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D's chase for Capri ends in a scrappy junkyard fight with Talia in @netflix's new clip from 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2,' @trigger_inc's standalone Night City season from showrunner Bartosz Sztybor. Now streaming. bit.ly/4BU7ATc #Animation #AnimationWorld

Dark Slope, the virtual production studio behind 'The Boys' and 'Gen V,' is opening an LED volume stage at North Shore Studios in Vancouver in December, and has launched a consulting business offering custom pop-up stages anywhere. bit.ly/3WhxShQ #VFX #VFXWorld

Where does the Cat go after he leaves? Back to the office. Erica Rivinoja and Alessandro Carloni on 'The Cat in the Hat,' a flat boss, 3 visual worlds, and a Things language of slaps and snaps. In theaters today. bit.ly/4k265M2 #Animation #AnimationWorld

Karl F. Cohen calls Hisko Hulsing's 'Danse Macabre' a remarkable new kind of cinema experience: 5 minutes of skeleton armies set to Shostakovich, and a film that never deserved the Annecy protest over its minimal AI use. bit.ly/4Ac08Rn #Animation #AnimationWorld

Roxel Creative's #VFX breakdown for Kane Parsons' 'Backrooms' walks through the previs, stuntvis and full CG layout behind the film's maze of yellow rooms. bit.ly/4zaMxsN #VFXWorld

Mickey and Pluto are left home alone for Christmas, with a raccoon and a weasel after dinner, in the trailer for Disney Jr. and Wild Canary's 'Mickey's Home Alone,' premiering Thanksgiving Day on Disney Jr. bit.ly/4sGQG6h #Animation #AnimationWorld

'Nimona' creator @Gingerhazing's pirate tale 'Scarlet Morning' heads to live action at @AmazonMGMStudio, with 'Loki' director Kate Herron at the helm; 'Nimona' collaborators Roy Lee and Darlene Caamaño Loquet produce. bit.ly/4BJ1B3c #Animation #AnimationWorld

This week's AWN Trailer Roundup: the 'Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend' finale trailer, @netflix clips from 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2,' 'STEEL BALL RUN' and 'Bass X Machina,' plus 'MASHLE' and 'Helluva Boss.' bit.ly/4zw5Ei1 #Animation #AnimationWorld

Disney Television Animation, @WildBrainStudio, One of Us and @lumapictures are hiring: 16 new #animation and #VFX openings in today's AWN Jobs Roundup. Roles include a VFX supervisor in Paris, senior CG layout artist in Vancouver. bit.ly/4AeHGI0 #AnimationWorld #VFXWorld

Jonathan Garson to succeed Jim Morris as @Pixar president effective Jan 4, 2027; Morris moves to president emeritus and stays on as EP of 'Incredibles 3;' Jonas Rivera upped to EVP of creative alongside Pete Docter. bit.ly/47UNRVA #Animation #AnimationWorld

Andrew Osmond weighs 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2,' @sciencesaru's 'The Ghost in the Shell,' the 'Gundam Hathaway' films and the dark mermaid fable 'Goodbye, Lara.' bit.ly/481p9Tq #Animation #AnimationWorld

Sylvain Chomet directs @Dior's hand-drawn holiday short 'Christian Dior's Night in Color,' with Robert Pattinson narrating and @rihanna as the house's Lucky Star. bit.ly/4iprWfb #Animation #AnimationWorld

Hagfish slime helped @imageworksvfx give Peter Parker his new organic webs in 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day.' Chris Waegner and Rich Smith break down the 'web tornado' and more: bit.ly/4yZjvfu #VFX #VFXWorld

Penny Proud accidentally wrecks Christmas and has to save it in the trailer for @DisneyPlus' stop-motion musical special 'A Proud Family Wizmas,' starring Kyla Pratt. Premieres November 14. bit.ly/4sIVOGP #Animation #AnimationWorld

Remington Scott, Gollum's motion capture lead on 'The Two Towers,' now heads Eros Imagination, Eros Innovation's new AI-native creative tech business. Early priority: an immersive Mohammed Rafi experience. bit.ly/480LrVm #VFX #VFXWorld #Animation #AnimationWorld

The Heffleys swap holiday stress for an island resort that's no paradise in the trailer for 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: The Getaway,' from Jeff Kinney. Streaming December 4 on @DisneyPlus. bit.ly/3Vb5v4x @wimpykid #Animation #AnimationWorld

'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