5 Dark Realities Of Animating Shows Like ‘The Simpsons’

Despite the fact that some of us are capable of having a conversation entirely in Simpsons quotes, many don’t really know much about how our favorite cartoons get made. So Wendy and Lizzie Molyneux, writers and producers for “Bob’s Burgers”; Lucas Gray, animator for “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy”; and Dallas Bolton, animator for “The Oblongs” and “Mission Hill” will tell you what it takes to turn a bunch of drawings into a popular thing that people watch. It turns out, it’s complicated as hell: Continue reading

Mark Hamill and Kevin Conroy Will Be Back as Joker and Batman in New Animated Series

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Look out world, Cartoon Network is ready to unleash the world’s mightiest heroes in an all-new animated series. “Justice League Action” is coming from Warner Bros. Animation and is based on characters from DC Entertainment. Kevin Conroy, the iconic voice of Batman in Batman: The Animated Series, returns to television in this exciting action-packed adventure. The world’s greatest Super Heroes return to television in Justice League Action, an all-new quarter-hour animated series from Warner Bros. Animation coming soon to Cartoon Network. Continue reading

Netflix Working on New ‘Voltron,’ Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Trollhunters’


Netflix’s plan to double its original content by 2016 proved undoubtedly ambitious, and it seems DreamWorks Animation may help it happen. The two have partnered up to add some major names to Netflix’s original programming slate, including a new Voltron series, as well as Guillermo del Toro’s Trollhunters project. According to Variety, the new agreement between Netflix and DreamWorks will add both a number of original series and the studio’s feature films, as well as DreamWorks content to markets outside China. Among the new series, Netflix is said to be developing a “re-imagining” of the Voltron property, as well as del Toro’s Trollhunters, which “will unleash a new, fantastical world wrapped around two best friends who make a startling discovery beneath their hometown.” Not only that, but the deal also expands the marketplace for existing series The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Dinotrux, and Dragons: Race to the Edge, while new series will be developed off DreamWorks movies, past, present and future.Guillermo del Toro has his ladle in enough enough stews to give Trollhunters a unique flavor, but what should we expect from a new Voltron series?

An examination of A Charlie Brown Christmas special

A Charlie Brown Christmas We have reached the 50th anniversary of one of the most famous television specials of all-time. The message was simple: the December holiday was being co-opted by commercialism, and it’s time to put Christ back into Christmas. In other words, this is about the “War on Christmas.” he fact that it’s aired every year since shows that the war was over before it begun. It’s time to put this under the microscope, and explain why this holiday special is part of the problem, and is vastly overrated. Continue reading

Pixar’s FINDING DORY Has a Trailer and Poster

Disney has released the first trailer and poster for Pixar’s upcoming film Finding Dory, which as most of you already know is a sequel to Finding Nemo. The sequel will be released 13 years after Finding Nemo, but the story itself picks up only six months after the events from the first film when Dory suddenly starts to remember certain things about her life. In the trailer, these memories first start to manifest themselves in her sleep, and she starts sleep swimming.

The story follows Dory as she embarks on a journey to find her mom and dad. This leads her to an ocean sanctuary facility where wounded animals are treated before they are re-released into the wild. It’s here that she meets lots of new characters like an octopus, who is missing a leg, and a beluga whale named Bailey, who thinks he has suffered a head injury because of the big bump on his head that is supposed to be there. Continue reading

THE INCREDIBLES 2 Gets a Release Date, TOY STORY 4 Delayed

Hot on the heels of news that Disney and Marvel have announced Ant-Man and the Wasp, the House of Mouse has also revealed some release dates for upcoming Pixar movies. Brad Bird’s long-awaited The Incredibles 2 finally has an official release date: it’ll arrive on June 21st, 2019. Continue reading

Animated GHOSTBUSTERS Feature Film in Development at Sony

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Not only is Sony Pictures developing a couple of live-action Ghostbusters reboots, but according to The Tracking Board, the studio is also in the process of making an animated film. It’s actually a bit more exciting for me than the upcoming live-action film projects, though.

According to the report, the film will be an action-comedy that “will follow a similar logline to that of the 1984 original, in which a group of scientists team up to fight off ghosts, using gadgets and gizmos to capture the menacing ghouls who have invaded Manhattan.” Continue reading

Genndy Tartakovsky is Still Trying to Bring SAMURAI JACK Back

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Genndy Tartakovsky’s new animated film Hotel Transylvania 2 was released earlier this week, and it was also recently announced that we would be seeing a Hotel Transylvania 3, but he won’t be back to direct that sequel, as he’s got a bunch of other projects that he’d like to work on. Hopefully, one of those projects ends up being “Samurai Jack”! Continue reading

Will Production I.G remake FLCL?

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Anime production company Production I.G announced the acquisition of the original rights to the FLCL OVA, which made its debut back in 2000. Recognizing the international popularity of the six-episode anime—directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki (Gunbuster 2), with I.G, Gainax, and King Records making up the production committee—and the exposure it got from its English-dubbed broadcast, The August 28th announcement notes the six-episode series’ international popularity and the exposure from its dubbed broadcast, before indicating I.G’s plans to take advantage of the acquired rights, with the possibility of a remake mentioned. Production I.G hinted at future plans.

One of those plans includes the possibility of a FLCL remake. We’ll have to wait and see if they actually go through with it, but the power is now in I.G’s hands, so we could see more FLCL in some form down the line. Continue reading