Debuting today is the new interactive trailer for Netflix’s interactive series Battle Kitty. In case you haven’t heard – It’s an animated, interactive series from Matt Layzell (Sanjay and Craig) that will premiere April 19th. In a futuristic-medieval world, warriors must find and defeat all the monsters on Battle Island, collecting their coveted keys in […]
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INTERVIEW: Richard Linklater Loves “Apollo 10½” To The Moon And Back
April 2nd, 2022 
Jackson Murphy Five-time Academy Award nominated writer/director Richard Linklater (Boyhood, School of Rock) has now made one of his most personal and exciting films to date. Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (now on Netflix) is an animated exploration of being nine years old in 1969 and living near Houston, TX as NASA was getting ready to […]
TRAILER: Netflix “The Sea Beast”
March 30th, 2022 Jerry Beck Here’s the next one from Netflix – The Sea Beast, directed by Chris Williams (Moana, Big Hero Six, Bolt). Featuring the voices of Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator and Jared Harris, the film takes place in an era when terrifying beasts roamed the seas, monster hunters were celebrated heroes – none were more beloved than the […]
INTERVIEW: “Transformers: BotBots” Showrunners On What’s In Store
March 24th, 2022 Jackson Murphy Emmy nominees Kevin Burke and Chris “Doc” Wyatt (of Rocket & Groot animated series) are executive producers and showrunners of new animated comedy Transformers: BotBots. It premieres tomorrow, March 25th, on Netflix. The mega-popular toy and film brand presents a whole new group of hand-drawn characters — objects and meals at a mall who come […]
Netflix Announces Jorge Gutierrez Next Feature “I, Chihuahua”
March 23rd, 2022 Jerry Beck Jorge Gutierrez has set his next project with Netflix, the animated feature film I, Chihuahua, following last year’s release of the critically acclaimed Maya and the Three. Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias will produce and star. Netflix also debuted Concept Art (below) from the film. “After The Book of Life and the amazing experience on Maya and […]
Jack Black is Back in Dreamworks “Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight”
March 16th, 2022 Jerry Beck Today on National Panda Day, Jack Black has announced on his Tik Tok that he will reprise his role as the ‘Kung Fu Panda’, Po, in the animated series Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight. When a mysterious pair of weasels set their sights on a collection of four powerful weapons, Po must leave his […]
INTERVIEW: “Team Zenko Go” EP On A Mission To Do Good
March 9th, 2022 Jackson Murphy I interviewed the talented Jack Thomas in 2019 for Dragons: Rescue Riders. Now he’s back as executive producer and showrunner of another fun DreamWorks series for families. Team Zenko Go, about a group of kids doing good deeds for others, premieres this Tuesday March 15th on Netflix. Jackson Murphy: How did the core theme speak […]
TRAILER: Netflix “Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood”
March 7th, 2022 Jerry Beck One of the most anticipated animated features of 2022 is Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood – and today Netflix dropped the trailer. The film tells the story of the first moon landing in the summer of 1969 from two interwoven perspectives – the astronaut and mission control view of the triumphant […]
INTERVIEW: Raise The Curtain On “The Cuphead Show!”
February 14th, 2022 Jackson Murphy Cuphead creators Chad and Jared Moldenhauer are taking their popular old-timey video game characters and giving them a television series. The Cuphead Show! premieres this Friday February 18th on Netflix. The Moldenhauers are joined by series developer Dave Wasson for this Animation Scoop Q&A. Jackson Murphy: Chad, you and Jared created this phenomenon Cuphead game, […]
Netflix Releases Their List of Animated Features for 2022
February 3rd, 2022 Jerry Beck Here it is – the master list of brand new animated features currently scheduled for debut on Netflix on 2022. And what a list – new films by veteran animators Henry Selick (Coraline), Chris Williams (Disney’s Moana) and Nora Twomey (The Breadwinner); live action directors Richard Linklater and Guillermo del Toro, and anime masters Tetsuro […]
FIRST LOOK: Netflix “Cat Burglar”
February 2nd, 2022 Jerry Beck Classic cartoon craziness meets interactive trivia quiz in Netflix’ new Tex Avery inspired series Cat Burglar. This over-the-top interactive cartoon, from the creators of Black Mirror, is being directed by Mike Hollingsworth (Bojack Horseman). The show asks viewers to answer witty trivia questions to help Rowdy Cat get one over on Peanut the Security Pup […]
TRAILER: Matt Groening’s “Disenchantment Part IV”
January 31st, 2022 Jerry Beck Netflix dropped the official trailer and key art for Matt Groening’s comedy fantasy series Disenchantment Part IV. The misadventures of hard-hitting, hard-drinking Queen Bean, her feisty elf companion Elfo and her personal demon Luci return Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 on Netflix.
INTERVIEW: A Happy Conversation About “Angry Birds: Summer Madness”
January 26th, 2022 Jackson Murphy The Angry Birds burst onto the scene in the popular games and then two hit movies from Sony. Now there’s a new hand-drawn animated series that will get you into the summertime spirit. Angry Birds: Summer Madness premieres this Friday January 28th on Netflix. A quite proud Rob Doherty (executive producer) and Scott Sonneborn (head […]
TEASER: Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio”
January 24th, 2022 Jerry Beck Coming to Netflix this December, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro reinvents Carlo Collodi’s classic tale of the wooden marionette who is magically brought to life in order to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto. This whimsical, stop-motion musical directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson (Fantastic Mr. Fox) follows the […]
Aardman and Netflix Team for New ‘Wallace & Gromit’ Film, Announce ‘Chicken Run’ Sequel
January 20th, 2022 Jerry Beck From a Press Release Co-authored by: Peter Lord, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Aardman and Aram Yacoubian, Director, Film, Animation at Netflix: Combine a world-famous, four-time Academy Award winning animation studio with a global entertainment company and what have you got? A match made in animation heaven. Last year, Aardman and Netflix released the first […]
