Stop-motion animation directing icon Henry Selick (of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “James and the Giant Peach”) is back with his first new feature since 2009’s “Coraline”. A teen girl meets demon brothers in Wendell & Wild, co-written by Selick and Jordan Peele. It opens in select theaters this Friday Oct. 21st and is on […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is one of the most anticipated animated movies of the rest of 2022. The Academy Award-winning director of The Shape of Water presents a new stop-motion feature film version of the classic story with an all-star voice cast and breathtaking visuals. It opens in select theaters this November and debuts on […]

Karissa Valencia is the creator, showrunner and EP of new Netflix family animated series Spirit Rangers, which premieres this Monday October 10th (Indigeneous Peoples’ Day). Three special kids become junior park rangers. Valencia is a Chumash tribal member. She celebrates Native American storytelling through the delightful characters, gorgeous visuals and effective themes of Spirit Rangers. […]

Entergalactic is a new 90-minute adult animated special event coming to Netflix this Friday September 30th. Popular music artist Kid Cudi and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris team-up with director Fletcher Moules to present a classic love story in contemporary ways, set in modern day — and to Cudi’s music. The result is one of the […]

Drifting Home is a new anime feature that beautifully blends multiple genres and tones. It’s about a group of kids on a one of a kind journey in an old apartment building floating in the ocean. Drifting Home is currently playing exclusively at Landmark’s Piedmont Theatre in Oakland, CA for an awards qualifying run. It […]

Netflix dropped its list of new animated pre-school series this morning. Favorites like CoComelon, Gabby’s Dollhouse and Teletubbies return alongside new friends like Princess Power and Spirit Rangers. Netflix continues to offer young viewers new episodes and series to enjoy throughout the year. Check out the new and returning series, including first look images and […]

Academy Award winner Mark Andrews (director of Pixar’s Brave) is now the director and EP of new, innovative Netflix animated series Super Giant Robot Brothers. Andrews describes how using video game technology, motion capture and real-time techniques help make this show (premiering tomorrow, Thursday August 4th) come to life. (This Animation Scoop Q&A was edited […]

Netflix dropped today the official teaser trailer and key art for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. Directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson, the film features an all-star voice cast with Ewan McGregor as Cricket, David Bradley as Geppetto, and introducing Gregory Mann as Pinocchio. Other cast includes Finn Wolfhard, Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett, […]

Netflix today announced a new animated comedy series from YouTube creator James Rallison. Inspired by Rallison’s popular YouTube channel, The Odd 1s Out (17.8M subscribers), Oddballs is created by Rallison and Ethan Banville, who serve as executive producers alongside Carl Faruolo and Michael Zoumas, in partnership with Atomic Cartoons. Here’s a special introduction they released […]