Animation

An adult animated series based on the hit comic book series “Monstress” is in development at Amazon MGM Studios from Steven Maeda, a co-creator and former showrunner on Netflix’s “One Piece.”

Brian Michael Bendis and Powers co-creator Michael Avon Oeming are participating in the show’s development.

A slew of new projects based on Robert Jordan’s “The Wheel of Time” fantasy novels are in the works from IP owner iwot Studios and “Arcane”

‘Rick and Morty’ Season 9 will premiere on Adult Swim with a May 24 release date.

A ‘Family Guy’ spinoff series ‘Stewie’, from Seth MacFarlane, has received a 2-season order from Fox and Hulu for 2027-28.

Comedy streaming service Dropout today announced Toonout, and it looks like classic Cartoon Network programming.

Full twitter thread where he goes into slightly more detail on his perspective for those interested: https://nitter.net/Radrappy/status/2030676982619599185

Pixar’s ‘Hoppers’ took the top spot at the Friday box office while ‘The Bride!’ struggled in third place.

From the linked Glitch Prod. post at Bluesky:

Paramount+ has picked up a new original 2D-animated series featuring the iconic lasagna-loving orange cat, voiced by actor-comedian Lamorne Morris.

The prequel series will arrive globally just after the sequel movie drops on Netflix in the United States.

We have a return date for The Legend of Vox Machina. Prime Video has set June 3 for the Season 4 release of the animated series.

Four of my favourite 2D animated shows from the past few years

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From ‘Scavengers Reign’ to ‘Common Side Effects,’ indie animation outfit Green Street Pictures has found success with adult animated TV shows.

A trip into the Flash era.

Adobe has canceled plans to discontinue its 2D animation software Animate.