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Oscar Night 2024

The 96th Annual Academy Awards are tonight and we’ll be discussing it live with readers like you in our chat room. Join us as we talk the people, the story-lines, and the awards… and keep track of who’s winning our Oscar Contest.

TMNT, Paw Patrol sequels for 2026
Cosmo and Wanda get a new godchild in Fairly OddParents: A New Wish series
Marvel launches second new banner of 2024 with “Marvel Animation”
Megamind returns for movie sequel and TV series
Toy Story, Mando, Rocky star Carl Weathers dead at 76
Illumination releases Despicable Me 4 trailer

Following the 2022 summer blockbuster phenomenon of Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru, which earned almost $1 billion worldwide, the biggest global animated franchise in history now begins a new chapter as Gru (Oscar® nominee Steve Carrell) and Lucy (Oscar® nominee Kristen Wiig) and their girls —Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier) and Agnes (Madison […]

Netflix releases full trailer for Avatar: The Last Airbender
The 2023 AV Readers’ Choice Poll

Critics, the Academy, Hollywood guilds, and even the Animated Views staff will tell you what they think. But now it’s your turn to be the critic! What was the the best animated film of 2023?

96th Oscar nominations announced

The nominees up for Academy Awards for films released in 2023 have been announced. Here are the nods in animation categories. Best Animated Feature – The Boy and the Heron – Elemental – Nimona – Robot Dreams – Spider-man: Across the Spider-Verse Best Animated Short – Letter to a Pig – Ninety-Five Senses – Our […]

Welcome to the public domain, Mickey Mouse
How Wish packed in over 100 Disney easter eggs
Jennifer Lee on Wish and leading Disney Animation
NSYNC reunites… for Trolls Band Together screening
Marvel’s What If…? Season Two trailer debuts
Pixar teases new emotion in first Inside Out 2 trailer
Annecy Festival to expand scope with $27 million animation hub
Paddington In Peru sets late 2024 UK release, early 2025 for US