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box-office5 days ago•18 min saved

GOAT Edges Out Wuthering Heights to Claim No. 1 in Quiet Box Office Weekend

Sony Pictures Animation’s GOAT overtook Warner Bros.’ Wuthering Heights to grab the No. 1 spot with about $17 million in its weekend debut, edging WH’s $14.2 million; GOAT has $58.3 million domestic and $102 million worldwide, while WH has $59.5 million domestic and $151.7 million globally. The win highlights the continued draw of family films during a slow winter period, as other new titles underperform and more wide releases approach in coming weeks.

via Variety|

#animation #box-office #box-office-weekend

entertainment5 days ago•19 min saved

KPop Demon Hunters Dominates Annie Awards With 10 Wins

Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters dominated the 2026 Annie Awards, sweeping 10 prizes including Best Feature and multiple technical and voice categories (Arden Cho winning Best Voice Acting). Arco won Best Independent Feature; other TV winners included Common Side Effects, The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, Win Or Lose, and Wow Lisa. ASIFA-Hollywood also recognized industry veterans with the Winsor McCay Award, the June Foray Award, the Ub Iwerks Award, and a LightBox Expo Special Achievement Award.

via The Hollywood Reporter|

#animation #annie-awards #best-feature

entertainment5 days ago•18 min saved

KPop Demon Hunters Dominates Annie Awards, Secures 10 Wins

KPop Demon Hunters led the 53rd Annie Awards with 10 wins, including Best Feature, Best Character Animation, and Best Production/Direction categories; Arco won Best Feature – Independent while Common Side Effects and Love, Death + Robots topped the TV categories. The ceremony also recognized industry figures with Winsor McCay and June Foray awards and technical honors to Wacom and LightBox Expo.

via Variety|

#animation #annie-awards #entertainment

entertainment5 days ago•19 min saved

KPop Demon Hunters Clinches 10 Annie Awards, Sweeps the Night

Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters dominated the 53rd Annie Awards, sweeping all 10 categories it was nominated in, including Best Feature, Direction and Voice Acting; Acro won Best Feature – Independent, while Love, Death + Robots led TV wins. The ceremony also honored industry veterans with Winsor McCay Awards for Michaël Dudok de Wit, Christopher Miller & Phil Lord, and Chris Sanders, the June Foray Award to Sandy Rabins, the Ub Iwerks Award to Wacom, and LightBox Expo with ASIFA-Hollywood Special Achievement.

via Deadline|

#animation #annie-awards #entertainment

film6 days ago•15 min saved

Bloodlines Directors Set to Helm Sony's Animated Venom Film

Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein, who directed Final Destination: Bloodlines, are attached to direct an animated Venom movie for Sony. Plot details and a writer are not announced yet; producers Amy Pascal, Avi Arad, and Matt Tolmach are expected to return, with Tom Hardy possibly involved in some capacity. Deadline/THR first reported the development.

via Deadline|

#adam-b-stein #animation #film

entertainment8 days ago•15 min saved

Toy Story 5 Trailer: Woody and Buzz Rally to Save Kids From Screens

Seven years after Toy Story 4, Woody and Buzz reunite for Toy Story 5 as they team with Jessie, Forky and others to battle a tech-dominated childhood. Directed by Andrew Stanton, the film brings back Tom Hanks and Tim Allen with Greta Lee and Conan O’Brien joining the cast, and Pixar released the official trailer as the franchise heads into a new chapter. Toy Story 5 opens in theaters on June 19, 2026.

via Variety|

#animation #entertainment #family

entertainment10 days ago•15 min saved

SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants Streams on Paramount+ Feb 17

Paramount+ will stream The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants on February 17, bringing the franchise’s fourth theatrical adventure to subscribers after its big-screen run. The film features the returning voice cast led by Tom Kenny with new contributors like George Lopez, Isis “Ice Spice” Gaston, Arturo Castro and Sherry Cola, and appearances by Regina Hall and Mark Hamill. It expands the SpongeBob universe while Paramount+ also hosts previous films, The Patrick Star Show, Kamp Koral, and all 15 seasons of the original series; the movie has earned strong early reviews and holds a Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

via Variety|

#animation #entertainment #film

entertainment23 days ago•13 min saved

Stranger Things Goes Saturday Morning With Tales from '85 Between Seasons 2 and 3

Netflix’s Stranger Things: Tales from '85 is a kid-friendly animated series set between seasons 2 and 3, featuring a new voice cast and Arcane-inspired visuals. The trailer suggests a light, joke-filled tone, and the show debuts on Netflix on April 23, 2026, potentially serving as a low-stakes palate cleanser after the divisive Season 5 finale.

via Kotaku|

#animation #entertainment #netflix

entertainment23 days ago•17 min saved

Stranger Things Goes 80s Cartoon With Tales From ’85, Debuting April 23

Netflix’s Stranger Things universe expands with Tales From ’85, an animated spinoff set in Hawkins that premieres April 23. From the Duffer Brothers and Shawn Levy with Eric Robles as showrunner, the series features a new voice cast and a distinct ’80s cartoon vibe while filling in untold mythology beyond the mothership; a teaser shows the familiar gang on bikes and playing D&D before a new Upside Down threat emerges. First-look photos and producers Upside Down Pictures and 21 Laps accompany the launch.

via The Hollywood Reporter|

#animation #duffers #entertainment

entertainment23 days ago•15 min saved

Stranger Things Expands Into Animation With Tales From ’85, Debuting April 23, 2026

Netflix unveils the trailer and an April 23, 2026 premiere date for the animated Stranger Things spinoff Tales From ’85. Set between Seasons 2 and 3, the series follows the Hawkins kids during a snowy winter break as a new threat surfaces. Jeremy Jordan voices Steve Harrington, with Flying Bark Productions handling animation and Upside Down Pictures/21 Laps producing alongside the Duffer Brothers. The project marks the franchise’s first foray into animation.

via Variety|

#animation #entertainment #netflix

news25 days ago•50 min saved

Adobe Animate to shut down next month, with one-year window to download existing files

Adobe will stop selling the 2D animation app Animate on March 1, 2026, with existing users able to download their files until March 1, 2027 (enterprise customers until March 1, 2029). The history goes back to 1996 as FutureSplash/Flash before being renamed Animate in 2015; Adobe says Creative Cloud Pro users can replace some functionality with After Effects or Express, but many creators—like those behind Chikn Nuggit and Salad Fingers—warn the shutdown could harm jobs and render past works as lost media. In the past year Adobe has leaned into AI with Firefly and AI editing tools, signaling a shift away from Animate.

via The Verge|

#adobe #adobe-animate #ai

entertainment28 days ago•16 min saved

Aronofsky AI Studio Debuts Animated Revolutionary War Series

Darren Aronofsky’s Primordial Soup, in partnership with Google DeepMind, launches On This Day … 1776, a short-form AI-powered animated series about the American Revolution. New episodes will drop on Time’s YouTube channel through 2026 to mark the 250th anniversary, blending traditional filmmaking with AI tools, using SAG‑AFTRA‑sanctioned voice actors, and aiming to reframing the Revolution as a fragile, human-driven experiment with Time Studios involved in distribution.

via Deadline|

#ai #animation #aronofsky

gaming1 month ago•6 min saved

Nightin Cage Dev Tweaks Climbing Animations After Fan Feedback for Immersive Fanservice

The Nightin Cage developer shared updated climbing and ledge-crawl animations in response to fan feedback, adding weighty sound effects and smoother transitions to make the fanservice and movements feel more immersive. While the game has no release date yet, fans can wishlist it on Steam and watch for further animation tweaks that aim to balance sex appeal with immersion.

via Niche Gamer|

#animation #fanservice #gaming

entertainment1 month ago•16 min saved

Disney Animation Trailblazer Roger Allers Dies at 76

Roger Allers, Oscar- and Tony-nominated co-director of Disney's The Lion King, died at 76 in Santa Monica after a short illness. A Rye, New York native and ASU alum, Allers steered The Lion King with Rob Minkoff and contributed to classics like Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid, while helping develop CGI work on Tron. His later credits included Open Season (co-director) and The Prophet, and he earned a 1998 Tony nomination for The Lion King Broadway musical and an Oscar nomination for The Little Matchgirl. Disney CEO Bob Iger publicly praised his storytelling. He is survived by his children Leah and Aidan and his partner Genaro.

via The Hollywood Reporter|

#animation #disney #entertainment

entertainment1 month ago•2 min saved

Zootropolis 2 Reigns as Hollywood's Top Animated Box-Office Hit

Zootropolis 2 has become Hollywood's highest-grossing animated film with about $1.7 billion worldwide, surpassing Inside Out 2 and ranking as the ninth highest-grossing film ever; however, the global all-time animated leader remains China's Ne Zha 2 at roughly $2.2 billion. Released in November with a $150 million budget, the sequel follows Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde as they chase a new reptilian resident, and Disney notes it became the fastest animated Hollywood film to reach $1 billion at the global box office.

via BBC|

#animation #box-office #entertainment