animated-news

Gareth Edwards on track to direct next Jurassic World movie
Sony to take over physical home media releases for Disney
Disney Movie Club shutters after 23 years
Marvel launches second new banner of 2024 with “Marvel Animation”
Netflix releases Nimona in its entirety on YouTube for free (yes, really)

Presumably in an effort to help boost its Oscar chances, Netflix has posted Nimona in its entirety on YouTube for free, and you can enjoy it for yourself in the player above. It is unknown how long they will have this available, so if you don’t have a Netflix subscription, or if the app just keeps […]

The Boy And The Heron takes BAFTA for Best Animated Feature
The Fantastic Four casting news finally announced
The Phantom Menace returning to theaters in May
Frozen III, Toy Story 5 expected in 2026
Zootopia 2 coming November 2025
Moana 2 is happening; sequel to open in theaters this November

Well, it turns out that Disney’s previously top secret release for the holiday season is actually Moana 2. The studio did a very good job of keeping a lid on this as no news about it leaked before now. The movie is happening instead of a previously announced Disney+ series. You can watch an announcement teaser […]

Coraline to return to theaters in 3D in August
Megamind returns for movie sequel and TV series
Toy Story, Mando, Rocky star Carl Weathers dead at 76
Seth MacFarlane reflects on 25 years of Family Guy
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
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 […]