AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast

Today's episode includes:

• Disney+ released the trailer for The Muppet Show (2026)

• LAIKA's Wildwood to be released in theaters on October 23

• Nintendo and Illumination released the Yoshi trailer of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

• Butch Hartman opens a new 2-Day convention called Hart Con that costs $1500 to register

• The AMPAS announced the Oscar nominations for the 98th Academy Awards

Today's episode includes:

• Jorge R. Gutiérrez will direct the Speedy Gonzales movie

• Scott Adams, the disgraced racist creator of Dilbert (1957 – 2026)

• Roger Allers, co-director of The Lion King and Open Season (1949 – 2026)

• Persistence of Vision director Kevin Schreck is making a documentary called Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA

• Keegan-Michael Key confirms that Hotel Transylvania 5 is in the works

Today's episode includes:

• KPop Demon Hunters wins Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards

• Elio and KPop Demon Hunters lead the 53rd Annie Awards with 10 nominations each

• Wish Dragon 2 to be released in Summer 2027, but Sony and Netflix are currently not involved

• Jack Black reveals that he rejected the role of Syndrome from The Incredibles and regrets it

• Steve Whitmire received backlash for a blog about The Muppets and how they're currently handled

Today's episode includes:

• 5. What RUINED ILoveKimPossibleALot

• 4. The Awards go to Flow

• 3. KPop Demon Hunters Mania

• 2. Ne Zha 2: The New Animation Champion

• 1. Netflix Buys Warner Bros.

Today's episode includes:

• Warner Bros. released the teaser trailer of Supergirl

• Jeff Garcia, the voice of Sheen in Jimmy Neutron (1975 – 2025) and Jim Ward, the voice of Doug Dimmadome in The Fairly Odd Parents (1959 – 2025)

• Rob Reiner, the director of The Princess Bride, A Few Good Men, This is Spinal Tap and more (1947 – 2025)

• Disney is making a live-action spin-off Gaston movie

• Disney invests $1 billion on OpenAI's video platform, Sora

Today's episode includes:

• Sony Pictures Animation released the trailer of GOAT

• Interview with Britton Payne, founder of The Autism Scene and the AuSPEC Awards, where aspiring autistic writers could win an opportunity to work in animation

• Zootopia 2 broke several records on its opening weekend during American Thanksgiving

• The nominations for the 83rd Golden Globes were announced

• Netflix will acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $82.7 billion

Today's episode includes:

• Pixar released the trailer of Hoppers

• The Asylum released the trailer of A Winnie the Pooh Christmas

• Sonic the Hedgehog producer Neal H. Moritz in talks to produce a live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie

• A Christian school in England bans children from singing the songs of KPop Demon Hunters

• 35 movies are eligible to be nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 98th Academy Awards

Today's episode includes:

• Disney released the teaser trailer of Moana (2026 live-action remake)

• Pixar released the teaser trailer of Toy Story 5

• Paramount Pictures released the trailer of The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

• Illumination and Nintendo released the teaser trailer of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

• Disney CEO Bob Iger said that he plans to include an AI generator on Disney+ that could make short-form videos

Today's episode includes:

• Lionsgate released the teaser trailer of Michael (2026)

• New information revealed about the upcoming Animation Lookback: Blue Sky Studios

• Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone and Cole Escola are making a Miss Piggy movie

• Korean animation studio RedRover to produce K-Pop animated movie and The Nut Job 3

• Coca-Cola faces backlash for using AI for their holiday commercial for the second year in a row

Today's episode includes:

• Laika released the first look of Wildwood

• Crash and Eddie may not appear in Ice Age: Boiling Point, according to Seann William Scott

• Warner Bros. Discovery is for sale after Paramount failed to acquire the company

• The Looney Tunes cartoons entered the Top 10 most viewed shows on Tubi

• Sony Pictures Animation and Netflix are making The Mitchells vs. The Machines 2