Karl Woolley has joined U.K.-based Impossible Pictures as head of its children’s production division. A veteran writer, producer and director, Woolley will be responsible for taking Impossible Kids’ slate of children’s and animated titles to broadcast and beyond in key territories around the world. He previously worked with Disney U.K., [...]

Animator David O’Reilly’s The External World has earned an honorable mention from the jury at the Sundance Film Festival. The film was the only animated mention made by the jury, which singled out Brick Novax pt 1 and 2 for the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking and the Australian entry [...]

Cartoon Network unveiled the first official look at its new ThunderCats cartoon. The new, anime-style series revives the classic series, which was created by Tobin Wolf, developed by Leonard Starr and produced by Rankin-Bass and ran from 1985 to 1990. Here’s a look at the new series, which is executive [...]

A familiar voice will be returning to the stage to host the 38th annual Annie Awards. Tom Kenny, the voice of  SpongeBob SquarePants, is returning to hosting duties this year. Kenny has hosted the event before  after taking a break last year, when William Shatner stepped up to the podium. [...]

The annual announcement of the Oscar nominations usually sends movie fans rushing off to the theaters to see films they may have missed. And once again, Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures are teaming up to bring the nominated short live-action and animated films to theaters just in time for folks [...]