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#RIPCartoonNetwork Gets AWI, IATSE Clarity But Animation Fears Remain

On Monday, the Animation Workers Ignited (AWI) ran a #RIPCartoonNetwork social media campaign to shine a brighter spotlight and dial up the bullhorn on the plight of the animation industry. Once the ...
Deadline.com

Animation, Writers & Actors Guilds Hold “Historic” Anti-Generative AI Protest At Annecy: “GenAI Seeks Not To Support Artists, But To Destroy Them”

Representatives of international animation, screenwriters and actors guilds staged a protest at the Annecy Animation Film Festival on Thursday to voice their fears over the implications of generative ...
Polygon

Fantasia nearly sunk Disney animation, but Dumbo helped rescue it

As the Walt Disney Company enters its centenary, marking 100 years as a film studio whose humble Midwestern beginnings didn’t hint at its coming transformation into a pop culture bulwark, it’s ...
Yahoo

Animated Films Dominate the Box Office, So Why Aren’t Their Directors Allowed Into the DGA?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Disney released its new version of “The Lion King” in 2019, the company was quick to describe it as the live-action version ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Animation at a Crossroads as Hope Mixes with Anxiety

It's one of the biggest weeks of the year for the animation industry, with the Annecy fest in full swing and 'Inside Out 2' hitting theaters, but concerns still loom over AI, a contracting landscape ...
Cartoon Brew

Nowhere to Go But Up: Ukraine Animation Carries On Two Years After Russian Invasion

The animation community, particularly in North America, loves to complain. Even in good times, you’ll hear moans and groans about this, that, and the other thing. Now, some of those complaints are ...