A new 2D-animated comedy is soon joining the Fox Animation Domination block, as Duncanville is set to premiere Sunday, February 16 (8:30-9:00 p.m. ET/PT). The network has put out the first promo for the show, offering a small taste of the humor in store.
From Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation, Saturday Night Live) and Emmy Award winners Mike and Julie Scully (The Simpsons, The Carmichael Show, Parks and Recreation) comes Duncanville, an animated family comedy centered around a spectacularly average 15-year-old boy, and the people in his world.
Poehler voices the series’ two leading characters, Duncan and his mother, Annie. The series also features the voices of Emmy Award winner Ty Burrell (Modern Family), Emmy Award nominee Riki Lindhome (Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special, Another Period), Betsy Sodaro (Another Period, Disjointed), Yassir Lester (Making History) and Zach Cherry (You, Crashing), as well as guest voices Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation, Angie Tribeca) and Wiz Khalifa (American Dad!, BoJack Horseman).
Keep up with the show on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @duncanvillefox.
dick clark productions and Tubefilter announced the final winners of the 9th Streamy Awards on Friday night at The Beverly Hilton. Honoring the best in online video and the creators behind it, the event streamed live globally and exclusively on YouTube via YouTube.com/streamys. The winners of other categories were celebrated Wednesday in Santa Monica at the Streamys Premiere Awards.
Hot topic cartooner Andrei Terbea won the Animated category, beating out creators Danny Casale, illymation, TheOdd1sOut and Rooster Teeth series gen:LOCK.
The winner of the Visual and Special Effects category was Buttered Side Down; the other nominees were Aaron Benitez (Aaron’s Animals), Caleb Natale, Jody Steel and Kevin Parry.
JoJo Siwa won out in the Kids and Family category over Chad Wild Clay, Guava Juice, The Holderness Family and The LaBrant Family. And in Gaming, The Game Theorists took top honors; also nominated were The Completionist, DashieGames, Girlfriend Reviews and PrestonPlayz.
With 2019 drawing to a close, FMX – Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media has made its first big announcement for 2020, when the event will celebrate its 25th anniversary from May 5 to 8! For this special occasion the FMX is planning a party full of talks, workshops and exhibitors presenting the cutting edge of animation, effects, games and immersive media projects.
Among the first confirmed contributors for FMX 2020 are VFX supervisor Volker Engel (CEO, Uncharted Territory), animation director Regina Pessoa (Ciclope Filmes) and artist & writer Steven Appleby.
Imagine Tomorrow, the central theme of FMX 2020, will showcase the latest tools and techniques that are breaking through the limits of what can be brought to life on screen. Looking beyond the status quo, FMX invites its speakers to share their visions of tomorrow, highlighting clear-cut paths and far-out concepts for the future of media & entertainment.
FMX 2020 will discuss the following topics: growing from idea to IP, crossing the uncanny valley, joining physical and virtual production, fusing artificial and artistic intelligence, creating new ways of distribution, and experiencing the cinema of the future. Limited by nothing but the imagination, how can the animation, effects, games and immersive media industries contribute to a better tomorrow?
Volker Engel (President – Uncharted Territory, VFX supervisor, film producer) has been a guest at FMX since its very first edition in 1994. Having studied at Filmakademie, he is best known for supervising the ground-breaking visual effects for the blockbuster Independence Day, for which he received an Academy Award. His most recent work as co-producer and VFX supervisor was for the sequel Independence Day: Resurgence. At FMX 2020, he will curate the track The Evolution of SFX.
“In the mid-]90s I participated in the very first FMX and had a showreel that started with the daring sentence, ‘If you think you can’t do visual effects in Germany… think again!’ A quarter century later I am happy and proud to see that this sentence has already been completely outdated for a long time,” said Engel. “In Germany, some of the world’s best artists are creating visual effects to the highest standards this industry has to offer – and will showcase their artistry amongst their colleagues and friends who will once again join them from all over the world. And true to the motto of the 25th FMX, they will not only ‘Imagine Tomorrow’, but use their skills and inventiveness to contribute to a better tomorrow.”
Animation director Regina Pessoa (Ciclope Filmes) will give an inside look into her latest film Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days, one of the most acclaimed animated shorts of 2019. She won numerous prizes for her films, such as Kali the Little Vampire or Tragic Story with Happy Ending, which is the most-awarded Portuguese film of all time. In all her films, Pessoa has used different techniques, from plaster to computer — or as she likes to say, “from stone to pixel.”
Asked for her view on the future, Pessoa answers: “Yesterday analog art outdated today, combined with tomorrow’s technology can become precious in the future.”
London-based author-illustrator Steven Appleby will present his graphic thriller Dragman, which comes out in March 2020 and features the struggles and double-life of a man who can fly when he puts on women’s clothes. Being a cross-dresser himself, Steven is the absurdist creator of many comic strips, the animated television series Captain Star and many other projects — including musicals and paintings, prints and drawings for numerous exhibitions.
Appleby’s view on the future is a rather thoughtful one: “I’ve always loved the future. As an idea. As a place to go. It’s so glossy and bright and exciting! But looking back, I guess that was escapism. The future always had a dark side – I just didn’t see it. So, no more looking the other way. It’s time to face it.”
FMX is happy to announce that SideFX is on board as Main Partner. They will welcome the visitors to their workshop and their Company Suite. The SAE Institute will offer two workshops, and Maxon has booked a Company Suite. InstaLOD and NuBoyana FX will have a booth at the FMX Marketplace, whereas BigHugFX, Boulder Media, Realtime UK,Pixomondo, Scanline VFX and Trixter will be participants on the Recruiting Hub. For the School Campus, the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (Hagenberg) and ifs internationale filmschule koeln are announced.
Fred Rogers Productions, the celebrated nonprofit children’s entertainment producer behind the Emmy Award-winning PBS KIDS series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Odd Squad and Peg + Cat, has promoted Ellen Doherty to Chief Creative Officer, a newly-created position. In her new role, Doherty will oversee an expanding portfolio of children’s content across multiple platforms and manage a growing team of creative professionals. She reports directly to President and CEO Paul Siefken.
“Ellen is a creative dynamo who has done a fantastic job expanding our ‘Neighborhood’ with extraordinary content,” said Siefken. “From her oversight of our award-winning portfolio to exceptional new projects in development, Ellen has been instrumental at every stage of the creative process, and we’ll continue to benefit from her know-how and talent.”
“Being part of the Fred Rogers Productions team and its commitment to develop and deliver top-quality educational media for kids and families is a true joy,” said Doherty. “I’m excited about the milestones we’ve achieved with our current series and look forward to introducing audiences to our new projects, which will provide them with even more outstanding content to engage with and learn from together.”
Doherty, who joined Fred Rogers Productions as Executive in Charge of Production in January 2016, oversees the creation of television and digital content for the company’s existing multiple Emmy Award-winning PBS KIDS series — Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and Odd Squad. She also helms the development of new properties, including the Emmy Award-winning Through the Woods, a short-form, preschool series she created in 2017. In addition, she served as the program’s head writer and executive producer. In 2018, Doherty was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like, the 50th anniversary tribute to Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
Since Doherty joined the company, Fred Rogers Productions has won 58 awards. In 2019 alone, the company earned 18 awards, including five Daytime Emmys: Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (Outstanding Preschool Children’s Animated Series); Odd Squad (Outstanding Children’s or Family Viewing Series; Outstanding Writing for a Children’s, Preschool Children’s or Family Viewing Program; and Outstanding Directing for a Children’s, Preschool Children’s or Family Viewing Program – Odd Squad: World Turned Odd); and Peg + Cat (Outstanding Original Song in A Children’s or Animated Program – “Making a World with My Friend”).
An Emmy-winning producer and writer with more than 20 years’ experience in children’s media, Doherty was previously executive producer and story editor of the PBS KIDS series Cyberchase. She oversaw production of television and digital content, including several short-form video series, for the program over six seasons. Doherty began her career as an associate producer on the award-winning PBS KIDS series Reading Rainbow.
Doherty holds a B.A. in Communications from Boston College.
Pokémon fans who have been exploring the Galar region in Sword & Shield will soon have a chance to experience it in a vibrant new way. Starting in January 2020, The Pokémon Company International will launch a limited animated series, Pokémon: Twilight Wings, on the official Pokémon YouTube channel.
Galar is a region where Pokémon battles have developed into a cultural sensation. Over the span of seven episodes, Pokémon: Twilight Wings will show in detail the dreams of Galar’s residents, the realities they face, the challenges they must overcome and the conflicts they must resolve. In addition to these new stories, fans can expect to see a variety of Pokémon originally discovered in the Galar region appearing in the capsule series.
Each episode will be approximately five minutes in length. Animation will be provided by Studio Colorido, which is known for its warm and welcoming visual designs and dynamic photographic techniques, as seen in the anime film Penguin Highway. The world of Pokémon is evolving as Trainers explore Galar, and this new era will be brought to life in the form of an anime series created by one of the leading animation studios in Japan.
The first episode of Pokémon: Twilight Wings is expected to launch on January 15.
Ink and Light’s new RTÉjr series Ollie has taken flight in Ireland, opening a new world of animation and excitement for young viewers. Aimed at children 3 to 5 years old, the show introduces a new forest favorite, Ollie the owl, and premiered on December 2.
Right in the middle of a very busy city, there is a peaceful place. It’s a cosy park, closed off and forgotten, a true oasis. This is where you will find Ollie, the little blue owl, and his friends — a small stork, a young frog and five little birds. If you want to meet Ollie and his friends, you best come at nightfall. That’s when the city turns quiet and everybody goes to sleep… Except for Ollie and his friends, who are still awake, just long enough for a little adventure.
Ollie’s storyline touches on big issues like discovery, friendship, being alone and the importance of the little things in life, aimed at the dreamer in all of us.
“When we first saw the pitch for Ollie, the gentle humor and beautiful design stood out immediately as something special, and we were in love. We are so proud to have played a part in bringing this gorgeous new show to life and grateful to be a part of the vibrant animation industry in this country right now,” said producer Tamsin Lyons of Ink and Light.
“We are extremely passionate about putting positive messages out into the world, by making content that entertains and engages our audience. We can’t wait to share Ollie with audiences in every home. We are extremely proud of our new production and can’t wait for everyone to see Ollie unfold.”
Ollie is a co-production between Ink and Light in Ireland and Lunanime in Belgium. The show is created by Belgian director Anton Setola.
“It was a challenging but satisfying process to create these little stories,” said Annemie Degryse, producer at Lunanime. “We produced 52 episodes of four minutes that are poetic, trigger children’s imaginations, are playful and have a sense of humor in it. It has been a very enriching experience to coproduce Ollie with our amazing partners in Ireland and Norway.”
Ollie is produced by Lunanime, Ink and Light and Storyline and distributed by BETA Film. The series is supported by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, RTÉjr, Ketnet, VAF, Screen Flanders, Creative Europe MEDIA, Lum.Invest.
The show currently airs on RTÉjr Mondays at 10 a.m. and is available on the RTÉjr player.
Leading kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE has signed a deal with CITV in the U.K. for TeamTO’s maverick slapstick comedy, Mighty Mike, which will make its channel debut on January 6. Mighty Mike will continue to air on CITV weekdays at 4:30 p.m.
“I am absolutely thrilled to be bringing this distinctive animated series to CITV,” commented ITV Senior Program Acquisitions Executive Darren Nartey. “A combination of slapstick comedy and great writing makes this the perfect show for our audience.”
CITV joins broadcasters Cartoon Network, who air the series internationally on Boomerang; Universal Kids in the U.S.; CBC and Family Channel in Canada; France Télévisions France; Super RTL Germany and more recently, YLE Finland, VRT Belgium, KRO-NCRV Holland and ABC Australia. Tencent will launch the series in 2020 in China.
“CITV is the latest in a long line of key partnerships on Mighty Mike, which is testament to the series’ strong calibre and universal appeal,” said Ed Galton, CCO & Managing Director of CAKE.
The 78 x 7’ dialogue-free chase cartoon features Mike, a refined pug with sophisticated tastes who longs for a quiet life but is instead forced to defend his house from a bunch of furry intruders. Raccoons, turtles and Fluffy the Cat have a knack for showing up at the worst possible moments, dragging Mike through a series of unforeseen twists and turns! When his owners return, an exhausted Mike finds himself in the dog house once again, missing yet another opportunity to impress Iris, the neighbour’s elegant dog.
With photorealistic visuals, Mighty Mike is aimed at 6- to 10-year olds but has a broader family appeal. An original TeamTO production with Canada’s Digital Dimension, CAKE handles international distribution (excluding France, Germany and China). Surge Licensing are handling licensing in the U.S. and Canada.
APC Kids, the children’s entertainment division of leading co-production and distribution company APC Studios, has inked its first sales for CTC Media’s new 3D animated series Little Tiaras (52 x 7’). The exclusive free-to-air rights for season one and two have been picked up by Noga for The Children Channel in Israel, TVP for TVP ABC in Poland and All Media for Kanals 2 in Latvia.
The series is aimed at girls aged 4-7 and follows the hugely successful collaboration between CTC and APC Kids on global hit series Kid-E-Cats. APC holds global rights outside of Russia, CIS and mainland China to the show, which is produced by Melnitsa Animation Studio and owned by CTC Media and CTB Film Company.
“Following our strong launch at MIPCOM this year, we’re excited to have inked our first wave of international deals for Little Tiaras,” said Lionel Marty, Managing Director of APC Kids. “The show’s focus on friendship, teamwork and empowerment gives it strong universal appeal and we look forward to continuing this adventure with CTC as we introduce girls around the world to this magical new series.”
“We are delighted that only a couple of months after we first presented Little Tiaras at MIPCOM, there is already so much international sales interest in the series,” added Ksenia Gordienko, Director of Animation, CTC Media. “Little Tiaras is our second animated project after Kid-E-Cats and is proving to be a rapidly developing brand, with a team of excellent professionals and creatives behind it. We believe this is just the beginning of a great success story.”
Little Tiaras stars five Princesses – Rooney, The Rusty Haired Princess; Lisa, The Frog Princess; Daria, The Never-A-Laugh Princess; Helen, The Fair Princess; and Dorma, The Sleeping Princess. They arrive from faraway lands to study wizardry on a mysterious island of Wondermont. Adventures, secrets and dangers await them on their way to learning the wisdom of magic taught by a great wizard known only as The Immortal.
The first season of 26 episodes is available after premiering in Russia in Fall 2018 (CTC and Carousel). The second season started airing in Russia from Fall 2019 and will be completed in 2020. APC brought on board U.K.-baed story editors David Moore (Paddington, Thomas and Friends, Claude, Teletubbies) and Emma Hogan (Ollie, BoyGirlDogCatMouseCheese, Peek Zoo) to work on the new episodes.
Planeta Junior announces that Hélène El Arouni has joined the company as Head of Consumer Products & Media in France.
El Arouni has 360-degree vision of the licensing business, having worked as a marketing analyst at Europe’s leading media sales house (TF1 Advertising), marketing manager at a start-up and as Senior Consumer Products Manager at TF1 Licenses. This June, she was named the 2019 Rising Star of Licensing at the Licensing International Awards.
In her new role, El Arouni will report to Antonella Ceraso, who manages the sales cluster for French, Portuguese and Spanish operations. As Head of Consumer Products & Media, France, she will manage Media Sales and Consumer Products for Planeta Junior properties, and help position Planeta Junior as a leading company in France.
The new appointment reflects Planeta Junior’s growing commitment to the French market, where it has recently joined forces with leading entertainment companies, including ZAG Animation (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, Power Players), Cottonwood Media (Squish, Find Me in Paris) and Superprod Animation (Helen’s Little School, That’s Joey).
Studio Ghibli Fest Continues with ‘Princess Kaguya’
Isao Takahata’s Oscar-nominated The Tale of the Princess Kaguya returns to the big screen across the U.S. and Canada through the GKIDS/Fathom Events year-long program. The film will screen in an English dub Monday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. local time (starring Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Darren Criss, Lucy Liu, John Cho and James Marsden), and with English subtitles on Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 7 p.m. local time. The screenings will feature a special introduction from producer Yoshiaki Nishimura.
Nominees for the 70th Annual ACE Eddie Awards
Final ballots open Dec. 16 and close Jan. 6; the awards will be presented by the American Cinema Editors on Jan. 17 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The nominees for best edited animated feature film: Frozen 2 (Jeff Draheim, ACE), I Lost My Body (Benjamin Massoubre), Toy Story 4 (Axel Geddes, ACE).
Star Trek Is Returning to Animation in New ‘Short Treks’
Debuting Thursday, December 12 on streamer CBS All Access, the latest round of Star Trek animated shorts consists of The Girl Who Made the Stars, written by Brandon Schultz and directed by series EP Olatunde Osunsanmi (Star Trek Discovery, Falling Skies), and Ephraim and Dot, the tale of a humble tardigrade on a bewildering adventure, written by Chris Silvestri & Anthony Maranville and directed by Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino (modern Star Trek film trilogy).
’Game of Thrones’ Duo David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Set HP Lovecraft Thriller Film at Warner Bros.
The duo will helm an adaptation of the graphic novel Lovecraft (Hans Rodionoff, Enrique Breccia & Keith Giffen), which explores the troubled horror writer’s life and mind. Set in the 1920s, the flick will pose the troubling question: What if the monsters Lovecraft wrote about were real? Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi (Aeon Flux) are scripting; Karyn Kusama (dir., The Invitation) will executive produce.
One of Vancouver’s Biggest Players in Film Animation Shutters
Moving Picture Company (MPC), which tackled the critical Sonic the Hedgehog redesign as well as helping bring groundbreaking visual feats to the big screen in The Lion King, Watchmen and Life of Pi (for which it won a VFX Oscar), is closing down its BC shop just weeks before Christmas. CBC News obtained an email sent to staff which cited “increasing external market pressures” in Vancouver; the studio hasn’t responded to requests for comment. MPC Vancouver opened in 2007 and employed more than 800 artists at its height in 2013. The company operates facilities in Montreal, London, Los Angeles and Bangalore.
Disney Junior has ordered a second season of Mira, Royal Detective ahead of its spring 2020 debut. The news was announced last night by Joe D’Ambrosia, SVP Original Programming and General Manager, Disney Junior, during a special advance screening of the series in Burbank, California.
Set in the magical Indian-inspired land of Jalpur, the series follows the brave and resourceful Mira, a commoner who is appointed to the role of royal detective by the queen and travels throughout her kingdom to help royals and commoners alike.
“Mira, Royal Detective hasn’t even premiered yet and we have already seen the excitement building for this series featuring a brave and empowered young girl who will stop at nothing to solve a case,” said D’Ambrosia. “To ensure that we have plenty of new mysteries ahead for Mira, we are thrilled to begin production on a second season and can’t wait to introduce her to the world in 2020.”
The series centers on Mira, who, along with her friend Prince Neel, creative cousin Priya, and comical mongoose sidekicks Mikku and Chikku, takes young viewers on adventures that highlight critical thinking and encourage deductive reasoning. Each episode features two 11-minute stories that celebrate the cultures and customs of India by incorporating authentic storytelling, music, food, fashion, language, art and dance.
Newcomer Leela Ladnier stars as Mira, alongside Freida Pinto (The Path) as Queen Shanti; Kal Penn (Sunnyside) and Utkarsh Ambudkar (Brittany Runs a Marathon) as mongooses Mikku and Chikku, respectively; Hannah Simone (New Girl) as a young commoner named Pinky; Jameela Jamil (The Good Place) as Mira’s Auntie Pushpa; Aasif Mandvi (Evil) as Mira’s father, Sahil; Sarita Choudhury (Homeland) as Prince Neel’s Great-Aunt Rupa; Aparna Nancherla (BoJack Horseman) as Mira’s cousin Meena; Kamran Lucas (Mech-X4) as Prince Neel; Karan Brar (BUNK’D) as Prince Veer; Karan Soni (Deadpool) as Manjeet; Maulik Pancholy (Phineas and Ferb) as Ranjeet; Sarayu Blue (I Feel Bad) as the palace tailor; Parvesh Cheena (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) and Sonal Shah (Scrubs) as bandits, Manish and Poonam, respectively; and newcomer Roshni Edwards as Mira’s cousin Priya.
Emmy Award-nominated Sascha Paladino (Miles from Tomorrowland) is executive producer of the series, which was developed by Becca Topol (Elena of Avalor), who also serves as story editor and co-producer. IW Group’s Shagorika Ghosh Perkins is the series’ cultural consultant and consulting producer. Additional consultants include Bollywood dancer and choreographer Nakul Dev Mahajan (So You Think You Can Dance) and music producer Deepak Ramapriyan (Basmati Blues). Emmy Award nominees Matthew Tishler (Fancy Nancy) and Jeannie Lurie (The Muppets) write and produce the original songs, and Amritha Vaz (Miss India America) serves as composer. The series is produced by Wild Canary in association with Disney Junior, with animation provided by Technicolor India.
BAFTA-winning VFX and animation studio Jellyfish Pictures has opened its newest state-of-the-art facility in the South London district of Brixton. The new studio seats 200 artists and, in addition to its other four studios spread across South London and Sheffield, will be the company’s official headquarters. This brings Jellyfish Pictures’ capacity to 350, increasing staff numbers by 40%.
In line with the extensive expansion, all onsite IT infrastructure has been removed from the studio’s existing sites and moved to a co-location, resulting in the facility becoming wholly virtual — the largest VFX and animation studio working this way in the world, Jellyfish Pictures reports.
The new studio is designed to promote collaborative working and creative exploration. Spread across one floor, the studio sprawls a total of 100 meters with over a third of the facility dedicated to staff breakout areas, meeting rooms, plush client areas and a state-of-the-art screening room boasting a 4K projector and Dolby Atmos sound.
Designed with both the artist and client in mind, the company has invested heavily in onsite technology to become a truly global workspace. All meeting rooms have been equipped with the latest Crestron/Extron display systems allowing users to access a dual network enabling smooth video conferencing experiences in a TPN (Trusted Partner Network) environment, something which previously had been difficult.
“Jellyfish Pictures is a wonderful melting pot of cultures and creatives so it was important to me I delivered a space where our talent could thrive,” said CEO Phil Dobree. “Something that couldn’t be achieved in Soho, the new space spreads across one long 100 meter floor, encouraging everyone to share tips, ideas and collaborate. We also wanted to use the technology out there to make lives easier so there is more time for creative endeavours.”
With no hardware housed onsite across any of the five Jellyfish Pictures sites, all studios operate in a completely PC over IP environment. All technology and pipeline are housed in a centrally based co-location, with all distributed workstations being virtualized through Teradici’s remote visualisation solution. Allowing for total flexibility and scalability, if required, more computers can be deployed in the data-centre or in the cloud by spinning up a virtual machine (VM).
Being a TPN certified studio, the new set up is completely secure, utilising Pixit Media’s PixStor multi-tenancy container services for audit-compliant secure data separation and isolation.
“We have a visionary CTO in Jeremy Smith, and we were determined to carry on our drive into the cloud, furthering the evolution of our move into virtualization we started with our Oval studio three years ago,” Dobree continued. “Moving out of Soho gave us the chance to get rid of all our remaining on-premise infrastructure and move fully virtual, taking our existing Brixton studio with us. 2019 has been a revolutionary year for Jellyfish, which has included a new brand identity, moving out of Soho, overhauling our IT infrastructure… even living up to our namesake and installing a jellyfish tank, and we don’t plan on slowing down for 2020.”
Founded in 2001 as a “two-man band,” Jellyfish Pictures (jellyfishpictures.co.uk) has grown into an internationally recognized operation with over 300 employees working across four London studios and one studio in Sheffield. VFX credits include Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Last Jedi and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story; HBO’s Watchmen, Netflix’s The Innocents and Black Mirror: Hated in the Nation; Planet Dinosaur and Inside the Human Body.
Jellyfish Animation launched in 2014, and has since produced high-quality CG animation for top-rated children’s shows Dennis and Gnasher: Unleashed (CBBC), Floogals (Universal Kids) and Bitz & Bob (Cbeebies). Recently, Jellyfish has embarked on developing and producing its own original animated children’s content.
Jellyfish has won an Emmy, a BAFTA for Best Visual Effects, two Royal Television Society Awards, two VES Awards, as well as many other accolades including two Primetime Emmy nominations. In October, the studio won the Broadcast Technical Innovation award for the virtualization work they have done with their studios in the broadcast and VFX sector.
Rooster Teeth, a WarnerMedia company, announced Thursday that Doreen Copeland has been promoted to VP, Head of Production, and Joe Clary and Sean Hinz have been promoted to Co-Heads of Animation. Copeland will now oversee all physical production at Rooster Teeth. Clary and Hinz will co-lead day to day operations across all of Rooster Teeth’s animated productions including but not limited to RWBY, gen:LOCK, RTAA, Death Battle and Red vs Blue. Clary and Hinz will report to Copeland.
Margaret M. Dean, Head of Ellation Studios and President of Women in Animation, will continue to consult on animation productions.
Previous to receiving the promotion to VP, Head of Production, Doreen Copeland served as VP, Head of Production Operations at Rooster Teeth. During the course of her 25-year career, she has produced everything from live broadcasts and commercials to short films, documentaries and feature films. Copeland got her start producing training and education videos, and has since produced several high-profile live-action projects from Rooster Teeth, including Lazer Team, Lazer Team 2 and Day 5.
Before this recent promotion to Co-Head of Animation, Joe Clary served as Lead Producer for RWBY Volumes 6 and 7. Clary came to Rooster Teeth with over a decade of production experience working in live-action, animation, VFX and post-production for LA-based productions, including producing spots and trailers for NFL Network, Call of Duty, Zombieland and more. Sean Hinz served as a Producer in Animation before this promotion, managing the production teams for RTAA and Death Battle. Before joining Rooster Teeth, Hinz managed a variety of productions for web-based media companies whose notable contributions include ScrewAttack, SGC, Death Battle, and a handful of video games.
These appointments continue the production and creative leadership restructuring initiated in June when Gray Haddock stepped down as head of the studio, followed by further shuffling of key roles amongst Rooster Teeth’s co-founders and executives in September.
Rooster Teeth is a leading media and entertainment company with devoted entertainment fandoms around the world, with a diversified business model across memberships, advertising, podcast sales, distribution, events, and e-commerce. Rooster Teeth’s world-class animation studio is housed within its Studios division. Rooster Teeth Studios has produced content for HBO Max, Netflix, Cartoon Network, Discovery and Outlier Society, and has partnerships with Hasbro, ELEAGUE, Scholastic, DC and Warner Bros. Consumer Products.
Epic fantasy fans are keyed up to unwrap the highly anticipated Andrzej Sapowski adaptation The Witcher, arriving on Netflix December 20. The final trailer for the 8 x 60’ series has arrived after a surprise debut by star Henry Cavill (Justice League, The Tudors) at a fan event in Manila, Philippines, where the actor was promoting The Witcher with showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich (The Umbrella Academy, Daredevil series).
If you haven’t enjoyed the original books yet, take a five-minute fantasy break with the new promo video of Henry Cavill reading form Sapowski’s The Last Wish, which introduces Geralt and his incredible world of monsters and magic. Watch it here.
Based on the best-selling fantasy series of books, The Witcher is an epic tale of fate and family. The story of the intertwined destinies of three individuals in the vast world of The Continent, where humans, elves, witchers, gnomes, and monsters battle to survive and thrive, and where good and evil is not easily identified.
Henry Cavill (Mission Impossible – Fallout, Man of Steel) leads the cast as Geralt of Rivia, alongside other main cast members Anya Chalotra (The ABC Murders, Wanderlust) as Yennefer and Freya Allan (The War of the Worlds, Into the Badlands) as Ciri.
Other previously announced cast include Jodhi May (Game of Thrones, Genius) as Calanthe, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (Fortitude) as Eist, Adam Levy (Knightfall, Snatch) as Mousesack, MyAnna Buring (Ripper Street, Kill List) as Tissaia, Mimi Ndiweni (Black Earth Rising) as Fringilla, Therica Wilson-Read (Profile) as Sabrina, Emma Appleton (The End of The F**king World) as Renfri, Eamon Farren (The ABC Murders, Twin Peaks) as Cahir, Joey Batey (Knightfall, Strike) as Jaskier, Lars Mikkelsen (House of Cards, Sherlock) as Stregobor, Royce Pierreson (Wanderlust, Judy) as Istredd, Maciej Musiał (1983) as Sir Lazlo, Wilson Radjou-Pujalte (Jamillah & Aladdin, Dickensian) as Dara, and Anna Shaffer (Harry Potter) as Triss.
DreamWorks Animation has announced the cast of its Netflix original series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, a visually striking coming-of-age tale from creator and executive producer Radford Sechrist (story artist, Penguins of Madagascar, How to Train Your Dragon 2; head of story, Wish Dragon) slated to debut on Netflix January 14.
After spending her entire life living in an underground burrow, a young girl named Kipo is thrust into an adventure on the surface of a fantastical post-apocalyptic Earth. She joins a ragtag group of survivors as they embark on a journey through a vibrant wonderland where everything is trying to kill them is downright adorable.
The series is created and executive produced by Sechrist and executive produced and developed for television by Bill Wolkoff (The Man Who Fell to Earth).
The cast features Karen Fukuhara (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) as the enthusiastic and curious “Kipo;” Sydney Mikayla (General Hospital) as “Wolf,” a weapon-wielding survivor who knows the ins and outs of the surface; Coy Stewart (The Blacklist) as the happy-go-lucky “Benson;” Deon Cole (black-ish) as “Dave,” a talking insect who has the jarring ability to suddenly age a full life cycle without warning; and Dee Bradley Baker (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) as the adorable mutant pig “Mandu”.
Guest stars include Sterling K. Brown (Frozen 2) as Kipo’s father “Lio Oak;” Dan Stevens (Legion) as the power-hungry “Scarlemagne;” Lea Delaria (Orange Is the New Black) as Timbercat “Molly Yarnchopper;” Joan Jett as rocker snake “Camille;” and John Hodgman and GZA (Wu Tang Clan) as the cosmically-curious wolves “Billions and Billions.”
Jake Green (The Boss Baby: Back in Business), Grey Griffin (DC Super Hero Girls), Ian Harding (Pretty Little Liars), Rhea Butcher (Take My Wife), Betsy Sodaro (DreamWorks All Hail King Julien: Exiled), Taylor Louderman (Mean Girls), Michael-Leon Wooley (DreamWorks The Adventures of Puss in Boots), Matt Lowe (DreamWorks Trolls: The Beat Goes On!) and Scott Porter (Friday Night Lights) are also featured.
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts presents a unique animation style alongside an equally fresh sound developed by renowned music supervisor Kier Lehman (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Insecure) and composer Daniel Rojas (Downsizing). Distant Cousins, Lushlife, Beth Yen and Dope Saint Jude are just a few of the artists whose tracks appear in the first season, as well as original performances by Fukuhara, Brown, Stevens and GZA.
Works selected across the Indie Episodic, Shorts and Special Events sections of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival were announced Tuesday, underlining Sundance Institute’s commitment to showcasing bold independent storytelling regardless of form, format or length.
Kim Yutani, the Festival’s Director of Programming, said, “Authenticity and independent voices resonate across formats – and that’s evident across the full spectrum of this year’s Indie Episodic and Special Events slates. Defined by distinctive voices and enlightening viewpoints, these are riveting projects that find inspiration in the urgent stories and extraordinary individuals of our times.”
Mike Plante, Senior Programmer, Shorts, said, “With an unprecedented number of 10,397 submissions, we had so many great shorts to choose from. It is thrilling to share so many unique visions and new talents from the burgeoning world of shorts.”
Seventy-four short films will screen at the Festival from 27 countries and chosen from 10,397 submissions – 4,992 from the U.S. and 5,405 international. The Oscar-qualifying Animated Short Films section will present 15 distinctive films from around the world, including international festival favorites like Daughter and Slug Life.
Forty-eight percent of the shorts were directed or created by one or more women, 33% were directed or created by one or more filmmaker of color, and 19% by one or more people who identify as LGBTQIA. Seven were supported by Sundance Institute in development, whether through direct granting or Labs.
Daughter / Czech Republic (Director and screenwriter: Daria Kashcheeva) — Should you hide your pain, close yourself inside your inner world, and long for your father’s love? Or should you understand and forgive before it’s too late?
Daytime Noir / U.S.A. (Director: Jeron Braxton, Screenwriters: Jeron Braxton, Jay Ellis, Antonio Maclin) — A mother and son’s journey through the exploitative world of tabloid TV. World Premiere.
eadem cutis: the same skin / Germany (Director: Nina Hopf) — “I just want to be seen as who I am today!” John shares his thoughts on identity, body and gender and gives a very personal insight into his life–and an intimate proximity to his body. North American Premiere.
Eli / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Nate Milton) — A true story from the realms of high strangeness, magical thinking, and manic delusion.
Farce / Norway (Director and screenwriter: Robin Jensen) — A man, a woman and a meat grinder. Love is messy.
Hot Flash / Canada (Director and screenwriter: Thea Hollatz) — Ace is having a hot flash, and she’s about to go live on local television. How one woman tries to keep her cool when one type of flash leads to another. International Premiere.
Hudson Geese / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Bernardo Britto) — A goose remembers his last migration. World Premiere. DAY ONE.
Inès / France and Switzerland (Director and screenwriter: Élodie Dermange) — Inès is facing a difficult choice. Tonight, she thinks about the decision she will make. North American Premiere.
My Juke-Box / France (Director and screenwriter: Florentine Grelier) — Yesterday, I overheard an old rock ‘n’ roll song that sounded familiar. This is probably the music that we used to listen to on my dad’s mechanical devices–the thousand lives man, the king of the jukebox. International Premiere.
No, I Don’t Want to Dance! / United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Andrea Vinciguerra) — In these dark times, you may think that every hazard has been identified, but nobody has taken into consideration how dangerous dance can be…
Sh_t Happens / Czech Republic, Slovakia, France (Directors and screenwriters: Michaela Mihalyi, David Štumpf) — The caretaker exhausted by everything, his frustrated wife, and one totally depressed deer. Their mutual despair leads them to absurd events, because… shit happens all the time. U.S. Premiere.
Slug Life / United Kingdom (Director and Screenwriter: Sophie Koko Gate) — A day in the life of Tanya, a curious woman who has developed a taste for non human lovers. Her next creation: a giant slug. Can such a perfect creature survive in this gnarly world full of freaks and beefs?
Takoyaki Story / Japan (Director and screenwriter: Sawako Kabuki) — Always attracted to takoyaki–octopus balls, a famous Japanese street food–a girl tries them for the first time and becomes addicted.
Wong Ping’s Fables 2 / Hong Kong (Director and Screenwriter: Ping Wong) — Wong Ping urinates twice before gently pressing your head down with his right foot, giving you a closer look at your own reflection in his urine.
Wood Child and Hidden Forest Mother / United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Stephen Irwin) — Deep in the forest, a hunter encounters a strange creature he cannot kill. World Premiere.
The festival announced the feature film selection last week, which includes Happy Happy Joy Joy -The Ren & Stimpy Storyby Ron Cicero and Kimo Easterwood (U.S.) in its Documentary Premieres lineup. The film explores the rise and fall of the groundbreaking animated series and its controversial creator, John Kricfalusi.
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The Society of Illustrators has shared its first round of guest announcements with this year’s stellar list of Guests of Honor for the MoCCA Arts Festival, taking place April 4-5 at Metropolitan West in New York City. This year’s featured Guests of Honor are:
In 1994 Patrick McDonnell created the comic strip Mutts, which now appears in over 700 newspapers in 20 countries. Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz called Mutts “one of the best comic strips of all time.” Prior to creating Mutts, McDonnell had a successful career as a freelance illustrator, drawing the Russell Baker Observer column for the New York Times Sunday Magazine from 1978-1993. He also created Bad Baby, a monthly comic strip for Parents Magazine, which ran for 10 years, and he is co-author of Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman, published in 1986 by Abrams. His work has been animated for television commercials, most notably a PSA for the New York Philharmonic. In addition to his comics career, McDonnell has also published numerous award-winning children’s books including The Gift of Nothing, Hug Time, South, Wag! (all published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), Me…Jane (Scholastic), and others. In 2019 Abrams published The Art of Nothing, celebrating 25 years of Mutts.
Cartoonist Trina Robbins has been creating comics since the 1960s, and is one of the first artists of the underground comix movement. She was an early contributor to the underground newspaper The East Village Other and edited the first comic book created entirely by women, It Aint Me, Babe Comix. In 1970, she co-founded Wimmen’s Comix, a collectively-organized feminist comics anthology. In 1986, Robbins became the first woman to draw Wonder Woman, and in 1998, DC Comics published her book Wonder Woman: The Once and Future Story, a collaboration with Colleen Doran dealing with domestic violence. In addition to her comics work, Robbins is a historian and has published many notable non-fiction titles, including Pretty In Ink (Fantagraphics), a history of women cartoonists, and two books about early 20th century artist Nell Brinkley. In 2017, she published the memoir Last Girl Standing (Fantagraphics). Robbins has won multiple awards and recognitions including the Inkpot Award, John Buscema Haxtur Award, and was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame.
Award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Jillian Tamaki is the co-creator of the graphic novel Skim (Groundwood Books) and This One Summer (First Second), both written by Mariko Tamaki. This One Summer was the first graphic novel to receive a Caldecott honor. She is the author and artist of works for adults including SuperMutant Magic Academy, a collection of her webcomic of the same name, and Boundless, a collection of her short form comics work (Drawn & Quarterly). She is also the author of the children’s book They Say Blue, which earned her the Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award and another Caldecott Honor (Harry N. Abrams). Most recently she was the Guest Editor of The Best American Comics 2019 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). She is an active illustrator and her work appears regularly in the New York Times and other venues.
Chris Ware is among the most critically-acclaimed cartoonists working today. Since his work appeared in RAW Magazine in 1990, he has published a number of ground-breaking works, initially in his ACME Novelty Library series (Fantagraphics). There, he serialized the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, which was published in a collected edition by Pantheon in 2000. That work received an American Book Award in 2000, the Guardian First Book Award in 2001, and the “L’Alph Art” prize for the best graphic novel at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée in Angoulême, France in 2003. In 2012 he published the innovative graphic novel Building Stories, a box containing 14 interconnected narratives which can be read in any order. In 2019 he published the graphic novel Rusty Brown. In addition to his graphic novel work, Ware has created over 25 covers for The New Yorker. His work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art and has had solo exhibits at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska, the Gävle Konstcentrum in Sweden, and the Columbus College of Art and Design.
Ronald Wimberly is an author, illustrator and comic artist. His early titles include Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm (Vertigo), an autobiographical graphic novel that follows the life of the hip hop artist, and 2011’s adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes (Hill & Wang). His 2012 book, Prince of Cats (DC/Vertigo), a retelling of the story of Tybalt from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, received wide praise and accolades. The book was reissued in 2016 by Image Comics, and in November of 2019, it was announced that Spike Lee will be directing a movie adaptation. In 2017, Wimberly published Black History in Its Own Words (Image Comics), featuring a stunning collection of portraits and quotes from dozens of black luminaries. In 2018 he launched the annual art tabloid LAAB Magazine, focusing on issues of identity and visual culture. Wimberly has also produced work for The Nib, The New Yorker, Nike, Marvel and Dark Horse.
This group of artists exemplifies the limitless aesthetic and social power of comics and cartooning. The MoCCA Arts Festival will take place April 4-5 from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Sunday, held at the Metropolitan West located on West 46th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues. All Guests of Honor will participate in festival programming, steps away at Ink48 (653 11th Ave.). They will be joined at MoCCA Fest by an array of Featured and International Guests and exhibiting artists.
The Universal Kids TV network has announced new animated preschool adventure series Powerbirds will premiere Sunday, January 19 at 10 a.m. ET/PT. Young fans and families can meet the show’s feathered heroes at .
Created by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Stephen P. Breen, the show centers on Max, an imaginative six-year-old whose love for comic books, action figures and adventure comes from his Grandpa Felix, and his beloved pet birds. Ace the parakeet has a strong sense of duty, but is also playful and daring. He tends to do things by-the-book and has memorized the superhero handbook’s collection of credos and techniques. His sister Polly the parakeet is a creative, out-of-the-box thinker. She’s a goofball who frequently makes things up on the fly. But, Polly is always ready to jump into action and save the day.
Ace and Polly at first glance seem like ordinary pets, but they’re not your average birds, both possessing special super powers. Inspired by their owner Max’s love of comic books, Ace and Polly’s oversized imaginations take them on heroic superhero adventures. Unbeknownst to Max, whenever he leaves for the day, Ace and Polly spring into action as the Powerbirds! In each episode, they use superhero powers such as the fantastic freeze, super sight, super speed and beyond, to save their neighborhood from animal villains. The series promotes underlying positive messages that we can all be our own superhero if we do the right thing.
Breen’s children’s books, published by Penguin, include Stick, Violet the Pilot and Pug and Doug and Unicorn Executions and Other Crazy Things My Kids Ask Me to Draw (Skyhorse), which was optioned by Universal Pictures.
***This interview, updated Dec. 11, originally ran in the November ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 294)***
Animation enthusiasts and critics alike have been buzzing about Genndy Tartakovsky’s stunning prehistoric epic Primal all year. The show premiered as a special five-night event on Adult Swim this month, charting the adventures of a prehistoric man with his unlikely friend, an almost-extinct dinosaur. Now, one of 2019’s most highly-anticipated TV projects is being reintroduced in a feature-length package as Primal: Tales of Savagery for theatrical screenings in LA and New York as one of the 32 movies entered in the 92nd Academy Awards race.
Primal is created and exec produced by Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Hotel Transylvania movies), with art direction from his frequent collaborator Scott Wills (The Ren & Stimpy Show) and music by Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Samurai Jack) and co-composer Joanne Higginbottom (Samurai Jack).
Beyond the usual striking visuals and interesting subject matter which we have come to associate with Tartakovsky through the past few decades, what makes this project even more unique is that it relies only on music and images to tell its stories. We were very excited to chat with the animation master this month to find out more about his intriguing new show.
So, the past few years have been quite a productive period for you. You went from working on several Hotel Transylvania features for Sony Pictures Animation to a hugely successful reboot of Samurai Jack. We know you’ve got more things brewing at Sony, but can you tell us how the idea for this non-verbal prehistoric adventure came about?
Genndy Tartakovksy: It started out originally as more of a kids’ show about a boy riding a dinosaur, and then slowly, as I developed it over the years, it started to take shape as something more mature. Then, after the success of the final season of Samurai Jack for Adult Swim, it really solidified as a more adult, mature take on this primitive man and caveman relationship.
Can you tell us why you decided to package the series as a theatrical project last month?
I think this project more than any other, because of the absence of dialogue and the focus on the visual design, as well as audio is suited perfectly for a theatrical experience. Our story telling style has always strived to be cinematic and with the addition of our French animation team it has pushed this production into a different level of quality that we haven’t achieved before.
What were some of the visual influences for the show?
They were mostly 1970s sci fi art. Frank Frazetta, Moebius and Robert E. Howard’s Conan were the main influences. We wanted to make something raw, organic, brutal and visceral.
A retro sci-fi illustration type of aesthetic combined with our love of Frazetta, Bambi, Wizards and horror comics.
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How long did it take from idea to delivery?
That’s always a hard question to answer, as the development process is very slow. Generally, I started messing with the idea in 2011, but then there would be years when I did nothing on it. I generally just draw and write notes whenever things would come into my head. That’s the best way I can answer this question.
Where is the animation produced and which tools are used to produce it?
The animation is produced here in Los Angeles and in Paris, France at Studio La Cachette. We use TVPaint, Photoshop and Animation Frameworks eXtension.
How did it feel to go back to the world of TV animation after working on so many Sony movies?
Well, it’s something that I have been really enjoying. We first did it with the final season of Samurai Jack, when I just finished Hotel Transylvania 2 and then came to Cartoon Network to do Jack. It’s a great change of pace, as well, as working with 2D animation is always amazing.
How many people work on Primal?
We have about 40 or so overall in Los Angeles and Paris.
What is the biggest challenge of producing this series?
I think just drawing-wise it’s the most challenging because there are real animals (dinosaurs) and humans, so there’s a level of draftsmanship and realistic anatomy that we wanted. But, then at the same time, we wanted to push the style and posing to be unique and comic book-y. Then, of course, there is no dialogue in the show, so you come across some storytelling challenges. We actually tell some pretty complex stories, so to do that clearly without dialogue can be sometimes difficult.
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What do you love about creating animated for older audiences, vis-à-vis creating animation for children and family audiences?
I mostly enjoy the freedom to do things that aren’t so black and white, so we can leave some things for the audience to figure out for themselves. We are clear on what we are trying to say, but then we can leave just enough for interpretation. Also, since this is an action show, there are no real boundaries for violence and brutality. Even though I am not a fan of gore, the show is set in the primordial world, and it’s very grisly out there.
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What is your take on the animation scene in 2019? Is there such a thing as too much content?
No, I think it’s just about quality and uniqueness. It’s nice because there’s something for everyone, but the great shows always find their own place and audience. Of course, it will be more difficult to stand out, for sure.
Finally, can you offer some advice for those who want to find animation jobs today?
Be diverse in your drawing style and ability. Have passion and love for what you want to do, and work your ass off!
Primal: Tales of Savagery held its Academy Awards-qualifying screening in Los Angeles in December. The mini-series premiered on Adult Swim October 7.
The traditionally animated Disney classic Sleeping Beauty was the sole representative of toon history to make this year’s list of National Film Registry inductees, alongside a more-diverse-than-usual array of titles including Prince’s Purple Rain, Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It and LGBTQ rights documentary Before Stonewall by Greta Schiller and co-director Robert Rosenberg. The oldest title on the 2019 list is Thomas Edison’s short film of Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island (1903); the most recent is 100 years younger: Robert S. McNamara’s Oscar winner documentary The Fog of War (2003).
Sleeping Beauty (1959) is a musical adaptation of the Charles Perrault fairytale, crafted by golden age animators — including Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, Les Clark, Frank Thoas, Ollie Johnston, Marc Davis, Milt Kahl and John Lounsbery — under supervising director Clyde Geronimi at the Walt Disney studio. The picture voice starred Mary Costa as Aurora, Eleanor Audley as Maleficent (also Lady Tremaine in Cinderella and Madame Leota in Disney’s Haunted Mansion), Verna Felton, Barbara Jo Allen and Barbara Luddy as the Fairies, and Bill Shirley as Prince Phillip.
Stepping away from the Rococo inspirations of Cinderella, this mid-century masterpiece drew on visual inspiration from Medieval art and Art Deco design, exemplified in the jewel-toned background paintings of Eyvind Earle. It was the first animated feature produced for Super Technirama 70mm. Sleeping Beauty was awarded the Best Scoring of a Musical Oscar, to composer George Bruns.
The National Film Registry was started at the inception of the U.S. National Film Preservation Board in 1988 and now contains 775 titles. Other animated films which have made the cut are Disney’s Cinderella (1950, added in 2018), Dumbo (1941, 2017), The Lion King (1994, 2016), Bambi (1942, 2011), Beauty and the Beast (1991, 2002), Pinocchio (1940, 1994), Snow Whiteand the Seven Dwarfs (1937, 1989), Fantasia (1940, 1990), The Three Little Pigs (1933, 2007), Steamboat Willie (1928, 1998) and hybrid musical Mary Poppins (1964, 2013); Pixar’s Toy Story (1995, 2005), Luxo Jr. (1986, 2014) and Tin Toy (1988, 2003); Chuck Jones’ One Froggy Evening (1955, 2003), Duck Amuck (1953, 1999) and What’s Opera, Doc? (1952, 1992); Bob Clampett’s Porky in Wackyland (1938, 2000); Fleischer Studios’ Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936, 2004); UPA’s Gerald McBoing-Boing (1951, 1995); Anthony Rizzo’s Duck and Cover (1951, 2004); Winsor McCay’s Gertie the Dinosaur (1914, 1991); Ed Catmull and Fred Parke’s A Computer Animated Hand (1972, 2011) and Robert Zemeckis’ hybrid noir-comedy Who Framed Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, 2016).
2019 National Film Registry additions (alphabetical order): Amadeus (1984) Becky Sharp (1935) Before Stonewall (1984) Body and Soul (1925) Boys Don’t Cry (1999) Clerks (1994) Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island (1903) Employees Entrance (1933) The Fog of War (2003) Gaslight (1944) George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute (1937) Girlfriends (1978) I Am Somebody (1970) The Last Waltz (1978) My Name Is Oona (1969) A New Leaf (1971) Old Yeller (1957) The Phenix City Story (1955) Platoon (1986) Purple Rain (1984) Real Women Have Curves (2002) She’s Gotta Have It (1986) Sleeping Beauty (1959) Zoot Suit (1981)
