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Adult Swim SMALLS Sets ‘Archaeologists’ Series Premiere

In the upcoming set of animated shorts from Brooklyn-based comedy group Simple Town, 5 archaeologists must tolerate each other’s eccentricities while digging in the desert; first episode hits November 7.

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Disney+ Drops ‘Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol’ Trailer

The popular animated franchise returns after a decade with its 4th holiday special, new shorts, an official single, and a limited-edition Toddland merchandise collection; show streams November 28.

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Telstra, Nexus Studios Team for ‘Together Builds Better’ Stop-Mo Spot

Directed by Johnny Kelly and created in partnership with +61 and Bear Meets Eagle on Fire, the commercial features the animators’ visible hands for a ‘behind-the-scenes’ feel.

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Phantom Digital Effects Consolidates Studios into Phantom Media Group

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 4:26pm

Milk and Lola Post join the previously acquired Tippett Studio, PhantomFX, and Spectre Post under the new PMG creative collective; each studio will retain its approach and creative leadership, ensuring consistent experiences for clients across film, episodic, commercial and immersive content.

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Teaser Drops for ‘Baahubali: The Eternal War – Part 1’ Animated Feature

The upcoming 3D epic from director Ishan Shukla serves as a spin-off of the original 2 ‘Baahubali’ live-action movies; the film, from Aniventure, Zaratan, Alcyde and Arka Productions, releases in 2027.

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The Animation Showcase Launches 2025 Best Short Film Collection

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 11:25am

The leading platform for showcasing top animated properties has made its latest selection of award-winning shorts and awards season contenders available for free to industry professionals.

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Viva Kids Acquires ‘Charlie the Wonderdog’ Starring Owen Wilson

Ahead of AFM, the animation studio announces the film’s pickup; the superpooch story is now set for a wide theatrical release in North America on January 16, 2026.

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‘Murmuration’ Takes Best Animation Award at 2025 SCAD Savannah Film Festival

By Dan Sarto | Monday, November 3, 2025 at 4:25pm

‘Snow Bear,’ ‘Dragfox,’ ‘Playing God,’ and ‘Inside, The Valley Sings’ also take home wins; Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ named the Audience Award Winner at event, which ran October 24-31.

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Luminopia, Crunchyroll Team for Pediatric Lazy Eye Content Library

The digital health company has added anime content to its platform, which specializes in a VR treatment, rather than eye patching, that encourages the brain to use both eyes together.

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New Animated Short ‘Disarm,’ Set After 2021 Atlanta Spa Shooting, Seeks Funding

Running through November 6, the film’s Seed&Spark campaign offers supporters a tiered set of incentives; the film, which addresses anti-Asian hate, is slated for submission to festivals in 2026.

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Freefolk Promotes Harin Hirani to VFX Supervisor

In his new dual role, which also includes Head of 3D, the artist will collaborate closely with Head of Film and Episodic Steve Murgatroyd and VFX Executive Producer Meg Guidon.

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Strange Beast, Passion Pictures Announce BFI-Backed ‘Hag’

The animated short, a dark comedy, stars Charlotte Ritchie and is directed by Anna Ginsburg; it explores breakups, impending doom, and the monstrous pressures of modern womanhood.

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Keanu Reeves and Tim Miller Teaming Up on ‘Shiver’ Sci-Fi Feature

The pair, who recently worked together on Prime Video’s ‘Secret Level’ anthology short ‘Asset Management,’ are attached to the film about a smuggler who is double-crossed on the Caribbean Sea; Warner Bros. is in talks to acquire.

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The Action Goes Way Past Eleven in ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Trailer

By Dan Sarto | Friday, October 31, 2025 at 4:06pm

Though Netflix won’t be serving any Vecna until Thanksgiving, the latest full helping of a series trailer makes for quite the meal… it does not disappoint, with chills, thrills… and the return of Will (singular).

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Universal Drops ‘Wicked: For Good – Epic Conclusion’ Featurette

By Dan Sarto | Friday, October 31, 2025 at 1:05pm

Join director Jon M. Chu and stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as they go behind the scenes to walk audiences through stages, sets, stunts and wardrobes from the… yes, the epic conclusion of the 2-part musical fantasy adventure; hits theaters November 21.

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Exclusive: Viva Pictures Shares ‘Grand Prix of Europe – Edda’s First Race’ Clip

By Dan Sarto | Friday, October 31, 2025 at 11:35am

The folks behind ‘Night of the Zoopacalypse’ and ‘Pets on a Train’ tease their new animated family adventure about a young mouse who dreams of racing glory… and gets a chance at the ride of her life: in theaters November 7.

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A Tale of 2 Chainsaw Men

As ‘Chainsaw Man: The Movie – Reze Arc’ proves it’s not just ‘Demon Slayer’ that can storm the U.S. box office, anime columnist Andrew Osmond looks over the franchise on both big and small screens.

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Ella Purnell and Rita Ora Board ‘ViQueens’ Animated Feature

By Dan Sarto | Friday, October 31, 2025 at 8:44am

Directed by Harald Zwart (‘The Karate Kid,’ ‘Agent Cody Banks’) the 3DCG comedy adventure about 2 fearless Viking girls returning a stowaway boy to China is set to release in late 2026; teaser to be unveiled by Sola Media at AFM.

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Toei Animation Reveals ‘One Piece’ Anime Series Production Changes

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 5:34pm

The epic show, based on Eiichiro Oda’s manga, will cut back the maximum number of new annual episodes to 26 starting in April 2026, broken into 2 different parts (cours) of up to 13 each.

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Webs, Dewclaws and Barn Builds: Behind the Making of ‘Charlotte’s Web’

For showrunner Luke Matheny and director Yurie Rocha, ‘getting it right’ on certain key visual elements was critical in their 3-part 3DCG adaptation of E.B. White’s classic book about the loving bond between a gentle pig and a wise, selfless spider determined to save his life; now streaming on HBO Max.

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‘The Turning Door’ Animated Feature Gets Underway, Announces Cast

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 11:55am

Oscar winner Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl), Jamie Dornan (Belfast), Jodie Turner-Smith (Tron: Ares), Oscar-nominated Bill Nighy (Living) and Emmy winner Gillian Anderson (Sex Education) have boarded Nicholas Ashe Bateman’s upcoming family fantasy, now in production.

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Hulu Renews ‘King of the Hill’ for Seasons 16 and 17

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 10:12am

Mike Judge and Greg Daniels’ Emmy and Annie Award-winning comedy gets a 20-episode order after its successful return this past August for the first of 2 new seasons on the streamer.

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