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‘Elemental’ Has the Worst Opening Weekend of a Pixar Movie to Date

Animation Magazine - June 18, 2023

It was a tough weekend for Pixar as Elemental failed to deliver the already lowered opening weekend expectation numbers for the studio’s 27th feature....

Passings

Comics & Animation Artist Ian McGinty Dies Age 38

Animation Magazine - June 15, 2023

Ian McGinty, a gifted writer and artist working in comic books, animation and games, died Thursday, June 8 in Los Angeles at just 38...

Features

‘Nimona’ Rates 100% on Rotten Tomatoes after Annecy Premiere

Animation Magazine - June 15, 2023

A magical, mischievous new antihero is ready to win over streaming viewers this month in Nimona, the ND Stevenson webcomic adaptation rescued from the fall...

Streaming

Annecy: Max Unveils New Animation Slate, Including ‘Young Love,’ ‘Ten Year Old Tom’ and ‘Fionna and Cake’

Animation Magazine - June 15, 2023

Annecy Festival audiences were treated to a special sneak peek at the upcoming adult animation slate from Max. Suzanna Makko, exec VP of original...

Streaming

Paramount+ ‘Knuckles’ Series Casts Cary Elwes, Stockard Channing & More

Animation Magazine - June 14, 2023

The upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog hybrid spinoff series Knuckles has signed on more notable names to join Idris Elba, who is reprising his movie role to...

People

Exclusive: Warner Bros. Pictures Animation Hires Shane Prigmore as Creative Senior Advisor

Animation Magazine - June 13, 2023

Warner Bros. Pictures Animation has announced the hiring of animation veteran Shane Prigmore to serve as Senior Creative Advisor for the newly relaunched film...

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life – #331 June/July 2023

Animation Magazine - June 12, 2023

This month, we catch up with popular Toon Town mover and shaker Cort Lane, who is eOne’s development VP and exec producer on the...

Shorts

2023 Annecy Festival Opens with Record Numbers, ‘Sirocco’ & Disney Centenary Short

Animation Magazine - June 12, 2023

The 2023 edition of the Annecy Festival has officially opened, welcoming more than 15,000 attendees to the world's largest animation celebration, nestled amid the French Alps....

People

Bill Damaschke to Lead Rebranded WB Feature Animation, ‘Flintstones’ Flick in Development

Animation Magazine - June 9, 2023

Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group has tapped animation veteran Bill Damaschke to lead its feature animation operations as President of the newly rebranded Warner...

Television

Adult Swim Launching ‘Checkered Past’ Block for CN Classics

Animation Magazine - June 9, 2023

Warner Bros. Discovery will win back some points with toon fans, announcing that it is following up the successful one-hour expansion of Adult Swim...

Television

Animated ‘Bewitched,’ ‘Partridge Family’ Reboots in the Works at Sony TV Kids

Animation Magazine - June 8, 2023

Sony Pictures Television - Kids (formerly Silvergate Media) is looking to reshape retro hits from its catalog into modern IPs for young audiences. The...

Features

Charades Goes with Gints Zilbalodis’s Existential Feature ‘Flow’

Animation Magazine - June 7, 2023

Having made waves across the global animation scene with his solo animated feature Away, created when he was just 24, Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis...

Features

‘Across the Spider-Verse’ Smashes Int’l B.O. as ‘Mario’ Surpasses ‘Frozen’

Animation Magazine - June 5, 2023

It was a big weekend for animated cinema around the globe, as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Columbia Pictures) built on its promising domestic theatrical preview...

Features

Miyazaki’s ‘How Do You Live’ Will Remain a Mystery Until Release, Says Suzuki

Animation Magazine - June 5, 2023

In a recent interview with Japanese magazine Bungei Shunji, Studio Ghibli co-founder and producer Toshio Suzuki confirmed that Hayao Miyazaki's highly anticipated feature film How...

Features

Pixar Lays Off 75 Employees in First Major Job Cut in 10 Years

Animation Magazine - June 4, 2023

Reuters is reporting that Pixar has laid off 75 employees in what is described as the studio’s first major job cut at the studio...

Archives Animation Magazine – #331 June/July 2023

Animation Magazine - June 2, 2023

In this month’s issue of Animation Magazine ▩ Go behind the scenes of four of the summer’s biggest animated movies: Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Pixar’s Elemental, DreamWorks’ Ruby...

Features

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Sticks Landing with 2nd-Best Animated Preview Ever

Animation Magazine - June 2, 2023

Following a spate of glowing reviews across the trades this week, Sony Pictures Animation can toast a heroic theatrical debut for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse....

Features

Critics Eagerly Dive into ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’

Animation Magazine - May 31, 2023

One of the year's most eagerly awaited titles is ready to swing into theaters this week, as Sony Pictures Animation and Marvel present the...

Features

New ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Film Will Be Re-Cast, Says Voice of Toph

Animation Magazine - May 30, 2023

During the pop culture convention MomoCon in Atlanta, Georgia this weekend, voice actor Michaela Jill Murphy, a.k.a. Jessie Flower, cautioned fans not to expect...

Features

Pixar’s Summer Release ‘Elemental’ Fires Up Mixed Reviews in Cannes

Animation Magazine - May 28, 2023

On Saturday, Pixar’s much-anticipated 27th feature Elemental closed the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, with the studio’s CCO and pic’s exec producer Pete Docter, director...

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