Multiple ‘Everybody Hates Chris’ Actors to Reprise Roles in Animated Series
Chris Rock, Terry Crews, and Tichina Arnold will return for the reimagined version of Rock's popular award-winning series, coming to Comedy Central later this year.
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‘Disney Junior’s Ariel’ Celebrates the Caribbean with Doubles, Red Locks and Cinder Blocks
EP Lynne Southerland and art director Chrystin Garland discuss their push for authenticity in the all-new 3DCG preschool series about the young mermaid princess that incorporates the islands’ multi-cultural elements of music, food, fashion, language, and folklore; show debuts June 27 on Disney Junior.
HIDIVE Acquires ‘Loner Life in Another World’
New fantasy adventure series produced by Hayabusa Film and Passione is adapted from the light novel and manga titles created by Shoji Goji and published by Overlap.
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Prime Video Drops ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Official Trailer
Hamish Linklater stars as Batman, with Christina Ricci as Catwoman, in J.J. Abrams’ reimagining of the Batman mythology; the new animated series premieres worldwide August 1.
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Exclusive: Apple TV+’s ‘WondLa’ ‘Take a New Ride for a Ride’ Clip
Skydance Animation’s new 3DCG adventure follows Eva, a curious, enthusiastic, and spirited teenager who has been raised in an underground bunker by her robot caretaker; all 7 Season 1 episodes premiere June 28.
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Lion Forge Entertainment Announces Additional Voice Cast for ‘Iyanu’
Lagos-based entertainment company inks partnership with Nigeria’s The Voiceover Conference, with ‘Iyanu’ creator Roye Okupe and casting director Paula Gammon Wilson to be featured at the 2024 Summit.
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Netflix Shares ‘Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie’ Teaser Art, Images
Sandy Cheeks and SpongeBob SquarePants journey to Texas to save Bikini Bottom from a villainous plot; film streams August 2.
Re-VIEW: ‘Ultraman: Rising’ - A Balance of Heart and Mind
Shannon Tindle’s new 3DCG feature combines breathtaking visual design with a heartfelt story that explores themes of family and identity through the journey of a young athlete, Ken Sato, struggling to balance his life as a baseball star and a giant superhero when suddenly faced with raising a baby kaiju.
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Trailer Drops for Pharrell Williams’ Animated LEGO Biopic ‘Piece by Piece’
The musician and producer will set imaginations free with a feature that ‘defies genres and expectations to transport audiences into a LEGO world where anything is possible.’
‘The Garfield Movie’: The Mouth is a Window to the Belly
CG animation producer Shelley Smith and VFX supervisor Freddy Chaleur discuss how DNEG Animation perfected the not very Shakespearean process of staying on model while animating the extreme poses of a furry cat, based on iconic 2D comic designs, that can eat an entire pizza in one bite.
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CBS Studios Drops 'Star Trek: Prodigy’ Season 2 Trailer
The first ‘Star Trek’ series for young Trekkies continues, following the motley crew of young aliens who must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy in search of a better future; all 20 episodes debut July 1 on Netflix.
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Watch: ‘Scavengers Reign’ Season 1 Trailer
Netflix is the new home of the Annie-nominated sci-fi animated series that follows the stranded crew of an interstellar freighter and their fight to survive; all 12 episodes now streaming.
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Toonz Media Group, Angel Studios Launching ‘Gabriel and the Guardians’
Anime-style 2D fantasy adventure series is developed by Colossul Studios with animation production by Tiger Animation and pre-production by Robot Playground.
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‘Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures’ Season 2 Headed to Disney+ and Disney Jr.
New season of Lucasfilm’s original animated series arrives Wednesday, August 14, with new shorts on August 2 and new digital series, ‘Fun With Nubs’ available online now.
Empathy and Dark Humor Collide in ‘Carol & The End of the World’
Dan Guterman’s adult animated comedy series about a meek, introverted woman who prefers mundane daily rituals rather than hedonistic excess in the face of humanity’s impending extinction, employs a carefully crafted visual language, literally guided by the eyes are windows into the soul, to provide its emotion and laughs; now streaming on Netflix.
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‘Ha Ha, You Clowns’ and More ‘Smiling Friends’ Coming to Adult Swim
At its ‘Defying Expectations’ Annecy 2024 panel, the network also reveals a new series order for ‘Oh My God, Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances’ produced by Six Point Harness.
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Netflix Drops Final ‘Exploding Kitties’ Trailer & Character Posters
When God gets fired, he gets sent to earth — how better to reconnect with humanity then as a chubby house cat? Based on the popular card game, the adult animated comedy streams July 12.
‘Inside Out 2’: The Anxiety About Making an Appealing Anxiety
For production designer Jason Deamer and animation supervisors Dovi Anderson and Evan Bonifacio, finding the right look, and energy level, for a frenetic character in constant motion was a considerable challenge; the highly anticipated sequel to Pete Docter’s Oscar-winning 2015 ‘Inside Out’ hits theaters June 14.
Woody Allen-Narrated Animated Short ‘Mr. Fischer’s Chair’ in Production
The four-studio co-production centers on the face-off between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky during the 1972 World Chess Championship; release set for August 2025.
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Netflix Debuts Studio Ponoc’s ‘The Imaginary’ Trailer
Based on the award-winning novel of the same name by A.F. Harrold, the 2D animated film follows a young girl and her imaginary companion sharing make-believe adventures; coming to theaters June 28 and streaming July 5.
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Netflix Sets ‘Twilight of The Gods’ Premiere
Zack Snyder’s spectacular vision of ancient Norse mythology comes to life in the 2D animated series, streaming September 19.
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After 30 Years, ‘Mr. Birchum’ Gets His Close-Up
Adam Carolla, the other king of all media, talks about his new, politically incorrect series based on a character that has gestated since his KROQ ‘Kevin and Bean’ days, now streaming on DailyWire+.
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Smurfs Rights Holder Announces Rebrand to Peyo Company
Plans for two new TV series inspired by the original comic books by Peyo, ‘The Tales of Johan & Peewit’ and ‘Benny Breakiron,’ were revealed at Annecy.
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CLIP: Adult Swim Sets U.S. Premiere for Supernational Animated Comedy ‘Psi Cops’
Fifteen-minute animated comedy created by and starring Bart Batchelor and Chris Nielsen makes its U.S. debut on Sunday, July 7 at midnight ET/PT.
DreamWorks Drops ‘The Wild Robot’ Trailer #2
From Oscar-nominated writer/director Chris Sanders comes a beautifully animated gem about the bond between a domestic robot - ROZZUM unit 7134, ‘Roz’ for short - that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and becomes the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling while protecting the animals 'she' encounters; coming to theaters September 27.
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