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Donghoe Kim Talks the Multi-Buzzes of ‘Toy Story 5’

The Pixar animator breaks down the Presto tools, crowd workflow, and character variations behind the film’s hive-minded Buzz Lightyear toy units, and how he balanced efficiency with the personality director Andrew Stanton wanted onscreen.

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Paxton Andrews Talks ‘Toy Story 5’ Voice Acting and the Value of Small Roles

From riffing with a just met scene partner to a cut joke about donuts, the 11-year-old actor shares about recording ADR with director Andrew Stanton, improvising lines, and every part is important.

What’s Beyond Infinity and Beyond? ANIMATIONWorld

‘Toy Story 5’: Playtime Will Never Be the Same

By Dan Sarto | Friday, June 19, 2026 at 4:44am

Director Andrew Stanton, co-director Kenna Harris, and producer Lindsey Collins discuss how they arrived at their film’s ‘technological’ playtime threat, Lilypad, and the uneasy question driving Pixar’s fifth ‘Toy Story’ outing: what happens when toys stop being needed? In theaters today, June 19.

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Pixar Drops 3 ‘Toy Story 5’ Clips

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 12:03pm

Woody has let things go a bit… while Jessie meets her first ‘device,’ as the fight for playtime begins... 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 making friends; in theaters June 19.

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Pixar Drops Final ‘Toy Story 5’ Trailer, Reveals New Guest Voices

By Dan Sarto | Friday, May 29, 2026 at 8:09am

The fight for playtime begins.. 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; Bad Bunny and Alan Cumming join the cast for special cameos; in theaters June 19.

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Exclusive: ‘In Your Dreams: Breakfast Town and FX How-To Breakdowns

By Dan Sarto | Friday, March 6, 2026 at 9:55am

Go behind-the-scenes with VFX supervisor Nicola Lavender to learn about how the sophisticated sand, water simulations, and destruction, along with the surreal, cartoony donut and cereal-filled scenes were created by Sony Pictures Imageworks on Netflix and director Alex Woo’s hit feature, now streaming.

Dare to be bad! ANIMATIONWorld

‘The Bad Guys 2’: It’s Still Hard to be Bad at Being Good

Director Pierre Perifel, co-director JP Sans, and VFX supervisor Matt Baer discuss their animated comedy sequel, recently nominated for 5 Annies and 3 VES Awards, about our favorite now reformed animal felons getting hijacked into a huge heist by a new team of criminals.

Don’t You Wish… ANIMATIONWorld

Re-VIEW: ‘In Your Dreams’ – Learning to Face the Unknown

Alex Woo’s colorful and vibrant animated adventure features a young girl trying to get the Sandman to fix her parents’ fraying marriage, only to conjure up the fearful reality she’s trying to avoid – a broken family; now streaming on Netflix.

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Exclusive: Netflix Drops ‘In Your Dreams: Behind the Animation’ Featurette

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 10:40am

Director Alex Woo and stars Simu Liu, Cristin Milioti, and Craig Robinson go behind-the-scenes to share insights on production design, character design, and the vivid, colorful and ‘dreamy’ worlds of the hit feature, now streaming.

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Join AWN and Alex Woo for an ‘In Your Dreams’ Screening at Netflix Animation Studios

By Dan Sarto | Friday, November 28, 2025 at 8:45am

You’re invited to come watch and enjoy the all-new animated comedy, followed by a Q&A with the director/writer and reception, on Wednesday, December 3 at 7:00 pm in Burbank!

Don’t You Wish… ANIMATIONWorld

Creating the Grounded Fantasy World of ‘In Your Dreams'

By Dan Sarto | Monday, November 17, 2025 at 5:37pm

For director Alex Woo, production designer Steve Pilcher, and VFX supervisor Nicola Lavender, anchoring their animated film with an emotional story about a child trying to keep their family from breaking apart gave its dream world both meaningful and believable stakes; now streaming on Netflix.

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‘In Your Dreams’: Where Order and Chaos Lead to Connection

Writer/Director Alex Woo, Production Designer Steve Pilcher, VFX Supervisor Nicola Lavender, and Head of Character Animation Sacha Kapijimpanga discuss their heartfelt sibling story that blends meticulous attention to detail with spontaneous ‘happy accidents;’ streaming November 14 on Netflix.

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Netflix Drops ‘In Your Dreams’ Trailer and Images

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 9:24am

Who doesn’t love a snarky stuffed giraffe? The 3DCG comedy about 2 siblings who journey into the absurd landscape of their own dreams to ask the Sandman to grant them their ultimate wish stars Simu Liu, Cristin Milioti, and Craig Robinson; streams November 14.

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Enter for Chance to Win ‘The Bad Guys 2’ Cast-Signed Sketch Print

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 11:18am

In support of the DreamWorks Animation comedy’s home entertainment release, the studio will send one lucky U.S.-based winner a special fan package that includes the print along with a film digital code, branded notebook, water bottle and other goodies.

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Netflix Drops ‘In Your Dreams’ Teaser Trailer, Poster

The 3DCG comedy about 2 siblings who journey into the absurd landscape of their own dreams to find the Sandman, who will grant them their ultimate wish, stars Simu Liu, Cristin Milioti, and Craig Robinson; streams November 14.

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Going Good Ain’t Easy in New ‘The Bad Guys 2’ Trailer

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 9:08am

It’s tough to be good when everyone knows how bad you’ve been in DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming animated comedy about a crackerjack crew of animal outlaws, now-reformed, who get hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals: The Bad Girls; in theaters August 1.

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‘Big Mouth’ Final Season Trailer Shows the Kids Coming into Their Own

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 11:31am

After 8 seasons and more than 689 masturbation jokes, the ground-breaking Netflix adult animated comedy from Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg hits the streamer with one last set of raunchy new episodes on May 23.

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Netflix Announces ‘Mating Season’ Animated Rom-Com from ‘Big Mouth’ Team

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 10:26am

Set in the animal world with a cast of bears, raccoons, deer, foxes and other ‘horny, lovable forest critters,’ and produced at Titmouse, the show will stream in 2026.   

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Cynthia Erivo, Holly Hunter, and Steve Buscemi Join ‘Big Mouth’ Final Season

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 12:04pm

With an impressive guest cast that also includes Kristen Wiig, Ali Wong, and Chloe Fineman, Season 8 of Netflix’s Emmy Award-winning animated comedy, which follows the Bridgeton teens dealing with puberty’s glorious nightmare… now as highschoolers, streams May 23.

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Netflix Announces ‘In Your Dreams’ Cast

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 10:45am

Golden Globe nominee Cristin Milioti joins Simu Liu and Craig Robinson in the animated comedy adventure about siblings who journey into the absurd landscape of their own dreams to find the Sandman, who will grant them their ultimate wish; streams this Fall.

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The Felons Return in ‘The Bad Guys 2’ Trailer

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 1:10pm

Everyone’s favorite bad guys kind of gone good are back in DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming animated comedy about a crackerjack crew of animal outlaws, now-reformed, who get hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals: The Bad Girls; coming summer 2025.

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A Long Time Coming: ‘Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie’

For star Carolyn Lawrence, who has voiced the spunky sea-dwelling squirrel since 1999, along with director Liza Johnson and ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ showrunners Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller, talks over countless years of giving SpongeBob’s spunky friend her own film never bore fruit… until they finally did; debuts August 2 on Netflix.

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Netflix Drops ‘Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie’ Trailer

The 3DCG animated adventure follows Sandy Cheeks and SpongeBob SquarePants as they head to Texas to save Bikini Bottom from a villainous plot; debuts August 2.

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Edward James Olmos Joins ‘Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’ Season 2

The Oscar-nominated actor voices bad guy villain Molecule Man in the next season of the Marvel comic-inspired animated series that follows 13-year-old super-genius Lunella Lafayette and her 10-ton T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur, who accidentally travels through time to present-day New York City.

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