USC’s School of Cinematic Arts’ John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts (Hench DADA) celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, it was announced by Teresa Cheng, Chair of Hench-DADA. Sponsored by Digital Domain, the official celebration is to take place during SCA’s annual First Frame showcase on October 24 at the Directors Guild […]
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October 22nd, 2019 
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WIA To Honor Netflix’s Melissa Cobb, Sony Pictures Animation and “ABEO” At Spark 2019
October 22nd, 2019 Jerry Beck Women in Animation (WIA) is proud to announce the third annual WIA Diversity Awards recipients, presented in partnership with the Spark Computer Graphics Society (Spark CG). The recipients of this year’s awards are: Sony Pictures Animation; Melissa Cobb, Vice President, Original Animation, Netflix; and filmmaker Brenda Lopez for her short film ABEO. The awards will […]
Point Foundation Honors Laika at 2019 Gala
October 21st, 2019 Jerry Beck More than 400 guests and celebrities filled the Beverly Hilton Hotel to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students at Point Honors Los Angeles. Point Foundation (Point), the evening’s beneficiary, is the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ students of merit; currently assisting 85 scholarship recipients. At the gala, the award-winning stop-motion animation […]
Laika Sets Oct. 27th For Free Retrospective of Entire Library at Landmark Theatre
October 21st, 2019 Jerry Beck Laika, the stop-motion animation studio whose five films — Coraline (2009), ParaNorman (2012), The Boxtrolls (2014), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and Missing Link (2019) — have delighted fans and wowed critics, will present a day-long retrospective of its films at The Landmark in Los Angeles on Sunday, October 27th. Admission is free. In […]
32 Animated Features Submitted For 2019 Oscar Race
October 16th, 2019 Jerry Beck Thirty-two features – a record – have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 92nd Academy Awards. Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles seven-day qualifying run. Interestingly enough SHAUN THE SHEEP FARMAGEDDON was not submitted. Also of note: Genndy Tartakovsky’s PRIMAL (a series on […]
47th Annie Awards VIP Tickets On Sale Now
October 15th, 2019 Jerry Beck ASIFA-Hollywood announced today that VIP tickets for the 47th Annual Annie Awards are on sale now at annieawards.org/tickets. The 47th Annual Annie Awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The price of a VIP ticket admits you to the pre- and post- receptions beginning at 4:30 p.m., and […]
OFFICIAL TRAILER, NEW POSTER: Pixar’s “Onward”
October 10th, 2019 Jerry Beck Disney and Pixar’s Onward, which hits theaters March 6th, 2020, unveiled a new trailer, poster and images this morning. Set in a suburban fantasy world, Onward introduces two teenage elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot (voices of Tom Holland and Chris Pratt), who embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a […]
Disney Channel Sets Nov. 8th for Debut of “The Rocketeer”
October 10th, 2019 Jerry Beck Disney Junior’s The Rocketeer, a new comedic, animated adventure series featuring a young girl named Kit Secord, who takes to the skies to protect her community after becoming the surprise recipient of a rocket-pack that gives her the ability to fly, will premiere Friday, Nov. 8, on Disney Channel (11:00 a.m. EDT), Disney Junior (5:00 […]
GKids to Release China’s “White Snake” in November
October 8th, 2019 Jerry Beck GKIDS will open White Snake in Los Angeles on November 15 and in New York and select theaters November 29. From Light Chaser Animation, one of China’s premiere animation studios, comes a visually stunning new take on a classic legend. One day a young woman named Blanca is saved by Xuan, a snake catcher from […]
A Project Worth Supporting: “Enongo”
October 8th, 2019 Jerry Beck Enongo is a forthcoming feature-length documentary and the inspiring story of rapper/producer/Ph.D. candidate Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo, a.k.a. Sammus. Inspired by the feminist bounty hunter protagonist of Nintendo’s “Metroid” video game series, Enongo adopted the stage persona “Sammus” to tell her story and experiences through her music. The film chronicles Enongo’s life as an independent artist, touring […]
FIRST LOOK: Netflix Long-Awaited “Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs & Ham”
October 8th, 2019 Jerry Beck Literally years in the making, Netflix’s animated series Green Eggs and Ham is finally binge-ready – and will be released on November 8th. The series boasts “cinema-quality hand-drawn 2D animation, humor, adventure and great sophistication.” It also has an all-star voice cast, thanks to series exec producer Ellen DeGeneres. The series focuses on opposites Guy […]
DreamWorks Animation and Universal Announce Two New Films for 2021: “Spirit” and “The Bad Guys”
October 7th, 2019 Jerry Beck DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures today announced two new films for 2021: On Friday, May 14th, 2021, Universal Pictures will releasean an untitled Spirit Riding Free theatrical feature. On Friday, September 17th, 2021, Universal Pictures will release DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys. Spooky Jack, previously dated for September 17th, 2021, is now unset. It will […]
TRAILER: Netflix “Klaus”
October 7th, 2019 Jerry Beck Here it is, at last, the trailer for Segio Pablos long awaited hand drawn/CGI animated feature Klaus. Klaus is Netflix’s first original animated film, a passion project for Despicable Me co-creator Pablos, who first came up with the idea for it in 2010. Klaus will be released in select U.S. theaters on November 8th, 2019. […]
Dev Patel, Alia Shawkat and George Wendt To Lead English Cast of Netflix’s I LOST MY BODY
September 30th, 2019 Jerry Beck Netflix has announced actors Dev Patel, Alia Shawkat and George Wendt to lead the English cast of the Cannes Critics’ Week Winner I Lost My Body. Andrew Bujalski is the Creative Lead of the English dub under the supervision of Director Jérémy Clapin. The will be in theaters in the U.S. on November 15th, and […]
Disney Junior Orders Third Season of “Fancy Nancy”
September 18th, 2019 Jerry Beck Disney Junior has ordered a third season of Emmy Award-nominated series Fancy Nancy ahead of its season two premiere on Friday October 4th (11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EDT), on Disney Channel and in DisneyNOW. Based on the New York Times bestselling books by Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser, the series was Cable’s #1 series with […]
