Jackson Murphy

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Jackson Murphy is an Emmy-winning film critic, content producer, and author, who has also served as Animation Scoop reporter since 2016. He is the creator of the website Lights-Camera-Jackson.com, and has made numerous appearances on television and radio over the past 20 years.

Articles By Jackson Murphy

Neon
One of the most talked-about animated features of 2025 is Annecy winner Arco, a soaring and emotional fantasy adventure with a lot of grounded, contemporary, and very real themes. NEON is opening the film in select theaters in New York City and Los Angeles beginning this Friday Nov. 14.
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Short Film
Michael Govier and Will McCormack won the Best Animated Short Film Academy Award in 2021 for If Anything Happens, I Love You. They've re-teamed to direct a new animated short, All Heart, which is vying for awards consideration this season.
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Amazon Prime
Bat-Fam: 10 episodes of animated adventures of Bruce Wayne and his son Damian premiere Monday Nov. 10 on Prime Video.
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Viva Kids

Viva Kids’ new animated feature Grand Prix of Europe opens in theaters this Friday Nov. 7. It’s about a mouse named Edda who meets her racecar driver idol Ed (voiced by Emmy nominee Thomas Brodie-Sangster) and actually races in disguise as him in a high-stakes competition. Brodie-Sangster, who also voiced Ferb on the first four seasons of Phineas […]

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DreamWorks
DreamWorks Animation gang is now headlining a prequel series. The Bad Guys: Breaking In, from executive producers Bret Haaland and Katherine Nolfi, premieres Wednesday November 6th on Netflix.
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