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The latest updates on feature-length animated movies coming to theaters and streaming platforms.

‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Director Dean DeBlois Details the Making of His Live-Action Flight of Fantasy

Entrusted with the daunting task of guiding DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon’s Viking clan and its winged beasts from the animation dimension into...

Jeff Spry - May 27, 2025

Pixar’s ‘Elio’ Launches Ticket Sales with Final Trailer & Poster Reveals

Tickets are now on sale wherever tickets are sold for Disney and Pixar’s Elio, the cosmic misadventure that introduces audiences to the titular young...

Mercedes Milligan - May 27, 2025

‘Grand Prix of Europe’ Revs Up with Official Trailer

Viva Kids is bringing a thrilling animated road rally to the big screen this summer in Grand Prix of Europe, set to hit theaters on August...

Mercedes Milligan - May 27, 2025

Neon Picks Up Ugo Bienvenu’s Well-Received Animated Movie ‘Arco’ in Cannes

The Cannes Film Festival has been good to French helmer Ugo Bienvenu’s first animated feature Arco. The well-reviewed movie which was launched this month...

Animation Magazine - May 24, 2025

‘Lilo & Stitch’ Surfs Toward Possible Disney Record with $14M Preview Night

Disney's live-action reimagining of 2002 animated hit Lilo & Stitch turned on the E.T. charm for its Thursday preview night, taking in an estimated $14 million...

Animation Magazine - May 23, 2025

‘Lost in Starlight’ Director Han Ji-won Charts Her Cosmic Animated Romance

Set in a futuristic Seoul, the new Korean animated film Lost in Starlight is a romantic intergenerational, interplanetary story that feels fascinatingly optimistic about...

Kambole Campbell - May 23, 2025

Documentary on Comics Maverick Denis Kitchen Launches Kickstarter (Clip)

The life and career of underground comics icon, activist, historian and all-around character Denis Kitchen will be explored in a new documentary film currently...

Mercedes Milligan - May 22, 2025

‘KPop: Demon Hunters’ Unleashes Monster-Busting Girl Power in Official Trailer

Today, Netflix revealed the official trailer for its upcoming animated movie KPop: Demon Hunters, arriving on screens on June 20. Produced by Sony Pictures...

Mercedes Milligan - May 22, 2025

‘Lilo & Stitch’ Is Fandango’s Biggest Ticket Pre-Seller of 2025

Online movie ticketing service Fandango announced today that Disney’s upcoming live-action film reimagining of Lilo & Stitch is the platform's best ticket pre-seller of...

Mercedes Milligan - May 21, 2025

George R.R. Martin Teams with Lion Forge for Animated ‘A Dozen Tough Jobs’ Adaptation

Lion Forge Entertainment is joining forces with author and television creator George R. R. Martin (Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon) to adapt...

Mercedes Milligan - May 21, 2025

‘Death Does Not Exist’ Director Félix Dufour-Laperrière Gives Insight into His Existential Annecy Feature

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian writer/director/animator Félix Dufour-Laperrière is no stranger to Annecy and other prestigious animation festivals. His striking and highly original shorts (M, The Day...

Ramin Zahed - May 20, 2025

Viral Hit ‘Skibidi Toilet’ Prepares to Infect Theaters with Michael Bay & Invisible Narratives

The viral animation Skibidi Toilet, which has grown beyond simple meme-hood into a global pop culture phenomenon for Generation Alpha, is coming to the...

Mercedes Milligan - May 20, 2025