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Pop superstar Justin Bieber on Tuesday shared a first look at his animated screen persona as the title star of Cupid, the Hellenic musical epic currently in production at Mythos Studios in Los Angeles. Have a look below. When Bieber shared the somewhat doleful image of his feather-winged archer with all 121 million of…

The Simpsons took the opportunity to poke fun at Disney’s long-awaited new streaming service Disney+ just hours before it launched. As the Fox animation’s opening titles sweep past a billboard outside Springfield Elementary School, the advertisement often features a gag relating to a character in the show. Sunday…

After collaborating with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg on 2016 animated comedy Sausage Party, Conrad Vernon got a chance to pitch his unique take on The Addams Family, a classic property which he had a strong personal affinity for, ever since childhood. Reteaming with director Greg Tiernan on the project, Vernon knew…

Channel 4 has pulled forward the UK premiere of season four of Rick And Morty after fans voiced their displeasure at the original broadcast plans. Channel 4 had planned to show Adult Swim’s animated series from January next year, but will now begin broadcasting the program from November 20 at 10PM on youth channel…

Serving as Head of Story at Pixar Animation Studios, Kristen Lester recently got to write and direct her first animated short with Purl, a timely and topical short inspired by Lester's challenging journey in animation. The short centers on a hardworking and open-hearted ball of yarn who takes a job at a fast-paced…

With her first animated short, Mind My Mind, Floor Adams hoped to offer a glimpse into the mind of a person living with autism, who relies on social scripts to make his way through the world. A film about "how having a brain that is wired differently affects your social life, and particularly your love life," the…

Amazon has ordered two 12-episode seasons of adult animated series Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina, based on the adventures and original characters from Critical Role, a leading story-driven and world-building digital media brand. Additionally, Amazon is building on the relationship between its live-streaming…

An Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner known for animated shorts including The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom, Max Lang joined forces with Daniel Snaddon on his latest short, Zog, based on a children's book by Julia Donaldson. Coming to the project, neither director was a stranger to the works of Donaldson. While Lang had…

After making ParaNorman—the "zombie movie for kids," which served as his first feature—writer/director Chris Butler wanted to go in an entirely different direction, artistically. "The next thing I wanted to try was a big, bold, colorful adventure movie—stepping out of the shadows, if you like," Butler said at The…

Note to would-be directors of animated features: get your composer involved from the start. That was one of the key observations from The Contenders L.A. DreamWorks Animation panel Saturday, that featured filmmaking talent behind How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and Abominable. "I try to put get [composer]…

Sony said Friday that the sequel to its Oscar-winning animated pic Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse will hit theaters on April 8, 2022. The studio also said that another Sony Pictures Animation project — the musical adventure tale Vivo, with original songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda — is being pushed back five months to…

EXCLUSIVE: Rocketman actor Jamie Bell and Ruby Rose, who plays Batwoman in the CW’s DC series, are set to voice animated feature Cranston Academy: Monster Zone. Now in post-production, pic is the story of Danny and Liz, two rival geniuses attending a secret school for child prodigies. When one of them accidentally…