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Licensing

Warner Unveils Epic ‘LOTR: The War of the Rohirrim’ Merch Collection

Animation Magazine - December 2, 2024

Warner Bros. Discovery invites fans to honor the legacy of the Rohirrim with new products inspired by the new original anime feature film The...

Festivals & Events

AVAF, SAIK and Toonz Join Forces for Animation, Games & XR Fest

Animation Magazine - November 28, 2024

Keeping up with India’s thriving animation, visual effects, gaming, comics and XR industries, the Society of AVGC-XR Institutions in Kerala (SAIK) has partnered with...

Features

Chee Hoo! ‘Moana 2’ Sets Pre-Thanksgiving B.O. Record for Disney Animation

Animation Magazine - November 27, 2024

Despite sailing into its release on choppy waves of critical reviews, the hotly anticipated sequel Moana 2 has already made a major splash going into...

People

Micaela Hicks Tapped to Head Eris Talent Agency Voiceover Division

Animation Magazine - November 27, 2024

Eris Talent Agency owner-partners Tina Randolph Contogenis and Amy Lord have welcomed Micaela Hicks as their new Head of Voiceover. An industry veteran, Hicks...

Festivals & Events

3rd Animar_BCN Congress Kicks Off

Animation Magazine - November 27, 2024

This week, Barcelona becomes the European capital of animation for the third year running. From November 26-28, the city will once again be hosting...

Features

‘Moana 2’ Reviews: Critics Find Lukewarm Return to Disney Waters

Animation Magazine - November 26, 2024

On Wednesday, November 27, Disney will put its latest highly-anticipated animated sequel out onto the cinema seas with Moana 2, which charts a new course...

Festivals & Events

Neopets Celebrates 25th Birthday Bash in Cities Around the World

Animation Magazine - November 25, 2024

Neopets, the virtual universe that defined countless millennial childhoods, has broken through screens and into reality as it celebrates its 25th anniversary with a...

Features

Paramount’s ‘Mighty Mouse’ Soars to the Big Screen at Last with Ryan Reynolds & ‘Scoob!’ Writer

Animation Magazine - November 25, 2024

Two decades since announcing its intent to bring Mighty Mouse to the big screen, Paramount Animation has revealed a powerful team-up with Ryan Reynolds'...

Features

‘Flow’ Makes a Splash in the U.S. Specialty Box Office

Animation Magazine - November 24, 2024

In the wake of a wave of successful festival screenings around the world and buoyed by positive critical reviews, indie animator Gints Zilbalodis' (Away)...

Features

Documentary on Animation Sculptor Kent Melton Launches Kickstarter

Animation Magazine - November 22, 2024

Kent Melton, a celebrated maquette sculptor for animation studios Disney and LAIKA who passed away in early 2024, will be the subject of a...

People

Animation Writers Demand Union Coverage for PBS-Made Animated Series

Animation Magazine - November 21, 2024

A contingent of prominent animation writers are fighting to get PBS to agree to cover its animated series in a new Writers Guild of...

Television

Disney Puts ‘Moon Girl’ Episode Featuring Trans Character on Hold

Animation Magazine - November 19, 2024

Disney Channel is not releasing a completed Season 2 episode of its kids' Marvel animated series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur centered on the...

Features

Uni’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Live-Action Remake Takes Wing, WB Sneak Peeks ‘Minecraft’ Movie

Animation Magazine - November 19, 2024

Universal Pictures has debuted the teaser trailer for How to Train Your Dragon, the new live-action adaptation of Cressida Cowell's New York Times bestselling book which...

Commercials

Moana Makes a Splash in New Ocean Conservation Campaign

Animation Magazine - November 19, 2024

In celebration of the release of Disney’s Moana 2, in theaters November 27, fans are invited to join Disney, National Geographic Pristine Seas and Polynesian...

People

Matt Braly, Owen Dennis Speak Up for TAG as Animation Workers Deliver Petition to Warner

Animation Magazine - November 18, 2024

For the third time in less than a month, hundreds of workers represented by The Animation Guild (TAG) gathered to deliver a petition signed...

Awards

52nd Annie Awards Tickets Now on Sale

Animation Magazine - November 18, 2024

Tickets for the 52nd Annie Awards celebration on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at UCLA’s Royce Hall are on sale now at members.asifa-hollywood.org/tickets. Tickets are $300...

People

Writers Guild Authorizes PBS Writers Strike with Support from Animation Faction

Animation Magazine - November 18, 2024

Writers Guild of America (WGA) members at PBS member stations WGBH, THIRTEEN and PBS SoCal voted to authorize a strike if management does not...

Features

‘The Wild Robot’ Passes $300M Worldwide

Animation Magazine - November 18, 2024

DreamWorks Animation's critically acclaimed book adaptation The Wild Robot, released by Universal Pictures, soared into the weekend having reached a new box office milestone of...

Commercials

Passion Pictures Blends CG & Stop-Motion Expertise for Tom O’Meara’s Mouse Family Movistar Spot

Animation Magazine - November 15, 2024

Passion Pictures has announced the launch a new animated commercial for Movistar, directed by Tom O'Meara with agency VML Madrid. The spot, produced by...

Commercials