In what was one of the most anticipated presentations of the week, Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) today unveiled the first batch of finished shorts from the upcoming series Looney Tunes Cartoons in front of a standing-room only crowd at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. One of the shorts screened during the presentation was “Dynamite […]
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FIRST LOOK: Warner Bros. New “Looney Tunes Cartoons”
June 12th, 2019 
Jerry Beck 
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What We Know About Netflix First Two Animated Features
June 12th, 2019 Jerry Beck Netflix is about to take the animation community by storm. They seem to have at least a dozen animated series in production; they are picking up award-winning animated features at Annecy and Cannes; and have announced their first two original animated features. Here are the facts we know thus far about Klaus and The Willoughbys: […]
Sony Pictures Animation Unveils Upcoming Slate at Annecy Festival
June 12th, 2019 Jerry Beck Sony Pictures Animation made a splash at Annecy Festival, the animation industry’s largest annual gathering, presenting an exciting lineup of all-new animated features coming off of the success of the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Sony Animation’s president, Kristine Belson, shared exclusive visuals from the studio’s next major theatrical releases, including The Angry Birds Movie […]
Gkids Acquires Anca Damian’s “Marona’s Fantastic Tale”
June 11th, 2019 Jerry Beck Gkids has announced it has acquired North American distribution rights for the animated feature Marona’s Fantastic Tale, the new film from director Anca Damian, whose earlier film Crulic: The Path to Beyond, won Annecy’s Cristal Prize for Best Feature in 2012. Marona’s Fantastic Tale premieres in competition at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival today. […]
FIRST LOOK: Disney’s new “Chip n’ Dale”
June 11th, 2019 Jerry Beck Today at Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Disney announced the original series Chip ‘n’ Dale is in production for the Disney+ streaming service and shared a first look at the logo for the upcoming original series Monsters At Work. Combining a traditional style of animation with contemporary, comedic narratives, Chip ‘n’ Dale is being directed […]
INTERVIEW: Creator Matt Braly on “Amphibia”
June 11th, 2019 Jerry Beck Annie Award-winning Gravity Falls writer, director and storyboard artist Matt Braly has created a new Disney Channel animated series. Amphibia, starring Mouse House staple Brenda Song, premieres June 17th. The show has just wrapped production on Season 1 and has already been renewed for a second year. Jerry Beck: What does the title of the […]
TRAILER #2: Disney’s “Frozen 2”
June 11th, 2019 Jerry Beck A new trailer was revealed this morning for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen 2, offering a glimpse at the dramatic journey Elsa and Anna take into the unknown. From the Academy Award-winning team—directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, producer Peter Del Vecho and songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez—and featuring the voices of Idina Menzel, […]
Gkids Picks Up China’s “White Snake”
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Nickelodeon Launches New Animated Shorts Program
June 10th, 2019 Jerry Beck Nickelodeon is setting out to develop the next generation of animation talent through the launch of its new Intergalactic Shorts Program. With new leadership at Nick Animation, and a newly installed team driving its search for new talent, the Intergalactic Shorts Program is designed to identify original, comedy-driven content and nurture the voices and passionate […]
Gkids to Releasing “Bunuel In The Labybrith Of The Turtles” For Academy Consideration
June 10th, 2019 Jerry Beck GKIDS has announced it will release Salvador Simó’s Bunel In The Labyrinth of the Turtles on August 16th in Los Angeles. The film, based on a Spanish graphic novel, will be screening in competition at the Annecy Festival next week. A rare and unusual meditation on the nature of art and the torment of the […]
Highlights from Heritage Auctions’ Latest Animation Art Auction
June 9th, 2019 Jerry Beck The largest offering of artwork from the 1955 Walt Disney classic film Lady and the Tramp ever brought to market will be among the items in highest demand at Heritage Auctions’ Animation Art auction June 15-16 in Dallas, Texas. The sale includes more than 75 lots from Lady and the Tramp, including one-of-a-kind hand-painted production […]
Women In Animation Launches WIA Global Fund
June 6th, 2019 Jerry Beck Women in Animation (WIA) is thrilled to announce the launch of The WIA Global Fund, recently established to broaden the organization’s international reach by developing and expanding WIA programs and initiatives, all in support of WIA’s goal to achieve 50/50 equality in creative leadership within the animation industry by 2025. WIA aspires to raise $1 […]
Dreamworks “Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous” Animated Series Coming To Netflix
June 4th, 2019 Jerry Beck DreamWorks Animation today announced Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, an animated action-adventure series, is set to debut globally on Netflix in 2020 as part of an ongoing multi-year agreement with Netflix to produce original animated kids and family programming. Set within the same timeline as the 2015 blockbuster film, Jurassic World, the Netflix original series is […]
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June 3rd, 2019 Jerry Beck More big news for classic cartoon fans, collectors and anyone who loves to laugh: Warner Archive Collection is releasing, on June 18th, 2019 the second set of restored 1940s Paramount Popeye cartoons POPEYE THE SAILOR: The 1940s Vol. 2. It’s a continuation of the Popeye cartoon series from Paramount’s Famous Studios – collecting the sailor’s […]
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May 30th, 2019 Jerry Beck Check out the teaser trailer for Disney and Pixar’s Onward, a new original feature film in theaters March 6th, 2020, that features the voices of Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer. Set in a suburban fantasy world, Onward introduces two teenage elf brothers who embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if […]
