Director Antoni Sendra created this short film about his daughter using more than 2,000 hand-painted frames.
Sendra is a freelance director from Spain who specializes in mixed media projects. He combines animation, live action, stop motion and collage in his work, which includes commercials, documentaries, music videos and main titles.
Release date: April 12, 2024 on Netflix.
Synopsis: After getting kicked out of the forest, Woody thinks he’s found a forever home at Camp Woo Hoo until an inspector threatens to shut down the camp.
Cast: Eric Bauza as Woody Woodpecker, Kevin Michael Richardson as Buzz Buzzard and Tom Kenny as Wally Walrus.
Also starring Chloe De Los Santos, Josh Lawson, Mary-Louise Parker, Esther Son, Evan Stanhope, George Holahan-Cantwell, Kershawn Theodore, Savannah La Rain, CC Dewar, Kushinka Jayewardene, Patrick Williams, Ras-Samuel Welda’abzgi and Will Parker.
Directed by Jon Rosenbaum. Written by Cory Edwards, Jim Martin, and Stephen Mazur.
Disney Junior’s Ariel is an animated musical series for preschoolers inspired by the The Little Mermaid. It follows 8-year-old Ariel as she and her friends embark on underwater adventures throughout their kingdom of Atlantica and beyond.
The series features King Triton, Ursula, Sebastian and Flounder, as well as new additions like Ariel’s two best friends, Lucia and Fernie, and lots of other sea creatures.
The series stars Mykal-Michelle Harris as Ariel, Taye Diggs as King Triton and Amber Riley as Ursula.
Release date: May 24, 2024.
Synopsis: Set six years after the events at Camp Cretaceous, members of “The Nublar Six” are struggling to find their footing off the islands, navigating a world now filled with dinosaurs and people who want to hurt them.
Reunited in the wake of a tragedy, the group comes together only to find themselves on the run and catapulted into a global adventure to unravel a conspiracy that threatens dinosaur and humankind alike and finally learn the truth about what happened to one of their own.
Paul-Mikel Williams and Sean Giambrone return to voice Darius and Ben. No word yet on the other four cast members.
Release date: April 12, 2024.
Good Times is a reimagining and sequel to the 1970s sitcom produced by television pioneer Norman Lear. Netflix’s follow-up centers on the fourth generation of the Evans family living in the same apartment from the original series.
The voice cast includes J.B. Smoove and Yvette Nicole Brown as parents Reggie and Beverly Evans, Jay Pharoah as their teenage artist son, Junior, Marsai Martin as their activist daughter, Grey, Slink Johnson as their infant son, Dalvin, and Rashida “Sheedz” Olayiwola as Beverly’s best friend, Lashes by Lisa.
Executive produced by Ranada Shepard (also showrunner), Stephen Curry, Norman Lear and Seth MacFarlane.
Release date:
France – February 7, 2024
U.K. and Ireland – August 2, 2024
United States and Canada – October 18, 2024
Kensuke’s Kingdom stars Sally Hawkins, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe, Raffey Cassidy and Aaron MacGregor.
Directed by Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry. Written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, based on the best-selling children’s novel by Michael Morpurgo.
Synopsis: Kensuke’s Kingdom tells the epic adventure of Michael, a young boy who sets off with his family on a sailing trip of a lifetime. But excitement soon turns to terror when a violent storm erupts and Michael and his dog Stella are swept overboard, washing up on a remote island where they struggle to survive.
Michael eventually discovers he is not alone when he is confronted by a mysterious Japanese man called Kensuke who has lived there secretly since World War Two. The boy and the old man are initially suspicious of each other, but when dangerous invaders appear on the horizon, it’s clear Michael and Kensuke must join forces to save their fragile island paradise.
“The Sign” is the first extended-length special of the hit series Bluey, premiering April 14, 2024 on Disney+, Disney Junior and Disney Channel. The episode clocks in at 28 minutes.
Dave McCormack and Melanie Zanetti reprise their roles as the voices of Bandit and Chilli Heeler, and Patrick Brammall returns as the voice of Uncle Rad, Claudia O’Doherty as Frisky, alongside Megan Washington as Calypso, Myf Warhurst as Trixie, and Rose Byrne as Aunt Brandy.
Making their Bluey voice debut, this special episode introduces Rove McManus, Deborah Mailman, Brendan Williams and Joel Edgerton.
The names of the actors who voice Bluey and Bingo are kept private because they are children.
Dan Da Dan premieres October 4, 2024 on Crunchyroll, Hulu and Netflix.
Directed by Fuga Yamashiro. Written by Hiroshi Seko.
Synopsis: This is a story about Momo, a high school girl who comes from a family of spirit mediums, and her classmate Okarun, an occult fanatic.
After Momo rescues Okarun from being bullied, they begin talking. However, an argument ensues between them since Momo believes in ghosts but denies aliens exist, and Okarun believes in aliens but denies ghosts exist.
To prove to each other what they believe in is real, Momo goes to an abandoned hospital where a UFO has been spotted and Okarun goes to a tunnel rumored to be haunted. To their surprise, they each encounter overwhelming paranormal activities that transcend comprehension.
Directed by Jesica Bianchi. Produced by Rudo Company.
Siamés is an Argentine electropop group founded by Guillermo Stölzing (vocals and guitar) and Juan Manuel Kokollo (keyboard and synthesizer).
The first six episodes of ARK: The Animated Series, based on the video game ARK: Survival Evolved, are available to stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada. The series debuts in all other Paramount+ international markets starting April 19, 2024.
The series voice cast includes Michelle Yeoh, Russell Crowe, Gerard Butler, David Tennant, Jeffrey Wright, Elliot Page, Madeleine Madden and Vin Diesel. Crowe, Butler and Diesel are also executive producers.
Synopsis: ARK: The Animated Series is a sweeping saga spanning eons of human history. When 21st century paleontologist Helena Walker finds herself resurrected on a mysterious primeval island populated by prehistoric beasts, she must learn to survive with new allies from throughout time, while trying to uncover the true nature of their strange new world.
Directed by Jenny Lucia Mascia and Jeremy Higgins.
“May Ninth” is a song from Khruangbin’s upcoming album A LA SALA, releasing April 5, 2024.
A Sea Turtle Story chronicles the life cycle of the endangered sea turtle. It is written and directed by Kathy Shultz.
Written and directed by Lara Maltz.
Synopsis: Ashkasha’s curiosity leads her to lose her head and get trapped in the depths. On a mission to find her head, she faces challenging situations, including an encounter with a creature that holds the key to her transformation.
Within a small bakery, freshly born buns eagerly await their adoption by customers. But what happens when they meet their new parent?
Produced by GULU Animation.
My Parent, Neal is a short documentary about director Hannah Saidiner and her parent as they discuss her parent’s gender transition.
Saidiner describes her creative process as such:
“The film was made using a combination of rotoscoped and hand-drawn animation. Frames were first drawn digitally in TVPaint, then printed out. Each frame was colored by hand with colored pencil and watercolors, at 1/4 of their original scale in size. This scale change then heightened the tangibility and texture of the coloring materials when scanned and enlarged to fit the screen.”
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