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

Netflix

Simon Otto, the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy’s head of character animation, is the executive producer of new Netflix animated series A Tale Dark & Grimm. It’s based on books by Adam Gidwitz and premieres this Friday October 8th. Otto dives into this unique fairy tale adventure and also teases a major animated feature […]

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Disney

Far From the Tree is a new hand-drawn Disney animated short film that will play before Encanto in theaters beginning November 24th. Following a successful debut screening through the Annecy festival earlier this year, director Natalie Nourigat (of Short Circuit entry Exchange Student) and producer Ruth Strother are thrilled to share their sweet raccoon story […]

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Disney

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 60th feature film is Encanto, from Oscar winning Zootopia directors Byron Howard & Jared Bush and co-director Charise Castro Smith. Encanto is about a young woman named Mirabel, who’s part of a large, diverse family that lives in a magical house. Each family member has a special gift, except Mirabel. She […]

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MGM

A sequel to MGM’s 2019 CG Addams Family movie was announced just four days after it opened. Director Conrad Vernon and his team got right to work on creating a new story for the creepy and kooky gang. This time, they’re on a vacation, but it’s not all fun as the Addams face a major […]

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Disney

Disney’s newest hand-drawn animated series The Ghost and Molly McGee premieres this Friday October 1st at 9:40pm on Disney Channel. New episodes air Saturdays at 9am. It’s about a girl named Molly who moves with her family to a new neighborhood and into a haunted house. But she isn’t scared by the ghost inside (named […]

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