Lauren Ashton

Managing Editor

Lauren Ashton is a Los Angeles-based writer. She has also taught stop-motion animation and film history since 2020, and holds a BFA in Acting from The California Institute of the Arts. Lauren has previously worked with Walt Disney Imagineering, and since graduating from CalArts, she has worked at Spellbound Inc. (a YouTube Production Company), Gnomon School of Animation, and written plays and sketch comedy for various theaters.

Articles By Lauren Ashton

INTERVIEW: Nick Kroll on the Raunchy and Emotional World of Mating Season

The team behind Big Mouth returns with Mating Season, an all-new adult animated romantic comedy set in the world of forest animals. The series explores themes of love, sex, friendship, and the instinctive need of all animals to find connection and companionship. Ahead of the series premiere, I had the opportunity to speak with Nick Kroll about balancing […]

Animation Educators Forum to Host Salon with Animation Industry Veteran Tom Sito

ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum (AEF) will host its 10th Salon Zoom meeting, A Personal Journey through the Toon Renaissance of the 1990s with animation industry veteran Tom Sito on Thursday, May 28th, 6 p.m. Pacific Time. To join this program, please click this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81881511353?pwd=KYc5lQVUaYitxpO2IyvzX8yymaxcC1.1 In the 1980s, animated cartoons were seen as an art […]

Adventure Time: Side Quests Premieres June 29th on Disney+ and Hulu

Disney+ and Hulu have set a June 29 U.S. premiere date for the all-new animated series Adventure Time: Side Quests, produced by Cartoon Network Studios. Serving as a companion series to the original Emmy®, Peabody, and Annie Award-winning Adventure Time, the new show follows young adventurer Finn and his loyal magical dog Jake as they journey through the […]

Netflix Sets Expansive Animation Lineup for Annecy

Netflix is returning to the Annecy International Animation Film Festival with an expansive slate of films and series spanning multiple genres, spotlighting acclaimed filmmakers alongside emerging creative voices. The showcase comes on the heels of a landmark year for Netflix Animation, including KPop Demon Hunters earning two historic Oscar wins* — becoming the first non-Disney/Pixar animated film […]

First Look: Brad Bird’s “Ray Gunn” Adds Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Waits to Cast

Skydance Animation has announced Ray Gunn, an all-new animated feature directed by Brad Bird and slated for release in 2026. The film is directed by Brad Bird, who also created the original story and co-wrote the screenplay with Matthew Robbins. Ray Gunn is produced by John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Lisa Beroud, David Ellison and Dana Goldberg for Skydance […]

Lauren Ashton

Managing Editor

Articles By Lauren Ashton

INTERVIEW: Nick Kroll on the Raunchy and Emotional World of Mating Season

Animation Educators Forum to Host Salon with Animation Industry Veteran Tom Sito

Adventure Time: Side Quests Premieres June 29th on Disney+ and Hulu

Netflix Sets Expansive Animation Lineup for Annecy

First Look: Brad Bird’s “Ray Gunn” Adds Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Waits to Cast

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Lauren Ashton

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