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The filmmaker explains how his new Netflix and Skydance Animation 3DCG comedy evolved from a teen superpower pitch into a nature-inspired story of plant-animal hybrids swapping bodies and learning to live together.

Longtime series director Jacob Hair is attached to direct the planned feature, with Dan Harmon confirming he’s keeping the planned big-screen adventure inside the show’s creative orbit; the Adult Swim series’ Season 9 premieres May 24.

The open source path-tracing renderer has powered every DWA feature since 2019, including ‘The Wild Robot’ and ‘The Bad Guys 2;’ ASWF’s Open Source Days set for July 19-20 in LA.

The Beagle Scouts return to Camp Spring Lake for new outdoor adventures with Charlie Brown and the gang on June 26, followed by the debuts of ‘This is America, Charlie Brown’ and ‘The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show’ in July and the new special ‘Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy’ on July 31.

Frank Welker and Matthew Lillard will once again voice the prolific pair as the first original anime 'Scooby-Doo' series gets greenlit, with Warner Bros. Animation producing and OLM providing production services.

The New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures Animation feature follows Hello Kitty and her friends on a ‘cinematic adventure designed to delight audiences of all ages;’ Ramsey Naito producing, will release globally on July 21, 2028.

Watch creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg (‘BoJack Horseman’) and cast, including Max Greenfield, Nicole Byer and Angelique Cabral, discuss the highly relatable, emotionally complex world of the hit animated series, digging deeper into the WGA-winning ‘Shira Can’t Cook’ episode.

Hilarious stop-motion short is part of multimedia campaign for the NFL team’s 2026 game schedule that also includes 2 playable video games, and the return of a Packers mascot from the 1980s (there's lots of BTS images from the production).