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

MOBILE TEASER: Sony’s “The Emoji Movie”

Sony Pictures Animation has launched the world’s first-ever vertical movie trailer designed especially for mobile users supporting the forthcoming animated The Emoji Movie – a computer animated adventure that “unlocks the never-before-seen secret world inside your smartphone”. For the first 24 hours, the trailer will be optimized for mobile users and best viewed on the […]

“Lion King” and “Roger Rabbit” Added To National Film Registry

Twenty five new additions to the National Film Registry were announced this past week by The Library of Congress. Among the 2016 honorees are two now-classic Disney features that helped bring about the animation renaissance of the 1990s: The Lion King and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, […]

Disney Reveals New “DuckTales” Cast With Tribute Theme Song Video

Top-billed actors will bring the characters of McDuck Manor to life in the all-new animated comedy series DuckTales, premiering in summer 2017 on Disney XD channels around the world. Leading the quack pack on globe-trotting adventures are: David Tennant as Scrooge McDuck, Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz and Bobby Moynihan as the voices of mischief-making Huey, […]

Dreamworks “Trollhunters” Featurette

From the imagination of Guillermo del Toro comes a tale of two worlds set to collide in the epic saga DreamWorks Trollhunters, which follows ordinary teenager Jim Lake Jr. who inadvertently discovers an extraordinary secret civilization of mighty trolls beneath his small town of Arcadia. Marc Guggenheim (TV’s Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow), Rodrigo Blaas […]

ANIME FIRST LOOK: Yonebayashi’s “Mary and The Witch’s Flower”

Dropping today is the teaser trailer for Mary and The Witch’s Flower, the first animated feature from Studio Ponoc, the latest directorial effort from former top Ghibli animator Hiromasa Yonebayashi (director, When Marnie Was There, The Secret World of Arriety). Based on “The Little Broomstick” by Mary Stewart, the screenplay was adapted by Riko Sakaguchi […]

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

MOBILE TEASER: Sony’s “The Emoji Movie”

“Lion King” and “Roger Rabbit” Added To National Film Registry

Disney Reveals New “DuckTales” Cast With Tribute Theme Song Video

Dreamworks “Trollhunters” Featurette

ANIME FIRST LOOK: Yonebayashi’s “Mary and The Witch’s Flower”

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