Animated Features

INTERVIEW: “Charlie The Wonderdog” Kicks Off Super 2026
Shea Wageman, President and CEO of ICON Creative Studio, is also the director of new animated feature Charlie the Wonderdog. Wageman discusses the superhero comedy adventure.
‘Animation Is Film’ Announces 2025 Winners

‘Animation Is Film’ Announces 2025 Winners

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
October 21st, 2025
ANIMATION IS FILM (AIF) today announced the winners of its 8th annual festival, with AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN, directed by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, receiving the festival’s top honor, the Grand Jury Prize.
GKids Presents Its Most Competitive Lineup To Date For Annecy 2025

GKids Presents Its Most Competitive Lineup To Date For Annecy 2025

Haylie Baker|
June 14th, 2025
Just yesterday, June 13th, GKIDS made its own history at the 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival in Annecy, France, with 4 new titles, 3 co-produced titles, and a 4K restoration for a 40th anniversary of Angel’s Egg. The North American studio known for elevating bold and talented artists brought its A-game for Annecy, upholding […]

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TOHO To Acquire GKIDS

Japanese entertainment leader Toho Co., Ltd. announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire a 100% equity share of GKIDS, Inc., the Academy Award-winning North American animation producer and distributor. Financial terms were not disclosed. GKIDS, which maintains offices in New York and Los Angeles, will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Los […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|October 15, 2024
TOHO To Acquire GKIDS

“The Wild Robot” and “Flow” Take Best Feature honors at Annie Awards: “Arcane” Sweeps TV Awards

Dreamworks’ The Wild Robot, won Best Feature, along with eight more categories at the 52nd Annie Awards celebration Saturday night on the campus of UCLA. In addition to Best Feature, The Wild Robot  also took home an Annie for Best FX- Feature (Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim, Steve Avoujageli), Best Character Animation […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|February 9, 2025
“The Wild Robot” and “Flow” Take Best Feature honors at Annie Awards: “Arcane” Sweeps TV Awards

TRAILER: “Plankton: The Movie”

This morning Netflix has debut the trailer, poster and new images for Plankton: The Movie, the latest movie in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise – coming exclusively to Netflix on March 7th. Here’s our first look:
Avatar photoJerry Beck|February 4, 2025
TRAILER: “Plankton: The Movie”

INTERVIEW: David Lowery Presents “An Almost Christmas Story”

David Lowery (director of Pete’s Dragon and Peter Pan & Wendy for Disney) helms the new animated holiday short film An Almost Christmas Story, which premieres this Friday Nov. 15 on Disney+. It’s about an owl named Moon who forms a unique friendship with a girl named Luna in The Big Apple. Lowery shares what […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|November 13, 2024
INTERVIEW: David Lowery Presents “An Almost Christmas Story”

TRAILER: Annecy 2025 Selection “My Grandfather Is a Nijonjin” Unveils First Look

On May 15th, 2025, the acclaimed Brazilian animation studio Pinguim Content released the trailer for My Grandfather Is a Nijonjin, their upcoming animated feature that is set to appear in the Annecy Presents category at the 2025 Annecy Festival. In preparation for the exciting event, My Grandfather Is a Nijonjin had an early screening at the […]