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Nebraska independent paints Republican as Democrat-in-disguise.

Viva Pictures is courting exhibitors with a promise to release 26 animated family films next year in an effort to fill in the gaps between studio releases. Viva Pictures is vowing to offer exhibitors flexible booking terms to run the films on weekdays during morning and afternoon time slots, leaving the more lucrative evening and […]

Chinese artist and filmmaker Sun Xun never expected “Magic Atlas” to become the first animated feature selected for the Tokyo International Film Festival’s competition. “I never thought of ‘Magic Atlas’ as an animated film. To me, it brings together many art forms. Animation is simply the label we use for its form. I’m glad people […]

Nintendo, and especially developer emeritus Shigeru Miyamoto, have been keen to make Pikmin a franchise on par with its other top-tier names like Mario and Zelda. To that end, it has declared November 1 will serve as Pikmin Day, a branding holiday of sorts to serve as a launching point for yearly announcements.  The debut Pikmin Day Direct surprise-aire

Ahead of the book’s 70th anniversary celebration in 2027, Susan Brandt, CEO of Dr. Seuss Enterprises, and creatives behind the new film from Warner Bros. Pictures Animation talk about bringing the author's colorful, hatch marked universe to the animated feature space.

Sales agency The Playmaker Munich has closed distribution deals for the animated movie “The Unicorn That Said No” in several territories, ahead of its market premiere at the American Film Market in Los Angeles. The feature has been sold to Unlimited Media for the Baltic states, WWE Rights for Benelux, KMBO for France, Grand Entertainment […]

EXCLUSIVE: Celine Dion will perform original songs written and composed by Paul McCartney for the upcoming 3D animated feature High in the Clouds, adapted from his children’s novel, with the soundtrack to be released worldwide by Universal Music Group. Dion already has been announced as member of the voice cast topped by Himesh Patel and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Riley Voelkel and Shiva Negar will lend their voices to adult animated comedy series Above Average. The show, which is in late-stage development, comes from creators Andrew Deutsch and Cailin Walker-Bent at Canadian animation collective Red Pants Productions and Josh Harris at JVH Media in the UK. Above Average is billed as an irreverent […]

Following the creative lead of the likes of KPop Demon Hunters and Into the Spider-Verse, Forgotten Island, from DreamWorks Animation, offers energetic and inventive entertainment against a rarely seen cultural backdrop.

Epsilon Film has acquired worldwide rights to “Apple Cadabra – I Shrunk Myself,” an animated family adventure movie based on “Petronella Applesauce,” one of Germany’s most successful children’s book series. Epsilon Film will launch international sales on “Apple Cadabra – I Shrunk Myself” at the American Film Market, which runs Nov. 10-15 in Los Angeles, […]

<p>KARACHI: A court on Saturday remanded over a dozen suspects in the custody of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) in the cases pertaining to alleged online sale and production of animated child sexual abuse and pornographic material and deceptive social media activities. </p> <p>The NCCIA Karachi Zone claimed to have arrested the suspect

Deborah Cook, costumer designer at stop-motion animation studio Laika, discusses creating tiny costumes for puppets in a fantastical world set in the forests of Portland, Oregon

The Gotham Group and Toonstar are partnering to produce up to 12 new original animated series for kids. The partnership aims to create quality animation and family entertainment that will be launched on direct-to-audience platforms. Toonstar is a tech-powered animation studio building entertainment franchises. Founded by Disney, Warner Bros. and DreamWorks v

Sony Pictures Television has sealed a multiyear, first-look deal with content creator Thea Von Engelbrechten, who’s behind the popular “Moletown Drama” social platforms — which boast 2.5 million TikTok followers and 1 million Instagram followers. As part of the deal, Sony has the first-look rights to develop and produce original series from Von Engelbrechten

EXCLUSIVE: An animated feature of Aaron Blabey’s middle-grade book series, Game of Pets, is being let off the leash as Lilo & Stitch producer Rideback and Foundation Media Partners are teaming to bring the IP to the big screen for Amazon MGM Studios. A New York Times bestseller, Game of Pets: The Boy Who Knew […]