Ramin Zahed

5611 POSTS0 COMMENTS

Streaming

Banijay’s ‘Mr. Bean: The Animated Series’ Launches on Samsung TV Plus in NorAm

Ramin Zahed - August 27, 2025

The animated version of Rowan Atkinson’s beloved Mr. Bean has found a new home in the U.S. and Canada. All four seasons of Banijay...

Streaming

Julian Glander Among Artists Featured in the New Season of Adult Swim’s ‘Ambient Swim’

Ramin Zahed - August 27, 2025

It has been a stressful year, and many of us find ourselves unable to fall asleep easily at night. The good folks at Adult...

Shorts

How Irish Director John Kelly Made His Award-Winning, Crowd-Pleaser, ‘Retirement Plan’

Ramin Zahed - August 27, 2025

“My midlife crisis is making a short about someone having a mid-life crisis!” admits writer-director John Kelly, the hilarious man behind Retirement Plan, which...

Awards

AMPAS Announces the 3 Winners of the Student Academy Awards Animation Competition

Ramin Zahed - August 27, 2025

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the winners of the 52nd Student Academy Awards competition. This year, the Student Academy Awards...

Festivals & Events

ASIFA-Hollywood Taps 16 Prominent Animation Heavyweights for Its New Advisory Board

Ramin Zahed - August 27, 2025

ASIFA-Hollywood's executive director, Aubry Mintz announced the selection of its new 16-member Advisory Board today. This new board of directors will meet twice a...

Animated People

Return to ‘Shape Island’: Creators Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen Discuss the Second Season of Their Award-Winning Show

Ramin Zahed - August 27, 2025

It’s been over two and half years since we were first introduced to Triangle, Circle and Square, the delightful stop-motion stars of Apple TV+’s...

Features

Neon Announces Stellar Voice Cast for Annecy Winner ‘Arco,’ in U.S. Theaters Nov. 14

Ramin Zahed - August 21, 2025

Indie powerhouse Neon announced today that it will release the English-language version of Annecy top prize winner Arco on Nov. 14 in the U.S. The...

Animated People

‘Leviathan’ Producer Justin Leach Discusses the Steampunk Anime and Qubic Pictures’ Exciting Slate

Ramin Zahed - August 20, 2025

Based on American author Scott Westerfeld’s book trilogy, the steampunk anime series Leviathan offers an alternative history of World War I, where the world...

Features

‘Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake’ Director Irene Iborra Rizo Discusses Her Powerful Stop-Mo Film

Ramin Zahed - August 20, 2025

Spanish director Irene Iborra Rizo’s new stop-motion feature Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake was nominated for the Best Animated Feature Cristal prize at Annecy in...

Television

To Ecuador with Love: ‘Women Wearing Shoulder Pads’ Creator Gonzalo Cordova on His Wild New Adult Swim Show

Ramin Zahed - August 15, 2025

What would you get if you merged the madcap, surreal frames of ’80s-era Pedro Almodóvar movies with the beautifully art-decorated stop-motion world of Mexico’s...

Television

Konfetti Plans: Animation Veteran Norman Grossfeld Hopes to Catch the Next Big Toon Sensation

Ramin Zahed - August 15, 2025

Last week, we reported that animation veteran Norman Grossfeld, who co-wrote and produced many of the movies from the Pokémon anime franchise and came up with...

Home Entertainment

Disney-Pixar’s ‘Elio’ Beams to Home Entertainment Platforms in Aug. & Sept.

Ramin Zahed - August 12, 2025

Families can embark on an interstellar adventure from anywhere when Disney and Pixar’s Elio arrives on Digital platforms August 19 (including Prime Video, Apple...

Streaming

Song in the Key of Peanuts: How ‘Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical’ Creatives Composed the New Animated Special

Ramin Zahed - August 11, 2025

“We can all use things that make us feel good and empower us, and who better than to uplift us than Charlie Brown, Snoopy,...

Anime

Gentle Studio Ghibli Spot Directed by Takeshi Honda Pitches Marushin Towels Worldwide

Ramin Zahed - August 9, 2025

Studio Ghibli fans are always happy to see new projects from the acclaimed animation powerhouse, even when it happens to be a 2D-animated commercial...

Animated People

NFB Tech Maestro Eloi Champagne on the Making of ‘Inkwo’

Ramin Zahed - August 8, 2025

Eloi Champagne leads the development and implementation of the National Film Board of Canada’s tech strategies. He worked as the technical director at the...

Animated People

Animation Director Howard E. Baker Introduces Us to ‘The Beauties’ and His Glam New Star, Lotta Rhinoceros

Ramin Zahed - August 8, 2025

Last year, animation director Howard E. Baker dazzled audiences with his work on the feature Piece by Piece, the acclaimed LEGO biography of pop...

Streaming

Disney Jr. Announces New Shows Based on Pixar’s ‘Cars’ and ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ at Special Event in Anaheim

Ramin Zahed - August 8, 2025

Disney Jr. unveiled a slate of new series, specials, casting news and premiere dates today at its special “Disney Jr. Let’s Play” fan celebration event...

Animated People

The Hive’s Amit Gicelter Takes Us Inside His Buzzy Animation Studio

Ramin Zahed - August 7, 2025

Founded in 2010, Israel- and Greece-based The Hive Studio is best known for co-producing award-winning shorts such as the Oscar-nominated short Letter to a...

Animated People

‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder’ Show Creators Hit New Heights in Their Third Season

Ramin Zahed - August 6, 2025

The Proud Family has been a popular and impactful part of the animation scene ever since it debuted on Disney Channel in 2001. Created...

Features

Watch: Check out the New Tailer for Usman Riaz’s Acclaimed 2D-Animated Movie, ‘The Glassworker’

Ramin Zahed - August 5, 2025

We have a new English-language trailer for director Usman Riaz’s acclaimed 2D-animated feature The Glassworker. The movie, which debuted at Annecy last year, was...

1...456...281 Page 5 of 281