Hamish Steele is the creator of Dead End: Paranormal Park, a new animated comedy horror series premiering this Thursday June 16th on Netflix. The show is based on his popular DeadEndia graphic novels, about two teens who work at a terrifyingly exciting amusement park. The charming and talented Steele shares what makes Dead End a […]

Ahead of the 61st annual Annecy International Animation Film Festival next week, Netflix has announced a slate of new animated films and series from creators across Europe. Each of these titles has a distinct tone and language, but are universal in their storytelling and themes. The new films include Ember, Sergio Pablos’ follow-up to the […]

Chris Williams won an Academy Award for directing Disney’s 2014 animated feature Big Hero 6. After about a quarter century at the studio, he left for Netflix. Williams’ epic new movie The Sea Beast, about the quest of a monster hunter crew and a special little girl, debuts on Netflix July 8th. I’ve screened the […]

Deadpool and Terminator: Dark Fate director Tim Miller also produced 2004 animated short Gopher Broke (which earned him an Oscar nomination) and the two Sonic the Hedgehog films. Jennifer Yuh Nelson earned an Academy Award nomination for directing Kung Fu Panda 2. She also co-directed 2016’s Kung Fu Panda 3. The two team-up for the […]

The new trailer for Netflix’s animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park dropped this morning. Based on Hamish Steele’s horror-comedy graphic novels DeadEndia and web short Dead End, Dead End: Paranormal Park follows the adventures of Barney, Norma and magical-talking-dog Pugsley, as they balance their summer jobs at the local theme park haunted house while battling […]

Aiko Fukushima is the composer of new animated action series Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles — premiering tomorrow, Thursday April 28th on Netflix. The show is adapted from the “Usagi Yojimbo” comic book by Stan Sakai and follows a 16-year-old rabbit on his quest to become a true samurai… making some new friends and taking-on […]

In celebration of World Book Day this Saturday, Netflix unveiled the first look and cast of Cartoon Saloon’s co-founder Nora Twomey’s upcoming animated feature My Father’s Dragon. The film stars Jacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo, Golshifteh Farahani, Dianne Wiest, Rita Moreno, Chris O’Dowd, Judy Greer, Alan Cumming, Yara Shahidi, Jackie Earle Haley, Mary Kay Place, Leighton […]

Netflix will release the much anticipated animated film Nimona in 2023. Annapurna Pictures partnered with Netflix when production began early last year. The film is adapted from the New York Times bestselling graphic novel by author ND Stevenson, who announced the news and debuted a first look on Twitter this morning. Nick Bruno and Troy […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]