“Turning Red” director and writer Domee Shi shares her favorite scene from the film in this video clip as part of Disney/Pixar’s awards season campaign.
Turning Red is one of the animated features nominated for the 2023 Oscars and 2023 Annie Awards, alongside “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” and “The Sea Beast.”
“Wendell & Wild” completes the Annie Awards Best Feature nominations, while “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” joins the Oscars nominees but competes instead in the Annies’ Best Indie Feature category against “Charlotte,” “Inu-Oh,” “Little Nicholas, Happy As Can Be” and “My Father’s Dragon.”
- Courtney
ALTANIMATION IS FILM FESTIVAL returns for its fifth event in Los Angeles, October 21-23 and October 29.
Event includes individual ticketed events for screenings and Q&As for more than a dozen feature films from around the world, with free screenings of animated shorts on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Animation is Film brings world animation to the U.S. with this year’s films from Japan, Ireland, France, China, Spain, Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, Brazil, Luxembourg, Armenia, Germany and Lithuania.
The festival also boasts sneak previews of Dreamwork’s “Puss in Boots The Last Wish” and Disney’s “Strange World.” Additionally, streaming-based films have limited runs at the festival, including Netflix’s “Wendell & Wild” and “My Father’s Dragon,” Apple’s “Luck” and Disney/Pixar’s “Turning Red.”
This year comes with an extra day, with a special “surprise screening” on the festival’s closing night, Oct. 29, instead of just one weekend of animation celebrations. While the special screening will be announced later, the first weekend’s lineup is available now at animationisfilm.com
- Courtney
THIS MONTH: Disney’s “Sketchbook” Series Premiered on Disney+, where Artists Discuss Beloved Characters While Drawing
Six artists will share personal stories, triumphs and setbacks, in a series that promises to be inspiring to aspiring animators and fans alike.
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Cricket Green “Directs” an Epic Trailer Ahead of “Big City Greens” Season Three Premiere on Disney Channel
The Green Family Farm reopens for business on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022.
Big City Greens Unveils Season 3 Key Art Ahead Of Squashed Premiere
Big City Greens Season 3 Premieres This Saturday On Disney Channel with the rest of S3A coming this fall.
Have the complete S3 Key Art Guest List Along With S3A E2-E10 airdate (And Hoping For S4 Renewal or being that potential animated DCOM Movie being BCG The Movie) announcement coming soon
This Disney’s “Big City Greens” Season 3 Key Art definitely ups the excitement for the show’s second Halloween Special, “Squashed,” airing on Saturday, October 9.
Don’t miss Tilly and Cricket’s sing-a-long short for Halloween as well, below:
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Stephanie Beatriz takes the lead as Mirabel in Disney’s ENCANTO Trailer
The musical animated feature “Encanto” follows the Madrigals, a family who lives in an enchanted house that blesses all of the members with magical gifts except Mirabel. But when the magic and home become unstable, Mirabel is more than ready to do what it takes to make things right.
The voice cast includes Stephanie Beatriz as Mirabel; María Cecilia Botero as Mirabel’s grandmother Alma aka Abuela; John Leguizamo as Bruno; Angie Cepeda and Wilmer Valderrama as Mirabel’s parents, Julieta and Agustín; and Diane Guererro and Jessica Darrow as Mirabel’s sisters, Isabela and Luisa. Also lending their voices are Carolina Gaitán and Mauro Castillo as Mirabel’s aunt and uncle, Pepa and Félix; and Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz and Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Mirabel’s cousins Dolores, Camilo and Antonio, respectively.
“Encanto” opens in theaters on November 24, 2021.
“The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder” Cast Talks About the Significance of the Original Show
To celebrate 20 years of “The Proud Family” on Disney Channel — and to add to the excitement for the new series coming to Disney+ in 2022 — revisit this classic family show with new and previous cast members Tiffany Haddish, Kyla Pratt, EJ Johnson, Lena Waithe, Normani, Gabby Douglas, Asante Blackk, Keke Palmer, Tina Knowles and Gabrielle Union.
- Courtney
Disney Renews “The Ghost and Molly McGee” For Second Season Ahead of Series Premiere
Disney TV Animation gets into the spooky spirit early (not unlike many of you!) by ordering a second season of its new original show about an overenthusiastic middle schooler making best friends with the ghost cursed to follow her.
The first season airs on the Disney Channel starting October 1, 2021.
Molly, voiced by Ashly Burch, is surrounded by a great voice cast, including Dana Snyder as Scratchy the Ghost and Jordan Klepper and Sumalee Montano as the McGee parents.
Fans of “Steven Universe” will love hearing Michaela Dietz (Amethyst) as Molly’s brother Darryl.
Guest stars for season one include:
- Kelsey Grammer (Fraiser, Storks)
- Natasha Rothwell (DuckTales)
- Greta Gerwig (Isle of Dogs)
- Yvette Nicole Brown (Community)
- Jane Lynch (Wreck-It Ralph)
- Jenifer Lewis (The Princess and the Frog)
- Danny Trejo (Maya and the Three)
- Aparna Nancherla (BoJack Horseman)
- Pamela Adlon (Milo Murphy’s Law)
- Patton Oswalt (Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.)
- D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place)
- Thomas Lennon (Jellystone)
- Jessica Keenan Wynn (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again)
- Sean Giambrone (Solar Opposites)
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Set Your Sights on “Visions,” an Anime Star Wars Anthology Coming This Fall
Enjoy the first trailer, above, for the nine-episode first season, which airs in both Japanese and English languages on Disney’s streaming service on September 22. Seven anime studios handled animation for the episodes:
- Kamikaze Douga, “The Duel”
- Geno Studio (Twin Engine), “Lop and Ochō”
- Studio Colorido (Twin Engine), “Tatooine Rhapsody”
- TRIGGER, “The Twins” and “The Elder”
- Kinema Citrus, “The Village Bride”
- Science Saru, “Akakiri” and “T0-B1”
- Production I.G., “The Ninth Jedi”
In addition to the impressive cast lists for both audio versions, StarWars.com shared an excited statement from Lucasfilm VP of Franchise Content & Strategy James Waugh — an executive producer on the project.
“Lucasfilm is partnering with seven of the most talented anime studios in Japan to bring their signature style and unique vision of the Star Wars galaxy to this inspired new series. Their stories showcase the full spectrum of bold storytelling found across Japanese animation; each told with a freshness and voice that expands our understanding of what a Star Wars story can be, and celebrates a galaxy that has been such an inspiration to so many visionary storytellers.”
- Courtney
2021 Daytime Emmy Nominees in Animation
— BY THE NUMBERS —
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Disney leads this year’s Children’s and Preschool Animation Daytime Television award nominations with 27 on its own and another eight nominees under its Hulu division for a total of 35 nominations across the board.
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In addition to Disney/Hulu’s hefty share of the nominations, animated programs from seven other studios will also compete for the awards across 18 animated categories: Netflix (20 noms), Warner Bros. (15), AppleTV+ (8), Nickelodeon (7), PBS (6), Baobab (4) and Amazon (1).
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Elena of Avalor tallied the most nominations of any children’s or preschool show with eight: OUTSTANDING PERFORMER IN A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM (x2, with Mark Hamill and Patrick Warburton both nominated); OUTSTANDING WRITING TEAM; OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION AND COMPOSITION; OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG; OUTSTANDING CASTING; OUTSTANDING EDITING and OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING.
View the full list of Daytime Emmy Nominees at theemmys.tv.