The Dragon Prince dodged a bullet. Throughout the year, Netflix—the internet service that streams the epic fantasy—has engaged in drastic cutbacks in staff, and outright cancelled several animated projects, with the latest being Mike Judge’s Bad Crimes getting the axe midway through production. But the online network has spared The Dragon Prince. Why?
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INTERVIEW—Two Stars of Star Trek: Prodigy: Brett Gray and Ella Purnell
October 21st, 2022 
W.R. Miller What do you do if you live on a prison asteroid run by a megalomaniacal warden, and you uncover an abondoned starship capable of near-transwarp speeds? Do you take it? 17-year-old Dal R’El does, with the help of his fellow adolescent escapees including Gwyndala, 17-year-old daughter of the warden. So off the kids race toward […]
INTERVIEW—Two Janeways, One Voice: Kate Mulgrew
October 17th, 2022 W.R. Miller With the next half-season of Star Trek: Prodigy about to premiere, Paramount+ invited journalists to interview some of the cast — including Kate Mulgrew — allowing a behind-the-microphone peek at the voiceover process. Mulgrew reprises her role as Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager, who stars in Prodigy as Hologram Janeway aboard an experimental high-warp […]
REVIEW: “DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms” – More Questions Than Answers. So Far
December 22nd, 2021 W.R. Miller When it comes to dragons, there’s no stopping DreamWorks Animation. Based on the best-selling How to Train Your Dragon novels by Cressida Cowell, the franchise has so far spawned three feature films with a combined box-office take of $1.6 billion worldwide, five short films, a “Snoggletog Log” video and a 118-episode TV series collectively titled […]
INTERVIEW: The Stars of “Poupelle of Chimney Town”
December 22nd, 2021 W.R. Miller Usually an actor books a role after an audition. But there are times when actor is chosen because of their reputation, without an audition. Such is the case with the American cast of Poupelle of Chimney Town. The film stars Antonio Raul Corbo. Stephen Root voices Lubicci’s father, Bruno, who tries to inform people that […]
INTERVIEW: Ramone Hamilton: Bawk, Bawk, Bagawking for “The Chicken Squad”
May 14th, 2021 W.R. Miller Need help from a team of anthropomorphic animals? Try Disney. They’ve got The Rescuers, Chip ‘n’ Dale Rescue Rangers, The Lion Guard, and their latest fur-and-feather brigade: The Chicken Squad, based on the children’s book series by Doreen Cronin. These friendly neighborhood tykes excel at rescuing cats from trees, solving mysteries like who trampled the […]
REVIEW: When Harry Potter’s Wizarding World Meets the X-Men: “The Legend of Hei” Begins
May 13th, 2021 W.R. Miller Those bad bad humans. Chopping down forests. How dare they displace Hei from his home! Hei, a magical spirit in the form of a wide-eyed cat, finds himself transported to the Big City. There, he’s attacked by a trio of human thugs, but rescued by a fellow shape-changer named Stormend. Hei joins Stormend’s unnamed faction […]
REVIEW: “The Prince’s Voyage”: A Film About Civilized Apes—Or Are They?
May 12th, 2021 W.R. Miller This is the story of a leader of an expedition, its sole survivor, who washes ashore on an unknown land and discovers a civilization of talking apes. He is nursed back to health by a pair of compassionate scientists. They wish to show him as an example that there is intelligent life outside their country. […]
INTERVIEW: Actor Joshua Seth on Tai’s Last Digivolution – Or Is It?
October 7th, 2020 W.R. Miller Growing up can be painful, especially if it means losing your friends, perhaps forever. That’s the dilemma facing Taichi “Tai” Kamiya, his human friends, and their digital monster pets, the Digimon. From elementary school to college, the “Digi-Destined” kids and their Digimon have battled various threats from the digital world. Now the kids have learned […]
INTERVIEW: Eric Bauza on Voicing Bugs, Daffy and Marvin: “Insanely Intimidating and Nerve-racking”
May 29th, 2020 W.R. Miller Enamored with cartoons as a kid, Eric Bauza desired to be a cartoon-maker himself. He grew up in Scarborough, a borough of Toronto, where he attended Blessed Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, followed by Centennial College, graduating in radio, television, and film production. Bauza learned that Spümcø, John Kricfalusi’s studio in the U.S., needed interns […]
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May 26th, 2020 W.R. Miller After Mel Blanc, the actor voicing Porky Pig the most has been Bob Bergen, from Tiny Toon Adventures to Duck Dodgers to the new Looney Tunes Cartoons on HBOMax. As it turns out, Porky had inspired him to become a voice actor. Born in St. Louis, Bergen moved to Los Angeles to train and ply […]
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From Power Ranger to Power Villain; Johnny Yong Bosch performs Nine on “My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising”
February 27th, 2020 W.R. Miller Johnny Yong Bosch may be more widely known as the second Black Power Ranger, Adam Park, from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but since then, his career has exploded in the realm of voiceover acting with over 360 credits. His most notable roles include Vash the Stampede from Trigun (his first anime character); Renton Thurston in […]
INTERVIEW: The Cast of “My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising” Discuss Their “Quirky” Roles
February 24th, 2020 W.R. Miller Imagine a parallel Earth where 80% of the population possess superhuman abilities, or “quirks.” Some become heroes. Others, villains. Then there are those without powers who desire to become heroes. That’s the case with high school student Izuku Midoriya. Luckily for him, he befriends a mentor, All Might, who happens to be the world’s greatest […]
INTERVIEW: Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond of “The Dragon Prince”: Answers from the Masters of Xadia
November 22nd, 2019 W.R. Miller In great dramas, not everything is explained as the story progresses. There may be details in a character’s life that aren’t revealed until a pivotal moment. Till then, the audience has to stretch their own imagination, second-guess what’s going to happen and why. It makes reading, or viewing, fun. With The Dragon Prince, the showrunners […]
INTERVIEW: Writer/Director Dean DeBlois on “How to Train Your Dragon” and Beyond
November 8th, 2019 W.R. Miller This is a case of real life imitating art. Just as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, the young Viking chief of Berk, has to part company with his best bud, Toothless the dragon, so does writer/director Dean DeBlois say goodbye to How to Train Your Dragon. On November 7th, DeBlois reflected upon his involvement with […]
