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Oni Press has released a collection of the first 5 issues of the famed cartoonist’s self-published pulp fiction action-adventure series in hardcover, which is now available.

The 20-episode 2D animated show, from Mattel Studios, launches June 19 on the Mattel Adventures YouTube channel, with weekly releases planned through November 20.

Programming includes four days of workshops, assemblies, and cross-border forums spanning funding, AI, sustainability, co-production export, sales, and regional pitching, with a new Annecy European Animation Summit anchoring the week as professionals look for shared answers to industry change.

The award-winning comedian and actress boards the upcoming original animated film, starring Ali Wong, Amada Seyfried, Stephanie Hsu, and Bette Midler, that reimagines the roles of Cinderella’s supposedly ‘evil’ stepsisters in the classic fairytale.

The AI and language solutions company’s 2 divisions will now operate as The Mill, bringing together film and series VFX, brand content production, localization, and AI-enabled production services under one organization.

That’ll do, donkay indeed! DreamWorks Animation has just dropped the first glimpse of their highly anticipated new comedy, with returning stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz joined by Zendaya, Marcello Hernandez and Skyler Gisondo; in theaters Summer 2027.

Julien Bisaro and Claire Paoletti’s animated family feature follows a young blue penguin who unexpectedly becomes guardian of an echidna egg; release planned for 2028.

The Animation Branch welcomes back Jinko Gotoh and Bonnie Arnold, with Paul Debevec returning to the Visual Effects Branch and Guillermo del Toro joining the Directors Branch for the first time. 

We meet unleashed villain GOOMI – don’t ask what that stands for – and take an odd limo ride… the latest chapter in ‘Minions’ cinematic silliness finds the gang saving the planet from the silly monsters they just let loose; Pierre Coffin directs, Brian Lynch writes, and it hits theaters July 1.

4^th edition of the program names 5 winners named across Fiction, Non-Fiction, Animation, Student and Future Format categories, selected from a shortlist of 30 films.

Steve Carrell, Danny DeVito and Donna Langley joined the June 10 ceremony honoring the ‘Despicable Me’ and ‘Super Mario Bros.’ franchise producer, one of animation’s most prominent and successful studio leaders

Here Kitty Kitty! Mark Ruffalo and Laurence Fishburne join the feline voice cast of the studio’s next original animated feature, helmed by ‘Luca’ director Enrico Casarosa; hits theaters on March 5, 2027.