Disney Channel has ordered Kiff, a nutty animated buddy-comedy series from South African creators and executive producers Lucy Heavens (“Space Chickens in Space”) and Nic Smal (“Caillou”) debuting in 2023. Emmy Award-winner Kent Osborne (“SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Phineas and Ferb”) is co-producer and story editor. The news and concept art for the new series was revealed […]

20th Century Studios’ Ron’s Gone Wrong, the first theatrical release from the U.K.-based CG animation studio Locksmith Animation, will open in theaters worldwide – via the Walt Disney Company – on October 22nd, 2021. The animated comedy adventure, which stars Zach Galifianakis, Jack Dylan Grazer, Olivia Colman, Ed Helms and Justice Smith, is a touching […]

Grammy Award-nominated musician Patrick Stump, lead singer of the multiplatinum-selling rock band Fall Out Boy, will perform the theme song for Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends. Stump also serves as songwriter and composer for the series, which is the first full-length Marvel series for preschoolers. The theme song, which was also written and produced […]

Need help from a team of anthropomorphic animals? Try Disney. They’ve got The Rescuers, Chip ‘n’ Dale Rescue Rangers, The Lion Guard, and their latest fur-and-feather brigade: The Chicken Squad, based on the children’s book series by Doreen Cronin. These friendly neighborhood tykes excel at rescuing cats from trees, solving mysteries like who trampled the […]

Tom Rogers, Emmy-winning writer on Elena of Avalor, is now the executive producer of The Chicken Squad. The new series based on the popular books premieres this Friday May 14th at 7:30pm on Disney Junior. Rogers is excited for the show’s launch… on what just happens to be National Dance Like a Chicken Day. (This […]

Get ready to head to Italy this summer for Pixar’s new feature Luca. It debuts June 18th on Disney+. I’ve screened 30 minutes so far and look forward to seeing the entire film soon. Academy Award nominated director Enrico Casarosa (La Luna), producer Andrea Warren (Cars 3) and effects supervisor Jon Reisch (The Good Dinosaur) […]