Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.

Articles By Jerry Beck

FIRST LOOK: Genndy Tartakovky’s New Short “PUPPY!”

Here’s our first look – via this one-sheet that dropped today – at Sony Pictures Animation’s brand new Hotel Transylvania computer animated short film, PUPPY! The film will debut at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival next month and in theaters worldwide this summer attached to The Emoji Movie. Puppy! is directed by Genndy Tartakovsky […]

William Joyce to Direct Cirrina’s Debut Animated Feature “The Extincts”

Cirrina Studios, the recently launched entertainment finance, development and production company has announced its first animated feature film, The Extincts. Based on British writer Veronica Cossanteli’s popular middle grade novel of the same name, and adapted by David Lipman (producer, “Shrek 2”), the film will be directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker and celebrated author/illustrator William “Bill” […]

Brothers Day Trailer: “Despicable Me 3”

The new trailer for Despicable Me 3 has debuted online, just in time for a #NationalBrothersDay. Illumination continues the adventures of Gru, Lucy, their adorable daughters — Margo, Edith and Agnes — and the Minions in the latest despicable chapter. Despicable Me 3 was directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, co-directed by Eric Guillon […]

Lauren Faust’s “DC Superhero Girls” in Production For Cartoon Network in 2018

Production has begun on DC Super Hero Girls, an all-new animated action-comedy series from Warner Bros. Animation and based on characters from DC Entertainment. Featuring fresh character designs and storytelling from producer Lauren Faust (Super Best Friends Forever, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends), DC Super Hero Girls will be […]

Sony’s “Hotel Transylvania: The Series” premieres on Disney Channel June 25th

Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana and Sony Pictures Animation announced today the debut details of their new animated series Hotel Transylvania: The Series, based on the blockbuster film franchise of the same name. The 26 episode half-hour series, produced at the Nelvana studio in Toronto, focuses on the teenage years of Dracula’s daughter, Mavis, and her three […]

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

FIRST LOOK: Genndy Tartakovky’s New Short “PUPPY!”

William Joyce to Direct Cirrina’s Debut Animated Feature “The Extincts”

Brothers Day Trailer: “Despicable Me 3”

Lauren Faust’s “DC Superhero Girls” in Production For Cartoon Network in 2018

Sony’s “Hotel Transylvania: The Series” premieres on Disney Channel June 25th

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