Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.

Articles By Jerry Beck

Netflix

One of the most anticipated animated features of 2022 is Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood – and today Netflix dropped the trailer. The film tells the story of the first moon landing in the summer of 1969 from two interwoven perspectives – the astronaut and mission control view of the triumphant […]

First Image
Nickelodeon

Paramount+ today released the official trailer and key art for its upcoming original series The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder. All 13 episodes of the debut season will be available to stream beginning Thursday, March 31, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Nordics and Latin America. Combining live action and animation, The Fairly Oddparents: […]

First Image

Tonight on Nickelodeon: The all-new Rugrats series is making its linear debut on Nickelodeon starting at 7:30PM (ET/PT). in “One Big Happy Family,” Angelica takes advantage of a family problem to make Tommy and Chuckie play a game of house. Then, in “The Last Balloon,” Tommy and the babies help Chuckie take care of what […]

First Image

More From Animation Scoop

TRAILER: Laika’s “Wildwood”

LAIKA today unveiled the first full trailer for Wildwood, revealing the extraordinary scale, adventure and handcrafted artistry of the studio’s most ambitious film to date Directed and produced by Travis Knight.