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Ray Gunn was intended to be Bird's first movie 30 years ago, but it was rejected by Turner Feature Animation and Warner Bros. for being too risky and too adult, and the director pivoted to The Iron Giant (1999), which many now considered this country's last great 2D movie. We talked to Brad about this.
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Disney+
An all-new “Darkwing Duck” series has been greenlit for Disney+. This continuation of the beloved franchise comes from Seth Rogen,......
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DreamWorks
For DreamWorks directors and best friends Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish), Forgotten Island offered......

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Disney+
Executive Producer Chris Moreno joins me to talk about the new animated holiday special Marvel's Spidey and The Avengers: Halloween Team-Up!
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Fathom Entertainment
The new 12-minute animated short film Optimus Prime: Awakening is now playing in theaters nationwide with showings of The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary re-release. Director Josh Wassung reflects on Cullen and details bringing this short to the screen.
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Pixar
Three-time Emmy winner Tony Hale earned an Annie Awards nomination for his voice performance as Forky in Disney and Pixar's 2019 Toy Story 4. He returns as the beloved character in one of the biggest movies of the year — Toy Story 5.
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Animation Educators Forum
ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum (AEF) is proud to announce its scholarship recipients for academic year 2026. Twelve students were selected out of a pool of 113 applicants. Here's the list.
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Animated Feature Releases 2026

Netflix
Think you know Cinderella's “evil” stepsisters? Think again. Debuting on Netflix November 20, 2026 - here's a first look and the teaser trailer.
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Kadowkawa Animation

The Hololive Production VTuber agency, together with the Kadokawa Corporation and Cover Corporation, have announced an upcoming anime adaptation project for the popular VTuber group hololive’s 10th anniversary. Their VTubers’ colourful cast of personalities and history will be put to the test in a serialized medium, with the faithful Studio KAI slated to handle animation […]

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Laika
Wildwood, Laika's sixth stop-motion animated movie (opening Oct. 23 from Fathom), but first set in its hometown of Portland, offers its boldest, darkest, and most ambitious fantasy adventure. We have the new trailer - and we recently visited the studio for a behind-the-scenes set visit.
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Paramount+
A group of warriors must save the land of Yuria from the Death Adder. Mike McMahan and Joe Chandler join me to discuss Golden Axe, premiering this Wednesday Sept. 16 on Paramount+.
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Awards Hub

Aardman Animation
The third Shaun the Sheep feature film "The Beast of Mossy Bottom" opens in theaters nationwide this Friday - and joining me for the Scoop interview is longtime Aardman art director Andy Brown.
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SONY PICTURES CLASSICS
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will release Louis Clichy’s IRON BOY in New York and Los Angeles on January 22, 2027, with an awards-qualifying run in December. The film received critical acclaim following its premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize for its stunning combination of realism and fantasy.
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GKIDS
After embracing sci-fi shenanigans in Farmageddon, Aardman pivoted to Halloween hijinks for Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom.
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