Bill Desowitz

Editor

Bill Desowitz has been covering the Animation industry since the early 2000s for Animation Magazine, Animation World Network, IndieWire, and Animation Scoop. He is also the author of James Bond Unmasked (Spies Publishing), which chronicles the first 50 years of 007’s evolution, and includes exclusive interviews with all six Bond actors.

Articles By Bill Desowitz

‘Scarlet’: Mamoru Hosoda Re-Imagines a Gender-Swapped, Trippy, Anime ‘Hamlet’

Mamoru Hosoda had no idea that there were so many Hamlet movies in 2025 until he was asked about it at the Toronto Film Festival. These include Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, which explores the tragic inspiration for Hamlet, the modern take set in London’s South Asian community, starring Riz Ahmed, King Hamlet, a documentary about Oscar Isaac facing personal grief during his […]

‘Zootopia 2’: The Disney Sequel Gets More Epic with its ‘Chinatown’-like Mystery

Directors Jared Bush and Byron Howard to introduce reptiles in Zootopia 2 - and build a Chinatown-like murder mystery.

‘In Your Dreams’ Taps Into Painful Childhood Memories for a Fantastical Journey with the Sandman

Alex Woo, who left Pixar as a story artist on Incredibles 2 and Finding Dory to form Kuku Studios, had a very personal childhood story to tell with In Your Dreams (Netflix, streaming November 14, following a limited theatrical run November 7).

‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’: The Wide-Eyed Wonder of a Toddler’s Coming of Age

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKids, opening October 31 in select theaters and wide November 7), won the Grand Jury Prize at the eighth Animation Is Film Festival in Hollywood.

100 Meters: Kenji Iwaisawa Advances Rotoscope for the Transcendent Racing Drama

For director Kenji Iwaisawa, 100 Meters (GKids, opening in select theaters October 10 and going wider October 12-14) provided the perfect opportunity to advance his skillful use of rotoscope in concert with 2D character animation and hyper-real 3D backgrounds

Bill Desowitz

Editor

Articles By Bill Desowitz

‘Scarlet’: Mamoru Hosoda Re-Imagines a Gender-Swapped, Trippy, Anime ‘Hamlet’

‘Zootopia 2’: The Disney Sequel Gets More Epic with its ‘Chinatown’-like Mystery

‘In Your Dreams’ Taps Into Painful Childhood Memories for a Fantastical Journey with the Sandman

‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’: The Wide-Eyed Wonder of a Toddler’s Coming of Age

100 Meters: Kenji Iwaisawa Advances Rotoscope for the Transcendent Racing Drama

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