The 2nd installment of the ‘Tales’ series journeys into the Galactic Empire through the eyes of two warriors on divergent paths set during different eras; debuts May 4 - ‘Star Wars Day.’
https://www.awn.com/news/disney-drops-star-wars-tales-empire-clip
The ‘Lastman’ helmer discusses his animated neo-noir sci-fi thriller, set in 2200, when a young cybernetics student disappears among the wealthy who’ve abandoned Earth for Mars, where they ...
https://www.awn.com/animationworld/director-j-r-mie-p-rin-talks-mars-express
Coming to Nickelodeon on May 20, the all-new series features the return of the Emmy Award-winning original series’ lovable Wanda and Cosmos, a recently retired fairy couple, and introduces thei...
https://www.awn.com/news/nickelodeon-drops-fairly-oddparents-new-wish-trailer
New proprietary GenAI integrated toolkit, developed on NVIDIA Omniverse, is designed for development, production, and post-production of new animated content as well as upgrading existing catalog...
https://www.awn.com/news/kartoon-studios-announces-gadget-ai
Written by and starring American sketch comedy series ‘The Whitest Kids U' Know’ members, the film follows the misadventures of Kyle, who ditches his wedding day to head off to the red planet...
https://www.awn.com/news/mars-animated-feature-sets-tribeca-world-premiere
The hit animated series, a coming-of-age story that follows twenty-somethings Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen as they discover who they are, together, returns for a second season on May ...
https://www.awn.com/news/my-adventures-superman-sets-adult-swim-return
The annual 1-day event returns to Annecy June 10, featuring Portuguese visual artist Maria Melo’s artwork and the theme ‘Stronger Together: The Equitable Future of Animation.’
https://www.awn.com/news/2024-wia-world-summit-reveals-artwork-and-theme
Skydance Animation’s new series, based on Tony DiTerlizzi’s best-selling books, follows Eva, a curious and enthusiastic teenager who has been raised in an underground bunker by her robot care...
https://www.awn.com/news/apple-tv-shares-wondla-animated-trilogy-first-look
In the new DreamWorks Animation series, 6 years after the events at Camp Cretaceous and in the wake of tragedy, ‘The Nublar Six’ reunite, and together must unravel a conspiracy that threatens...
https://www.awn.com/news/netflix-drops-jurassic-world-chaos-theory-trailer
Oscar winner Barry Jenkins directs, with songs by multiple award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda and an all-star voice lineup led by Thandiwe Newton, Donal Glover, Seth Rogen, Keith David and Beyoncé ...
https://www.awn.com/news/disney-drops-mufasa-lion-king-trailer-and-cast-announcement
The former ESPN anchor has replaced Candace Owens as the voice of Deena, after she exited the conservative news website last month over irreconcilable political differences with co-founder Ben Sh...
https://www.awn.com/news/sage-steele-joins-voice-cast-dailywire-animated-series-mr-birchum
The festival wrapped its 31st edition with an April 28 ceremony honoring winners of the main competitions, with Flóra Anna Buda and Benoît Chieux, respectively, taking home the big awards.
https://www.awn.com/news/27-sirocco-and-kingdom-winds-take-top-honors-itfs-2024
The 2D animated series, which brings the illustrious director’s vision of ancient Norse mythology to life, hits the streamer this Fall.
https://www.awn.com/news/netflix-shares-first-look-zack-snyders-twilight-gods
Serving as the first of three planned standalone films, the project from Nickelodeon Animation, Paramount Animation, Avatar Studios and Flying Bark Productions will now premiere January 20, 2026.
https://www.awn.com/news/paramount-delays-aang-last-airbender-animated-feature
12 animated features have been chosen to compete at this year's festival, including ‘Memoir of a Snail’ by Adam Elliot, ‘Rock Bottom by María Trénor,’ and ‘Savages’ by Claude Barras...
https://www.awn.com/news/annecy-2024-official-feature-film-selections-revealed
The Tonko House co-founder teams with popular Japanese comedian Akihiro Nishino on a compelling new short film that combines the artistry and palpable emotionality of stop-motion animation with a...
https://www.awn.com/animationworld/dice-tsutsumi-talks-bottle-george-addiction-and-clinging-hope
The platform, now in beta, allows authors to generate animated experiences in just a few hours, utilizing GPT4 for interpretation, Stable Diffusion for animation, Eleven Studios for voice, and mu...
https://www.awn.com/news/new-genai-platform-hypnovels-transforms-books-animation
The ‘Black Sails’ actor and Emmy-nominated writer present an ambitious 140-page sci-fi epic from new graphic novel publisher The Lab Press, now live on Kickstarter.
https://www.awn.com/news/luke-arnold-chris-doc-wyatt-team-graphic-novel-essentials
The upcoming one-off, which touts both animation and live-action elements, takes place during Eurovision 2989, with both alien and human contestants competing for a prize that may save Earth from...
https://www.awn.com/news/bbc-three-greenlights-galaxy-dance-first-animated-project-20-years
The original 3DCG animated preschool series, from Nickelodeon Animation, that marked the iconic Latina heroine’s return to the small screen, gets picked up for another season; Season 1 now stre...
The show is based on the Japanese manga, which follows a man’s pulse-pounding journey for answers after he is kidnapped and held in a room for 15 years.
https://www.awn.com/news/lionsgate-park-chan-wook-develop-english-language-oldboy-series
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled multiple rule changes for the 97th Annual Academy Awards; among them, international feature films can now also be considered in the...
https://www.awn.com/news/oscars-rule-change-allows-new-consideration-international-animation-entries
The company’s innovative technology promises faster results with reduced integration and per-shot rigging costs.
https://www.awn.com/news/digital-domain-launches-masquerade3-markerless-facial-mocap-system
With their award-winning film now hitting select theaters across the U.S., Canada, Japan and other countries, the directors discuss the unimagined success, with both kids and parents, of a movie ...
https://www.awn.com/animationworld/chiara-malta-and-s-bastien-laudenbach-talk-chicken-linda
Andrew ‘Andy’ Grush and Taylor Newton Stewart jumped from composing for horror director Mike Flanagan to Marvel’s latest animated series, starting with retro synthesizer sounds of the late ...
https://www.awn.com/animationworld/newton-brothers-reflect-x-men-97-their-first-animation-project
Oscar-nominated writer/director Chris Sanders will present his creative vision in a special first look session at the festival, while members of his creative team, including production designer R...
https://www.awn.com/news/dreamworks-preview-exclusive-wild-robot-footage-annecy
U.K. Screen Alliance CEO Neil Hatton and the U.K. Department for Business and Trade head of Creative Industries Tendai Chetse take the stage at the animation conference, which runs May 1-2 in Bir...
https://www.awn.com/news/get-animated-announces-conversation-keynote-speakers
The April 2024 survey of under-the-radar animated shorts currently travelling the festival circuit or new to online viewing takes a special look at five films to keep an eye on at the Stuttgart A...
https://www.awn.com/animationworld/binocular-briefs-spotlight-stuttgart
200+ industry professionals will gather for the co-production and business forum in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, running May 9 to 11; online talks on YouTube will feature short film and...
https://www.awn.com/news/2024-quirino-awards-program-announced
New company boasts a portfolio of 400 copyrights and more than 140 trademarks, combining dynamic characters and storylines with a market strategy that includes web series video content, AI-powere...
https://www.awn.com/news/transmedia-company-elf-labs-launches-extensive-classic-ip-library