Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
Ben Smith is the writer/director of the new CG superhero animal animated feature StarDog and TurboCat. It premieres this Thursday May 21st on DirecTV Cinema before heading to more VOD and Digital platforms on June 19th. Smith and his team finished making the film last August. And after a run in UK theaters, Smith is […]
This Thursday, May 21st, marks the 10-year anniversary of the release of DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek Forever After. The fourth and final chapter in the core Shrek saga was directed by Mike Mitchell, who put a spin on the classic It’s a Wonderful Life story with Shrek, Fiona, Donkey and Puss in Boots. Shrek Forever After, […]
Last May, I interviewed longtime TV writer Chuck Tatham (Full House, Modern Family) about a network sitcom he wrote on called Back To You. It aired on FOX during the Writers’ Strike 2007-2008 season and starred Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Heaton, Ty Burrell, Fred Willard and, at that time, a relatively unknown Josh Gad. Tatham is […]
Warner Bros. was originally going to release SCOOB! in theaters this weekend. But instead, they’re bringing it to the homes of millions of families with a release on VOD and Digital platforms. Director Tony Cervone is a lifelong animation admirer, and he’s thrilled to be sharing this new chapter of the Scooby Saga with fans […]
The Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF), LA’s independent animation festival, launches a new distribution label specializing in international animation, to be released on Blu-ray, DVD, select theaters, On-Demand and streaming channels. The films are distributed under the LAAF brand through the newly formed company FilmFest Distribution. FilmFest is the brain-child of LAAF Co-Founder Miles Flanagan […]
Eiichiro Oda’s pirate comedy-adventure One Piece may well be the most popular animated franchise on the planet. The 96 paperback collections of the original manga have sold more than 450 million books–not far behind the “Harry Potter” series. More than 939 episodes of the animated TV series have been produced with no end in sight. […]
Josh Bycel is the EP of the new animated series Solar Opposites, premiering this Friday May 8th on Hulu. Bycel talks about working with the Rick and Morty team on this sci-fi comedy. He also shares his thoughts on being a part of the Trolls and American Dad! families… and his unique connections to Frasier. […]
Jeffrey Katzenberg has been immersed in the world of animation for much of his career. He helped usher-in some of the most beloved Disney animated films of all-time in the late ’80s and early ’90s. And he was instrumental at DreamWorks Animation for more than two decades. Now Quibi takes center stage. Katzenberg’s streaming service […]
The outré sci-fi adventure-comedy RobiHachi (2019) presents the future as a tourist trap. Tall, lanky, and self-indulgent, Robby Yarge is a shameless if unsuccessful skirt-chaser and ne’er-do-well. After a series of get-rich-quick schemes crash and burn, he’s left owing a fortune to Mr. Yang. To collect the debt, Yang sends bright, eager Hatchi Ika. Hatchi […]
Due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, the live-action multicam show One Day at a Time was put on hold. However, the show’s producers found another way to produce a new, original episode in this time of quarantine: animation. The original idea was to film the episode traditionally as live-action with instered fantasy elements. When the […]
