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KPop Demon Hunters, The Girl Who Cried Pearls, Avatar: Fire and Ash win Oscars
via Animation Magazine, posted by James, March 16, 2026

KPop Demon Hunters earns two trophies for Animated Feature and Song, The Girl Who Cried Pearls wins for Animated Short, and Avatar: Fire and Ash is the Visual Effects winner.

First footage of Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse shown at CinemaCon
via Variety, posted by James, April 14, 2026

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has already soared past $600 million worldwide
via Deadline, posted by Dacey, April 13, 2026

Sid Kroft of “Marty & Kroft” fame passes away at 96
via Deadline, posted by Dacey, April 13, 2026

Nickelodeon Animation Studios to become CBS Studios Label under new merger
via Deadline, posted by Dacey, April 10, 2026

The Amazing Digital Circus series finale The Last Act coming to theaters with Fathom
via Animation Magazine, posted by Dacey, April 10, 2026

Looney Tunes Cartoons: The Complete (HBO Max) Series Blu-ray set announced
via Blu-ray.com, posted by Randall, April 3, 2026

Deaf Crocodile launches Kickstarter for once-lost Mexican animated feature Roy From Space
via Kickstarter, posted by Randall, April 3, 2026

First look at Ally revealed; Parasite Oscar-winner Bong Joon Ho to make his first animated feature
via THR, posted by Dacey, April 2, 2026

Annecy unveils new Batman, Ghost in the Shell, and Looney Tunes titles
via Variety, posted by Dacey, April 2, 2026

Avatar 4? Producer reassures the sequels are “full speed ahead”
via Inverse, posted by Dacey, April 2, 2026

A master of animation is back, with a Magnificent story
via The New York Times, posted by Dacey, March 28, 2026

Glen Powell announced as “surprise” character Fox McCloud in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
via Variety, posted by Dacey, March 28, 2026

Sylvain Chomet on A Magnificent Life, Joker: Folie à Deux, and returning to Triplets of Belleville for “a sort of spin-off”
via The Film Stage, posted by Dacey, March 28, 2026

Disney shuts down controversial OpenAI deal as tech giant puts an end to Sora
via THR, posted by Dacey, March 28, 2026

Ted Nichols, famed Hanna-Barbera composer behind The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo!, passes away
via THR, posted by Dacey, March 23, 2026

Disney reveals Lilo & Stitch 2 and Incredibles 3 release dates
via IGN, posted by James, March 19, 2026

Firefly animated series in development with original stars set to reprise roles
via Deadline, posted by James, March 16, 2026

Family Guy spin-off Stewie gets two-season order from Fox and Hulu
via Deadline, posted by Dacey, March 13, 2026

Kathryn Hahn cast as Mother Gothel in live-action Tangled film
via ABC News, posted by James, March 10, 2026

Donald Glover is Yoshi in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie; final trailer released
via Variety, posted by Dacey, March 10, 2026

Hoppers scores $46 million opening, best for original Pixar film since Coco
via Variety, posted by Dacey, March 8, 2026

Pixar’s Pete Docter on cutting queer Elio storyline: “We’re making a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars of therapy”
via Deadline, posted by Dacey, March 8, 2026

Hoppers opens
posted by James, March 6, 2026

University of Minnesota expert helped make animated beavers in Hoppers true to life
via MPR News, posted by James, March 6, 2026

Behind the scenes of Hoppers with Jon Hamm, Piper Curda, and more
via The Walt Disney Company, posted by Dacey, March 5, 2026

Hoppers director Daniel Chong on translating cartoon logic into Pixar’s CG pipeline
via Cartoon Brew, posted by James, March 5, 2026

With Hoppers, Disney hopes to turn a viral meme into box office gold
via Reuters, posted by Dacey, March 5, 2026

Rainbow Brite creator G.G. Santiago passes away at 82
via People, posted by Dacey, February 27, 2026

Warner Bros. shocker: Netflix declines to raise bid, seemingly handing Paramount the keys to media empire
via Deadline, posted by Dacey, February 26, 2026