Ahead of the premiere of the all-new Earth Day Peanuts special, It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown, on Friday, April 15th, Apple TV+ today revealed the trailer for the new original special, which is based on the classic Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz and features an original song by American singer-songwriter Ben Folds.
Archive for March, 2022
TRAILER: “Minions: The Rise of Gru”
March 30th, 2022 
Jerry Beck This summer, from the biggest global animated franchise in history, comes the origin story of how the world’s greatest supervillain first met his iconic minions, forged cinema’s most despicable crew and faced off against the most unstoppable criminal force ever assembled. Minions: The Rise of Gru is said to feature more spectacular action than any […]
TRAILER: Netflix “The Sea Beast”
March 30th, 2022 Jerry Beck Here’s the next one from Netflix – The Sea Beast, directed by Chris Williams (Moana, Big Hero Six, Bolt). Featuring the voices of Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator and Jared Harris, the film takes place in an era when terrifying beasts roamed the seas, monster hunters were celebrated heroes – none were more beloved than the […]
Carl Bell (1931-2022)
March 28th, 2022 Jerry Beck The Hollywood animation community has lost one of its stalwart animators and biggest champions – Carl Bell. Carl met Richard Williams at the Ontario College of Art in the early 1950s, and the two drove cross country in 1952 to seek their fortunes in animation. They ultimately went separate ways – but stayed in touch […]
And The Oscar Goes To… “Encanto” and “The Windshield Wiper”
March 27th, 2022 Jerry Beck In case you missed it – and it seems many did… This year’s Academy Award for Best Animated Feature went to Disney’s Encanto. Best Animated Short was awarded to The Windshield Wiper. Both films were indeed Oscar-worthy, but clearly the Academy adhered to its longtime traditions – favoring films that touch the heart. Jared Bush, […]
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Nickelodeon Expands It’s Universe at 2022 Upfront Presentation
March 24th, 2022 Jerry Beck At its annual upfront presentation today, Nickelodeon revealed its overall strategy of universe expansion – including: SpongeBob SquarePants, with the pickup of a 14th season for the most-watched kids’ animated series for the last 20 consecutive years; PAW Patrol, with the greenlight of season 10 of the top-rated preschool series and the first-ever spinoff centering […]
INTERVIEW: “Transformers: BotBots” Showrunners On What’s In Store
March 24th, 2022 Jackson Murphy Emmy nominees Kevin Burke and Chris “Doc” Wyatt (of Rocket & Groot animated series) are executive producers and showrunners of new animated comedy Transformers: BotBots. It premieres tomorrow, March 25th, on Netflix. The mega-popular toy and film brand presents a whole new group of hand-drawn characters — objects and meals at a mall who come […]
Netflix Announces Jorge Gutierrez Next Feature “I, Chihuahua”
March 23rd, 2022 Jerry Beck Jorge Gutierrez has set his next project with Netflix, the animated feature film I, Chihuahua, following last year’s release of the critically acclaimed Maya and the Three. Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias will produce and star. Netflix also debuted Concept Art (below) from the film. “After The Book of Life and the amazing experience on Maya and […]
TRAILER: Warner Bros. “King Tweety”
March 22nd, 2022 Jerry Beck Animation’s cutest “widdle” canary, Tweety, learns he’s a royal descendant and the next in line to the throne in King Tweety a brand-new, full-length animated family film, set for release on Digital and DVD on June 14th, 2022 by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, King Tweety finds Tweety, Sylvester and Granny […]
Music with Real Character: The 65th Anniversary of “Three Little Bops”
March 17th, 2022 Michael Lyons Just when you think there’s no way to re-tell a familiar story, you see something like Three Little Bops. This re-telling of The Three Little Pigs fable with a swingin’ jazz beat is still as infectious and fun sixty-five years after its release. This Warner Bros. Looney Tunes short tells its entire story using music, […]
TRAILER: Disney’s “Sketchbook” Shows You How
March 16th, 2022 Jerry Beck Wanna learn how to draw the Genie from Aladdin directly from Eric Goldberg? Or how to sketch “Simba” from The Lion King from animator Mark Henn? Disney+ invites you to do that in a one-of-a-kind all-new, six-part Original Series called Sketchbook which begins streaming April 27th. From Supper Club and in partnership with Walt Disney […]
Posted in Disney Feature, Disney+ Tags: Disney Plus, Eric Goldberg, Walt Disney Animation Studios No Comments » Jack Black is Back in Dreamworks “Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight”
March 16th, 2022 Jerry Beck Today on National Panda Day, Jack Black has announced on his Tik Tok that he will reprise his role as the ‘Kung Fu Panda’, Po, in the animated series Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight. When a mysterious pair of weasels set their sights on a collection of four powerful weapons, Po must leave his […]
TRAILER: Dreamworks “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
March 15th, 2022 Jerry Beck For the first time in more than a decade, DreamWorks Animation presents a new adventure in the Shrek universe as daring outlaw Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for peril and disregard for safety have taken their toll. Puss has burned through eight of his nine lives, though he lost count along the way. […]
Netflix Sets Fall 2022 For Henry Selick’s “Wendell And Wild”
March 14th, 2022 Jerry Beck From the delightfully wicked minds of Henry Selick and Jordan Peele, comes WENDELL & WILD, an animated tale about scheming demon brothers Wendell (Keegan-Michael Key) and Wild (Peele) – who enlist the aid of 13-year-old Kat Elliot – a tough teen with a load of guilt – to summon them to the Land of the […]
ANNIE AWARD WINNERS: “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”, “Flee”, “Arcane” Take Top Honors
March 12th, 2022 Jerry Beck Sony Pictures Animation was a big winner Saturday evening during the 49th Virtual Annie Awards. The Mitchells vs The Machines received eight Annies including Best Feature, Best FX (Christopher Logan, Man-Louk Chin, Devdatta Nerurkar, Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari), Character Design (Lindsey Olivares), Direction (Mike Rianda, Jeff Rowe), Production Design (Lindsey Olivares, Toby Wilson, Dave Bleich), […]
