Billie Eilish Jams with Lisa Simpson in ‘When Billie Met Lisa’
Disney+ drops key art for all-new ‘The Simpsons’ short with musical guest stars Eilish and FINNEAS; film hits the streamer April 22.
Podcast EP 157: How Chelsea Lee Changed Careers from Professional Dancer to Stop-Motion Animator
The artist and filmmaker discusses tips on impressing new clients, how to show confidence when something goes wrong, and what it’s like animating on a stop-motion TV show while pregnant.
Call For Entries: ASIFA India and Epic Games' Women Creators Program 2022
Submissions now being accepted through April 18 for paid virtual fellowships for women creatives from India, Singapore, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia; participants will be mentored and trained in virtual production.
FilmRise Nabs Rights to Monster-Sized Slate of ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ Titles
The streaming network’s new deal with Konami will bring the hugely popular anime franchise to its apps and TV channels.
The Rookies Launch ‘Certified Digital Artist’ Program
With benchmarks determined by over 350 industry leaders, educators, and consultants, the new educational resource sets out to provide recognized core competencies and skills for entry level positions in the animation, VFX, and games industries.
Animation Studio Red Star Co-Founder Jan Rogowski Dies at 41
The co-producer on ‘StarDog and TurboCat’ passes suddenly during production on Sky’s ‘The Amazing Maurice;’ the life-long Sir Terry Pratchett fan worked tirelessly to ensure the ‘Discworld’ novel adaptation lived up to the author’s vision and his own affection for the source material.
Nickelodeon Drops Teaser Clips for ‘Rugrats’ Musical Special
Grammy winner Tori Kelly and Grammy nominee Jordin Sparks guest star in the all-new episode, ‘Rescuing Cynthia,’ that hits Paramount+ April 15.
Backlight Launches After Buying 5 Media Software Companies
New cloud solutions provider, backed by $200M+ investment led by PSG, opens for business after snapping up ftrack, iconik, Celtx, Wildmoka, and Zype.
Coming April 14: PNY and NVIDIA’s ‘How NVIDIA Is Advancing the Future of Digital Storytelling’ Webinar
This free virtual presentation will explore new means of digital storytelling using virtual sets, real-time rendering, and cinematic-quality ray tracing enhanced by the latest NVIDIA® RTX™ solutions, NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise, NVIDIA Virtual GPU (vGPU), and GPU-accelerated software applications.
Prime Video Drops ‘Fairfax’ Season 2 Clip and Images
The streamer shares first looks from the sophomore season of its irreverent adult animated comedy, which returns June 10 with 8 all-new episodes; the show follows four middle school friends in a timeless struggle to be cool in LA.
It's Charlie Brown v Kite Again in ‘Take Care with Peanuts: We Need Our Tree’
All-new animated short pits our lovable hero against his old nemesis - ‘the kite-eating tree;’ classic Peanuts special ‘It’s Arbor Day, Charlie Brown’ comes to Apple TV+ on April 29.
Baobab Studios Expands its Creative Team
New hires at the multiple Emmy Award-winning studio include Oscar nominee Erick Oh and Jony Chandra as directors, Brian Tinsman and Michael McCormick as games creative directors, and Hayley Porter as director of marketing.
‘Maya and the Three’: The Power of Representation in Animation Character Design
For creators Jorge Gutiérrez and Sandra Equihua, today’s stories need to resonate with a modern audience, and reinterpreting mythology must include honest design of female characters.
Jennifer Lee and Michel Ocelot to Receive Honorary Cristals at Annecy 2022
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Oscar-winning chief creative officer and the BAFTA-winning French director to be awarded at the upcoming festival, which runs June 13-18.
ArtStation Launches Maxon Product Channels
The art and design platform will no provide users an outlet to share work and connect with Maxon’s Cinema 4D, Redshift, and ZBrush artist communities.
New Animated Series ‘Ghetto Brilliance’ in Development from ‘Dave’ Star GaTa
The show, which draws inspiration from its creator’s early life in South Central L.A., is being developed by Disney-owned content brand Onyx Collective.
Paramount Releases ‘Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank’ Trailer and Poster
Featuring the voices of comedy icon Mel Brooks and funny guys Ricky Gervais, Aasif Mandvil, and Gabriel Iglesias, the animated comedy adventure, about a hard-on-his-luck hound and a cat samurai, hits theatres July 15.
Paramount+ Drops ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 3 Teaser
Streamer unveils video and poster at this past Saturday’s ‘Star Trek: Mission Chicago’ fan event, joining with CBS to support ‘First Contact Day’ with $1 donation for every Tweet sent using hashtag #StarTrekUnitedGives through April 10.
Chloë Grace Moretz and Riz Ahmed Join Netflix’s ‘Nimona’
The streamer drops first look image and casting news for its upcoming animated feature, based on the award-winning graphic novel by ‘She-Ra and the Princesses of Power’ creator ND Stevenson, that had been in production at Fox Animation and then Blue Sky prior to it shutting down last year.
PBS Kids Greenlights ‘Donkey Hodie’ Season 2
The popular puppet series inspired by ‘Mister Rogers' Neighborhood’s characters is slated to hit Spring 2023; show is designed to help kids learn resilience, persistence, and problem solving.
Latest ‘The Simpsons’ Features Deaf Voice Actors and American Sign Language
Yesterday’s new episode, written by Loni Steele Sosthand, broke ground with two show firsts.
Cyber Group Promotes Raphaelle Mathieu
Newly named executive VP will oversee studios’ worldwide commercial activities and identify areas of strategic growth.
How ‘Young Justice: Phantoms’ Confronts Depression and PTSD in New Season
Executive producers Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti discuss how the show’s characters experience and deal with serious issues, such as survivor’s guilt, coping with death, and personal trauma, in the second half of the HBO Max series’ fourth season.
Apply Now: Animated Women UK’s Helen North Achieve Program
The organization’s career development series that supports women in UK’s VFX and animation industries expands with two iterations this year; applications for Spring are due April 11 with application dates for Fall 2022 to be announced.
Exclusive Clip: ‘The Great North – The Tobin Family Visits the Log Museum’
In the all-new episode airing April 10 on FOX, Moon incurs Debbie’s wrath; meanwhile Beef Is determined to save his favorite museum from shutting down.
