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Paramount Skydance Plots Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery As Ellisons Expand Media Empire
Paramount Skydance, backed by the Ellison family, is weighing a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery in a move that could reshape Hollywood’s studio landscape.
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Nintendo Unveils ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Title And Teaser For Illumination’s Blockbuster Sequel
Nintendo announces ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ title for Illumination’s sequel to the $1.36B hit, with a first teaser and April 2026 release date.
Re:Anima Joint Master In Animation Has Opened A New Call For Applications
The program offers an intensive two-year exploration of animation from an artistic perspective in Ireland, Belgium, or Portugal.
Bill Plympton, Signe Baumane To Host Made In New York: Best Of NYC Indie Animation This Weekend
Metrograph will host the one-night-only showcase celebrating the humor, grit, and artistic individuality of the city’s indie animation scene.
‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ Eyes 26-Year Old Anime Box Office Record After $10M In Thursday Previews
‘Infinity Castle’ looks a lock to post the largest opening weekend for an anime film in North American history, passing 1999’s ‘Pokémon: The First Movie.’
Charlie Kirk-Inspired ‘South Park’ Rerun Pulled From TV, Still Available On Streaming
Comedy Central removes a ‘South Park’ Season 27 episode spoofing Charlie Kirk from reruns after his death, though it’s still streaming on Paramount+.
Watch Composer Pablo Pico Craft The Score For Eva Lusbaronian’s Toronto Player ‘Death Of The Fish’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Composer Pablo Pico discusses crafting the original music for Eva Lusbaronian’s dialogue-free short ‘Death of the Fish,’ which just premiered at TIFF.
Blink Industries Boards Ricky Gervais’ Netflix Animated Comedy ‘Alley Cats’
Netflix unveils Ricky Gervais’ ‘Alley Cats,’ a 2D adult animated sitcom about feral British cats, animated by Blink Industries.
Blending 2D Draftsmanship And CG Craftsmanship: Behind The Animation Of Emmy-Winning ‘400 Boys’ (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)
Go behind the making of Robert Valley’s ‘400 Boys’ with a new behind-the-scenes video from Passion Pictures and Netflix’s ‘Love, Death + Robots.’
‘Iyanu,’ ‘Hair Love’ Producer Lion Forge Entertainment Lands $30M Investment To Fuel Expansion
Oscar-winning studio Lion Forge Entertainment lands $30M led by HarbourView to scale its kids, family, and YA animation franchises.
Thailand’s Answer To ‘Love, Death + Robots’ Looks Genuinely Terrifying In The First Teaser For ‘Dark Dimension’
RiFF Studio’s ‘Dark Dimension’ channels Thai horror and folklore in a chilling animated anthology, echoing ‘Love, Death + Robots’ with eerie local twists.
‘Everyone Is After My Chainsaw Heart’: Sony Drops Unhinged Trailer For ‘Chainsaw Man’ Movie, Coming Oct. 24
The first English trailer for ‘Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc’ teases Denji’s most explosive battle yet, hitting U.S. theaters October 24.
Philippe Vidal Dumas, Accomplished French Director And Co-Creator Of ‘The Garfield Show,’ Dies At 59
Vidal, the Emmy-nominated co-creator of ‘The Garfield Show’ and director of ‘Belfort & Lupin,’ leaves a lasting creative legacy.
KitBash3D And Greyscalegorilla Merge To Expand 3D Tools And Assets
KitBash3D and Greyscalegorilla join forces to expand 3D assets, plugins, and workflows, promising to speed up the creative process.
Xilam Producing Short-Form Digital-First Content To Bolster ‘Piggy Builders’ Linear Rollout (EXCLUSIVE)
Xilam launches ‘Piggy Builders’ with digital shorts on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook ahead of the full show’s linear rollout in key territories.
Alberto Vázquez Skewers Unchecked Consumerism In First Trailer For ‘Decorado’
Ahead of its Fantastic Fest world premiere and October Spanish theatrical release, Vázquez’s surreal animated feature ‘Decorado’ gets its first trailer.
Inside ‘MechWest’: How Blue Sky Vet And AnimSchool Founder David Gallagher Is Building An Indie Pipeline
Discover how Dave and Noah Gallagher built MechWest, a family-led indie series powered by AnimSchool grads and global collaborators.
GenAI’s Rough Summer: Hollywood Studios And Authors Push Back Against Predatory Training And Output Models
Last week, Warner Bros. sued Midjourney – like Disney and Universal did before – and Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5B for scraping protected literature.
From Mexico to Miyazaki: Ugo Bienvenu’s Global ‘Arco’ Influences And Why Natalie Portman Produced Her First Animated Feature
At Toronto, Ugo Bienvenu discusses the global influences behind ‘Arco,’ while Natalie Portman reflects on producing her first animated film.
The aBakening: Director Isabel Garrett Dishes On ‘The Great British Baking Show’s’ Sugary Stop-Motion Opener
Discover how Isabel Garrett and BlinkInk crafted ‘Bake Off’s’ new cosmic title sequence, blending stop-motion, 2D, CG, and VFX magic.
‘Arcane’ Continues Its Awards Streak With Double Emmy Wins
Riot and Fortiche’s ‘Arcane’ earned two Emmys at the 77th Creative Arts Awards, including Outstanding Animated Program and Sound Editing.
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