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Trolls World Tour
…And, of course, the character animation is as great as one would anticipate, with all of the Trolls being just as cuddly and lovable as they were last time (it’s… |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
…and likable, working as a good companion for the Turtles and balancing their genuine goofiness with a more rational look at the world. Even better, the film allows her to… |
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Inside Out 2
…and Liza Lapira as Disgust slip seamlessly into their new roles. Lewis Black as Anger and Phyllis Smith as Sadness likewise have no trouble picking up where they left off… |
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Bolt: John Ashton Thomas – one bold, Bolt orchestrator!
…Composition from the University of London, and is an Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, London. He has worked as a composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor, pianist/keyboard player and… |
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Santa Inc.
…the first episode, there have already been at least 15 strong profanities and a joke about how more Americans believe in Santa than they do in the holocaust. Moments after… |
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Netflix announces cast and first look for animated feature My Father’s Dragon
…him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime. Director Nora Twomey said, “Our actors, animators and artists at Cartoon Saloon have worked together to craft… |
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Popeye The Sailor: The 1960s TV Cartoons
…Spin-offs of the cartoons – including merchandise and exercise campaigns – are discussed, participating television stations are identified, and there are plenty of trade ads presented. Ratings and profits are… |
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Disney historian Christian Renaut presents volume two of his Best Of Disney’s Animated Features
French author Christian Renaut is not only a distinguished English teacher, a fantastic singer, drum kit and keyboard player, an appreciated painter, a great comedian and playwright and a beloved… |
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Elemental
…weaving this new idea into the film artfully, they just found a good spot and spliced it in as an afterthought. It was jarring the couple of times it happened… |
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The Bad Guys
…Sam Rockwell as Mr. Wolf, Marc Maron as Mr. Snake, Anthony Ramos as Mr. Piranha, Craig Robinson as Mr. Shark, Awkwafina as Ms. Tarantula, and Zazie Beetz as Diane Foxington… |
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Happiness Is… Peanuts – Snow Days
…Linus is forced to sing, Peppermint Patty is forced to play a ridiculous sheep, and Sally cannot remember her one line (and gets confused about Harold Angel)— and they all… |
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Lightyear
…The second sequel was just the third animated film ever nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. And the third sequel, while not as highly acclaimed as the previous… |
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Apple lands animated short film The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
…Bright and Beautiful) as The Horse, and newcomer Jude Coward Nicoll as The Boy. The film is presented in partnership with the BBC. A story of kindness, friendship, courage and… |
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DuckTales to air 90 minute series finale in March
…and Amy Sedaris. Noël Wells and Riki Lindhome guest star as sisters, June and May, respectively. DuckTales is a production of Disney Television Animation and carries a TV-Y7 parental guideline…. |
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Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With A Kiss on DVD
…coming to DVD. Nibbelink famously wrote, directed and animated every frame of Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With A Kiss himself, pulling in friends and family members to voice the characters…. |
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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run
…and Patrick going to look for Gary after he’s taken; a strange and completely unnecessary trip to an old west town with zombies; Mr. Krabs, Squidward, Sandy, and Plankton going… |
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Gnomeo & Juliet’s director Kelly Asbury Opens His Secret Garden!
…and illustrator of several published children’s books, as well as having written and compiled the offbeat, non-fiction book Dummy Days: America’s Favorite Ventriloquists from Radio and Early TV (Angel City… |
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The Garfield Movie
The Garfield Movie takes everything you know and love about the fat cat and tosses it all out like last week’s lasagna in favor of making an action movie instead…. |
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Disney’s Encanto digital soundtrack release now available!
…last hope. The voice cast includes Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, Wilmer Valderrama, Adassa, Diane Guerrero, Mauro Castillo, Angie Cepeda, Jessica Darrow, Rhenzy Feliz and Carolina Gaitán. Stream/Purchase here! Target… |
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Anniversary Features
…with us as we recall some of the milestones and highlights in the website’s history and revisit key posts and images from our past. Website Redesign For our anniversary, we… |
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Disney to release throw-back VHS tapes of recent animated films
…back to November, is the Fairytale Collection, with The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Frozen, Moana, and Frozen II. The Adventure Collection will follow soon after, with Winnie the Pooh,… |
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Marvel news from Disney Investor Day 2020
…(@Disney) December 11, 2020 Additional cast include Vera Farmiga, Fra Free, and newcomer Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez with episodes directed by Rhys Thomas and directing duo Bert and Bertie…. |
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Get groovy with the full Minions: The Rise of Gru trailer
…as Young Dr. Nefario, an aspiring mad scientist, Michelle Yeoh as Master Chow, an acupuncturist with mad kung fu skills, and Oscar® winner Julie Andrews as Gru’s maddeningly self-absorbed mom…. |
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There’s no horsing around with the Spirit Untamed trailer
…his herd and auction them off to a life of captivity and hard labor, Lucky enlists her new friends and bravely embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to rescue… |
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Transformers One
…was apparently done with a mix of traditional computer animation and motion capture technology, but speaking for myself, I at least wasn’t able to tell the difference. No one is… |
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Watch the Guide Dogs charity-focused short film Flash
…audio description and accessible subtitle tracks, Studio Kimchi also created two audiobook versions of the film, created specifically for people with sight loss, and starring Gavin & Stacey actress Joanna… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #48: Interview with Steve Hickner
…progress in the animation industry. Hickner has a rich, 30-year career in animation working at a variety of studios such as Disney, Amblination, and DreamWorks. He’s known as the “pro’s… |
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Go to infinity and beyond with the Lightyear trailer
…Taika Waititi as a group of ambitious recruits. Peter Sohn voices Buzz’s robot companion, Sox, and the cast also includes the voices of Uzo Aduba, James Brolin, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Efren… |
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The trailer for Genndy Tartakovsky’s Unicorn: Warriors Eternal is here
…Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang and Discovery Kids. “By programming this during peak hours and re-airing across multiple dayparts, we are ensuring that all generations of animation fans can see… |
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Twenty Years of AV
…anniversary features for even more AV history. Animated Views: A Retrospective: The people that started it all and bring you Animated Views tell the site’s story in their own words…. |