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‘Ultraman: Rising’ Co-Director John Aoshima Inks Overall Deal with Warner, Joins ‘Blue Eye Samurai’ S2

Animation Magazine - April 7, 2025

John Aoshima, who helped bring Netflix's much-hyped Ultraman: Rising animated feature to screens as co-director, has signed an exclusive, multi-year, overall development deal with...

Awards

‘Student Accomplice’ Wins College Television Award for Animation

Animation Magazine - April 6, 2025

The 44th College Television Awards were held Saturday, April 5, recognizing excellence in student-produced programs from colleges and universities nationwide. Open to undergraduate and graduate students,...

Features

WB’s ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Soars into Year’s Biggest Box-Office Opening

Animation Magazine - April 4, 2025

The world's biggest video game is now looking to be the box office's biggest savior, as Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures' A Minecraft Movie begins its big...

Features

Disney Debuts ‘Lilo & Stitch,’ ‘Elio’ & ‘Zootopia 2’ Clips at CinemaCon, Trailers ‘Goofy Movie’ Doc & Shelves ‘Tangled’ Remake

Animation Magazine - April 3, 2025

From the CinemaCon show floor, Walt Disney Studios kicked off its presentations with the debut of a new sneak peek clip from the live-action...

Features

CinemaCon: Paramount Updates ‘Last Airbender’ Movie Title

Animation Magazine - April 3, 2025

Following the recent addition of Invincible star Steven Yeun to its voice cast, fans got a minor update on Nickelodeon Movies and Avatar Studios' upcoming...

Technology

Maxon One Launches New Features for Gaming, VFX & 3D Artists

Animation Magazine - April 2, 2025

Maxon today announced a significant update to the Maxon One product suite with hundreds of new features and capabilities across its popular tools including...

Features

CinemaCon: Warner Bros. Pictures Animation Teases Slate of Updated Classics and New Originals

Animation Magazine - April 2, 2025

At the Warner Bros. presentation for this week's CinemaCon, there was plenty of action for upcoming live-action spectacles such as Superman, F1 and The Bride, but...

Festivals & Events

Blue Water Film Fest Announces Animated Award Winners

Animation Magazine - April 1, 2025

The 5th Annual Blue Water Film Festival (BWFF | bluewaterfilmfestival.org) announced this year’s juried award winners at the Closing Night Award Ceremony at the...

Features

‘John Wick’ Animated Prequel in the Works with Director Shannon Tindle

Animation Magazine - April 1, 2025

At CinemaCon today, Lionsgate's Motion Picture Group Chair Adam Fogelson will be officially announcing the resurrection of John Wick in a new, animated prequel...

Features

Court OKs Acquisitions of Technicolor’s French Studios

Animation Magazine - March 28, 2025

Since its financial implosion last month, studios under the global VFX and animation umbrella Technicolor Group have been pieced off in a series of...

Features

Warner Bros. Set to Raze Historic ‘Looney Tunes’ Studio Building

Animation Magazine - March 28, 2025

Shortly after axing all its classic Looney Tunes content from streaming platform Max, Warner Bros. Discovery is set to raze a building on the iconic...

Features

‘Invincible’ Star Steven Yeun Cast in ‘Aang: The Last Airbender’

Animation Magazine - March 27, 2025

Another accomplished actor has boarded the voice roster for Nickelodeon Movies and Avatar Studios' upcoming animated feature Aang: The Last Airbender, set in the...

Technology

“An Insult to Life Itself”: OpenAI’s New Tech Fuels Ghibli Imitation Trend, Raises Questions

Animation Magazine - March 27, 2025

This week, ChatGPT creators OpenAI unexpectedly released the latest version of its image generator tech, built into GPT-40, which features a “natively multimodal model...

Streaming

‘Doctor Who’ S2 Teases Adventure in an Animated Universe

Animation Magazine - March 24, 2025

Today, Disney+ unveiled a new trailer for Season 2 of iconic BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who, featuring the heroic Time Lord's latest incarnation (portrayed...

Technology

Pete Docter: AI Could Be “Game Changer” in the Hands of Storytellers

Animation Magazine - March 24, 2025

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, timed to the Toy Story 30th anniversary celebrations, three-time Oscar-winning Pixar writer-director (and the studio's current Chief...

Anime

Netflix Makes a Splash at AnimeJapan with ‘Moonrise,’ ‘Devil May Cry,’ ‘Beastars’ & More

Animation Magazine - March 24, 2025

Over the weekend, Netflix took its turn in the spotlight at AnimeJapan 2025 to debut new footage, images and details for several of its...

Features

Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Remake Encounters Less than Fairy Tale Reviews

Animation Magazine - March 21, 2025

Disney's latest live-action reimagining of one of its animated classics is twirling into theaters this weekend in Snow White, directed by Marc Webb (500 Days...

People

Roberto Genovesi Will Take Over Rai Kids from Retiring Leader Luca Milano

Animation Magazine - March 21, 2025

Rai Kids, the children's & family division of Italian public broadcaster Rai, has appointed Roberto Genovesi to succeed Luca Milano as head of the...

Features

Global Animation Box Office: ‘Flow’ Is an Indie Hit at $36M While ‘Ne Zha 2’ Hits All-Time Top 5

Animation Magazine - March 20, 2025

It's been a remarkable year for international and independent animation titles, with the stand-out success of Oscar and Golden Globe-winning European feature Flow and the...

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