Coming March 1st 2019, DreamWorks Animation highly anticipated culmination of one of the most popular animated franchises in film history, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. Here’s a first look at the new teaser poster.
Archive for May, 2018
Sony Sets Miller/Lord’s “The Mitchells Vs. The Machine” for 2020
May 22nd, 2018 
Jerry Beck Get ready for The Mitchells Vs. The Machine, Sony Pictures Animation’s new CG feature coming to theaters January 10th, 2020. The film is an original animated comedy from producers Chris Miller and Phil Lord (The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street). The Mitchells are a dysfunctional but loving family whose road trip is interrupted by a […]
Warner Bros. Animation Rebooting “Thundercats” For Cartoon Network in 2019
May 18th, 2018 Jerry Beck It’s time again to feel the magic and hear the roar! Production is currently underway on ThunderCats Roar, an all-new, animated sci-fi action comedy series from Warner Bros. Animation. Bursting with over-the-top action and razor-sharp comedy, ThunderCats Roar boasts fresh and vibrant character designs along with a dynamic storytelling tone that promises to reignite the […]
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TROLLHUNTERS Interview: Marc Guggenheim, From Epic to Epic más grande
May 18th, 2018 W.R. Miller Residents of Arcadia, beware. Your world is not as ordinary as you may think. Below, you have trolls. Above, you have aliens. Sideways, you have wizards. And they’re all converging on your town. Tales of Arcadia spawns from the imagination of director Guillermo del Toro, presented by Netflix and produced by DreamWorks TV Animation. The […]
ANIME TRAILER: “Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle”
May 18th, 2018 Jerry Beck Humanity’s desperate battle to reclaim the Earth from Godzilla continues. The key to defeating the King of the Monsters may be Mechagodzilla, a robotic weapon thought to have been lost nearly 20,000 years ago. Part 2 of the new anime Godzilla trilogy from Toho (and destined for Netflix here in the US). Godzilla: City on […]
Second Season of Disney’s “Big City Greens” Ordered Ahead of Series June 18th Debut
May 17th, 2018 Jerry Beck Disney Channel has ordered a second season of animated comedy-adventure series Big City Greens, about a mischievous and optimistic country boy who moves to the big city with his wildly out of place family, ahead of its series debut, Monday June 18th (9:30 a.m. EDT/PDT), on Disney Channel, DisneyNOW and Disney Channel VOD. The series […]
New Trailer for DreamWorks Trollhunters Part 3
May 14th, 2018 Jerry Beck DreamWorks Trollhunters Part 3 debuts on May 25th, exclusively on Netflix, which marks the final season of Guillermo del Toro’s Emmy-winning series. A full trailer is now online, along with more details below. In DreamWorks’ Trollhunters Part 3, the fate of troll and human civilizations hang in the balance. The Trollhunters are racing to stop […]
Happy 89th Birthday, Margaret ‘Tinker Bell’ Kerry
May 11th, 2018 Jerry Beck Today, May 11th, is the 89th birthday of Margaret Kerry, actress, dancer, entertainer who was cast by Marc Davis as the live-action model for Tinker Bell for Disney’s classic film Peter Pan (1953). Davis, one of Disney’s famed nine-old-men, also cast her as the Red-Headed Mermaid in the Mermaid Lagoon sequence. We here at Animation […]
Laika’s “Missing Link” To Be Released Spring 2019
May 8th, 2018 Jerry Beck LAIKA, the animation studio behind the Academy Award nominated Kubo and the Two Strings, The Boxtrolls, ParaNorman, and Coraline, announces its fifth and most ambitious film to date: Missing Link. The title, U.S. release date (Spring, 2019) and complete cast details were revealed today by LAIKA President & CEO Travis Knight as he prepares to […]
Los Angeles Animation Festival sets Post-Thanksgiving Dates in NoHo
May 7th, 2018 Jerry Beck Co-founders filmmaker Miles Flanagan and animation producer John Andrews today announce the event, honoree and submission details for the Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF), taking place November 30th – December 2nd in North Hollywood. This year marks the 4th occurrence for the festival, which is now planned as an annual event. Now open for entries. […]
Producer Scott Fellows discusses his Dreamworks/Amazon “Rocky & Bullwinkle”
May 7th, 2018 Jackson Murphy Moose and Squirrel are back! A modern reboot of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle will arrive on Amazon Prime Video this Friday, May 11th. The fearless leader in charge of reviving the classic ’50s-’60s series is executive producer Scott Fellows (The Fairly OddParents”, Johnny Test). Jackson Murphy: One of the most recent times people […]
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Dave Michener 1932-2018
May 3rd, 2018 Jerry Beck Dave Michener, a veteran Disney animator, story artist, and director from 1956 up until his retirement from The Walt Disney Studios in 1987, passed away on February 15th, 2018, it was reported by his wife, Donna. He was 85 years old. Michener died at his home in Los Angeles, California from complications due to a […]
Happy Birthday, Ray Favata
May 1st, 2018 Jerry Beck This Thursday, May 3rd, is Ray’s 94th birthday. Who is Ray Favata? His friend and colleague Jim Martin wrote: “Ray Favata had an interest in drawing since he was a child. His artistic talents led him to a position in the US Army’s art department during World War II. His formal career in animation began […]
