 2 Trailers
The highly anticipated second season of HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel series, based on George R.R. Martin’s ‘Fire & Blood,’ debuts on HBO and streams June 16 on Max.
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’… Beetlejuice Returns with First Trailer
Tim Burton and Michael Keaton team up once more in the highly-awaited ‘Beetlejuice’ sequel that finds 3 generations of the Deetz family unexpectedly reunited with the mischievous demon and his particular type of mayhem, coming to theaters September 2024.
New Clip: Disney's ‘Wish’ – ‘A Wish Worth Making’ Deleted Song
Directors Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn introduce the song, sung by Victor Garber, that didn’t make the final film, but did make the special material packaged with the animated musical’s Digital, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD releases, all now available.
Chernin, King Features to Develop ‘Popeye the Sailor Man’ Live-Action Feature
Producers are in the process of attaching a studio partner for the latest adaptation of the iconic, spinach-loving 1920s comic book character.
Angel Studios Sets ‘The Wingfeather Saga’ Season 2 Release Date
New season releases April 5, continuing the Igiby family's epic journey, promising more secrets, adventures, and heart-stopping moments; Lesley Nicol and Matthew Rhys join the star-studded lineup of actors lending their voices to the series.
‘Chicken for Linda!’ ‘Almost Forgotten’ Lead MONSTRA 2024 Winners
‘La Saison Pourpre’ and ‘It’s Just a Whole’ also take home awards at the Lisbon Animation Festival’s 23rd edition that wrapped up last week.
Neon Wild Launches ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ Interactive Experience on iOS and Android
Storytelling app’s ‘Hear Your Name’ technology lets kids become part of Gabby’s paw-some animated adventure stories; the series is now streaming on Netflix.
Podcast EP 247: How Emmy Robinson Gained 100K Followers by Making Stopmo Animations in Her Bedroom
The amateur animator shares how she used Instagram’s algorithms to her advantage, the niche she discovered and how she capitalized on it.
GKIDS Acquires Distribution Rights to Mamoru Hosoda’s Films
The distributor gains North American rights for the Oscar-nominated director’s entire catalog including ‘Belle,’ ‘Mirai,’ ‘The Girl Who Leapt Through Time,’ and ‘Wolf Children;’ new theatrical and home entertainment releases will highlight Hosoda’s unique artistry.
Sony Drops ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ Trailer
Based on the classic children’s book by Crockett Johnson and starring Zachary Levi, the live-action / animated hybrid features a grown-up Harold who draws himself right off the page into the real world, where he has a lot to learn; coming to theaters in August.
Brian Cox to Star as Santa in Locksmith’s 3DCG ‘That Christmas’
Director Simon Otto’s upcoming comedy also lands Fiona Shaw, Jodie Whittaker, and Bill Nighy; the adaptation of Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning writer/director Richard Curtis’s children’s book series comes to Netflix later this year.
‘Children of Vamfield by Dark Moon’ Rolls Out on Webtoon
The first 3 episodes of Dark Moon’s new webcomic, the prequel to the 2022 ‘Dark Moon: The Blood Altar’ series, are now available on the Webtoon Entertainment platform; new episodes roll out weekly.
NVIDIA Shares New Edify 3D Generative AI Capabilities
As demonstrated at NVIDIA GTC, developers and visual content providers can get more creative control with new 3D asset generation tools; Shutterstock 3D AI generator Speedy 3D is now in early access, and Getty Images has released Edify-powered APIs.
Warner Bros. Drops New Trailer for ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’
Anya Taylor-Joy stars as a young girl snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great Biker Horde in the standalone action-adventure origin story of the fan-favorite eponymous one-armed heroine from ‘Mad Max: Fury Road;’ the film hits theaters nationwide May 24, 2024.
NVIDIA Unveils Omniverse Framework That Streams OpenUSD Scenes to Apple Vision Pro
At NVIDIA GTC, an interactive demo of the new Omniverse Cloud APIs featured a physically accurate digital twin of a car streamed in full fidelity to Apple Vision Pro’s high-resolution displays, leveraging powerful spatial computing and blending 3D photorealistic environments with the physical world.
Autodesk Closes PIX Acquisition
With the addition of the production management solution, the tech giant’s industry cloud for M&E, Flow, will link previously disparate workflows of pre-and post-production, fostering broader collaboration and efficiency.
‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ Gets an Official Trailer and Premiere Date
The mystery-thriller, which take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era, debuts June 4 with its first 2 episodes exclusively on Disney+.
Audio to Animation AI-Integration Now Available in iClone with Audio2Face
The new, seamless solution leverages Reallusion’s iClone, Character Creator, and NVIDIA’s Audio2Face to revolutionize multi-lingual facial lip-sync animation production.
Volinga Introduces NeRF Suite Desktop Version
The company’s Neural Radiance Fields tools for virtual production, VFX, TV, and entertainment lets users process information locally while retaining complete control without reliance on cloud services.
Bill Hader to Star in Warner Bros.’ Animated ‘The Cat in the Hat’
The new film, set to release in 2026, will also star Quinta Brunson, Bowen Yang, Xochitl Gomez, Matt Berry, and Paula Pell; DNEG will produce the animation.
Torill Kove’s ‘Maybe Elephants’ Among NFB Films Set for Annecy 2024
Four National Film Board of Canada animated shorts are headed to the festival, with the Oscar-winning animator’s latest, along with Michèle Lemieux’s pinscreen film, ‘Le tableau (The Painting)’ among the films selected for the official short film competition.
All-Star Cast Revealed for ‘Among Us’ Animated Series
‘Infinity Train’ creator Owen Dennis and CBS Eye Animation Productions’ upcoming adaptation of the beloved multiplayer mystery game from Innersloth will feature the voice talents of Randall Park, Yvette Nicole Brown, Elijah Wood, and Ashley Johnson.
‘Teen Titans’ Live-Action Feature in Development at DC Studios
Ana Nogueira, who is also writing DC Studios' ‘Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow,’ will pen the script.
‘Rick and Morty: The Complete 7th Season’ Now Available
All 10 Season 7 episodes of Adult Swim’s award-winning sci-fi comedy about a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on insanely dangerous adventures across the universe, plus loads of special features, are now available on Blu-ray and DVD; the collection is also available for Digital purchase from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, and Vudu.
