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INTERVIEW: “Madagascar” Back In Theaters For 20th Anniversary
Directors Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell reflect on making the star-studded comedy classic, which spawned two sequels, a Penguins spinoff film, TV shows and holiday specials. And is a new installment is on the way?
REVIEW: Disney’s “Zootopia 2”

REVIEW: Disney’s “Zootopia 2”

Avatar photoMartin Goodman|
January 1st, 2026
"Zootopia 2" restores Disney to the pinnacle of animated filmmaking. Read our review here.
Blu-Ray Announcement: “Looney Tunes Collector’s Vault – Volume 2” Going on Sale March 24th

Blu-Ray Announcement: “Looney Tunes Collector’s Vault – Volume 2” Going on Sale March 24th

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
December 23rd, 2025
Here comes another helping of Looney Tunes vault rarities – over fifty classic cartoons each marking their first time as part of a remastered Blu-ray WB cartoon collection, with some unseen in decades.

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INTERVIEW: Enter The Land Of “Luck” With Animation Director Yuriko Senoo

Skydance Animation’s first feature Luck premieres this Friday August 5th on AppleTV+. It’s a rare major CG animated movie to receive a G rating these days, with a story the whole family will find fun, charming and moving. Animation Director Yuriko Senoo (animator on Bolt and Tangled) joins me to spotlight how hard work contributed […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|August 2, 2022
INTERVIEW: Enter The Land Of “Luck” With Animation Director Yuriko Senoo

INTERVIEW: It’s “Bugs Bunny Builders” Season With Showrunner Abe Audish

The Looney Tunes star in their first preschool series in over 20 years. Bugs Bunny Builders premieres Monday July 25th at 8am on Cartoon Network (part of the Cartoonito block), and the eight episodes then begin streaming the next day, Tuesday July 26th, on HBO Max. I spoke with showrunner and supervising producer Abe Audish […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|July 19, 2022
INTERVIEW: It’s “Bugs Bunny Builders” Season With Showrunner Abe Audish

INTERVIEW With The Masters Of “Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight”

Po the Panda is back! And so is Jack Black. He reprises the role of the beloved DreamWorks character in new animated series Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, premiering this Thursday July 14th on Netflix. I spoke with executive producers Peter Hastings and Shaunt Nigoghossian about the next chapter in the action and comedy […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|July 11, 2022
INTERVIEW With The Masters Of “Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight”

NEW TRAILER: Skydance’s “Luck”

From Apple Original Films comes the story of Sam Greenfield, the unluckiest person in the world, who when she stumbles into the never-before-seen Land of Luck, sets out on a quest to bring some good luck home for her best friend. But with humans not allowed, her only chance is teaming up with the magical […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|July 7, 2022
NEW TRAILER: Skydance’s “Luck”

“Spellbound” Casting adds Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem

Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation revealed today that Academy Award winners Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem have joined the cast of the star-studded animated musical feature, Spellbound. Kidman will be voicing the role of ‘Ellsmere,’ the kind and just, yet hyper-precise Queen of Lumbria; and Bardem will voice ‘Solon,’ the boastful yet big-hearted King […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|June 21, 2022
“Spellbound” Casting adds Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem

INTERVIEW: “Eureka!” Creators On The Idea Of Celebrating Ideas

Eureka! comes from creators Niamh Sharkey and Norton Virgien. This new animated series, about an ambitious, genius child inventor, her family and human (and animal) friends, premieres Wednesday June 22nd at 7:30pm on Disney Junior, with new episodes also available on Disney+. Eureka! is packed with positivity, creativity and imagination, thanks to Sharkey and Virgien. […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|June 20, 2022
INTERVIEW: “Eureka!” Creators On The Idea Of Celebrating Ideas

INTERVIEW: Delightful “Marvel’s Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur”

One of the most anticipated Disney animated projects of the past several years finally arrives this week. The one-hour series premiere of Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur airs this Friday Feb. 10 at 8pm on Disney Channel. (Episodes will be available on Disney+ beginning Wednesday Feb. 15.) Executive Producer Steve Loter and Supervising Producer […]