Netflix Faces Backlash After Using AI Software To Create Backgrounds For An Animated Short
Artists quickly dismissed the company’s claim of animation labor shortages and questioned the ethics of image-generating software.
Artists quickly dismissed the company’s claim of animation labor shortages and questioned the ethics of image-generating software.
February sees the streaming premieres of ‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,’ ‘My Dad the Bounty Hunter,’ and ‘On-Gaku: Our Sound.’
The kids and family feature will debut on Netflix on November 22 of this year.
With 14 nominations, “Avatar: The Way of Water” is the most-nominated project ever at the VES Awards.
After earning 51 nominations and 20 wins last year, Netflix again leads the pack with 50 nominations.
In his acceptance speech, del Toro reminded audiences that, “Animation is cinema,” and that it is “not a genre for kids; it’s a medium.”
Adult animation fans and artists take another hit as two more series get canceled, with ‘Pantheon’ removed from AMC+ entirely.
He is also developing an original fantasy film that is tonally between “Lord of the Rings” and “Princess Bride.”
Hulu debuts ‘Koala Man’ as other platforms bring back favorites including ‘The Legend of Vox Machina,’ ‘Vinland Saga,’ and ‘The Bad Batch.’
No animated series made this year’s Top 10, although ‘The Sandman,’ featuring an animated half-episode by Hisko Hulsing, was eighth.
After debuting in second after only three days on the platform, the film accumulated 39.4 million hours viewed in its second week.
Pablos has retained rights to the film and will be allowed to shop the film to other studios.
Despite only being available for three days last week, the film was the second most-watched English language feature in the world.
In 2022, Universal flew high while Disney floundered. Here’s a look back at which distributors will remember this year fondly and which will be hoping to improve in the coming year.
Their runner-up award also went to a stop-motion film: ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.’
Reviews are also praising the way in which ‘Pinocchio’ handles complex themes, facilitating audience conversation, especially within families.
North American animation shouldn’t be afraid to touch on themes that are adult in depth and concern.
The studio also worked on Netflix’s ‘The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf,’ ‘Centaurworld,’ and ‘Love, Death + Robots.’
Stephen Donnelly’s ‘Scrooge’ has done what films from Richard Linklater, Nora Twomey, and Henry Selick could not.
In the battle for American feature animation supremacy, NBCUniversal’s chief takes a shot at struggling competitor Disney.