Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
Amidst the perfect storm of fan-con and festival season, Los Angeles-based Neko Productions drops a buzzworthy flood of entertainment business growth updates. Cresting the wave is the studio’s debut, original kid-lit graphic novel series entitled 101 Reasons Why. The broadly humorous tome, created by writer/director/comedian Ofir Lobel (Keshet/Netflix’s BLACKSPACE; Keshet’s TRUST NO ONE and A […]
Netflix will release the animated film The Twits, written and directed by Academy Award nominee Phil Johnston (Ralph Breaks the Internet), in 2025. The Twits marks the first screen adaptation based on the Roald Dahl book of the same name. Roald Dahl’s book has been translated into 41 languages and sold 16 million copies worldwide […]
Oscar winner Matthew A. Cherry continues the Hair Love story as creator and executive producer of the new animated series Young Love. The first four episodes debut this Thursday September 21st on Max. Cherry talks about what these characters have meant to him and what he hopes they mean to millions of families. First, he […]
Six years after DK and Hugh Welchman changed animation and cinema forever with their Oscar-nominated, fully painted feature film Loving Vincent, about the life of iconic artist Vincent Van Gogh, the directors have created another incredible, entirely painted animated feature. The Peasants, based on the classic story, just premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film […]
Ancient Greece animated comedy Krapopolis debuts with a one-hour series premiere Sunday September 24th at 8pm on FOX. Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon’s latest show joins this fall’s Animation Domination lineup of long-running The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy. Executive Producer Steve Levy and Supervising Director Pete Michels believe Krapopolis will become as […]
Jim Capobianco co-wrote Pixar’s Ratatouille, earning him an Oscar nomination. He then directed follow-up short Your Friend the Rat, which won him an Annie Award. Now, after years at that animation studio and working on other projects including Mary Poppins Returns, Capobianco has made a stop-motion animated feature about the life of Leonardo Da Vinci. […]
ASIFA-Hollywood announced its Call for Entries today for the 51st Annie Awards set for Saturday, February 17, 2024 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Honoring excellence in the field of animation, the 51st Annie Awards cover 37 categories including Animated Feature, Animated Feature-Independent, TV/Media Production, Sponsored Production, Short Subject, and Student Films, along with Achievement and Honorary awards. […]
The Walt Disney Company announced today the release of the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection, featuring 100 animated films from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Pixar, packaged together in a beautiful hardbound, self-standing three-volume set that unfolds into your own storybook. As part of Disney’s 100th anniversary celebration, a limited number of sets will […]
GKIDS, the acclaimed producer and distributor of award-winning animation from around the globe, announced today it will bring The Boy and the Heron, the highly anticipated new film from legendary, Academy Award-winning Hayao Miyazaki, to cinemas nationwide on December 8, 2023. The latest feature from Japan’s celebrated animation house, Studio Ghibli, begins special preview engagements […]
Back to School season is the perfect time to unveil the highly anticipated new Tiny Toons Looniversity series. It premieres this Friday September 8th on Max and Saturday September 9th at 9am on Cartoon Network. Co-Showrunner and Co-EP Nate Cash and three of the talented voice actors, David Errigo Jr., Eric Bauza and Tessa Netting, […]
