UPDATED with new trailer: Disney today released the second trailer for Hoppers, the latest feature toon from Pixar, and revealed a slew of new additions to its voice cast including Oscar queen Meryl Streep, Ego Nwodim and Dave Franco. Watch the new clip above and the first one below. Kathy…

UPDATED with latest: The Emmys are history, and film awards season is taking shape — time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows and nominations dates ahead. Check back often for updates. November 24: International Emmy Awards December 1…

Are you ready, kids (and grownups)? It’s time to revisit Bikini Bottom and its underwater inhabitants with the first trailer The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. Long ago, we’re told, one sailor fell under a wicked curse. The only way to lift this curse is to find the world’s most…

EXCLUSIVE: KPop Demon Hunters took the world by storm this year, becoming near ubiquitous, but the girl band won't be putting in an appearance at the BAFTA Film Awards. Although the Sony Animation-produced Netflix smash is eligible to vie for Oscars, it has been ruled ineligible by the British…

Leo Matsuda, the Japanese-Brazilian filmmaker at the helm of Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and New Line’s Hello Kitty movie, has signed with Verve for representation. Recently, Matsuda’s Hello Kitty has been slated for release on July 21, 2028. There’s no word yet on the plot of the film…

EXCLUSIVE: Winston Duke (Black Panther films) and LaKeith Stanfield (Roofman) have signed on for roles in Slime, the dystopian animated feature marking the feature debut of Sundance prize-winner Jeron Braxton. As previously announced, Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi and Willow Smith lead the cast, also…

EXCLUSIVE: Rita Ora and Ella Purnell have been unveiled for the lead voice cast roles of Harald Zwart's animated viking girls adventure ViQueens as Sola Media gear up to launch sales at the AFM. Billed as a high-energy adventure-comedy, ViQueens follows two fearless Viking girls, Ingrid…

H.E.R., Liza Soberano, Lea Salonga, Dave Franco, Manny Jacinto and Jenny Slate are booking a trip to DreamWorks Animation’s Forgotten Island. The action-adventure comedy directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado centers on lifelong best friends forgetting about themselves. Jo (H.E.R.) and…

EXCLUSIVE: After the Backyard Sports video games were revived last year, the beloved franchise has scored its first ever animated adaptation. Playground Productions, an upstart company run by former teacher Lindsay Barnett, secured the rights in an unusual way (see below) and is now launching an…

Netflix has unveiled the trailer for Phil Johnston’s The Twits, the animated adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children's book, ahead of its release on October 17. The feature, directed and cowritten by Oscar-nominated Johnston (Ralph Breaks the Internet, Zootopia and Wreck-It Ralph), marks the…

EXCLUSIVE: Smiling Friends creators Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel and producer Aron Fromm have teamed to launch Zam Studios, a new Los Angeles-based independent animation studio. Zam will focus on high quality animation, VFX, production and post-production of all types, according to Cusack…

Celine Dion and Omar Sy have been announced alongside Benjamin Lavernhe, Antoine de Caunes, Clémence Poésy, Pom Klementieff and Alain Chabat for the French-language voice cast of High in the Clouds. Adapted from McCartney's eponymous 2005 children's book, the 3D animated family film follows the…