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

Fred Seibert: Saturday Night at The Norman Rockwell Museum – UPDATE with Video Embed

Fred Seibert is one of my favorite people – and a significant force in contemporary animation. Anything he has to say on the subject (and on a variety of other subjects, including classic rock & roll) is worth listening to. Saturday night he’s making an appearance at the must-see Norman Rockwell Museum in Stocbridge Mass […]

Cartoon Network Greenlights Ian Jones-Quartey’s “OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes”

Cartoon Network powers up a connected world of original heroes across the TV and gaming landscape with the greenlight of animated series OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes followed by an integrated console game jointly developed with indie video game studio Capybara Games. Created by Ian Jones-Quartey, and produced by Cartoon Network Studios, the action-packed show […]

Turner and Warner Bros. Announce new ‘Boomerang’ standalone premium video subscription service

Time Warner’s Turner and Warner Bros. announced today they have partnered on a new standalone domestic premium video subscription service – Boomerang – that will launch in the Spring. This will be the first time the two companies have offered the massive Hanna-Barbera, Looney Tunes and MGM animation library – not to mention Fleischer/Famous Popeye […]

ANIME TRAILER: “Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale”

Opening in the U.S. this Thursday – an anime feature based on the Sword Art Online light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec. This feature was produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Tomohiko Itō, featuring an original story by Kawahara, character designs by Shingo Adachi and music by Yuki Kajiura. […]

SNEAK PEEK: The First Five Minutes of “Tangled Ever After”

Disney posted a sneak peek at the first five-minutes of the upcoming Disney Channel Original Movie Tangled Before Ever After on YouTube page! Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi reprise their roles as Rapunzel and Eugene (formerly known as Flynn Rider), and favorite characters like the loyal chameleon sidekick, Pascal; no-nonsense and dutiful horse, Maximus; and […]

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

Fred Seibert: Saturday Night at The Norman Rockwell Museum – UPDATE with Video Embed

Cartoon Network Greenlights Ian Jones-Quartey’s “OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes”

Turner and Warner Bros. Announce new ‘Boomerang’ standalone premium video subscription service

ANIME TRAILER: “Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale”

SNEAK PEEK: The First Five Minutes of “Tangled Ever After”

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