Walt Disney Animation Studios has announced Hexed as its next original feature during Saturday’s presentation at Destination D23. During his presentation in Orlando, Florida, CCO Jared Bush revealed the title and a November 2026 theatrical premiere window for the film, which is directed by Josie Trinidad and Jason Hand, with Roy Conli and Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones producing. In Hexed, …
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HONG KONG — An English-dubbed version of the Chinese blockbuster “Ne Zha II,” the world’s highest-grossing animated film ever, has been released in the United States, with a voice cast that includes Michelle Yeoh. The film, inspired by Chinese mythology, opened in more than 2,500 American theaters on Friday. It is the latest in a wave of successful animations featuring …
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Files by Google is the latest first-party app to get M3 Expressive redesign. The general layout is mostly unchanged with this update focused on updating components. The redesign starts with an animated Material 3 multi-browse carousel that uses “adaptive shape morphing and dynamic scrolling to create a parallax effect.” Like Google Photos, the image at the left is largest, the …
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Apple is developing a bunch of products and features to deliver its vision of AI, including multiple robots, a smart home display, and a revamped version of Siri with new technology powering it, according to an extensive report from Bloomberg. The company’s generative AI efforts lag those from other big tech companies, and it delayed some upgrades to Siri earlier …
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Genndy Tartakovsky’s R-rated animated comedy Fixed – about a dog on a mission to get his rocks off, before they are chopped off by the vet – hits Netflix this week after buzzy screenings at Annecy and Montreal’s Fantasia Festival over the summer. Its arrival on the platform marks the end of a 16-year journey to get the movie over the line …
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EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Animation is in early development on a Spider-Punk animated feature from co-writers Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) and Ajon Singh (Primetime), Deadline has learned. Plot details are under wraps, and there are no other deals in place at this time. The natural assumption, of course, is that Kaluuya will reprise the role of Spider-Punk, which …
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It isn’t easy to comedically turn the clock back to the 1990s. Just ask Happy Gilmore 2, a formless, two-hour blob of Adam Sandler’s family and celebrity friends, with no real creative drive to speak of. But for several beloved animated shows, what had seemed so difficult for Sandler and company has been made to look relatively easy. Both Beavis …
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The views keep going up, up, up, it’s their moment! K-Pop Demon Hunters has become Netflix’s most-watched animated film in the platform’s history just over a month since its release. K-Pop Demon Hunters released on June 20 and became an instant hit with Netflix users, following the members of idol group and demon hunters HUNTR/X as they battle rival supernatural …
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The first trailer for “Eyes of Wakanda,” a four-episode limited animated series executive produced by “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler, has been released. It will release on Disney+ on Aug. 1. The upcoming show will be set in Wakanda, the home of the Black Panther that was extensively explored in Coogler’s two Marvel movies. The show will follow “the adventures …
Read More »Brits getting around age verification using animated game faces Boing Boing Brits can get around Discord’s age verification thanks to Death Stranding’s photo mode, bypassing the measure introduced with the UK’s Online Safety Act. We tried it and it works—thanks, Kojima PC Gamer UK’s controversial online safety law requires Discord users to scan their face to prove they’re adults, and somehow Hideo …
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