Rumble is Paramount Animation’s next feature (following Wonder Park), this one taking on the world of monsters – and wrestling. Directed by Hamish Grieve (former Dreamworks Head of Story) and starring Will Arnett, Terry Crews, Geraldine Viswanathan, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i, Tony Danza, Becky Lynch, Susan Kelechi Watson, Stephen A. Smith, Jimmy Tatro, Ben Schwartz, […]
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Women In Animation awards Eight 2020 Scholarships
February 24th, 2020 
Jerry Beck This past Friday at the 2020 BRIC Talent and Innovation Summit, Women In Animation President Marge Dean proudly announced the recipients of this year’s WIA Scholarships. The WIA Animation Scholarship is an annual award committed to furthering deserving animation students who demonstrate artistic talent, a passion for animation, a financial need, and a promising future […]
Nickelodeon Adds Three New Senior Executives To Lead Movies, Casting and Recruiting
February 13th, 2020 Jerry Beck Nickelodeon has named three executives to newly created senior positions in its animation studio headquarters in Burbank, as the network continues to steadily increase its development and production slate. The new hires include: Darlene Caamaño Loquet, named Senior Vice President of Nickelodeon Movies; Liz Paulson, named Senior Vice President of Nickelodeon Animation Casting & Talent […]
Hype, PunkRobot & Red Animation Studios Join Pipelines to Form “Los Amigos”
February 11th, 2020 Jerry Beck Three of the most successful studios in Latin America today announce a coalition based on a shared production pipeline to be dubbed “Los Amigos.” Brazil’s Hype (Tainá and the Guardians of the Amazon), Chile’s Academy award-winning PunkRobot (Bear Story), and Peru’s Red Animation Studios (A Mouse Tale), have been working together since 2017 on a […]
And the Oscar Goes to… Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” and Sony’s “Hair Love”
February 9th, 2020 Jerry Beck The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature went to Pixar’s Toy Story. Best Animated Short was awarded to Sony Animation’s “Hair Love”. Both films were indeed Oscar-worthy, but clearly the Academy adhered to its longtime traditions – favoring the commercial studio films in competition. Director director Josh Cooley and producers Jonas Rivera and Mark Nielsen […]
Dreamworks Animation Aligns TV Leadership Under Peter Gal
February 7th, 2020 Jerry Beck DreamWorks Animation today announced the streamlining of executive leadership within its TV division under Teri Weiss, Executive Vice President of Development, and Kelly Kulchak, Executive Vice President of Current Programming. The announcement was made by Peter Gal, Chief Creative Officer, TV. “As we continue to push boundaries in animation and challenge ourselves to pursue innovative […]
Warner Bros. Animation Makes Exclusive Deal With Wellesley Wild
February 5th, 2020 Jerry Beck Emmy-nominated writer/producer Wellesley Wild (Family Guy) has signed an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Animation (WBA). Under the terms of the pact, Wild will develop, write and produce new animated projects — for both adult, kid and family audiences — at WBA across all platforms, including premium/pay and basic cable channels, streaming/on-demand and […]
TEASER for TRAILER of “Minions: The Rise of Gru”
February 2nd, 2020 Jerry Beck This summer, from the biggest animated franchise in history and global cultural phenomenon, comes the untold story of one 12-year-old’s dream to become the world’s greatest supervillain, in Minions: The Rise of Gru. The feature – directed by Kyle Balda – opens on July 3rd. In the meantime, because we know you can’t wait, here […]
The Women of “Klaus”
February 1st, 2020 Jerry Beck In case you haven’t seen this great featurette on Klaus highlighting the diversity and gender parity on the film, please take a look. It features producers Jinko Gotoh and Marisa Roman – and actress Rashida Jones. The film was majority women behind the scenes – their mission to prioritize inclusion resulted in one of the […]
Jenny Marchick Named Head of Development, Features for Dreamworks Animation
February 1st, 2020 Jerry Beck DreamWorks Animation has named Jenny Marchick Head of Development for the feature film division. The appointment, effective February 3rd, was announced by Kristin Lowe, Chief Creative Officer, Features for DreamWorks. In this role, Marchick will build the DreamWorks slate of animated feature films. She is tasked with finding and developing projects as well as identifying […]
TRAILER: “Norm of the North: Family Vacation”
January 31st, 2020 Jerry Beck Embark on an e-NORM-ous family adventure when Norm of the North: Family Vacation arrives on DVD and On Demand Feburary 25th from Lionsgate. From writers Alec Sokolow (Toy Story, Cheaper by the Dozen, Garfield: The Movie), Elie Choufany (TV’s “Arabs in Space”), and director Anthony Bell (Alpha and Omega, The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!), the […]
SNL’s Bobby Moynihan is featured on Nick’s “It’s Pony”
January 30th, 2020 Jerry Beck Bobby Moynihan will be featured in this weekend’s episode of It’s Pony, airing Saturday, February 1st at 11:30AM ET/PT. Bobby plays Brian, one of Annie’s friends, in the episode called “Game Horse,” where Pony gains fame as a video game prodigy. “I really enjoy playing Brian on IT’S PONY a great deal,” says Moynihan. “Being […]
Netflix Enters Non-Exclusive Relationship with Titmouse
January 27th, 2020 Jerry Beck Netflix has inked a multi-year production commitment overall deal with award-winning animation studio Titmouse to produce multiple original adult animated series. Under the terms of the deal, Netflix will also have a first look at adult animated series developed and created at Titmouse. This marks an expansion of the relationship between the two companies, which […]
“Klaus” and “I Lost My Body” Win Big At Annie Awards
January 26th, 2020 Jerry Beck Netflix was the big winner at the
Re-Watch The Annual Annie Awards Live Stream – Here!
January 25th, 2020 Jerry Beck Asifa Hollywood live streamed last night’s Annie Awards ceremony – direct from UCLA’s Royce Hall – and you can watch or re-watch it here. The award ceremony’s multi-camera and audio set up covered the entire ceremony – the celebrations, the laughs, the flubs, even the audience reactions. You won’t miss a thing. It’s just like […]
