Actor Hank Azaria has expanded on his reasons for no longer voicing the character of Kwik-E-Mart proprietor Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on the animated series The Simpsons.
In a long New York Timesinterview with culture writer Dave Itzkoff, Azaria said that voicing the character “just didn’t feel right” after criticisms…
Emmy-writing writer Mo Willems is bringing his work to the small screen. In a competitive situation, HBO Max has signed an exclusive, multi-year deal with Willems, establishing the beloved children’s author as HBO Max’s first artist in residence. As part of the two-year deal, HBO Max has acquired streaming rights to…
Quibi has given a green light to Micro Mayhem, a stop-motion animated series from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and eOne.
Created and executive produced by Eric Towner (Robot Chicken), Micro Mayhem is a series of over-the-top shorts where the cars are the characters. Inspired by the original Micro Mayhem viral short created…
EXCLUSIVE: Broad City alum Abbi Jacobson has been tapped to voice Katie Mitchell, one of the lead roles in the animated family comedy The Mitchells Vs The Machines, which is set up at Sony Pictures Animation with Oscar winners Phil Lord and Christopher Miller attached to produce along with Kurt Albrecht.
Slated for a…
Nickelodeon handed renewals to a brace of series today, including second seasons of Are You Afraid of the Dark? and The Casagrandes.
The network also ordered 10 more episodes of the first season of the revived All That.
Coming back for more in 2020-21 are veteran kids series PAW Patrol, Bubble Guppies, Blaze and the…
They’re not brothers in real life, but they are brothers-in-arms in the new Pixar film Onward. That’s why it was a particular delight to see Tom Holland surprise Chris Pratt on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with a good, old-fashioned walk-on.
During a segment in which Pratt was taking audience questions, a planted Holland showed…
Netflix has set an all-star voice cast for Masters of the Universe: Revelation, its upcoming anime series based on He-Man, Skeletor, Teela and the other classic characters of the Masters of the Universe franchise.
Masters of the Universe: Revelation, produced by Mattel Television, will focus on the unresolved…
Nickelodeon is bolstering its executive team in its Animation Studio headquarters. Hired in the newly created senior positions are former Fox Animation executive Darlene Caamaño Loquet as SVP of Nickelodeon Movies; former 20th Century Fox TV SVP casting Liz Paulson as SVP of Nickelodeon Animation Casting & Talent…
Netflix and Spin Master Entertainment are all aboard on Mighty Express, a CG-animated series for preschoolers from the creator of PAW Patrol. Set to start streaming in September, the series features an ensemble cast of trains and kids in an expansive world with amazing adventures.
Created by Keith Chapman, who created…
Parasite and Pixar’s Toy Story 4 were expected to be respectable also-rans when it was time to hand out the Oscars for Best Picture and Best Animated Feature Film, respectively, but instead but they ran off with the trophies in surprise upsets.
Parasite‘s Best Picture win was a stunner that puts the 92nd Academy…
Disney and Pixar’sToy Story 4 won the Oscar on Sunday for Best Animated Feature, upsetting the field including Laika’s Missing Link and Netflix’s Klaus that had been taking precursor awards most of the season.
It’s hard to call the victory an upset when it comes to Pixar and its flagship franchise — Toy Story…
UPDATED with Netflix details: Aardman Animations is cooking up a Christmas caper for Shaun the Sheep, which is set to premiere on BBC One in 2021. Netflix has also picked up the animation title in the U.S., Latin America, Spain, CIS and Greece.
A Winter's Tale From Shaun the Sheep (working title) will follow Shaun as…
