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Tom Kane, Prolific Voice Actor Behind Yoda, HIM, And Professor Utonium, Dies At 64
Across animation, games, and TV, Kane brought gravity, warmth, and theatrical precision to hundreds of unforgettable roles over more than three decades.
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Sports And Animation Keep Colliding, So Bleacher Report Is Launching A Dedicated Animation Channel
Head of creative strategy Zach McCann explains why Bleacher Report is expanding its sports animation slate as anime, memes, and athlete fandoms converge.
Critics’ Week Opener ‘In Waves’ Is Netflix’s First Major 2026 Cannes Acquisition
Phuong Mai Nguyen’s animated feature debut, based on AJ Dungo’s graphic memoir of the same name, becomes a major early festival pickup.
‘The Transformers: The Movie’ Is Returning To Theaters To Revive Childhood Trauma In Stunning 4K
Hasbro’s 40th anniversary re-release brings the 1986 animated cult classic back to cinemas for a limited theatrical run from Fathom Entertainment.
‘Mating Season’ Creators On Blending Animal Sex Jokes With Genuine Emotional Stakes In Their ‘Big Mouth’ Follow-Up (EXCLUSIVE)
The creative leads discuss the design rules, Titmouse pipeline, and grown-up relationship themes behind their return to adult animation.
Xu Zao’s Melancholic Chinese Sci-Fi Feature ‘Light Pillar’ Will Get A U.S. Theatrical Run
The Berlinale-premiering hybrid feature blends 2D animation and live-action to portray a lonely janitor’s virtual escape from a dying film industry.
Signe Baumane’s ‘Karmic Knot’ Builds Buzz Ahead Of Busy Festival Season
Producer Fabian Driehorst discusses the film’s financing push, hybrid production style, and growing support from major actors and broadcasters.
Netflix Is Staffing Up A ‘GenAI-Native Animation Studio’ Called INKubator
New Netflix job postings outline plans for AI-driven animated shorts, full pipeline integration, and feature-quality output.
Ha-Clay-Luiah! U.K. Stop-Motion Artists Get A New Plasticine Option With Chroma Clay
Created in the wake of Newplast’s shutdown, the wax-based material was developed with studio input for sculpting, molds, and durability over longer shoots.
Warner Bros. Animation Expands Webtoon Partnership With Four New Projects
The companies’ shared portfolio now includes ‘Vampire Family,’ ‘The Wolf & Red Riding Hood,’ ‘Snow and Briar (And the Mirror of Seven Sins),’ and ‘Sable Curse.’
‘This Film Has Another Chance’: Matt Braly’s Sony-Scrapped ‘Afterworld’ Revived By Thailand’s The Monk Studio
Braly discusses financing, AI concerns, Annecy plans, and why the resurrected project needs a radically new visual approach, something he’s very excited to do.
‘Akira’ Creator Katsuhiro Otomo Launches New Tokyo Studio With First Film Already In Production
Oval Gear is now open in Tokyo with staff recruitment underway and a new animated feature already moving through production.
Laika Drops Breathtaking First Teaser Trailer For ‘Wildwood’
We’ve finally got a significant look at one of the most anticipated and ambitious feature releases of the year, coming to cinemas on October 23.
How The Brothers Behind ‘Superman: Awakens’ Launched An Original Sci-Fi Universe With ‘Sjor’ Using Unreal Engine 5
Antonis and Stavros Fylladitis discuss mythology, creating an original indie universe, and shaking the stigma around game engine-produced shorts.
Honami Yano’s Hand-Painted Short ‘Eri’ Drops Trailer Ahead Of Cannes World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
The ‘A Bite of Bone’ director returns with a queer unrequited love story on a dairy farm that will debut in Directors’ Fortnight, eligible for the Queer Palm.
Workers At Vancouver’s ‘Charlie the Wonderdog’ Studio Icon Creative Move Toward First Union Contract
The Vancouver CG studio and Canadian Animation Guild have reached a tentative agreement covering more than 800 employees.
‘Masha And The Bear’ Creator Oleg Kuzovkov Re-Acquires The IP, Launches New Studio, Plans Feature Film
Kuzovkov has regained creative control of the global hit franchise, one of the most-viewed in YouTube history, and launched Studio MiM.
YouTube Wrongly Flagged ‘Tiny Grandma’ As AI And Created A Viral Stop-Motion Phenomenon (EXCLUSIVE)
After the YouTube takedown, Philly’s Marie Hart and Peter Heacock stepped in front of the lens alongside their puppet and watched tens of millions tune in.
Amazing Digital Box Office!: ‘The Last Act’ Surpasses $7.5 Million In Presales, Expands To 2,000 U.S. Theaters
Glitch Productions and Fathom have doubled the film’s theatrical footprint as demand grows for the feature-length finale to the viral indie web series.
Oscar-Nominated Iranian Filmmaker Yegane Moghaddam Announces Next Short, Shares Teaser (EXCLUSIVE)
The ‘Our Uniform’ director shares a first look at ‘Our Body Language,’ a dialogue-free project combining clay and 2D animation.
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