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

NETFLIX TRAILER: DreamWorks “HOME: Adventures with Tip & Oh!”

Here’s the trailer for HOME: Adventures with Tip & Oh, the new Dreamworks series which will air exclusively on Netflix beginning on July 29th. Delveloped by Ryan Crego and Throup Van Orman, the show picks up where the 2015 animated film left off, our heroine (Tip) and her intergalactic misfit companion (Oh) embark on new […]

“Pets” Tops Weekend With $103 Million; Five Quick Questions for It’s Director Chris Renaud

Congratulations to our friends at Illumination. Their latest release, The Secret Life Of Pets, hit a nerve with audiences young and old and continues a blockbuster streak of major studio animation releases in 2016 – following on the heels of Disney’s Zootopia ($340 million) and Pixar’s Finding Dory ($422 million domestic total as of today). […]

TRAILER #2: Illumination’s “Sing”

Here is the second official full trailer – tied to prints on this week’s release of Illumination’s The Secret Life Of Pets – for Universal’s Sing. Scarlet Johansson, Matthew McConaughey, Seth MacFarlane, Reese Witherspoon and John C. Reilly topline the holiday release – now set to open on December 21st.

GKIds Acquires Production I.G.’s “Miss Hokusai”

GKIDS has announced it has acquired distribution rights to Miss Hokusai, the latest feature from Japanese animation powerhouse Production I. G. (Ghost In The Shell, A Letter To Momo). The film by renowned director Keiichi Hara (Colorful) took home the Jury Prize at the Annecy Film Festival, swept the top jury and audience awards at […]

TRAILER: Laika’s “Kubo And The Two Strings”

Laika Studios’ Kubo and the Two Strings is a strong and remarkable stop motion epic, and shaping up to be one of the major contenders in the animation contest of 2016. The film is directed by Travis Knight and will be released via Focus Featuers on August 19th. Today the studio dropped the latest trailer […]

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

NETFLIX TRAILER: DreamWorks “HOME: Adventures with Tip & Oh!”

“Pets” Tops Weekend With $103 Million; Five Quick Questions for It’s Director Chris Renaud

TRAILER #2: Illumination’s “Sing”

GKIds Acquires Production I.G.’s “Miss Hokusai”

TRAILER: Laika’s “Kubo And The Two Strings”

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