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EXCLUSIVE: Korean animated film Yumi's Cells: The Movie will be released on streaming platform Rakuten Viki on July 19, after a theatrical run at the domestic box office in April. The Asian-content focused Rakuten Viki has unveiled a collaboration with Chinese video site Bilibili to bring Chinese…

UPDATED with latest: The Oscars, strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards 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, events and the like ahead as we cruise into Emmy season and look ahead to Cannes, the fall film…

EXCLUSIVE: Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor will narrate PeaKeeBoo, an animated series from UK creative studio Toikido and kids entertainment firm Cake. Set in the trees of the Flower Meadow Wood, PeaKeeBoo will follow Pea, Kee and Boo, three friends who love hide-and-seek and the sounds and visuals of…

EXCLUSIVE: Laughing Dragon Studios recently grabbed a skateboard for a Tony Hawk toon, and now the Canadian production house has switched focus to the festive season. The company has unveiled Christmas series Coal, which is due to drop in December 2025. Shaftesbury is signed up for international…

Warner Bros Discovery’s international kids content unit has reshaped, with several execs taking on expanded roles and APAC chief Christopher Ho exiting. Kids content chief Vanessa Brookman outlined the changes in the past few minutes in a note to staff seen by Deadline. She was promoted to GM of…

UPDATED with latest: Former Bob’s Burgers voice actor Jay Johnston today pleaded guilty to a federal charge stemming from his participation in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He has been charged with civil disorder, a felony. Johnston, 55, could see a maximum sentence of five years in…

SUNDAY AM WRITETHRU after Saturday AM Update: Despicable Me 4 bounced back from where we saw it earlier this weekend for a $27M Friday and $26.8M Saturday, which will result in a $75M 3-day and $122.6M 5-day. Exclaimed Universal Domestic Distribution President Jim Orr, “What a tremendous debut for…

Felonious Gru and his brood return to the big screen July 3 in Illumination and Universal Pictures’ Despicable Me 4, seven years after its predecessor and two years after spinoff prequel Minions: The Rise of Gru. Co-directors Chris Renaud and Patrick Delage touched down at the Annecy International…

UPDATED, 1:30 PM: CBS Studios has released the official trailer and key art for the second season of Star Trek: Prodigy. In the trailer we see the returns of Vau N’Akat villain Asencia (Jameela Jamil) and Starfleet Officer Commander Tysess (Daveed Diggs) to the cast. Season 2 also involves a classified…

Even though it's been nearly two months since Disney+'s X-Men '97 ended, fans are still debating what occurred in the jam-packed first season. This new iteration of X-Men continues the iconic and beloved animated series X-Men: The Animated Series that aired from 1992 to 1997. More than just a nostalgia…

After the success of the original series, it was no surprise when Adventure Time: Distant Lands came to HBO Max in 2020 to flesh out some of the stories that were left to tell. For Adam Muto though, the characters of Fionna and Cake had a bit more story left than what could be told in a 44 minute special…

Even though the end is on the horizon for Star Trek: Lower Decks, creator Mike McMahan says this experience has still felt like a miracle. When he came in with the idea for an animated Star Trek series, following the comedic adventures of lower-level officers, he was prepared to be shown the door…