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UPDATED, 6:02 PM: The second and final season of Arcane has a premiere date. The conclusion will kick off in three acts. The first batch of episodes drop November 9. Act Two is set for November 16, and the final act of the series will be released on November 23. Additional There’s also a new…

UPDATED with latest: The Emmys and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows and nominations dates ahead as we cruise into Oscar season. Check back often for updates. September 19: International Emmy…

EXCLUSIVE: Sycamore Studios, the recently launched kids and family animation studio from former Participant exec Christian McGuigan and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Timothy Reckart, has made Cooper Waterman a Partner and appointed him to the role of Head of Production and Distribution. “Cooper brings a…

Netflix’s animated adaptation of the Wereworld books is finally getting closer, with teaser and new title unveiled as part of the streamer’s Geeked Week. Airing next year, Wereworld will now be called Wolf King. The project has been in the offing for a while, having first been announced as part of an…

The eighth theatrical film in Paramount and Hasbro’s Transformers series, Transformers One returns to the property's purely animated roots. Yet, the story has more humanity than the films that co-star human actors, and ultimately makes you feel the operatic tragedy of Megatron. In the early days of…

Spawned from the New York Times No. 1 bestseller by Peter Brown that managed to speak to multiple generations, not just kids, DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot proves to be a real gem in the genre that likely will become a classic, and no doubt bring…

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, the sixth installment in the Wallace & Gromit stop-motion franchise from Aardman Animations, is set to world premiere on the closing day of AFI Fest, screening at the TCL Chinese Theatre, as part of the festival’s Red Carpet Premieres section, on October 27. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Snipple Animation has hired sales exec Mike Hegarty, as it plans to expand its studio production offer in the UK and North America. The company, which has a studio facility in the Philippines and a UK office, wants to build out what it can provide partners on 2D animated series, from early…

Netflix and BBC unveiled a first-look at a new addition to the Wallace & Gromit universe today, Norbot the Smart Gnome. Voiced by Reece Shearsmith, Norbot joins as Wallace’s latest invention in the newest installment of the series, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. “We are delighted to introduce…

EXCLUSIVE: Azuki, a recently launched company looking to establish itself as a disruptor in anime, has hired show biz veterans Mark Goffman and Jessica Turner for roles as Consulting Executive Producer and Head of Franchise Development, respectively. Goffman and Turner will help oversee the…

New Line on Thursday rolled out the first trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, its anime taking place 183 years before the events of the live-action LOTR trilogy, which is likewise based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien. Starring Succession‘s Brian Cox, Gaia Wise (A Walk in the Wo…

Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator of Netflix's long-running series BoJack Horseman, is back at the streamer with another animated comedy, Long Story Short. The order comes 10 years to the day that Netflix launched BoJack Horseman, which ran for six seasons, ending in 2020. Related…