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Why Can't an Animated Film Be Nominated for Best Director at the Oscars? ScreenCrush editor Mike Sampson laments snubs for Charlie Kaufman, Pete Docter. NYICFF Kids...

Hybrid Nicktoons Feature Rumored in Works

In what may just be mounting rumor mill excitement over reports that Nickelodeon is considering reviving some of its classic, fan-favorite cartoons, the latest...

Disney TV Animation Appoints Key Execs

Following up Disney Television Animation's most successful year ever, the company has made several key executive appointments to help further the content development pipelines...

WB Plans All-Animated ‘Scooby’ Flick

Warner Bros. has announced plans to produce an animated feature take on Hanna-Barbera's classic toon Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?. Tony Cervone, whose toon town...

Robert Rodriguez Tapped to Direct Live-Action ‘Jonny Quest’

Warner Bros. has brought on action helmer Robert Rodriguez to co-write and direct its live-action feature adaptation of the cult hit Hanna-Barbera adventure toon...

Batman, Super Friends Toys Inspire Toons

Warner Bros. Consumer Products, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation will be unleashing a wave of animated content inspired by two hit toy lines...

‘Steven Universe’ Is the Jewel of Week’s DVDs

It's kind of a slow week on the ol' home entertainment release calendar -- unless you have been awaiting the fourth Scorpion King outing...

Len Uhley to Receive WGA Animation Award

Veteran television animation writer Len Uhley (Ben 10, Static Shock, Duck Tales) is set receive the Writers Guild of America, West Animation Writers Caucus'...

20 Films Enter the Best Animated Feature Oscar Race

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced that 20 films have been submitted for consideration in the Best Animated Feature category...

Lord and Miller Writing ‘Lego Movie’ Sequel

The LEGO Movie scripters and directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have officially signed on to write the sequel. The collaborators, who also wrote and...

WB Bets Big on LEGO, DC, Rowling

Warner Bros. is betting big on franchises, announcing an ambitious slate of movies based on DC Comics, LEGO and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter spinoff...

‘Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab’ To Debut in 2015

Genius Brands International announces the U.S. television premiere of its animated children's series Thomas Edison's Secret Lab (26 x 30) will come to national...

Uncut ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Anniversary Edition Arrives

In celebration of the silver anniversary of Masamune Shirow's original manga, Anchor Bay Entertainment is releasing Ghost in the Shell: 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray...

Penguins of Madagascar Accept ALS Ice Mission

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has taken over social media, and animation is getting in the spirit of the fund-raising fun. Over on Facebook, the...

WB Dates Two More ‘LEGO’ Flicks

Critics and audiences went nuts for Phil Lord and Chris Miller's The LEGO Movie earlier this year, thanks to hilariously fresh spins on the...

First ‘Five Armies’ Trailer Debuts

Warner Bros. has unveiled the first trailer for Peter Jackson's final entry in the saga of Middle-earth, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five...

LEGO ‘Ninjago’ Movie Coming in 2016

'Tis the season for major animated motion-picture date disclosures! Warner Bros. has announced the release date for its spin-off from The LEGO Movie ($460.8...

WB Extends Animation Slate to 2018

Warner Bros., buoyed by the box office smash hit The LEGO Movie, has announced plans to up its animated features game, with two as-yet...

WB Plans 9 DC Movies With Snyder Set on ‘Justice League’

Warner Bros. is getting serious about catching up with Marvel, with a reported nine DC Comics features in development. The studio confirmed over the weekend...

‘Jungle’ Tales Set to Grow Disc Libraries

A vintage Disney animated feature gets the Diamond Edition release this week with the home video re-release of The Jungle Book (Disney, $29.99 DVD,...
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