When it came to animated movies in 2025, the key takeaway was that franchise films were safe bets, while animated originals – at least theatrically – were potential minefields. This […]
Climate Change Animation ‘Black Butterflies’ Has Conquered Spain and Latin America — Now It Hopes to Take Flight in the U.S.
It took Spanish filmmaker David Baute over 10 years to craft his latest feature, Black Butterflies (Mariposas Negras), and the reception so far has been worth every minute of hard […]
Box Office Domination: ‘Zootopia 2’ Gobbles 0$1B Globally Faster Than Any PG-Rated Pic in History
As all of Hollywood frets over the future of theatrical amid the proposed Netflix-Warner Bros. merger, the stunning performance of Disney’s critical and audience darling Zootopia 2 underscores that moviegoers will turn out […]
Animation Fuels China’s Box Office Surge
As delegates from China’s film industry gathered in Bangkok for this year’s CineAsia (Dec. 8-11), they carried with them something that had been in short supply the past few years: […]
‘Smiling Friends’ Creators on Season 3 Lessons and Why Fans Misinterpret Certain Scenes
The creators and voice stars behind the cult-favorite Adult Swim animated series Smiling Friends are happy to have found their groove. Smiling Friends aired its season three finale Sunday, focusing […]
‘The Twits’ Review: Netflix’s Animated Roald Dahl Adaptation Goes From Grossly Generic to Surprisingly Political
While some young Roald Dahl fans, like me, preferred the cozy creepiness of The Witches or the weird whimsy of James and the Giant Peach, other readers were decidedly Twits […]
Netflix’s ‘Pookoo’ Changes Title to ‘Swapped’ and Other Updates From Skydance Animation Madrid
The state of play and outlook for Skydance Animation Madrid was in focus on Thursday, the third day of the fifth edition of Iberseries & Platino Industria in Madrid, Spain. The studio, now part […]