In the weeks leading up to this year’s awards, the eventual winners in all three categories began feeling almost inevitable. Pinocchio and Avatar each won stacks of prizes at key critics’ and craft award ceremonies, and The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and …
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Oscar Voter Admits He Doesn’t ‘Really Give A S**t’ About The Nominated Animation Features
The second Academy member that THR spoke with, a male member of the 867-person short films and feature animation branch, offered a far more troubling answer. This individual said that they voted for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio even though they …

WATCH Final Trailer for ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’
The film is directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic (collaborators on Teen Titans Go!, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies) from a screenplay by Matthew Fogel (Minions: The Rise of Gru, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part). Cybersecurity …

Prime Video Rescues ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ After HBO Max Axing
Cybersecurity specialist by day, investigative journalist by night. The all-new animated show and reimagining of the Batman mythology touts executive producers Timm, Abrams, and Reeves, and is produced by Warner Bros. Animation (WBA), Bad Robot Productions, and 6th & Idaho. As formal …

“Seven Animal Sins” Short Film by Buda.tv
With a nod to a certain 2012 animated earworm about silly methods of demise, Buenos Aires studio Buda.tv confirms animals can indeed be guilty of the seven deadly sins in their new in-house short film. Posted on Friday, March 10, …

Alkemy X Creative Studio Signs Joshua Smith to Creative Director Roster
From the release: As creative director and founder of SMITTEN, Smith leverages years of experience in CG and motion graphics design to conceptualize and execute engaging and intoxicating sequences. He blends a foundation as a VFX artist with experience as …

‘American Dad!’ Returns!
Check out the Season 18 Trailer! [embedded content] 20th Television Animation’s American Dad! returns to TBS for Season 18 on Monday, March 27 at 10:00pm ET/PT. Created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman, the animated comedy stars Stan …

Warner Bros. Has Restored The Classic ‘Superman’ Theatrical Shorts
Warner Bros. Discovery has remastered the classic Superman theatrical shorts produced by the Fleischer Studios (and later its successor, Famous Studios) between 1941 and 1943. While Fleischer is best known today for its Betty Boop and Popeye shorts, its work …

HBO Max’s ‘Poor Devil’ Could Represent A Major Step Forward For Adult Animation From Spain
In Europe though, and especially in Spain, it has taken far longer for local animated series aimed at adult audiences to catch on. That’s not to say that adult animation isn’t a commodity in Spain, shows like The Simpsons and …