Major Studios

‘GOAT’: How Director Tyree Dillihay Got Animated About Basketball
For director Tyree Dillihay (Bob's Burgers), GOAT began as an animal basketball concept  in 2018 at Sony Pictures Animation. It grew into his passion project about roarball.
FIRST LOOK: Illumination’s “Minions & Monsters”

FIRST LOOK: Illumination’s “Minions & Monsters”

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
February 9th, 2026
Here's the trailer and poster for the next Minions masterpiece - from Illumination via Universal on July 1st.
Breaking Down the Bathhouse Battle in ‘KPop Demon Hunters’

Breaking Down the Bathhouse Battle in ‘KPop Demon Hunters’

Avatar photoBill Desowitz|
February 2nd, 2026
It's not surprising that the bathhouse battle is the third most popular scene from KPop Demon Hunters: the Netflix phenom and Best Animated Feature frontrunner from Sony Pictures Animation/Imageworks. It's colorful, funny, chaotic, and action-packed.

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Warner Bros Debuts “Krypto Saves the Day!” Animated Short Series

With Superman set to arrive on Digital August 15th and on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD September 23rd, Warner Bros has announced that the first installment of a four-part animated short series starring Krypto—Krypto Saves the Day!: School Bus Scuffle—debuted Wednesday, August 13th, ahead of its inclusion as a special feature on the upcoming Superman […]
Avatar photoLauren Ashton|August 14, 2025
Warner Bros Debuts “Krypto Saves the Day!” Animated Short Series

REVIEW: Dreamworks “The Bad Guys 2”

“It’s not the action, it’s the distraction.” Animated movie buffs will find a joyful surfeit of both in the new DreamWorks flick The Bad Guys 2, a sequel to the 2002 hit that surpasses it in almost every way. Every primary and a few secondary characters return in a snappy heist film that has enough […]
Avatar photoMartin Goodman|August 4, 2025
REVIEW: Dreamworks “The Bad Guys 2”

TRAILER: Walt Disney Animation Studios Unveils New “Zootopia” Trailer

Walt Disney Animation Studios has dropped the new trailer and poster for Zootopia 2, their upcoming big-screen adventure hitting theaters on November 26th. This time around, Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) are back as rookie cops. The partnership, however, starts to wobble when Chief Bogo (Idris Elba) […]
Avatar photoLauren Ashton|July 31, 2025
TRAILER: Walt Disney Animation Studios Unveils New “Zootopia” Trailer

Disney Animation History Celebrated In The Art of Disney Signature Auction

Coming up this August, in a five day event from the 7th to 11th, Heritage will pay tribute to its everlasting relationship with Disney animation history through The Art of Disney Signature Auction with over 1,600 pieces from the culturally significant animation studio. The Daniel Shak Platinum Collection takes the lead in this auction, as […]
Haylie Baker|July 31, 2025
Disney Animation History Celebrated In The Art of Disney Signature Auction

The Inside Job on “The Bad Guys 2”

After successfully pulling off the marvelous hand-made-looking DreamWorks heist comedy, The Bad Guys, (Zootopia meets Oceans Eleven), director Pierre Perifel wanted to go more epic for The Bad Guys 2 sequel. In fact, he began brainstorming even before the end of production. Fortunately, there were plenty of great ideas to grab from Aaron Blabey’s sophisticated […]
Avatar photoBill Desowitz|July 28, 2025
The Inside Job on “The Bad Guys 2”

TEASER: Pixar’s “Hoppers”

Disney and Pixar’s upcoming action-packed animated comedy “Hoppers” unveiled a new trailer this morning, introducing moviegoers to an animal lover named Mabel (voice of Piper Curda), who jumps at the opportunity—or hops, in fact—to try new technology that allows her to communicate with animals in an exciting new way. Produced by Nicole Paradis Grindle, Hoppers […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|July 16, 2025
TEASER: Pixar’s “Hoppers”

“Zootopia 2” Sneak Preview: What We Learned About the Disney Sequel

Animation Scoop had the chance to screen 30 minutes of Zootopia 2, and speak with directors Jared Bush and Byron Howard, head of Animation Chad Sellers and heads of Story Carrie Liao and David VanTuyle. We were also treated to a Q&A with composer Michael Giacchino conduced by Tom MacDougall, president, Walt Disney Music.