January 3rd, 2022 
Jerry Beck 
1. EARWIG AND THE WITCH (2/3/21) GKids. D: Goro Miyazaki
2. TOM & JERRY (3/5/21) Warner Bros. D: Tim Story
3. RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (3/12/21) Disney. D: Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada,
4. DEMON SLAYER THE MOVIE: MUGEN TRAIN (4/23/21) Aniplex America. D: Haruo Sotozaki.
5. THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES (4/30/21) Netflix. (Sony Pictures Animation) D: Mike Rianda, Jeff Rowe
6. SPIRIT UNTAMED (6/4/21) Dreamworks/Universal D: Elaine Bogan
7. WISH DRAGON (6/11/21) Sony Pictures Animation (on Netflix). D: Chris Applehans.
8. PETER RABBIT 2: THE RUNAWAY (6/18/21) Columbia Pictures. D: Will Gluck (a hybrid film; live action and animation)
9. LUCA (6/18/21) Disney/Pixar. D: Enrico Casarosa
10. AMERICA: THE MOTION PICTURE (6/30/21) Netflix. D: Matt Thompson
11. THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS (7/2/21) Dreamworks/Universal. D: Tom McGrath
12. SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY (7/16/21) Warner Bros. D: Malcolm D. Lee
13. TROLLHUNTERS: RISE OF THE TITANS (7/30/21) Netflix (Dreamworks). D: Johane Matte, Francisco Ruiz Velasco, Andrew L. Schmidt
14. THE LOUD HOUSE MOVIE (7/30/21) Netflix (Dreamworks). D: Dave Needham
15. PAW PATROL: THE MOVIE (8/20/21) Paramount. D: Cal Brunker
16. VIVO (9/17/21) Sony Pictures Animation (on Netflix). D: Kirk DeMicco and co-directed by Brandon Jeffords.
17. THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2 (10/8/21) MGM/UA. D: Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon
18. RON’S GONE WRONG (10/22/21) 20th Century/Disney/Locksmith. D: J.P. Vine and Octavio E. Rodriguez
19. ENCANTO (11/24/21) Disney. D: Byron Howard and Jared Bush and co-directed by Charise Castro Smith.
20. SING 2 (12/22/21) Illumination/Universal D: Garth Jennings
PLEASE NOTE: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run was actually given a soft release last year (8/14/2020) but made its streaming debut via Paramount+ on March 4th 2021
LIMITED RELEASES or TV FEATURES: Shout Factory released The Legend of Hei, directed by MTJJ Mutou, on April 9th; Netflix released Titmouse’s Arlo the Alligator Boy directed by Ryan Crego on April 16th; Shout Factory will release The Prince’s Voyage, directed by Jean-François Laguionie and Xavier Picard, on May 18th. Pantelion Films released the Mexican CG feature, Un Rescate de Huevitos, directed by Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste and Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste, in US cinemas on August 27th. And finally, Reel FX’s Back to the Outback directed by Clare Knight and Harry Cripps, will be released December 10th on Netflix.
FEATURES BACKED-UP and UNDATED/or STILL IN PRODUCTION: Pinocchio directed by Guillermo del Toro from ShadowMachine/The Jim Henson Co./Netflix; My Father’s Dragon, D: Nora Twomey via Netflix/Cartoon Saloon; Wendell and Wild, directed by Henry Selick via Netflix; 13. Hotel Transylvaia: Transformania will now be released in 2022 by Sony Pictures Animation – and Paramount’s Rumble, D: Hamish Grieve, will open February 18th, 2022.
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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.
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