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Spellbound.

#Skydance Animation

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Skydance Animation Signs Multi-Year Pact With Apple For Features And Series

The deal will give a boost to Apple TV+’s meager animation offerings.

By Jen Hurler | 2 weeks ago

December 2020 December 2020

Here’s The Biggest Animation News You Missed In December

New directions for Disney and Warnermedia, big developments in anime, rumors around Apple TV+, and more…

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 2 months ago

Skydance, Apple

Report: Apple In Talks To Acquire Skydance Animation’s Films ‘Luck’ And ‘Spellbound’

The John Lasseter-led studio’s films are currently set up at Paramount and dated for 2022.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 2 months ago

News July 2020

Here’s The Biggest Animation News You Missed In July

The pains of remote working, the rise of Skydance, and the muted return of the box office…

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 7 months ago

Skydance Animation

Skydance Animation Hires Away Disney TV’s Shane Prigmore For Top Animation Development Role

Skydance Animation scores with another high-profile hire on the management side.

By Amid Amidi | 7 months ago

Skydance Animation

Skydance And Paramount Set November 2022 Release For Vicky Jenson’s ‘Spellbound’

John Lasseter-led Skydance Animation will make its big debut in 2022 with the release of two animated features, both directed by women.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 7 months ago

Alan Menken

Veteran Disney Composer Alan Menken Will Score Vicky Jenson’s ‘Spellbound’

The film will be among the first releases from feature animation start-up Skydance Animation.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 9 months ago

Skydance Media Acquires Animation Unit of Madrid-Based Ilion Studios

John Lasseter is running an entire animation studio again.

By Amid Amidi | 11 months ago

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Skydance Animation’s ‘Luck’ Loses Director Alessandro Carloni Over ‘Creative Differences’

Peggy Holmes will now direct the first film from John Lasseter’s animation studio.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 1 year ago

Read Emma Thompson’s Scorching Resignation Letter To Skydance Over John Lasseter Hiring

Say Thompson: “[Lasseter] is presumably being paid millions of dollars to receive [his] second chance. How much money are the employees at Skydance being paid to GIVE him that second chance?”

By Carlos Aguilar | 2 years ago

John Lasseter Resistance Grows As Lightbox Expo Nixes Skydance Sponsorship

A lot of industry artists don’t want anything to do with Skydance Animation.

By Amid Amidi | 2 years ago

Report: Emma Thompson Quits Skydance Animation’s ‘Luck’ Over John Lasseter’s Hiring

Emma Thompson quit Skydance Animation’s first feature over “concerns about working with Lasseter.”

By Carlos Aguilar | 2 years ago

Report: Amid Ongoing Lasseter Controversy, Holly Edwards Promoted To President Of Skydance Animation

Holly Edwards will replace Bill Damaschke in the role of president at Skydance Animation.

By Carlos Aguilar | 2 years ago

John Lasseter Tells Skydance Employees That He Wants To Tell Stories About Women

According to a new report, John Lasseter is seeing a therapist to help him understand unconscious bias.

By Amid Amidi | 2 years ago

Mireille Soria speaking at the VIEW Conference. (Photo: Damné Jesús Pérez Irigoyen.)

Report: Paramount Animation President Mireille Soria Draws A Line In The Sand On Working With John Lasseter

The chief of Paramount Animation told her staff that she is “furious” about Lasseter’s re-entry into the business.

By Amid Amidi | 2 years ago

Women In Animation President ‘Shocked And Distressed’ By Skydance’s Hiring Of John Lasseter

“We need to get stronger both emotionally and physically,” says Women in Animation president Marge Dean. “We need to not be afraid.”

By Amid Amidi | 2 years ago

Report: John Lasseter Will Be Personally Liable For Any Harassment At Skydance

Skydance executives are apparently unsure of John Lasseter’s ability to keep his hands, mouth, and other body parts to himself.

By Amid Amidi | 2 years ago

Report: Paramount Execs Are Unhappy They Weren’t Told About John Lasseter Hiring

Paramount Animation just became the new home of John Lasseter’s films and they’re not happy about it.

By Amid Amidi | 2 years ago

Is Skydance Endangering Its Female Employees? Here Is A List Of Accusations Against John Lasseter

John Lasseter is an alleged serial sexual predator, and that should raise concerns for women working at Skydance.

By Amid Amidi | 2 years ago

Skydance Animation ‘Condones Abuse’ By Hiring John Lasseter, Says Time’s Up

Skydance Animation’s hiring of John Lasseter “endorses and perpetuates a broken system that allows powerful men to act without consequence.”

By Amid Amidi | 2 years ago

BREAKING: Nine Days After Leaving Disney, John Lasseter Is Named Head Of Skydance Animation

Umm…welcome back?

By Amid Amidi | 2 years ago

Skydance Media To Produce Live-Action ‘Miraculous – Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir’

Skydance has acquired live-action film and tv rights to the hit French animated series.

By Amid Amidi | 2 years ago

Skydance Media To Develop ‘The Fourteenth Goldfish’ As Animated Feature

The one-year-old animation company is teaming up with Headless Productions for a new feature project.

By Amid Amidi | 3 years ago

Paramount Announces 3 New Animated Features

Paramount Animation’s slate is growing.

By Amid Amidi | 3 years ago

Leo Matsuda Sells Multiple Projects To Dreamworks Animation

The director of Disney’s “Inner Workings” is slated to make his feature directorial debut with Dreamworks Animation.

By Amid Amidi | 3 years ago

‘Tangled’ Director Nathan Greno Leaves Disney For Skydance Media

Nathan Greno will create and direct an original animated feature for the fast-rising Skydance.

By Amid Amidi | 3 years ago

Former Dreamworks Exec Bill Damaschke Will Head Skydance’s Animation Division

The former chief creative officer of Dreamworks Animation will help start up Skydance’s new animation division.

By Amid Amidi | 3 years ago

A List Of American Animated Features Currently In Development

We’re launching this new resource to help readers keep track of American animated features in development.

By Amid Amidi | 4 years ago

Alessandro Carloni.

Skydance Taps Vicky Jenson and Alessandro Carloni To Direct Its First Two Features

Two former Dreamworks directors will direct features for Skydance.

By Amid Amidi | 4 years ago

Skydance Starts New Feature Animation Division with Spain’s Ilion

There’s more than a few ways to fund an animated feature nowadays, but the surest one of all is to simply be the child of a billionaire.

By Amid Amidi | 4 years ago

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