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#DisneyPlus Drops ‘#TheProudFamily: Louder and Prouder’ Season 4 Trailer: show’s final season debuts July 29, ahead of the franchise’s 25th anniversary; #stopmotion holiday special ‘A Proud Family Wizmas’ to debut later this year. bit.ly/3R8K5TN #Animation #AnimationWorld

Never a Dull Moment: Stephan Fleet Unpacks the #TheBoys Final Season: VFX supervisor reflects on 8 years leading #visualeffects production on hit #PrimeVideo series; Season 5 saw 1,600+ shots including Homelander’s death and Seth Rogen’s celebrity cameo explosion. bit.ly/3T1IPlZ #VFXWorld

#ReelFX Adopts #Foundry's Flix for ‘Doctor Dolittle: King of the Wild’: #animation studio is using Flix with Adobe #Photoshop to support storyboarding on the #SycamoreStudios #animatedfeature set for a 2027 release. bit.ly/4wmd8mh #PreProduction #AnimationWorld

#Framestore Adds 3 Senior Leaders to Design Studio: Ric Comline joins as executive creative director, Thierry Levy as executive producer and Sean Cooper as creative director. bit.ly/4f6xGra #Animation #AnimationWorld #VFXWorld

#GuruStudio Expands ‘True and the Rainbow Kingdom’ With #TRUEMiniRescues: new set of new 1-minute shorts created exclusively for #YouTube puts young kids at the center of rescue missions; produced in collaboration with CBC Kids. bit.ly/4hd8d20 #PreschoolAnimation #AnimationWorld #Animation

Watch: Dirty Work’s #BeatCancerOff Award-Winning #AnimatedShort: #mixedmedia spot for ‘Fuck Cancer’ and VML Health’s awareness campaign blends 2D, cut-out, puppetry and live-action to explore 21 expressions for ‘rubbing one out.’ bit.ly/4ygRn8N #Commercials #Animation #AnimationWorld

#Disney Reveals #D23 2026 Lineup: 3-day event to feature anniversary panels for ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ and ‘Spider-Man’ as well as first looks, announcements, and Disney Legends programming; August 14-16 in Anaheim. bit.ly/4pmotQz #Animation #AnimationWorld #VFXWorld

#GKIDS ‘#ShaunTheSheep: #TheBeastOfMossyBottom' BTS Video showcases Shaun’s Halloween-themed return to Mossy Bottom Farm; a wrecked pumpkin patch, a mad-science fix, and a missing Farmer mean monster-movie trouble; opens Sep 18. bit.ly/3RB4rFg #Aardman #Stopmotion #Animation #AnimationWorld

#NVIDIA ‘Neural Rendering, World Models and Simulation’ Keynote Set for #SIGGRAPH2026: Neil Ashton, Ming-Yu Liu and Edward Liu will talk on advances in neural rendering, world models and AI-driven simulation next Monday, July 20. bit.ly/4ylxsFz #AI #AnimationWorld #VFXWorld

#SIGGRAPH2026 Launches New Games Summit Track: July 19 program brings studios and indies together for talks and networking on how games are made; sessions span accessibility, audio, VFX, performance capture, pipelines, and economics. bit.ly/4bEFVd4 #VideoGames #ANIMATIONWorld #VFXWold

Getting Down in Dubbing: The Voice Work of ‘Witch Hat,’ ‘Daemons’ and ‘Dr. Stone’: #Crunchyroll shows’ voice casts detail how ADR directors, writers, engineers, and performers shape English dubs and faithful performances. bit.ly/4f82g3O #Anime #Manga #VoiceActing #Animation #AnimationWorld

#DisneyLegend, Oscar Winner #DonIwerks Passes as 96: son of #MickeyMouse co-creator #UbIwerks helped advance projection technology, 3D and large-format filmmaking, Circle-Vision, motion simulators, and immersive attractions over 6 decades with Disney and Iwerks Entertainment. bit.ly/4vVmR2r

‘Pizza Delivery’ Trailer Premieres: Luah Garcia’s #animatedshort begs the question: What could possibly go wrong when a pizza delivery bee, an olive, a dramatic moth and a sun that’s been binge-studying #animation pitches for months cross paths? bit.ly/44knwhZ #StudioChifrezz #AnimationWorld

When Artists Become Targets: Rise of the anti-AI mob. bit.ly/4fuz0FL

#DreamWorksAnimation’s #ForgottenIsland Writers/Directors Join #VIEWConference2026: Joel Crawford and Januel P. Mercado will share production insights from their animated comedy adventure, in theaters September 25; event runs October 12-16 in Turin. bit.ly/4wDf9tT #Animation #AnimationWorld

#MeowWolf, #Titmouse Set Multi-Year Creative Partnership: collaboration includes #animatedseries development and #animation production for Meow Wolf Los Angeles, with a panel to preview projects scheduled for #SDCC2026. bit.ly/4wuO0ZY #AnimationWorld

Why #TravisKnight Waited 16 Years to Make #Wildwood: after receiving a plaque in the #Annecy Hall of Fame, #LAIKA's CEO talked the craft, technology, and production demands of the studio’s most ambitious #stopmotion feature… and why it took so long. bit.ly/4fuMQYI #Animation #AnimationWorld

Donghoe Kim Talks the Multi-Buzzes of #ToyStory5: #Pixar animator breaks down the Presto tools, crowd workflow, and character variations behind the film’s hive-minded Buzz Lightyear toy units, achieving the personality #AndrewStanton wanted onscreen. bit.ly/44neQXZ #Animation #AnimationWorld

#VisualEffectsSociety Announces Special 2026 Distinguished #VFX Honorees to be recognized at Sep 4 celebration include recipients of the #VES Founders Award, VES Lifetime Member and Honorary VES Member, VES Fellows, and VES Hall of Fame inductees. bit.ly/4pwdsfD #VisualEffects #VFXWorld

63 Shorts to Compete at #OIAF2026: final set of competitive short films was selected from a record 3,026 entries in the #AnimatedShort, Commissioned, Student and Canadian Student categories; 50th anniversary edition runs September 23-27 in Ottawa. bit.ly/4ykxPAn #Animation #AnimationWorld