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Festivals & Events

Characterhub.com and Paramount Launch ‘Transformers One’ Fan Art Contest

Ramin Zahed - September 20, 2024

The Transformers One weekend has finally arrived, and Paramount has high hopes for this well-reviewed animated extravaganza, directed by Josh Cooley. Box office watchers...

Festivals & Events

La Cabane’s ‘A Lamb Stew’ and Cyber Group Studios’ ‘Master of the Unicorns’ Are Most Popular Pitches at Cartoon Forum

Ramin Zahed - September 20, 2024

Cartoon Forum, the European animation pitching and financing event held in Toulouse this past week, released its list of the most popular projects at...

Festivals & Events

Cartoon Forum Highlights: A Few of the Intriguing Animated Pitches in Toulouse

Ramin Zahed - September 18, 2024

There’s no such thing as too much of a good thing when it comes to cartoons! The attendees of this year’s Cartoon Forum will...

Streaming

‘LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy’ Creators Discuss Their Wild, New Mash-Up!

Ramin Zahed - September 13, 2024

Fans can’t seem to get enough of the collision of LEGO animation and the Star Wars universe. The latest experiment in this creative combo,...

Festivals & Events

Exclusive: Star-Studded Lineup Announced for Upcoming Edition of Lightbox Expo in Pasadena

Ramin Zahed - September 12, 2024

LightBox Expo (LBX), a three-day entertainment industry event that brings together creatives to ignite a shared passion for art, today unveiled its stellar programming...

Shorts

Disney+ to Unwrap Alfonso Cuarón & David Lowery’s New Stop-Motion Short ‘An Almost Christmas Story’ This Fall

Ramin Zahed - September 12, 2024

A new animated short produced by acclaimed Spanish director Alfonso Cuarón will premiere on Disney + in November. Titled An Almost Christmas Story, the...

Features

Trustbridge Ent. and Lilly Wachowski to Produce Queer, Dystopian Pic Based on ‘Hell Followed With Us’

Ramin Zahed - September 11, 2024

Family entertainment production company Trustbridge Entertainment is developing an animated movie based on Andrew Joseph White’s queer debut novel, Hell Followed with Us, with producer...

Streaming

Takashi Sano Offers Insights on His Anime Take on ‘Rick and Morty’

Ramin Zahed - September 11, 2024

Last month, fans of the long-running series, Rick and Morty, got a special treat when Rick and Morty: The Anime premiered on Adult Swim’s...

Licensing

Brand Licensing Europe Has Big Plans for Special 25th Anniversary Edition

Ramin Zahed - September 6, 2024

One of the top licensing events of the year is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. Brand Licensing Europe will be attracting around close...

Features

‘Flow’ Director Gints Zilbalodis Sets Adventure Adrift in an Animal Waterworld

Ramin Zahed - August 30, 2024

Five years ago, Latvian animator and director Gints Zilbalodis dazzled the world with his first animated feature project, Away, a beautiful work that he...

Animated People

Producer Fred Malmberg on Awakening the Animation for ‘Mutant Year Zero’

Ramin Zahed - August 28, 2024

In July, Heroic Signatures announced that the company is in production on its first animated feature film for its popular franchise, Mutant Year Zero. Based...

Festivals & Events

Pixelatl Festival 2024: A Mexican Journey of Inspiration

Ramin Zahed - August 26, 2024

If you’re a big animation fan and would like to be part of a dynamic and colorful animation scene in early September, you will...

Festivals & Events

Disney Family Museum Commemorates 15th Anniversary with New Disney Treasures Book

Ramin Zahed - August 19, 2024

The Walt Disney Family Museum will commemorate its 15th anniversary with the publication of a new book titled Walt Disney Treasures, penned by Walter...

Awards

Nina Gantz’s ‘Wander to Wonder’ Wins Top Animation Prize at the HollyShorts Festival

Ramin Zahed - August 19, 2024

Nina Gantz’s poignant stop-motion animated short Wander to Wonder won the Best Animated Short award at this year’s Hollyshorts Festival over the weekend. The...

Home Entertainment

‘Watchmen: Chapter 1’ Director Brandon Vietti Unmasks the Animated Antiheroes

Ramin Zahed - August 13, 2024

Today is a big big day for Watchmen fans as the new animated special based on the celebrated book by writer Alan Moore, artist...

Streaming

‘Solar Opposites’ EPs Josh Bycel & Mike McMahan Spill the Tea on Season 5’s Alien Love Story

Ramin Zahed - August 12, 2024

Since its premiere in May 2020, Solar Opposites — Hulu’s adult animated “silly aliens in suburbia” show has entertained audiences and surpassed expectations. This...

Streaming

Hannah Waddingham to Swim with New BBC/Magic Light Christmas Special, ‘Tiddler’

Ramin Zahed - August 1, 2024

The BBC and Magic Light Pictures will present a new animated special this Christmas called Tiddler. Based on the popular book by Julia Donaldson and Axel...

Animated People

An Animated Romance: Raman Djafari Discusses the International Collaboration Behind Coldplay’s New Music Video

Ramin Zahed - July 31, 2024

Capturing the emotion behind a popular song and translating it into a visual story is a familiar challenge to music video directors. Add in...

Shorts

Poetry in Motion: ‘The Art of Weightlessness’ Director Moshe Mahler Discusses His Award-Winning Animated Documentary

Ramin Zahed - July 30, 2024

Seven years ago, writer-director Moshe Mahler became interested in using motion-capture technology to explore the world of Bill Shannon, a performance artist who was...

Festivals & Events