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'Blue Eye Samurai' Season 2 premieres January 19, 2027 on @netflix, sending Maya Erskine's Mizu to London for 6 episodes, with Jonathan Pryce, Joel Kim Booster and Sherry Cola joining the cast. The series ends in 2028. bit.ly/4keg6pJ #Animation #AnimationWorld

'PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie' streams on @paramountplus November 12, and @SpinMaster and Paramount Animation have 'PAW Patrol 4' in the works for theaters in 2029, with Cal Brunker back to direct. bit.ly/4iV1Xwc @pawpatrol #Animation #AnimationWorld

Jessica Phillips joins @VineFX as senior #VFX producer at its Manchester studio, bringing 16 years of production experience from Axis Studios, Treehouse and beloFX on shows for Amazon, Netflix, BBC and Sky. bit.ly/3V2dosY #visualeffects #VFXWorld

Mytyka Lyskov's darkly comic 'Kyiv Cake' wins the Grand Prix at the 2026 Fredrikstad Animation Festival, while Henry Veermäe's stop-motion 'Uka-uka' takes 2 awards and Linda Hambäck's 'Dante' wins Feature Film. bit.ly/3Uscaaj #Animation #AnimationWorld

Chris Sullivan's 'The Orbit of Minor Satellites' wins DOK Leipzig's Golden Dove for animated feature, and Alexandre Siqueira's 'Terminal' takes the animated short prize, earning Oscar eligibility. bit.ly/47Pt6dX #Animation #AnimationWorld

In his Reality Bites column, Kevin Geiger takes on @LAIKAStudios CEO Travis Knight's claim that 'AI is not a tool,' arguing it plainly is one, and that the real questions are how much autonomy it gets and who bears its costs. bit.ly/4itsVK6 #Animation #AnimationWorld

Kit, the robot hero of Czech studio Krutart's #animated series Kosmix and its 2028 feature Kosmix: Secret Mission, is headed for the real ISS: a plush Kit flies next year with Czech astronaut Aleš Svoboda. bit.ly/4iAnN76 #AnimationWorld

'The Cat in the Hat: Rainy Day Mayhem' is out now from @Outright_Games and Dr. Seuss Enterprises, a family party game with up to 4-player local multiplayer, 18 minigames and a narrated version of the classic book. bit.ly/4eeUmpM #Animation #AnimationWorld

Alan Cumming narrates 'e.l.f. Made to Stand Out,' a handmade #stopmotion holiday spot directed by Cami Kwan at Apartment D Films, with clay characters, miniature sets and a puppet team that was 90% women. bit.ly/4A2O0lD #Animation #AnimationWorld

Living Large and Dog Alone take Best of the Best at the 2026 Emile Awards in Krakow; Arco wins 2 feature prizes, and Polish pioneer Witold Giersz receives the Lotte Reiniger Lifetime Achievement Award. bit.ly/4jPQ2Ro #Animation #AnimationWorld

Andrew Jackson, @dneg and Scott Fisher on building Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' for real first: a 36-foot Cyclops marionette in a Greek cave, a whirlpool stirred by circling boats, and just under 500 shots to finish it. bit.ly/4jQ9jSU #VFX #VFXWorld

'The Smurfs' Season 4 is now in production: 52 new episodes from Peyo Productions and Ellipse Animation, directed again by William Renaud, roll out on Nickelodeon, TF1, RTBF and Ketnet from the end of 2027. bit.ly/3WAwtmr #Animation #AnimationWorld

The 23rd Animation Show of Shows is now playing at Oakland's Grand Lake Theater, with curator Ron Diamond there tonight and tomorrow: 14 award-winning shorts, including 4 new restorations. More cities follow in November. bit.ly/4kmX3cz #Animation #AnimationWorld

Foundry's Nuke Stage virtual production software is heading to macOS, with early access expected in 2027; education licenses are $499 per collective seat, and DMX lighting support and output mapping arrive too. bit.ly/4iqkfE9 #VFX #visualeffects #VFXWorld

The last battle for Arrakis is almost here: Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures release the final trailer for Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune: Part Three,' with @dneg leading the #VFX; in theaters and IMAX December 18. bit.ly/48sbR2k #VFXWorld

Patrick Stewart, Captain Jean-Luc Picard on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' and Professor Charles Xavier in the 'X-Men' films, has died at 86; he also voiced characters on 'American Dad!' and 'Family Guy.' bit.ly/3WUxOod #AnimationWorld #VFXWorld

For its 40th anniversary, @Framestore has released its #VFX breakdown for Steven Spielberg's 'War Horse': 60 riders became a 300-strong cavalry, and a CG Joey took a trench jump too dangerous for a real horse and rider. bit.ly/4ieuBbF #VFXWorld

Peppa and George visit Elmo, Cookie Monster and Abby Cadabby on 'Sesame Street' in the third and final video of the @Hasbro and @SesameWorkshop YouTube collaboration, with a rhyming spell about muddy puddles. bit.ly/4zTrxrk @peppapig #Animation #AnimationWorld

Veteran Disney animator John Pomeroy ('Pocahontas,' 'The Land Before Time') leads the hand-drawn #animation in @Prada's new holiday campaign, with Sadie Sink and Maya Hawke among woodland creatures. bit.ly/4BzyJu8 #AnimationWorld

Accenture Song has released its #VFX breakdown for DC Studios' 'Lanterns' on @hbomax, showing how its artists built the Green Lantern constructs, from a dollar bill to a bottle opener, plus a roadside fireball. bit.ly/4iq1aC6 #VFXWorld