‘Hazbin Hotel’ Creator and Horseless Cowboy Team on Devilish ‘Helluva Boss’
Vivienne Medranos and casting company partner to produce new season of popular animated web series; pilots of creator’s two hit shows together have garnered 65 million views since premiering in late 2019.
New Brunswick Community College Signs MOU With Toon Boom Animation
Addressing a shortage of skilled workers in the animation field, agreement will help promote education and career paths for students that will ultimately expand the talent pool and strengthen the growing industry.
Foundry’s Nuke Wins Engineering Emmy Award
Engineering team members Bill Spitzak, Jonathan Egstad, Peter Crossley, and Jerry Huxtable to be recognized for their contributions to development of their industry leading compositing tool; virtual awards ceremony scheduled for October 29.
Teradici Honored with Engineering Emmy Award
Creator of industry-leading PCoIP technology and cloud access software recognized for outstanding achievement in engineering development; award to be presented at virtual ceremony on October 29.
‘Fast & Furious: Spy Racers’ Season 2 Takes its High-Octane Action to Rio
Launching today on Netflix, DreamWorks Animation's new season of the family-friendly animated action adventure heads to South America, bringing the same car-racing thrills as Gary Scott Thompson and Universal's hugely popular live-action movie franchise, without the same level of danger and violence.
Chris Dainty and The NFB’s ‘Shannon Amen’ Now Streaming
Marking World Mental Health Day, the Canadian filmmaker’s short uses ‘icemation’ combined with stop-motion and puppeteering to explore the life and death of his friend, artist Shannon Jamieson, by capturing her struggles, guilt and anxiety in reconciling her faith with her sexual identity.
Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Deftly Tackles the Risky Constructs of Life, Death, and How We Enter the World
Pete Docter and Kemp Powers’ new film skillfully embraces complex issues of religion, culture, and race, with the studio’s first Black leading character struggling to answer the question, ‘What makes you…YOU?’
HBO Max Adapting BOOM! Studios’ ‘Lumberjanes’ into Animated Series
Series to launch with hour-long special written and directed ‘She-Ra and The Princesses of Power’ creator, Noelle Stevenson; her graphic novel ‘Nimona’ is also currently being adapted by Blue Sky Animation, set for release in 2022.
Pete Docter and Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Skipping Theatres, Heading to Disney+
Disney makes the tough decision to cancel their highly anticipated animated feature’s planned November 20 theatrical release date, opting instead to debut exclusively December 25 on the company’s streaming platform.
‘DC Showcase - Batman: Death in The Family’ Coming to Blu-Ray and Digital October 13
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and DC’s compilation of 2019-2020 animated shorts includes acclaimed titles ‘Sgt. Rock,’ ‘Adam Strange,’ ‘Death,’ and ‘The Phantom Stranger;’ interactive film spotlight panel set for NY Comic Con October 10
Kate Mulgrew Returns as Captain Janeway in Animated ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’
In surprise New York Comic Con announcement, Nickelodeon and CBS Studios shared the casting news for their upcoming CG-animated series, coming in 2021.
New Teaser – ‘The Addams Family 2’ Coming Next October
Finger snaps please! Bill Hader and Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton join the cast as our favorite mysterious, spooky, and uniquely odd family returns in the sequel to MGM’s 2019 hit animated comedy.
Battat Taps Fonda Snyder to Head New Entertainment Division
Industry veteran will help develop and promote parent company’s IP, while expanding strategic global partnerships with family entertainment companies, animation studios, broadcasters, and streamers.
WATCH: Danger and Magic Abound in Official ‘Wolfwalkers’ Trailer
A young girl confronts something mysterious and unexpected in the wolfpack she and her father are hunting down in Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart’s beautiful new animated feature, coming to U.S. theatres and Apple TV+.
‘Stories to Obsess Over’: WebToon’s Live-Action Comic Promos
The one-minute, black and white spotsfeature well-known U.S. actors taking on comic character personas, monologuing lines from stories in a promotional tease.
‘Over the Moon’ Roundtable with Glen Keane Coming to Montclair Film Festival Oct 17
Festival’s Storyteller series will feature conversation between animated film’s director, stars Cathy Ang and Phillipa Soo, and producers Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou, as well as talks with Aaron Sorkin, Sienna Miller, Kingsley Ben-Adir, and Lee Isaac Chung; event runs October 16-25 with programs available online.
The Rookies Announces 2020 World School Rankings Winners
Based on 3,769 entries from artists that have attended over 500 educational institutions, more than 150 industry experts used a variety of criteria to award schools on how well they prepare students for careers in creative media and entertainment.
Netflix Drops Season 3 Trailer for ‘The Last Kids on Earth: Book 3’
Catherine O’Hara, Mark Hamill, Rosario Dawson, Bruce Campbell, and Nick Wolfhard return for another season of streaming giant and Atomic Cartoons' hit animated comedy-adventure, which debuts October 16.
VES Announces Additional Special 2020 Honorees
This year’s group of distinguished VFX practitioners will be recognized this fall in a soon to be announced online event.
WATCH: The 39 Languages of ‘Just Sing’ in New ‘Trolls World Tour’ Music Video
With the fate of the world in their hands, Poppy and Branch set out with their friends to unite the Trolls; New multi-language version of Justin Timberlake’s unifying message reminds us that we’re all in this together!
Upcoming VIEW 2020 Conference Now Free with Registration
Star-studded 21st edition of Italy’s premier digital media conference, with 125 planned talks, workshops, and panels, as well as special Business Innovation Summit, will be presented free of charge, coming October 18-23, online and on-site in Torino, Italy.
Two New Animated Xmas Specials Coming to Netflix
Chiodo Bros’ stop-motion ‘Alien Xmas’ and CG ‘Angela’s Christmas Wish’ join an aggressive slate of animation premiering just in time for the holidays.
Maxon Releases Charming ‘Dino Feast’ Short by Daughter and Dad Duo
Red Giant tools and Adobe After Effects help bring to life 9-year-old Eva Worley and dad Seth’s epic tale of a Jurassic struggle over ‘What’s for dinner?’; Emmy Award-winning Tony Hale lends his voice in a cameo appearance.
Aardman Highlights the Stigma of Autism in ‘Different Minds. One Scotland’ Spot
Award-winning animation studio teams up with the Scottish Government and The Leith Agency on a thoughtful animated commercial to provide a clearer understanding of autism to the non-autistic population.
WildBrain Snags ‘The Brilliant World of Tom Gates’ Distribution Rights
Based on the enormously popular book series, the show will feature live-action along with 2D and stop-motion animation.