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Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.

Spider-Ham

Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is a superhero appearing in Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphic pig and is a parody version of Spider-Man. He was created by Larry Hama, Tom DeFalco, and Mark Armstrong.

KENEDA

Kaneda, the leader of a motorcycle gang in Katsuhiro Otomo’s classic anime feature AKIRA (1988).

Daffy Duck

Daffy Duck was created by Tex Avery for Leon Schlesinger Productions. He has appeared in cartoon series such as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, in which he is usually depicted as a foil for either Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, or Speedy Gonzales.

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Sony Pictures Classics giving Louis Clichy’s Cannes and Annecy Winner IRON BOY a qualifying run in December; National Release in January

Sony Pictures Classics giving Louis Clichy’s Cannes and Annecy Winner IRON BOY a qualifying run in December; National Release in January

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
September 11th, 2026
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will release Louis Clichy’s IRON BOY in New York and Los Angeles on January 22, 2027, with an awards-qualifying run in December. The film received critical acclaim following its premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize for its stunning combination of realism and fantasy.
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Sony Pictures Classics Acquire’s Clichy’s “Iron Boy”

Sony Pictures Classics Acquire’s Clichy’s “Iron Boy”

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
May 21st, 2026
Premiering in the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the childhood drama film is already being lauded by critics for its stunning combination of realism and fantasy.
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CLIP: Sylvain Chomet’s “A Magnificent Life” Goes Digital April 28th

CLIP: Sylvain Chomet’s “A Magnificent Life” Goes Digital April 28th

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
April 27th, 2026
...and here's a clip.
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Sony Announces Animated Musical Adventure “K-Pop: Demon Hunters”

Sony Pictures Animation is in development on a feature project, tentatively titled K-Pop: Demon Hunters, from directors Maggie Kang (The Lego Ninjago Movie) and Chris Appelhans (Wish Dragon) and Academy Award-winning producer Aron Warner (Shrek, Wish Dragon). The film is described as a musical action adventure that follows the story of a world-renowned K-Pop girl […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|March 8, 2021
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Sony Announces Animated Musical Adventure “K-Pop: Demon Hunters”

Netflix Acquires Worldwide Rights to Sony Animation’s “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”

Netflix has acquired worldwide rights (excluding China) to The Mitchells vs. The Machines (formerly Connected) from Sony Pictures Animation. The original animated comedy is produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller whose film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The film stars Danny McBride, Abbi Jacobson, Maya Rudolph, […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|January 21, 2021
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HBO Max Greenlights Sony Animation “Young Love” From Matthew A. Cherry

HBO Max has ordered a 12-episode season of the all-new, 2D animated series, Young Love, based on the characters introduced in the Academy Award-winning short film, Hair Love from director Matthew A. Cherry and Sony Pictures Animation. The new series for HBO Max is created by Cherry, who will showrun with long-time animation creative Carl […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|July 7, 2020
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TRAILER: Sony’s “Connected”

Sony Pictures Animation’s Connected is an original animated comedy from director Mike Rianda (Gravity Falls) and producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Lego Movie), about an everyday family’s struggle to relate while technology rises up around the world! It comes out on September 18th – and here’s our first look:
Avatar photoJerry Beck|March 3, 2020
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INTERVIEW: Bruce Smith on his Sony Short “Hair Love”

Bruce W. Smith is the co-director of Sony Pictures Animation’s heartwarming short Hair Love. It screened theatrically with The Angry Birds Movie 2 this summer and is now available to watch for free on SPA’s YouTube channel. Smith is also the creator of Disney’s beloved animated series The Proud Family, which is returning with new […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|December 12, 2019
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INTERVIEW: Bruce Smith on his Sony Short “Hair Love”

REVIEW: “Angry Birds 2”

Before reviewing this sequel to Angry Birds (2016), I decided to try an experiment: I would see the movie pretending that I had never seen the original film or, in fact, even seen or heard of Rovio Entertainment’s app-born avian avengers. I pretended that I never played the game (I did, but stopped after they […]
Avatar photoMartin Goodman|August 21, 2019
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INTERVIEW: “Wish Dragon” Director On Dream Movie Coming True

Chris Appelhans is the writer and director of the animated adventure Wish Dragon. It’s about Din, a young man who looks to reconnect with an old friend with the help of a special genie dragon named Long. Wish Dragon is a Sony Pictures Animation feature that will be on Netflix this Friday June 11th. Appelhans […]