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Atiya Henry named Executive VP of Production for Disney Branded Television
Henry will oversee all aspects of production for Disney Branded Television’s portfolio of award-winning animated and live-action programming for Disney+, Disney Jr. and Disney Channel, including titles such as “Descendants,” “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” and “Phineas and Ferb.”
DreamWorks Drops First ‘Forgotten Island’ Trailer About Friendship and Philippine Mythology

DreamWorks Drops First ‘Forgotten Island’ Trailer About Friendship and Philippine Mythology

Avatar photoBill Desowitz|
March 25th, 2026
The trailer dropped today for DreamWorks Animation’s Forgotten Island (Universal, September 25), the studio’s first embrace of Filipino culture about friendship and memory. The comedy-adventure follows two lifelong friends who grow up together in the ’90s in the Philippines — Jo (singer H.E.R./Gabriella Wilson) and Raissa (Liza Soberano) — and the stakes of potentially growing […]
Illumination Highlights Heading Into Second “Mario” Movie

Illumination Highlights Heading Into Second “Mario” Movie

Avatar photoJackson Murphy|
March 24th, 2026
16 years after the first "Despicable Me", Illumination is widely regarded as one of the powerhouses in animation, in large part thanks to "Mario" and those Minions... some of the most iconic animated characters of all time.

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MeTV to present “The Best of Bugs Bunny” May 3-7

The MeTV Network’s new morning show Toon In With Me celebrates America’s favorite ‘Wascally Wabbit’ with “The Best of Bugs Bunny Week.” Airing Monday, May 3rd thru Friday, May 7th at 7am ET/PT, hop aboard as Bill the Cartoon Curator, Toony the Tuna and the rest of the Toon In With Me gang present special […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|April 14, 2021
MeTV to present “The Best of Bugs Bunny” May 3-7

WarnerMedia Resurrects Legendary Hanna-Barbera Name For Its European Studio

WarnerMedia is revitalizing one of the most storied names in animation history, establishing Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe (previously Cartoon Network Studios Europe, operating from Great Marlborough Productions) as its flagship television animation studio within EMEA. The new studio name was announced today by Tom Ascheim, President, Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics (GKYAC). Sam […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|April 7, 2021
WarnerMedia Resurrects Legendary Hanna-Barbera Name For Its European Studio

FIRST LOOK: Disney Junior’s “The Chicken Squad”

Disney Junior’s egg-citing new animated comedy-adventure series The Chicken Squad premieres Friday, May 14th (7:30 P.M. EDT/PDT), with two back-to-back episodes on Disney Junior and DisneyNOW. Inspired by Doreen Cronin’s popular children’s books, the series follows a trio of young chicken siblings—Coop, Sweetie and Little Boo—and their retired search and rescue dog mentor, Captain Tully. […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|April 5, 2021
FIRST LOOK: Disney Junior’s “The Chicken Squad”

TRAILER: “Space Jam: A New Legacy”

Welcome to the Jam! NBA champion LeBron James goes on an epic adventure alongside Bugs Bunny with the animated/live-action Space Jam: A New Legacy, from director Malcolm D. Lee and an innovative filmmaking team including Ryan Coogler and Maverick Carter. The Warner Bros. film will be available on HBO Max for 31 days after theatrical […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|April 3, 2021
TRAILER: “Space Jam: A New Legacy”

INTERVIEW: Matthew Beans On Season 2 Of Hit “TrollsTopia”

Two-and-a-half years after I spoke with Matthew Beans about DreamWorks series Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, he’s now the executive producer of sequel series TrollsTopia. The musical comedy adventures feature characters introduced in CG film Trolls World Tour. Season 2 of TrollsTopia debuts this Thursday March 18th on Hulu and Peacock, and Beans can’t stop […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|March 15, 2021
INTERVIEW: Matthew Beans On Season 2 Of Hit “TrollsTopia”

For the Love of Lola

The latest Battle of the Century on social media in a never-ending series of them is animation related. Of course, competing social media factions will raise hell over any issue that can be seen under a microscope or picked up by tweezers, and such scraps can go on for days until the next cause celebre […]
Avatar photoMartin Goodman|March 10, 2021
For the Love of Lola

CLIP: “Jellystone! Halloween Special”

Augie, Yakky, and Shag help an overworked Winsome Witch prepare for Halloween… but end up making things worse. Meanwhile Yogi, Cindy, Boo-Boo and all your favorite redesigned Hanna-Barbera characters are celebrating the spookiest time of year with an-all new Halloween-themed episode of Jellystone!; “Spell Book” promises tricks AND treats, and plenty of outrageous Halloween misadventures […]