Jackson Murphy

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Jackson Murphy is an Emmy-winning film critic, content producer, and author, who has also served as Animation Scoop reporter since 2016. He is the creator of the website Lights-Camera-Jackson.com, and has made numerous appearances on television and radio over the past 20 years.

Articles By Jackson Murphy

Netflix

My first interview for Animation Scoop, back in July 2016, was with Ryan Crego. At the time, he was the executive producer of DreamWorks Home: Adventures with Tip and Oh series. Now he’s given Netflix a new, original, hand-drawn animated musical. Arlo the Alligator Boy debuts this Friday April 16th, and Crego can’t wait for […]

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HBO Max

Amy Schatz is the eight-time Emmy-winning director of the new animated special The Runaway Bunny. This adaptation of the classic book, featuring new renditions of classic songs, is now streaming on HBO Max. Schatz discusses the casting, music and animation choices that went into making this, as well as the themes people of all ages […]

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Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon debuted Baby Shark’s Big Show! in December with a special holiday episode. Now the official series premiere of the fun family musical comedy series is this Friday March 26th at 12:30pm. Co-executive producer Whitney Ralls takes me behind the sea-nes. Jackson Murphy: I want to tell you a quick story: The first time I […]

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The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman is also well-known for his Invincible comic book series, an adult, grounded look at the superhero world. It’s now a new Amazon Prime Video series with a truly star-studded voice cast. The first three episodes of Invincible premiere this Friday March 26th, and Kirkman is humbled by this opportunity […]

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DreamWorks

Two-and-a-half years after I spoke with Matthew Beans about DreamWorks series Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, he’s now the executive producer of sequel series TrollsTopia. The musical comedy adventures feature characters introduced in CG film Trolls World Tour. Season 2 of TrollsTopia debuts this Thursday March 18th on Hulu and Peacock, and Beans can’t stop […]

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