AI animation studio Toonstar will turn books into digital shows for HarperCollins

HarperCollins is tapping into AI to bring some of its book franchises to life. Specifically, the publisher is teaming up with ...

AI animation studio Toonstar, HarperCollins team up on animated book projects

Artificial intelligence powered animation studio Toonstar on Thursday unveiled ​a multi-year partnership with News Corp -owned ‌HarperCollins to produce a slate of original animated series based on ...
TheWrap

‘The Wild Robot Escapes’: DreamWorks Animation Taps Troy Quane to Direct, Heidi Jo Gilbert to Co-Direct Sequel | Exclusive

“The Wild Robot” will return. DreamWorks Animation is developing the sequel “The Wild Robot Escapes,” based on the second book in the popular series by author Peter Brown, and TheWrap can exclusively ...
Cartoon Brew

Tubi Is About To Become One Of The Best Streaming Homes For Animation

Streaming started out awesome. Then it slowly got worse, as more and more platforms scattered the best titles across exclusive services and raised prices multiple times a year. In an era of bundles, ...
Los Angeles Times

‘We don’t want to be big.’ How smaller companies are shaking up animation

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In nearly a quarter-century of the Oscars’ animated feature category, Disney or Pixar Studios has won 15 out of 24 ...
Bounding Into Comics

Sony Animation Presidents Responds To ‘Beyond The Spider-Verse’ Crunch Concerns: “Nobody Has To Work On A Show They Don’t Want To Work On”

In delivering a prime example of how not to respond to widespread concerns about the well-being of one’s employees, Sony Animation bosses Kristine Belson and Damien de Froberville say that while they ...
Blizzard Watch

New Xal’atath animation gives us a glimpse at the origins and motivation of WoW Midnight’s antagonist (assuming she isn’t lying)

Folks who’d been hoping for a new World of Warcraft animation like the Harbingers and Warbringers series that predated Legion and Battle for Azeroth respectively finally got a little something today ...
Game Rant

Toei Animation Is Officially Fixing Dragon Ball Super Forever

Rei Penber is the Deputy Lead Editor for GameRant's Anime and Manga team, originally from Kashmir and currently based in Beirut. He brings seven years of professional experience as a writer and editor ...
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Who really owns JavaScript and why it’s a problem

This video breaks down the bizarre legal battle over who owns the JavaScript name. Despite not creating or maintaining the language, Oracle controls the trademark. The story traces how this happened ...