Digital Gravy Announces Salt Lake Animation Expo
The in-person/virtual hybrid event features presenters, panels, and Q&A sessions with a focus on the future of animation; confirmed guests include Toon Boom wizard Matt Watts and VFX artist Ron Friedman – the event runs May 20-21.
Kartoon Channel! Heads to Roku
Genius Brands’ popular kids’ animated series such as ‘Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten,’ ‘Rainbow Rangers,’ and ‘Baby Genius’ will now be available to millions more U.S. households.
‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Pushed to 2023
Sony Pictures delays – and renames - its highly anticipated ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ sequel as it revises its theatrical release calendar, which also now includes an official opening date for the third ‘Spider-Verse’ film and third ‘The Equalizer’ offering.
Foundry Reveals FMX 2022 Program Line-Up
Presentations will showcase creative techniques and technologies including best practices, tips and tricks, and a look at the future of VFX; topics include grading and compositing with NukeX, workflows with Mari, and using Katana in feature animation.
Podcast EP 158: How Christian Haynes is Creating Indie Series ‘Zach in Time’
The artist and animator shares how he got his original series off the ground, thoughts on self-taught learning vs. animation school, and how to improve your own art.
DreamWorks Animation Shares ‘Dragons: The Nine Realms’ Season 2 Trailer
Set 1,300 years after the events of the ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ franchise, the series follows a group of misfit kids who must protect the secret of where dragons have been hiding; all new episodes stream on Hulu and Peacock May 5.
Exclusive Clip: ‘The Great North - Beef Has Day Dreams About The Ocean’
In the all-new episode airing April 24 on FOX, Beef struggles when the boat needs repairs and he can’t fish for a whole week!
Disney Television Animation Ups David H. Wright III to SVP, Casting and Talent Relations
Veteran Disney exec will continue to oversee casting for animated series and movies at the TV animation studio; credits include 100s of animated films, from ‘Lion King II: Simba's Pride’ to Emmy Award-winning ‘Gravity Falls.’
GLAS Animation Festival Reveals 2022 Award Winners
The Grand Prix went to Juliette Laboria for her short film ‘Pests;’ James Thatcher wins this year’s GIF competition for ‘Soccer Bounce.’
Foundry Announces Nuke 13.2
Updates bring the software’s 3D system more in line with DCC standards and provides more consistency between Nuke and Katana for geometry transformations; workflow improvements provided more intuitive artist pipelines.
Apple TV+ Greenlights ‘Sago Mini Friends’ Original Preschool Series
Inspired by the popular kids’ app, the show features Harvey the floppy-eared dog and his friends who model optimism, kindness, and true thankfulness; Spin Master is producing, with animation by Brown Bag Films.
Rainshine and Animasia Team on ‘Young Captain Nemo’ Blockchain Fan Community
Using the RainBlox blockchain platform, companies plan to expand on the upcoming animated feature film trilogy with Web 3.0 multi-format content including a spinoff series, NFTs, video games, merchandise, and an original soundtrack; the franchise is slated for release in late 2023.
AX Cinema Nights Debuts with ‘Ryoma! The Prince of Tennis <Decide>’
Based on the Japanese Sports manga by Takeshi Konomi, the 3D animated movie hits U.S. theaters nationwide on May 12; tickets are now on sale.
Netflix Reveals ‘My Father’s Dragon’ Cast and First Look Image
An all-star acting lineup joins Oscar-nominated director Nora Twomey’s upcoming animated feature about a young boy who runs away to rescue a young dragon.
HP and Teradici Launch HP Anyware to Provide Secure Access Across the Enterprise
New system integrates Teradici CAS and ZCentral Remote Boost features to leverage PCoIP across data center, cloud, OS, and workstation infrastructure.
Andy Serkis to Direct ‘Animal Farm’
Aniventure and The Imaginarium have teamed up on the CG animated adaption of George Orwell’s iconic 1945 book, currently in production at Cinesite; famous tome tells how 'all animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others.'
Powerkids, Bonelli Entertainment and SBE Ink Deal to Adapt Comics to Animation
Partnership kicks off with comic ‘Dragonero,’ soon to be kids’ animated series, being co-produced with Rai Ragazzi and Nexus TV.
Netflix Drops ‘Love, Death + Robots’ Season 3 Teaser and First Look Images
Get ready for terror, imagination, and beauty in all-new episodes of Tim Miller and David Fincher’s animated anthology, hitting the streamer May 20.
Disney Branded Television Adds Bardo S. Ramírez, Ups Chris Hutchison
Tony Award-winning former Disneytoon Studios and Imagineering exec returns to Disney as Vice President, Studio Strategy and Operations, while Disney Television Animation exec promoted to Vice President, Production.
‘Big Mouth’ and ‘Human Resources’ Renewed at Netflix
Award-winning animated series about the nightmare of puberty and its ‘edgier and adultier’ spin-off series both picked up for another season.
Disney+ Renews ‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder’
Streamer announces Season 2 of its popular series is in production at Disney Television Animation ahead of its April 20 Season 1 finale.
Activision Blizzard to Cooperate with Investigations into Alleged Insider Trading
A new SEC filing confronts the company with another legal battle -- this time over violations possibly made during a meeting held before its sale to Microsoft was announced.
‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force's 'Aquadonk Side Pieces’ Now Streaming
Carl, Meatwad, Frylock, and Master Shake return in all-new digital one-shot shorts, taking on their adversaries including the Mooninites, the Plutonians, MC Pee Pants, The Frat Aliens and Happy Time Harry; new installments will drop every day for 10 days starting today on Adult Swim YouTube.
Netflix Reveals ‘Exploding Kittens’ Mobile Game and Animated Series
Inspired by the popular card game, ‘Exploding Kittens - The Game’ will debut in May followed by the adult episodic comedy in 2023; in the series, God and the Devil are sent to Earth in the bodies of chunky house cats.
New Images Released for ‘DC Showcase Animated Shorts’
Warner Bros. Animation, DC, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s new shorts compilation includes ‘Constantine – The House of Mystery,’ ‘Blue Beetle,’ ‘The Losers’ and ‘Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth!;’ coming to Blu-ray and in 4K on Digital on May 3, 2022.
