animation
‘Hazbin Hotel’ Trailer Teases Peak Inside the Last Place for Salvation in A24 Adult Animated Musical Comedy
At Hazbin Hotel, creatures of the underworld can set aside their taste for blood, violence and depravity of a sexual nature for a chance at salvation in the first trailer for the Prime Video animated series. The preview offers a first look at the Vivienne Medrano-created anticipated adult animated musical comedy series based on Medrano’s […]
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Former French President Joins Voice Cast of Animated Comedy ‘Silex & the City’
Former French President François Hollande has found a new gig. The Socialist Party leader, who served as the leader of France before current President Emmanuel Macron, has joined the voice cast of Silex & the City – The Movie, a feature-film spinoff of a popular, Simpsons-style short-format animated series. Hollande will lend his famous voice […]
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Sean Ono Lennon and Peter Jackson Partner on Animated Film Inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” (Exclusive)
In 2021, Sean Ono Lennon was looking for a way to make a music video for one of his parents’ signature songs and feeling creatively stuck—until he had a meeting with former Pixar animator Dave Mullins. The song, 1971’s Happy Xmas (War Is Over), is probably the most popular piece of music John Lennon and […]
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15 Animated Shorts Vying for an Oscar
This year’s animated short contenders tackle light and dark subject matter, like rapping with a pet dog to generational trauma, in as few as five minutes. One such contender is Carl’s Date, the first Pixar short film released in theaters since 2018’s Bao, which won the Oscar for best animated short film in 2019. Another […]
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Cartoon Heroes, Assemble! Here Are the Characters That Will Face Off in This Year’s Feature Animation Race
A broad range of titles, animation styles and plenty of music define this season’s animated feature race, with some expected contenders still to debut. For instance, as the studio celebrates its centennial, Walt Disney Animation Studios hopes to grab one of the five nomination slots with its Nov. 22 musical Wish, which tells the story of how Disney’s […]
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Freeform’s Animated Comedy ‘Praise Petey’ Canceled
Freeform has run out of praise for Praise Petey. The Disney-owned cable network has canceled the adult-leaning animated comedy fronted by Schitt’s Creek alum Annie Murphy after a single season. Series creator Anna Drezen (Saturday Night Live) broke the news with a heartfelt post on social media, writing: “I have heard that making a non-IP […]
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How ‘Blue Eye Samurai’s’ Exploration of Mixed Race Identity Helps It “Break All of the Boxes” in Animated Storytelling
Ahead of the Blue Eye Samurai’s debut last Friday, co-creator, executive producer and co-writer Amber Noizumi revealed the deeply personal inspiration for the adult animated tale of revenge set in a 17th century Japan and starring a mixed-race master of the sword. The concept was conceived 15 years ago, after the birth of Noizumi and […]
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Apple Sets ‘Peanuts’ Animated Film, Featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy Going to the Big City
Apple, which holds the rights to the late Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts catalog, has ordered its first original animated film from Wildbrain Studios and Peanuts Worldwide. Apple TV+ has commissioned the computer-generated animated film, which will follow Snoopy and Charlie Brown as they and the rest of the Peanuts gang go on an epic journey to […]
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‘Chicken For Linda!’ Wins Animation Is Film Festival’s Grand Prize
Indie feature Chicken For Linda!, directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach, claimed the grand prize and audience award for the sixth edition of the Animation Is Film Festival, which wrapped last weekend in Hollywood. Also announced on Wednesday, Robot Dreams, which will be released by Neon, took home the special jury prize. For the […]
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Wattpad Webtoon, Christopher Yost Adapting Sci-Fi Webnovel ‘Hawk’
Wattpad Webtoon Studios is tackling an adaptation of Hawk, its popular sci-fi webnovel by Mike Booth, tapping Christopher Yost to pen the project. The project is being developed as an animated series, which Yost, a Marvel Comics scribe who segued to screenwriting with Thor: Ragnarok and The Mandalorian, will write. Executive producing will be Aron […]
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Christian Bale, Gemma Chan, Mark Hamill and Florence Pugh Lead ‘The Boy and the Heron’ English-Language Voice Cast
Indie producer and distributor GKIDS has revealed the English voice cast for Hayao Miyazaki’s anticipated hand-drawn animated feature The Boy and the Heron. The cast includes Christian Bale (Shoichi Maki), Dave Bautista (the Parakeet King), Gemma Chan (Natsuko), Willem Dafoe (Noble Pelican), Karen Fukuhara (Lady Himi), Mark Hamill (Grand Uncle), Robert Pattinson (The Grey Heron) […]
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Stephanie Beatriz, Keith David, Alex Brightman Lead ‘Hazbin Hotel’ Voice Cast
Stephanie Beatriz, Keith David and Alex Brightman are set to star in Prime Video’s upcoming adult animated dark comedy Hazbin Hotel. The full voice cast — along with a teaser of an original song — were revealed during New York Comic Con on Saturday. Erika Henningsen, Kimiko Glenn, Blake Roman and Amir Talai were also announced […]
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