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The new SVP will oversee development, creative and production for adult and kids animated television series and digital content, reporting to President and Chief Content Officer Robbie Brenner.

Submissions are now being accepted for the Pulcinella Awards 2026 being awarded at the International Festival of Animation and Transmedia that takes place in Pescara, Italy May 27-30.

The visual generative AI platform announced its latest availability across major creative tools, including the leading 2D animation software platform.

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ also nabs awards at yesterday’s 2026 EE British Academy Film Awards gala, along with ‘Boong’ and ‘Two Black Boys in Paradise.’

Streamer picks up Arturo and Roy Ambriz’s Annie Award-nominated film about an ignored 19^th-century writer who must confront the monsters she created in her subconscious to restore the balance between fiction and reality; global 2026 release set.

From animator Christina Fidler, the 3-part series follows 2 co-dependent 20-somethings as they desperately look outward towards the spirits and stars for validation.

Extinction… not again! The toys are back in town, but this time, they face a ‘technological threat’ in Lilypad, a frog-shaped smart tablet with disruptive ideas about what’s best for their kid, Bonnie; newfangled gadgets go head-to-head with Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang, making their jobs that much harder; in theaters June 19.

All-new 8-minute ‘Roarball Roundup’ featurette debuts alongside the free, 4-lesson emotional resilience program designed to help students build confidence and navigate emotions, inspired by the hit animated feature.

To celebrate the 65th Anniversary of ‘The Yogi Bear Show,’ the network will air episodes of the show on February 22 along with the 1964 feature, ‘Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear.’

The network orders a new quarter-hour animated TV series centered on a man’s daily decision between his PT Cruiser and Mini-Cooper; Green Street Pictures produces.

Ariel Winter returns as Princess Sofia in the new preschool series set in the world of ‘Sofia the First;’ premieres this May.

Oni Press’ 208-page biography by Angélique Roché, with artists Alvin Epps, Millicent Monroe and Bex Glendining, chronicles the ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’s decades-long fight to officially recognize American emancipation as a national holiday; now on-sale.