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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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‘Toy Story’ 30th Anniversary: Part One

In honor of Toy Story’s 30th anniversary and theatrical re-release on September 12, I spoke with five Pixar luminaries about their experiences making the first CG-animated feature and its continuing impact on the studio and the industry: Pete Docter (chief creative officer and three-time Oscar-winning director, who served as supervising animator), Bonnie Arnold (a producer, who later joined […]
Avatar photoBill Desowitz|September 8, 2025
‘Toy Story’ 30th Anniversary: Part One

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”

FIRST LOOK: Netflix’ “The Twits”

The Twits tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Twit, the meanest, smelliest, nastiest people on the face of the earth - on Netflix October 17th