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Features

‘The Garfield Movie’ Director Mark Dindal & Animation Supe Jason Boose Dish on the Tubby Tabby’s Return

Jeff Spry - May 13, 2024

Since his birth in 1978, the lazy, tubby tabby named Garfield has become an institutional pop culture figure akin to other cartoon celebs, such...

Anime

‘Spy x Family Code: White’: Crunchyroll Introduces U.S. Moviegoers to Tatsuya Endo’s Secret Agent Household

Jeff Spry - April 22, 2024

Within the constellation of popular titles that exist in the vast Japanese manga and anime universe, few shine brighter than Tatsuya Endo’s humorous espionage...

Streaming

No More Supervillain Blues: DreamWorks’ ‘Megamind’ Is Back with a New Movie & Series on Peacock

Jeff Spry - February 22, 2024

Due to some apparent temporal anomaly or gross miscalculation of the calendar, it seems that it’s already been 14 long years since a certain...

Features

‘Orion and the Dark’ Director Sean Charmatz and Producer Peter McCown on Composing DreamWorks’ Thrilling Nocturne

Jeff Spry - January 29, 2024

A phobia-ridden young boy must face the primal power of darkness in the absorbing new DreamWorks Animation's fantasy-adventure Orion and the Dark. This entertaining...

Awards

How Director Priit Tender Unleashed His Imagination in the Oscar Short-listed ‘Dog Apartment’

Jeff Spry - January 15, 2024

Estonian director Priit Tender’s animated short Dog Apartment is one of 15 titles that landed on the Academy Awards’ Best Animated Short shortlist this...

Streaming

‘In The Know’ Creatives Zach Woods and Brian Hansen Invite Us to the Public Radio Puppet Party

Jeff Spry - January 5, 2024

Let’s be honest: There's a shining wellspring of material to mine for laughs in today’s overly triggered, social media-obsessed and politically charged landscape. Luckily,...

Streaming

How ‘Merry Little Batman’ Director Mike Roth Unwrapped a Yuletide Dark Knight Tale

Jeff Spry - December 5, 2023

The sparkly season of sleigh bells might not be immediately associated with the brooding shadow of the Dark Knight. Yet, avid comic-book fans know...

Streaming

‘Invincible’ Creator Robert Kirkman & Showrunner Simon Racioppa Unmask Season 2

Jeff Spry - November 2, 2023

At a fragile time of waning interest for Hollywood superhero fare — after 15 years of continuous releases — it’s uplifting to see a...

Features

Reptile Dysfunction: ‘Leo’ Directors Give Us the Scoop on Their Hilarious Lizard Tale

Jeff Spry - October 25, 2023

Anyone who’s ever had their funny bone tickled by those raw and raunchy TV Funhouse parody cartoon sketches that ran on Saturday Night Live...

Television

Savage Planet: How ‘Scavengers Reign’ Creators Evolved Their Acclaimed Short into a Thrilling Sci-Fi Series

Jeff Spry - October 1, 2023

Scavengers Reign, a smart new 2D animated series primed for launch on Max in October, was spawned from Joe Bennett and Charles Huettner's acclaimed...

Animated People

‘Looney Tunes’ Veteran Voice Actor Jeff Bergman Discusses Prolific Career in Animation

Jeff Spry - September 7, 2023

Lon Chaney might have been The Man of a Thousand Faces, but master mimic and voice actor Jeff Bergman has been of of the...

Television

Greece Is the Word! ‘Krapopolis’ Creator Dan Harmon & Team Play with Classic Myths in New FOX Series

Jeff Spry - September 4, 2023

Formative Greek society and its fictional pantheon of gods, goddesses and monsters might seem like a curious arena for a new animated TV series....

Features

‘TMNT: Mutant Mayhem’ Helmers Jeff Rowe & Kyler Spears Re-Introduce Us to the Green Dudes

Jeff Spry - July 19, 2023

2023 marks the 40th anniversary of those pizza-loving heroes in a half shell, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and in a happy accident of...

Television

‘My Adventures with Superman’: Warner Bros. Animation Revisits the Man of Steel in New Series

Jeff Spry - July 3, 2023

Soaring into the limelight once again, the Man of Steel is back with a freshly starched cape, trademark red trunks and unbridled optimism in...

Licensing

Insight Editions’ ‘Coco: The Official Cookbook’ Offers Delicious Recipes for Day of the Dead Festivities

Jeff Spry - June 23, 2023

Inspired by the colorful fiesta of food seen in Pixar’s Coco, Insight Editions is serving culinary creators of all abilities a delicious new cookbook...

Features

Watch: New English-Dub Trailer Drops for ‘Psycho-Pass: Providence’ Cyberpunk Anime Pic

Jeff Spry - June 22, 2023

Crunchyroll, in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, has just served up a fresh English-dub trailer for Psycho-Pass: Providence, a new sci-fi crime thriller anime...

Beyond Capture Opens a 40,000 Square-Foot Mocap Studio in Montreal

Jeff Spry - June 22, 2023

Beyond Capture Studios, a global pioneer in advanced motion and performance capture, has just announced the grand opening of its new 40,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art motion...

Features

DIGIC and Axis Studios Join Forces for Ambitious New Animated Fantasy, ‘Worlds Apart’

Jeff Spry - June 22, 2023

Hoping to serve as a catalyst for social change and cultural awareness, Hungary-based DIGIC (Love Death & Robots: The Secret War) and Axis Studios...

Home Entertainment

Trailer: DC’s Trinity Travels to Strange Lands in the New R-Rated ‘Justice League: Warworld’

Jeff Spry - June 21, 2023

Justice League: Warworld is the latest entry in the DC Animated Universe from Warner Bros. Animation and finds Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman emerging...

Features

Sony’s ‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ Passes the $500 Million Benchmark Worldwide

Jeff Spry - June 21, 2023

This Spider’s got legs! Easily swinging past the milestone $500 million worldwide mark after Tuesday’s global ticket sales were accounted for, Spider-Man: Across the...

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