GKIDS announced today it has acquired the North American distribution rights for Goodbye, Don Glees!. Produced by the acclaimed Studio Madhouse, the film is the first original feature from writer/director Atsuko Ishizuka, who previously directed the widely lauded series A Place Further Than The Universe. Goodbye, Don Glees! follows the story of three friends over […]
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May 19th, 2022 
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TRAILER: Netflix “Dead End: Paranormal Park”
May 19th, 2022 Jerry Beck The new trailer for Netflix’s animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park dropped this morning. Based on Hamish Steele’s horror-comedy graphic novels DeadEndia and web short Dead End, Dead End: Paranormal Park follows the adventures of Barney, Norma and magical-talking-dog Pugsley, as they balance their summer jobs at the local theme park haunted house while battling […]
Calm Morning: “Adventures Through Storyboarding” at Academy Museum
May 16th, 2022 Jerry Beck Calm Morning: Adventures Through Storyboarding is the latest in a new series of special programs at the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California. On Saturday, May 28th, Pixar veteran Ronnie del Carmen will share the art of storyboarding in animation followed by an accommodative screening of Up (2009). The galleries open […]
TRAILER: Skydance Animation’s “Luck”
May 13th, 2022 Jerry Beck Luck is an animated feature from Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation, and is directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Peggy Holmes (The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning, Secret of the Wings, The Pirate Fairy) with an original screenplay written by Kiel Murray (Raya and the Last Dragon, Cars 3, Cars). It stars Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, […]
Gkids To Release “The Deer King” in Theaters during July
May 11th, 2022 Jerry Beck GKIDS announced today it will bring The Deer King, the new feature from Japanese animation veterans Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji, to cinemas nationwide this July. Continuing their partnership with Fathom Events, fan preview events for The Deer King will play in cinemas nationwide on Wednesday, July 13th (Japanese language), and Thursday, July 14th (English […]
Netflix Announces Cast and First Look Cartoon Saloon’s “My Father’s Dragon”
April 20th, 2022 Jerry Beck In celebration of World Book Day this Saturday, Netflix unveiled the first look and cast of Cartoon Saloon’s co-founder Nora Twomey’s upcoming animated feature My Father’s Dragon. The film stars Jacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo, Golshifteh Farahani, Dianne Wiest, Rita Moreno, Chris O’Dowd, Judy Greer, Alan Cumming, Yara Shahidi, Jackie Earle Haley, Mary Kay Place, Leighton […]
Singers Tori Kelly and Jordin Sparks Guest Star on “Rugrats”
April 13th, 2022 Jerry Beck Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Tori Kelly (Sing) and Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Jordin Sparks (A Christmas Treasure) join the cast of Nickelodeon’s original animated series Rugrats in a musical half-hour special premiering Friday, April 15th on Paramount+. Kelly guest stars as Cynthia, Angelica’s beloved doll who is an international-pop-star-sensation-veterinarian-astronaut (among many other occupations), and Sparks guest stars […]
Disney’s Jennifer Lee and Director Michel Ocelot To Receive Honorary Cristal Awards at Annecy
April 12th, 2022 Jerry Beck The Annecy Festival is thrilled to honor not one, but two greats names in animation: Jennifer Lee and Michel Ocelot as recipients of the Honorary Cristal, an honor rarely bestowed in the decades of the Festival’s history. For the Festival’s Artistic Director, Marcel Jean, “the return of the Annecy Festival to its pre-pandemic state is […]
Netflix Announces “Nimona” Coming in 2023
April 11th, 2022 Jerry Beck Netflix will release the much anticipated animated film Nimona in 2023. Annapurna Pictures partnered with Netflix when production began early last year. The film is adapted from the New York Times bestselling graphic novel by author ND Stevenson, who announced the news and debuted a first look on Twitter this morning. Nick Bruno and Troy […]
TRAILER: Netflix “Battle Kitty”
April 5th, 2022 Jerry Beck Debuting today is the new interactive trailer for Netflix’s interactive series Battle Kitty. In case you haven’t heard – It’s an animated, interactive series from Matt Layzell (Sanjay and Craig) that will premiere April 19th. In a futuristic-medieval world, warriors must find and defeat all the monsters on Battle Island, collecting their coveted keys in […]
TRAILER: “It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown”
March 31st, 2022 Jerry Beck Ahead of the premiere of the all-new Earth Day Peanuts special, It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown, on Friday, April 15th, Apple TV+ today revealed the trailer for the new original special, which is based on the classic Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz and features an original song by American singer-songwriter Ben Folds.
TRAILER: “Minions: The Rise of Gru”
March 30th, 2022 Jerry Beck This summer, from the biggest global animated franchise in history, comes the origin story of how the world’s greatest supervillain first met his iconic minions, forged cinema’s most despicable crew and faced off against the most unstoppable criminal force ever assembled. Minions: The Rise of Gru is said to feature more spectacular action than any […]
TRAILER: Netflix “The Sea Beast”
March 30th, 2022 Jerry Beck Here’s the next one from Netflix – The Sea Beast, directed by Chris Williams (Moana, Big Hero Six, Bolt). Featuring the voices of Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator and Jared Harris, the film takes place in an era when terrifying beasts roamed the seas, monster hunters were celebrated heroes – none were more beloved than the […]
Carl Bell (1931-2022)
March 28th, 2022 Jerry Beck The Hollywood animation community has lost one of its stalwart animators and biggest champions – Carl Bell. Carl met Richard Williams at the Ontario College of Art in the early 1950s, and the two drove cross country in 1952 to seek their fortunes in animation. They ultimately went separate ways – but stayed in touch […]
And The Oscar Goes To… “Encanto” and “The Windshield Wiper”
March 27th, 2022 Jerry Beck In case you missed it – and it seems many did… This year’s Academy Award for Best Animated Feature went to Disney’s Encanto. Best Animated Short was awarded to The Windshield Wiper. Both films were indeed Oscar-worthy, but clearly the Academy adhered to its longtime traditions – favoring films that touch the heart. Jared Bush, […]
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