Movies
Directed by Latvia’s Gints Zilbalodis, the animated feature tells an animal survival tale after the fall of humankind via breathtaking imagery, deftly rendered.
Awards
The animated feature adapted from the popular children’s books crafts a lovely, bittersweet parable of parenting.
Hollywood Inc.
DreamWorks Animation confirmed it laid off employees as part of “an overall cost reduction.†The company follows other entertainment-related businesses that have cut staff in the midst of fewer productions.
Animators have expressed great concern over the threat of artificial intelligence, which is expected to lead to job losses.
In another year of wildly varied animated features, Japan, Australia, Great Britain and the planet Cybertron send us their best.
California
Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, wanted in connection with two animal rights-related bombings in Northern California 20 years ago, has been arrested in Wales.
Climate & Environment
A cluster of workers at Ventura County berry farms recently have been diagnosed with a rare disease often transmitted through sick animals’ urine.
Television
PBS’ new animated children’s program, debuting Thursday, is the first time the public broadcaster has centered a series on a neurodiverse character.
The two firms have already worked together to release films in the U.S., with GKids handling last year’s Oscar-winning Studio Ghibli feature “The Boy and the Heron.†Financial terms were not disclosed.
A Rover dogsitter lost an El Sereno couple’s French bulldog. Two months, a bloodhound and pet psychics later, Gabriella Sidhu is still holding out hope to find Mushie.