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‘Grand Prix of Europe’ Director Waldemar Fast Explains the Film’s Route from Theme Park to Big Screen Adventure

Jeff Spry - November 6, 2025

Zooming in from Germany’s MACK Animation and directed by filmmaker Waldemar Fast, the family adventure Grand Prix of Europe is accelerating onto screens worldwide...

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Disney’s ‘Zootopia 2’ Creative Team Guides Us Through Their Return to the Urban Jungle

Jeff Spry - November 5, 2025

“It’s the biggest movie we’ve ever done in the history of Disney animation, which is saying something. Just the variety of characters, and not...

Streaming

‘Bat-Fam’ Showrunner Mike Roth & Team Reveal the Family Secrets of Their New Animated Series

Jeff Spry - October 13, 2025

Amid 2023’s Christmas rush, an animated film called Merry Little Batman hit streaming and became a delightful surprise among Prime Video’s seasonal fare. Directed...

Streaming

‘Haunted Hotel’ Creator Matt Roller Shares the Spooky Secrets of His New Netflix Animated Series

Jeff Spry - September 18, 2025

Everyone loves an old-fashioned haunted house story, but it’s even more enticing when the gloomy lodgings are the centerpiece of a hilarious new adult...

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‘Aztec Batman’ Director Juan Meza-León Discusses the Dark Knight’s Mesoamerican Reboot

Jeff Spry - August 18, 2025

Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires (Batman Azteca: Choque de Imperios) is the first team-up between Warner Bros. Animation, Mexico’s Ánima and The Book of...

Television

‘The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball’ Creator Ben Bocquelet Dishes on His Critically Acclaimed Show’s Comeback

Jeff Spry - July 25, 2025

Among the many explanations for Gumball’s lasting appeal since its 2011 debut on Cartoon Network is the series’ unabashed desire to make viewers laugh...

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‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Director Dean DeBlois Details the Making of His Live-Action Flight of Fantasy

Jeff Spry - May 27, 2025

Entrusted with the daunting task of guiding DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon’s Viking clan and its winged beasts from the animation dimension into...

Streaming

‘Love, Death + Robots’ Vol. 4: More Adventures in Mind-Expanding Sci-Fi

Jeff Spry - May 14, 2025

***This article was written for the May/June '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 350)*** Netflix’s Love, Death + Robots — the five-time Emmy-winning animated anthology series that...

Anime

‘Devil May Cry’ Creator Adi Shankar Introduces Netflix’s New Demon Hunter

Jeff Spry - April 1, 2025

Heavy on the fire and brimstone, Devil May Cry — Netflix’s smokin’ new anime series from maverick executive producer Adi Shankar and the talented...

Streaming

‘Invincible’ Creator Robert Kirkman Unmasks the Heightened Stakes of Season 3

Jeff Spry - January 30, 2025

Prime Video’s superhero saga, Invincible, is soaring into its third eight-episode season this month with the compelling story of teenager Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun)...

Streaming

Vive Les Vampires! ‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ Showrunners Sink Their Teeth into Season 2

Jeff Spry - January 6, 2025

Castlevania: Nocturne and its aristocratic vampires will be taking a sizable bite out of Netflix’s animated programming as it returns with a vengeance for...

Streaming

The ‘Creature Commandos’ Creative Team Gives Us the Scoop on Max’s Misfit Monsters

Jeff Spry - December 2, 2024

Emblazoned with a freshly forged DC Studios logo and fortified with an enviable creative pedigree, Creature Commandos just charged onto the Max streaming platform...

Television

‘Teen Titans Go!’ Showrunners & Star Tara Strong Reflect on Its Super Success Ahead of Episode 400!

Jeff Spry - November 26, 2024

It’s hard to believe that the perennially popular show Teen Titans Go! is celebraing its 400th episode this month (Nov. 30) on Cartoon Network....

Features

‘Hitpig!’ Directors Cinzia Angelini & David Feiss Recap Their Cyberpunk Odd Couple Adventure

Jeff Spry - October 28, 2024

When an animation project originates from the delightfully twisted mind of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and celebrated author Berkeley Breathed, the creator of Bloom County...

Features

‘Transformers One’ Director Josh Cooley & Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura Discuss Their Animated Origin Story

Jeff Spry - September 16, 2024

Sentient robots in disguise are stomping into theaters this fall with Transformers One. Billed as the first all-CG-animated Transformers movie, the Paramount release tells...

Streaming

‘Terminator Zero’ Showrunner Mattson Tomlin Reveals the Return of Skynet

Jeff Spry - August 26, 2024

One of the great unsolved mysteries of the universe is why it has taken four decades for Terminator fans to finally get an animated...

How ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ Director Carlos Saldanha & VFX Team Found the Colors of Imagination

Jeff Spry - August 7, 2024

'When I read the script, I immediately connected with the promise of bringing imagination to life, which is the essence of my animation background.' —...

Streaming

Holy Noirish Comeback, Batman! Bruce Timm and James Tucker Lift the Cowl Over ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’

Jeff Spry - July 19, 2024

Evoking noir nostalgia and a blue-collar bravado that feels both modern and vintage, executive producer Bruce Timm and Warner Bros.’ new hardboiled animated series,...

Streaming

Swinging Back into Action: ‘Hit-Monkey’ Creators Will Speck & Josh Gordon Take Us Behind the Scenes of Season 2 (New Clips)

Jeff Spry - July 15, 2024

Back in 2021, Hit-Monkey swung onto the adult animation scene from the pages of Marvel Comics and quickly became a bona fide sensation on...

Television

‘Family Guy’ Showrunners Look Back on 25 Years (and Counting) of Laughs with the Griffins

Jeff Spry - June 21, 2024

January 2024 marked the milestone 25th anniversary of 20th Television Animation’s Family Guy, the raw and rowdy adult animation institution that first spawned on...

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