The leading global animation art, business, and culture resource for savvy industry pros and informed fans.https://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mycvo5heek2xFirst love, surfing, and grief meet in ‘In Waves,’ Phuong Mai Nguyen’s animated adaptation of AJ Dungo’s graphic memoir. Watch the new trailer ahead of its November 27 theatrical debut and December 11 Netflix release: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/first-love-meets-life-changing-loss-in-netflixs-in-waves-trailer-268162.html20 Oct 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycvo5heek2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mycspccfds2x1/2 - Today's Oscar-qualified short is Alice Eça Guimarães's ‘Because Today Is Saturday,’ about a mother trying to find time to write. Children, laundry, and meals keep interrupting, turning a birthday wish into a portrait of invisible domestic labor. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/because-today-is-saturday-alice-guimaraes-268151.html20 Oct 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycspccfds2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mycpumsjj22xAfter repeated layoffs, Disney plans to spend $180 million over three years on compensation and retention for 66 recruits from bankrupt chatbot startup Character AI. Add benefit cuts and billions in buybacks, and the company’s priorities seem clear. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artificial-intelligence/disney-character-ai-employee-hires-268139.html20 Oct 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycpumsjj22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mycnfihu522xNetflix fired animation-friendly film chief Dan Lin despite reports he met spending and programming targets. Insiders tell us he devoted one day a week to animation and pushed for longer theatrical windows for family films. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/executives/netflix-dan-lin-fired-mass-layoffs-268061.html20 Oct 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycnfihu522xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mycvo5heek2xFirst love, surfing, and grief meet in ‘In Waves,’ Phuong Mai Nguyen’s animated adaptation of AJ Dungo’s graphic memoir. Watch the new trailer ahead of its November 27 theatrical debut and December 11 Netflix release: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/first-love-meets-life-changing-loss-in-netflixs-in-waves-trailer-268162.html20 Oct 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycvo5heek2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mycspccfds2x1/2 - Today's Oscar-qualified short is Alice Eça Guimarães's ‘Because Today Is Saturday,’ about a mother trying to find time to write. Children, laundry, and meals keep interrupting, turning a birthday wish into a portrait of invisible domestic labor. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/because-today-is-saturday-alice-guimaraes-268151.html20 Oct 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycspccfds2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mycpumsjj22xAfter repeated layoffs, Disney plans to spend $180 million over three years on compensation and retention for 66 recruits from bankrupt chatbot startup Character AI. Add benefit cuts and billions in buybacks, and the company’s priorities seem clear. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artificial-intelligence/disney-character-ai-employee-hires-268139.html20 Oct 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycpumsjj22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mycnfihu522xNetflix fired animation-friendly film chief Dan Lin despite reports he met spending and programming targets. Insiders tell us he devoted one day a week to animation and pushed for longer theatrical windows for family films. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/executives/netflix-dan-lin-fired-mass-layoffs-268061.html20 Oct 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycnfihu522xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3myap5ajb7c2b1/2 - Today's Oscar-qualified short is ‘Dog Alone,’ Marta Reis Andrade’s personal exploration of loneliness through an abandoned dog, her widowed grandfather, and her own return to Portugal. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/dog-alone-director-marta-reis-andrade-268071.html19 Oct 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myap5ajb7c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3myaibha2c22b"We stopped production for two weeks." 'Toy Story 5' co-director McKenna Harris says that halfway through production, Pixar's film "wasn't good" and explains how a slight shift in Jessie's motivations helped turn it around. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/toy-story-5-mckenna-harris-view-conference-268055.html19 Oct 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myaibha2c22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3myabruox7k2bLoyd Price, animator and supervisor who helped establish Aardman's feature animation team, has died. His credits include 'Chicken Run' and 'The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,' and his legacy lives on in the generation of animators he trained and championed. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/loyd-price-aardman-animator-dies-268049.html19 Oct 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myabruox7k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mya6rzq2x22b670 films created in just 24 hours based on one prompt: “Everyone Calm Down.” Sheridan College took two of the top three spots at this year’s 24 Hours Animation Contest for Students, where more than $107,000 in prizes was doled out. Here are the winners: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/24-hours-animation-contest-for-students-winners-2-268043.html19 Oct 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mya6rzq2x22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mya36czin22b1/2 - This Egyptian superhero is held together with local electrical cable. For Ramy El Gabry's 'Captain Shedeed,' artists in Cairo used local materials and clever puppet-making to bring an ordinary father’s extraordinary mission to life. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/series/captain-shedeed-egypt-stop-motion-ram-el-gabry-268037.html19 Oct 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mya36czin22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3myap5ajb7c2b1/2 - Today's Oscar-qualified short is ‘Dog Alone,’ Marta Reis Andrade’s personal exploration of loneliness through an abandoned dog, her widowed grandfather, and her own return to Portugal. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/dog-alone-director-marta-reis-andrade-268071.html19 Oct 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myap5ajb7c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3myaibha2c22b"We stopped production for two weeks." 'Toy Story 5' co-director McKenna Harris says that halfway through production, Pixar's film "wasn't good" and explains how a slight shift in Jessie's motivations helped turn it around. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/toy-story-5-mckenna-harris-view-conference-268055.html19 Oct 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myaibha2c22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3myabruox7k2bLoyd Price, animator and supervisor who helped establish Aardman's feature animation team, has died. His credits include 'Chicken Run' and 'The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,' and his legacy lives on in the generation of animators he trained and championed. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/loyd-price-aardman-animator-dies-268049.html19 Oct 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myabruox7k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mya6rzq2x22b670 films created in just 24 hours based on one prompt: “Everyone Calm Down.” Sheridan College took two of the top three spots at this year’s 24 Hours Animation Contest for Students, where more than $107,000 in prizes was doled out. Here are the winners: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/24-hours-animation-contest-for-students-winners-2-268043.html19 Oct 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mya6rzq2x22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mya36czin22b1/2 - This Egyptian superhero is held together with local electrical cable. For Ramy El Gabry's 'Captain Shedeed,' artists in Cairo used local materials and clever puppet-making to bring an ordinary father’s extraordinary mission to life. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/series/captain-shedeed-egypt-stop-motion-ram-el-gabry-268037.html19 Oct 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mya36czin22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3my32r5gjk22lAfter 13 years of transforming WIA into a global force for gender equity in animation, Marge Dean is stepping down as president. Oscar-nominated producer and longtime WIA vice president Jinko Gotoh will succeed her. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/wia-jinko-gotoh-marge-dean-268021.html17 Oct 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3my32r5gjk22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3my32r5gjk22lAfter 13 years of transforming WIA into a global force for gender equity in animation, Marge Dean is stepping down as president. Oscar-nominated producer and longtime WIA vice president Jinko Gotoh will succeed her. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/wia-jinko-gotoh-marge-dean-268021.html17 Oct 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3my32r5gjk22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mxysks7n3k2w1/2 - Today's Oscar-qualified short is ‘Cosmonauts,’ Leo Černic’s animated comedy about three lonely travelers seeking sex, affection, and belonging on an intergalactic singles cruise: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/oscars-short-cosmonauts-leo-cernic-267608.html16 Oct 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxysks7n3k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mxypsymgss2wDisney screened 30 minutes of ‘Hexed’ at View Conference, revealing a playful world of witchcraft, dazzling magic VFX, and a pair of scene-stealing sidekicks. We were there for the footage and producer Yvett Merino’s presentation. Here’s what we saw: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/disney-hexed-30-minutes-footage-view-conference-267989.html16 Oct 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxypsymgss2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mxyoufqgnk2wAfter four years of layoffs, canceled projects, and gutting Warner Bros., David Zaslav walks away with $606 million, despite 82% of shareholders voting against the executive payouts. Meanwhile, the workers he's leaving behind are bracing for more cuts. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/executives/david-zaslav-606-million-compensation-267972.html16 Oct 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxyoufqgnk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mxymhwij7c2wDisney didn't want Tom the Lizard promoting 'Hoppers,' but Pixar made the rejected D23 promo anyway during downtime. At View, director Daniel Chong and producer Nicole Grindle revealed how the side project went viral and became a surprise marketing win. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/events/hoppers-tom-the-lizard-daniel-chong-nicole-paradis-grindle-267980.html16 Oct 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxymhwij7c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mxysks7n3k2w1/2 - Today's Oscar-qualified short is ‘Cosmonauts,’ Leo Černic’s animated comedy about three lonely travelers seeking sex, affection, and belonging on an intergalactic singles cruise: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/oscars-short-cosmonauts-leo-cernic-267608.html16 Oct 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxysks7n3k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mxypsymgss2wDisney screened 30 minutes of ‘Hexed’ at View Conference, revealing a playful world of witchcraft, dazzling magic VFX, and a pair of scene-stealing sidekicks. We were there for the footage and producer Yvett Merino’s presentation. Here’s what we saw: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/disney-hexed-30-minutes-footage-view-conference-267989.html16 Oct 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxypsymgss2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mxyoufqgnk2wAfter four years of layoffs, canceled projects, and gutting Warner Bros., David Zaslav walks away with $606 million, despite 82% of shareholders voting against the executive payouts. Meanwhile, the workers he's leaving behind are bracing for more cuts. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/executives/david-zaslav-606-million-compensation-267972.html16 Oct 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxyoufqgnk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mxymhwij7c2wDisney didn't want Tom the Lizard promoting 'Hoppers,' but Pixar made the rejected D23 promo anyway during downtime. At View, director Daniel Chong and producer Nicole Grindle revealed how the side project went viral and became a surprise marketing win. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/events/hoppers-tom-the-lizard-daniel-chong-nicole-paradis-grindle-267980.html16 Oct 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxymhwij7c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mxwjyr2xec2uAt View Conference, directors from ‘Toy Story 5,’ ‘GOAT,’ and ‘Forgotten Island’ got candid about the state of Hollywood animation. The Good: An animation creative renaissance The Bad: Studios have trained audiences to devalue theatrical The Ugly: GenAI https://www.cartoonbrew.com/events/view-conference-joel-crawford-januel-mercado-mckenna-harris-tyree-dillihay-267957.html15 Oct 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxwjyr2xec2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cartoonbrew.bsky.social/post/3mxwbjcut7c2bAt View Conference, execs from Sony, ILM, Skydance, and other studios shared their excitement about AI, new production technologies, and creative opportunities. But amid widespread layoffs and shrinking job prospects, we asked: What about the artists? https://www.cartoonbrew.com/events/studio-executive-roundtable-view-conference-267928.html15 Oct 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:5dxxb57bbirixehsiq6mbli3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxwbjcut7c2b