Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
Following the success of Snoopy in Space, AppleTV+ is debuting more great new Peanuts content. The Snoopy Show premieres this Friday February 5th. Executive Producer Mark Evestaff and Jean Schulz, President of the Charles M. Schulz Museum, discuss all the research and passion behind this series, which won’t disappoint generations of fans. Jackson Murphy: I […]
The studio Rankin/Bass conjures up comfortable, Christmas images of Rudolph, Frosty and Santa, but many forget that the Studio also brought the Jackson 5 to Saturday Morning television, with a landmark animated series based on the iconic musical group during the heyday of their juggernaut popularity. The Jackson 5ive show, which debuted on ABC on […]
Michaela Mihalyi and David Stumpf are the directors of the wild animated short film with a memorable title: Sh_t Happens. After successful Sundance and Venice showings, this saga of a man, his wife, a deer and the terrible things that can happen in the average day, is vying for Oscar and Annie Awards consideration. Mihalyi […]
Paramount+, the highly anticipated streaming service from ViacomCBS, today announced that both The Spongebob Movie: Sponge On The Run and all-new Paramount+ Original Series KAMP KORAL: SPONGEBOB’S UNDER YEARS will premiere on the service on Thursday, March 4th. The Spongebob Movie: Sponge On The Run will also be released by Paramount Home Entertainment for Premium […]
Netflix’s newest animated musical feature was announced today, and it is The Witch Boy. Directed by Oscar-nominated director Minkyu Lee (Adam and Dog), the film is based on the NYT best selling graphic novel series of the same title by Molly Knox Ostertag. Three-time Grammy Award nominated band Haim is attached to write music for […]
On March 5th, Disney will release its latest animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon in theaters and on Disney+ Premier Access. The studio recently gave members of the press an exclusive first look at 30 minutes of footage, along with special presentations from the makers. One of those was a “How to Draw Tuk […]
The Sundance Film Festival is one of the most prestigious events in entertainment. It’s an annual destination for movie fans and studio execs to see some big films first. Careers of actors and directors are born here… specifically in Park City, Utah. It may be hard to believe but Sundance did happen in person last […]
Since January 4th, the cable network (and over-the-air broadcast sub-channel) MeTV has been running a weekday hour of classic cartoons from the MGM, Warner Bros. and Paramount Popeye and Betty Boop libraries. Telecast at 7am and formatted as a vintage kids show, hosted by “cartoon curator” Bill Leff and his puppet companion “Toony, the Tuna”, […]
When Walt Disney’s One Hundred and One Dalmatians opened on January 25, 1961, it was a “first” in so many ways. For the first time, a Disney animated feature would have a contemporary setting; it would also be the first “non-musical” animated feature to come from the Studio and the first time Disney was using […]
Netflix has acquired worldwide rights (excluding China) to The Mitchells vs. The Machines (formerly Connected) from Sony Pictures Animation. The original animated comedy is produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller whose film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The film stars Danny McBride, Abbi Jacobson, Maya Rudolph, […]
