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Fredrikstad Animation Festival Unveils 60-Film Short Competition Lineup
The Norwegian festival’s 2026 competition features 60 animated shorts from 32 countries, with a strong focus on Nordic-Baltic talent.
‘Doctor Who’ Heads to CBeebies With Dominic Minns Directing Preschool Spinoff
France In Talks For €1 Billion ‘Dragon Ball’ Theme Park Near Paris
Hidive Expands Fall Anime Slate With ‘Nia Liston’ And ‘Tetsuryo,’ Extends MBS Deal
Crunchyroll Scoops Global Rights To Makoto Shinkai’s Mysterious Next Feature
GKIDS Is Bringing ‘Castle In The Sky’ Back To Theaters For Its 40th Anniversary
Netflix’s Theatrical Animation Ambitions Take Monumental Step Forward With 47-Day Global ‘Charlie Vs. The Chocolate Factory’ Window
Netflix’s animated Wonka film will receive a 47-day theatrical window, raising new questions about the release planned for Brad Bird’s ‘Ray Gunn.’
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Netflix’s ‘DANG!’ Gets Trailer, Sets September Release Date
Stephanie Hsu, Poppy Liu, and Andrew Law voice three dysfunctional siblings in the Titmouse-animated comedy from ‘The Good Place’ veterans.
Re:Anima Joint Master In Animation Has Opened A New Call For Applications
The program offers an intensive two-year exploration of animation from an artistic perspective in Ireland, Belgium, or Portugal.
YouTube Is Doubling Its Monetization Threshold, And New Indie Animators Could Be Hit Hardest
YouTube is doubling the watch-hour and Shorts-view thresholds for new channels to earn ad revenue, creating a particularly difficult hurdle for indie animators.
‘Doomsweepers’: Flying Bark Teams With Sarah Harper And Olan Rogers’s Lightfold On 2D ‘Zom-Com’
Sarah Harper created and directs the poppy, candy-colored apocalyptic comedy, developed by Flying Bark with Lightfold and Olan Rogers.
Life’s A Garden, Dig It: ‘Joe Dirt’ Series In Development At Sony, Fox
David Spade will reprise Joe Dirt in a Fox animated sequel series that catches up with the cult comedy character 25 years later.
Waffles, Wanking, And Other Worlds: The Films Of Ivan Li
Canadian animator Ivan Li discusses the sex, violence, discomfort, and unruly 3D worlds behind Finding Uranus, Fruit, Build, and Jelly Baddies.
Academy-Honored Shorts ‘Butterfly’ And ‘Gauze’ Use Water, Memory, And Animation To Confront Genocide
Each acclaimed film follows a young swimming champion whose life is shattered by genocide, connecting historical memory with the present.
Epic Spaceman On Solo-Building One Of YouTube’s Top Science Channels, Making The Universe Comprehensible, And Rejecting GenAI
Toby Lockerbie explains how he turned self-taught animation and VFX skills into one of YouTube’s top science channels, and why genAI has no place in his videos.
First ‘CoComelon: The Movie’ Trailer Previews The Franchise’s Theatrical Expansion
Universal has released the first trailer for ‘CoComelon: The Movie,’ the digital-native preschool juggernaut’s first feature-length theatrical release.
Disney And TikTok Strike Deal To Bring Fan-Made Short-Form Videos To Disney+
Months after its OpenAI Sora deal collapsed, Disney is partnering with TikTok to bring fan-made shorts featuring its characters and franchises to Disney+.
Reel FX’s Bollywood Inspired Original ‘Diya’ Finds A Home At Paramount Animation
The Bollywood-inspired feature originated at Reel FX, where Lucas Koppel shepherded its development, and will be written by Jaydeep Hasrajani and Jake Goldman.
Pixar Co-Founder Ed Catmull Joins Jury For GenAI Film Competition
Higgsfield says “the man who invented 3D graphics” will judge its $1 million generative AI filmmaking competition.
Frank Gladstone Elected ASIFA-Hollywood President, Replacing Retiring Sue Shakespeare
Shakespeare retires after six years in charge, while Michael Paxton succeeds Gladstone as executive producer of the annual Annie Awards.
TIFFCOM 2026 To Spotlight Anime, Japanese IP, And International Co-Productions
Tokyo’s TIFFCOM returns October 28–30 with an expanded Japanese IP market and sessions covering anime, AI, and international co-production.
Eli Roth Confirms ‘Ice Cream Man’ GenAI Use After First Describing A Traditional Animation Process
It’s always the ones you most medium expect.
Don Hertzfeldt’s Films Find A New Streaming Home At Dropout
Dropout has acquired a collection of Don Hertzfeldt films, including ‘Rejected’ and ‘World of Tomorrow,’ with Annecy-winner ‘Paper Trail’ arriving September 1.
Flying Bark And Olan Rogers’ Lightfold Team Up For Original Animation Project
Flying Bark and Lightfold are co-developing an ambitious original property they say will span animation, comics, and games.