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Wendell & Wild Official Trailer! 

Coming to Netflix October 28th

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HBO Max says - “Rev up you Harley Baby!” announcing the renewal of Harley Quinn before Season 3′s finale! 

Not all is bad in the HBO MAX camp, as they shrink the animated content on their platform, the platform has confirmed the production of Harley Quinn Season 4.

“We are ecstatic that HBO Max wants the story of Harley and Ivy to continue. And we are equally thrilled that this next season will be in great hands with Sarah Peters as our showrunner and Ceci Aranovich overseeing animation production, as they have both greatly influenced the show with their brilliance since the beginning,” commented Halpern and Schumacker.

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Justin Roiland brings Halloween!

Coming October 17th. Hulu has penned a deal with Roiland to bring the spooks and laughs this Halloween with The Paloni Show - Halloween Special! Featuring an array of up-and-coming animators we see Leroy, Reggie, and Cheruce Paloni as they host an unforgettable night of “spooky” shorts!

Featuring -

David Firth – “Slaughter Café”

Jaime Rodriguez – “Bet it Was Becca”

Joel Haver – “Rightbehindyouton”

Lee Hardcastle – “An Alien Halloween Claymation”

Myke Chilian and Jordan Harris – “Shitty Beetlegeuse”

Jacob Hair and Josh Petrino – “Slashtronaut”

Daniel Cole – “Banana Party”

Brian Wysol – “The Dreston”

Michael Cusack – “A Creek Down the Street”

Rafillo – “Killer Bathtub”

Echo Kellum and Nate Caywood – “Camp Death Lake”

Syd Heller and Olivia DeLaurentis – “Plopsie and Friends”

Simon Hanselmann – “Megahex, Devil’s Night”

Voice talent includes -

Justin Roiland voices Leroy, the oldest sibling in the family, Leroy is an optimistic, hard working guy who’s only dream for as long as he can remember has been to make and host his own variety show. He and his brother Reggie are very close and are usually on the same page creatively.

Zach Hadel (Smiling Friends) plays Reggie, the short-fused, fast-talking little brother of the family with a foul mouth and a tendency to let his temper get in the way of doing his job as a host.

Pamela Adlon (Better Things) plays Cheruce, the alienated middle child who has her own ideas for how the special should have gone. She’s bitter and holds a grudge against her brothers for not embracing her ideas.

Vatche Panos voices Little Long Legs, the Paloni’s long-legged young cousin who seems to care only about candy and having fun.

Kari Wahlgren voices Aunt Stephanie, the Paloni’s selfish and gullible aunt who feels that motherhood has robbed her of her best years.

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Bee and Puppycat: Lazy in Space official Trailer!

Coming to Netflix September 6th

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Have you been fiending? Chomping at the bit. STOMPING YOUR FEET and DEMAND more Bee and Puppycat? Well have I got news for you! Bee and Puppycat returns September 6th!

Created by Natasha Allegri (Adventure Time) and produced by Frederator Studios (Adventure Time, Castlevania) Bee and Puppycat returns with an all-new season - “Lazy in Space” hoping to give the millions AND MILLIONS of fans that hit they’ve been craving!

(From Animation Magazine) -  Bee and PuppyCat follows a 20-something temp worker named Bee and her mysterious companion PuppyCat as the two travel on fantastic adventures across space while taking on various intergalactic odd jobs to help make rent. The first season of the original web series quickly became not only a fan obsession, but a critical sensation. Polygon said, “Bee and PuppyCat fills a niche that’s been relatively unexplored, not just on Netflix, but in Western animation as a whole.”

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Tom and Jerry’s - Snowman’s Land Official Trailer.

Coming to Digital and DvD November 15th

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Are you ready for Christmas? No? How about Tom & Jerry!? 

COMING TO DIGITAL AND DvD November 15th - Tom and Jerry’s: Snowman’s Land

Synopsis (From Animation Magazine):  It’s time to chase that holiday spirit with Tom and Jerry! With magic in the air, Jerry and his nephew, Tuffy, make a snow mouse that miraculously comes to life! To keep their new friend, Larry the snow mouse from melting, Tuffy and Jerry must race him to the fabled Snowman’s Village. In hot pursuit, Tom and devious Dr. Doublevay have their own plans for Larry’s magic. Get ready to go dashing through this epic tale filled with songs, snow, thrills, laughs and even a bit of holiday magic!​

The film is produced and directed by Darrell Van Citters (The Tom and Jerry Show); story by Will Finn (The Tom and Jerry Show) and Jase Ricci (Teen Titans Go!, DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse), teleplay by Ricci.

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Wendell & Wild

On Netflix October 28 |  In Select Theaters: October 21

From the delightfully wicked minds of

Henry Selick

and

Jordan Peele

comes Wendell & Wild, an animated tale about scheming demon brothers Wendell (

Keegan-Michael Key

) and Wild (Peele), who enlist the aid of Kat Elliot (

Lyric Ross

) — a tough teen with a load of guilt — to summon them to the Land of the Living. But what Kat demands in return leads to a brilliantly bizarre and comedic adventure like no other, an animated fantasy that defies the law of life and death, all told through the handmade artistry of stop motion.

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Coming to Home Video

Minions - Rise of Gru comes to Digital August 30th and Blu-Ray/DvD September 6th!

Synopsis: (From Animation Magazine) Long before he becomes the master of evil, Gru is just a 12-year-old boy in 1970s suburbia, plotting to take over the world from his basement. When the infamous supervillain group, the Vicious 6, ousts their leader, Gru attempts to join their ranks but soon finds himself the mortal enemy of the apex of evil. With Gru on the run, the Minions attempt to learn martial arts to help save him, and Gru discovers that even bad guys need a little help from their friends.

4K, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Bonus Features

Post Modern Minions (Mini Movie) – Experience one Minion’s rise and fall as an artistic genius when he sneaks into a 1970’s post-modern art gallery with a fellow Minion and unintentionally creates an explosive new art form that is declared by a snooty art critic as the greatest art he’s ever seen. When the critic moves onto the next new artist, our Minion tries everything to get back in the spotlight, which accidentally leads to his next unexpected career.

Minions and Monsters (Mini Movie) – Follow a newbie Minion as he joins three more experienced Minions in playing a 1970’s fantasy role-playing game. After struggling to gain the skills needed to master the game, the newbie unexpectedly rises to the occasion and saves the day, earning him the magical crown and the appreciation of his buddies.

Extended Scene

Outtakes

Character Profiles for Gru, Wild Knuckles, Belle Bottom, Master Chow, The Vicious 6, and The Biker

Gru-vy Animation – Join Steve Carell and the directors as they take us through the animation process. From Concept Art, through Storyboards and on to the Final Film, with every Gru-vy step in between explained in fun and fascinating detail.

Thes ’70s: Fashion, Food & Funk – A behind the scenes look at the 1970’s through the lens of Minions: The Rise of Gru. From fashion to music, cultural phenomenon and back — the cast and filmmakers are bringing the 1970’s to a whole new generation.

Minion Martial Arts – In this 1970s-inspired martial arts movie throwback, we hear from the film’s directors about their inspiration, how they created authenticity in animation, the role the many martial artists in the cast played to bring it to life and how you teach a Minion to fight.

How to Draw (& Animate) with Brad Ableson – Co-director Brad Ableson shows us how to draw all of our favorite characters: Minion, Kung-Fu Stuart, and Young Gru

Lair Flair: Make Your Own Minion Hideout – The Minions aren’t the only ones who can build a secret lair — now you can, too! (And yours doesn’t have to be built under Gru’s bed.)

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HBO MAX! Back at it!

After it’s lengthy purge of animated series over the summer, HBO Max has decided to part ways with half a dozen animated features meant to come to the platform in the future. 

Though Warner Bros has confirmed the titles are still continuing their production they will not be coming to HBO Max. Titles include -

Batman: Caped Crusade - the buzzy reboot series from Batman: The Animated Series creator Bruce Timm, blockbuster maker J.J. Abrams and The Batman director Matt Reeves

Merry Little Batman – Family action-comedy special executive produced and directed by Mike Roth (Regular Show) from a screenplay by Morgan Evans (Earth to Ned).

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie – Porky and Daffy’s sci-fi buddy comedy, executive produced by Pete Browngardt (Looney Tunes Cartoons) with Alex Kirwan (Looney Tunes Cartoons) as supervising producer and Kevin Costello as writer.

Did I Do That to the Holidays? A Steve Urkel Story – An animated movie musical return for the iconic sitcom character, written and exec produced by Wyatt Cenac with Bryan Newton (Rick and Morty) as supervising director.

The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie! – A feature-length adventure from Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, in which a superfan opens a portal to Gumball’s cartoon world. Directed by series creator Ben Bocquelet from a script written with Shane Mack (Coffee & Kareem), exec produced by Sam Register, Vanessa Brookman and Sarah Fell.

Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical – Meant to be the first-ever LT musical, announced in June. Screenplay and lyrics by Ariel Dumas (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), music and orchestration by Tom Kitt (Next to Normal), with Brandon Jeffords (Vivo, Smurfs: The Lost Village, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) as director and supervising producer and Sam Register serves as EP.

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“Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo” Official Trailer!

Coming to Digital October 4th and DvD October 18th!

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It’s that time of the year Baybee!

Back to School? NO! Back the ghoul! The Scooby-Doo team is back in action this year’s Direct-To-DvDoo movie “Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!” Coming to Digital October 4th and DvD October 18th.

Synopsis: (From Animation Magazine) Mystery Inc. has cracked the case to top all cases! They’ve tracked down Coco Diablo, the head of the notorious costume crime syndicate that colludes The Black Knight, Space Kook and the Ghost Diver. With Coco and her kitty in prison, Mystery Inc. thinks that they can finally enjoy a break. Wrong! Suddenly, menacing doppelgänger ghosts of the Scooby crew and favorite classic foes show up in Coolsville to threaten Halloween. Now it’s up to the meddling kids — and their unlikely new partner Coco — to unmask the latest scoundrel and save Halloween! For Shaggy and Scooby-Doo, with trick-or-treating on the line — this time it’s personal!

The cast features the four heaviest hitting heavy hitters of Scooby-Doo voicework with 

Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo & Fred Jones

Grey DeLisle (Griffin) as Daphne Blake

Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers

Kate Micucci as Velma Dinkley

Home Video Releases will include bonus episodes

“El Bandito”

“Headless Horseman of Halloween”

“To Swtich a Witch”

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DC League Of Super Pets Flying to Home Video!

Available on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD on October 4th!

In DC League of Super-Pets, Krypto the Super-Dog (Dwayne Johnson) and Superman (John Krasinski) are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime in Metropolis side by side. When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto must convince a rag-tag shelter pack — Ace the hound (Kevin Hart), PB the potbellied pig (Vanessa Bayer), Merton the turtle (Natasha Lyonne) and Chip the squirrel (Diego Luna) — to master their own newfound powers and help him rescue the superheroes.

Digital & Blu-ray Bonus Features

How to Draw Krypto

Behind the Super Voices – Also available on DVD.

Super-Pets Animation 101

Find the Easter Eggs

The World of Super-Pets

Deleted Scenes

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Garfield’s Next Movie Announced!

While everyone’s favorite lazy orange cat hasn’t always had the best luck on the screen, Hollywood has decided to take another crack at it! But not without some pitfalls. Frank Welker, who last voiced Garfield, will be replaced by Chris Pratt. But it’s not all bad news. Samuel L. Jackson has joined the cast as a new character in the form of Garfield’s Dad.

The film is to be directed by Mark Dindal who’s past work includes Chicken Little and Emperor’s New Groove. Written by David Reynolds of Finding Nemo and Emperor’s New Groove fame. 

Ving Rhames, Hannah Waddingham, Nicholas Hoult, and Cecily Strong have also signed on to lend their voices to Garfield’s newest endeavor.

In Theatres February 16th 2024

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - MUTANT MAYHEM

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and James Weaver will be combining their creative minds to bring us a reboot of one the most beloved action packed cartoon juggernauts on the market. TMNT! The film is to be directed by Jeff Rowe (Mitchells vs. the Machines) and Kyler Spears (Amphibia). Set to be released in theatres August 4th 2023 and animated mainly by the talented Mikros Animation (Paw Patrol: The Movie, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie) as well as Cinesite Vancouver (Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank).

“The Ninja Turtles franchise is edgy, offbeat, and humorous, and the Mikros Animation team is ensuring we were doing justice to bringing the beloved turtles to big screens,” says Adrianna Cohen, global head of production at Mikros Animation. “The filmmaker’s vision was to introduce the characters through modern animation that maintains the fine balance between visually appealing and realistic. Focusing not just on craft, but also performance, it’s our job to develop the unique personalities of each of these iconic characters, whilst staying true to the 1990’s nostalgia that the franchise holds.”