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Huge Turnout For Animation Solidarity Rally Ahead Of AMPTP Negotiations (VIDEO)

Animation workers in Los Angeles are fired up as they prepare to take on the world’s biggest entertainment companies.

There’s a lot of happy animation folks this morning and we’re sharing their immediate reactions to being nominated for an Oscar.

Higher dramatic stakes, more realistic characters, new kinds of cinematography: here’s how Rianda wants animated features to change.

The conference features a stellar line-up of speakers, including Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Enrico Casarosa, and Dean DeBlois.

The Mike Rianda-directed film has also notched six straights days at no. 1 worldwide.

Olivares, who also served as character designer on Sony’s new film, tells us how it came together visually.

The director speaks to us about the challenges of developing a hand-drawn look for his cg feature, and much more.

The film squanders an interesting set-up by diverting into frenetic action and comedy.

After numerous release delays due to the pandemic, “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” will launch on Netflix.

The delayed feature is skipping a theatrical roll-out in favor of Netflix.

The film, which is produced by “Spider-Verse” duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller, was formerly titled “The Mitchells Vs. The Machines.”

Mike Rianda (“Gravity Falls”) is making his feature directorial debut with this sci-fi/comedy/road movie.