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December 2025

December 20, 2025

Ginnifer Goodwin Credits ‘Zootopia 2’ Success to Community

On her second round as Judy Hopps, the protagonist in “Zootopia 2,” actress Ginnifer Goodwin...

December 19, 2025

Highly-Anticipated ‘David’ Animated Musical Releases Today

“David,” the long-awaited animated musical from Angel Studios, released today. Analysts are predicting a record-breaking...

September 2025

September 03, 2025

‘Light of the World’ Presents Gospel in Classic 2D Animation

“Light of the World,” a new animated film releasing Sept. 5, aims to introduce the...

July 2025

July 29, 2025

Animated Redemption: ‘The Bad Guys 2’ and Second Chances

The newest entry in the animated action series, "The Bad Guys 2," directed by Pierre...

July 23, 2025

Animated ‘The Mythmakers’ to Explore Tolkien/Lewis Bond

Filmmaker Aaron Burns, founder of Burns & Co., announced today that his studio has optioned...

September 2024

September 27, 2024

Movie Review: In “The Wild Robot,” Love Forges a Community

DreamWorks Animation has raised the bar with its latest film, “The Wild Robot,” an adaptation...

September 23, 2024

Chris Sanders Talks Compassion, Growth in ‘The Wild Robot’

Based on the award-winning and New York Times bestselling book by Peter Brown, the animated...

December 2022

December 02, 2022

‘The Wingfeather Saga’ Creators Reflect on the ‘Team Effort’ Behind New Animated Series

As “The Wingfeather Saga” animated series debuts this weekend, author Andrew Peterson sees the culmination...

August 2022

August 04, 2022

‘Luck’ Director Peggy Holmes on Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Deep Themes of New Film

In the new AppleTV+ film “Luck,” the unlucky-in-life Sam enters a mythical world of leprechauns,...

June 2021

June 04, 2021

‘Spirit Untamed’ Director Elaine Bogan Talks Deeper Themes of New Animated Film

For her first full-length animated feature film, Elaine Bogan (“Dreamworks Dragons,” “Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia”)...

June 03, 2021

In New ‘Spirit Untamed’ Film, Young Girls Discover Friendship, Adventure

In the new animated film, “Spirit Untamed,” a trio of girls discover adventure and unlikely...

November 2020

November 25, 2020

The Stone-Age Family Grapples with Forbidden Fruit in “The Croods: A New Age”

Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, and Cloris Leachman return in Joel Crawford’s animated sequel

October 2020

October 09, 2020

Famed Animator Tony Bancroft on ‘Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs,’ Career, and Faith

The creator of classic Disney characters Iago, Krunk, Cogworth, and Pumbaa talks about the new...

April 2019

April 19, 2019

TRAILER: Beauty Redefined in Animated Musical ‘Ugly Dolls’

New animated film spreads positive message of accepting one another's imperfections.

September 2018

September 28, 2018

Smallfoot’s Karey Kirkpatrick and Lessons From Animated “Parables”

Prolific animated writer and director says latest Bigfoot adventure delivers important message about acceptance

June 2018

June 13, 2018

TRAILER: The New Dumbo Will Tug At Your Heartstrings

New preview offers first glimpse of live-action remake of 1941 animated Disney classic.

June 12, 2018

TRAILER: ‘Smallfoot’ Starring Lebron James, Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya

Animated take on the Bigfoot legend hits theaters on September 28, 2018 from Warner Bros....

November 2017

November 15, 2017

Timothy Reckart, Director of ‘The Star’: Great Things Come In Humble Appearances

Timothy Reckart is the director of the new Sony Animation/AFFIRM Films release, The Star, arriving...

November 15, 2016

TRAILER: Disney’s New ‘Beauty and the Beast’

More footage from live-action update of 1991 animated classic featured in new preview.