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Bidding for ‘South Park’ Streaming Rights Could Reach $500 Million

By Dan Sarto | Friday, October 18, 2019 at 2:13pm

Multiple media giants said to be in the running for exclusive U.S. streaming rights to Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s wildly popular animated series, now in its 23rd season.

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Bill Plympton Finally Gets Some Distribution Muscle with Shout! Factory Deal

The acclaimed animator celebrates his deal with the multi-platform media company, talks about his latest work, and tells a very scary horror story.

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Annecy 2020 Now Open for Film and Project Submissions

Festival celebrates its 60th anniversary June 15-20, 2020; films and animation projects across multiple categories can now be entered for selection.  

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Directors Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan Talk ‘The Addams Family’

By Dan Sarto | Friday, October 11, 2019 at 11:46am

Charles Addams’s iconic, subversively comedic family is back in MGM’s new animated feature, from the creative duo that brought us the raunchy, R-Rated romp, ‘Sausage Party.’

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‘Funan’ and ‘I Lost My Body’ Lead Film Selections at PSIAF 2019

Animated features by award-winning directors Denis Do and Jérémy Clapin among films selected in 37 categories for Palm Springs International Animation Festival, coming December 14-15 to Palm Springs, California.

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Wallace & Gromit Celebrate 30th Anniversary with Re-Release of ‘The Complete Collection’

Coming October 21 on DVD and Blu-ray, the short film collection allows fans to relive the timeless and quintessentially British humor of Wallace and his four-legged companion.

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Exclusive ‘Robot Chicken’ Musical Clip: The Daily Joy of Life in Feudal France!

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 9:00am

Missing limbs and whimsical despair abound as Belle serenades her ‘beloved, disgusting town’ in this hilarious ‘Beauty and the Beast’ takeoff, from the upcoming episode airing Sunday, October 13 on Adult Swim.  

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China Removes ‘South Park’ from Internet in Response to ‘Band in China’ Episode

By Dan Sarto | Monday, October 7, 2019 at 12:01pm

Clips, episodes and discussions of the show disappear from Middle Kingdom digital sites after Wednesday’s airing of episode critical of Hollywood’s appeasement of Chinese government. 

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WATCH: Netflix Drops First Official Trailer and Images for Sergio Pablos’ ‘Klaus’

By Dan Sarto | Monday, October 7, 2019 at 8:53am

With release of his long-awaited animated feature only a month away, renown director and ‘Despicable Me’ co-creators tells AWN, ‘The wait is almost over!’

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Jamie Mitchell Helps Kids Embrace Their Uniqueness in Disney Junior’s ‘Fancy Nancy’

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 1:43pm

With Season 2 launching October 4, and a Season 3 renewal in hand, the show’s executive producer discusses his series about an eccentric 6-year-old girl that is aspirational, relatable, and funny.

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‘Coeur Fondant,’ and ‘Entre Sombras’ Take Home Awards at Festival Stop Motion Montreal

Films by Benoît Chieux and Alice Guimarães & Mónica Santos among prize winners honored at 11th festival edition’s closing ceremonies, which took place at Concordia University’s J.A. De Sève Cinema.

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Dev Patel, Alia Shawkat and George Wendt Cast in Jérémy Clapin’s ‘I Lost My Body’

By Dan Sarto | Monday, September 30, 2019 at 9:55am

Andrew Bujalski to serve as creative lead for English dub of the award-winning animated feature, which comes to U.S. theatres and Netflix this November.

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DreamWorks Debuts Trailer for ‘The Spooky Tales of Captain Underpants: Hack-A-Ween’

Netflix brings a new Captain Underpants special to your door for any early Halloween treat – streaming on October 8!

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Peter Porker’s ‘Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham’ Short Now Online

By Dan Sarto | Friday, September 20, 2019 at 1:07pm

John Mulaney reprises his role as the porcine superhero, who fights both to eat a hot dog AND secure a more appropriate name for his new evil nemesis.

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