Variety

Nickelodeon Animation Studios Names Alec Botnick as President

Alec Botnick has been named president of Nickelodeon Animation Studios, according to a memo obtained by Variety from Paramount’s Chair of TV Media George Cheeks. A longtime CBS exec, Botnick will lead ...
Los Angeles Magazine

Nickelodeon Animation Becomes a Label, and an Era Quietly Closes

Nickelodeon Animation is not standing on its own anymore. Paramount has folded the studio into CBS Studios, turning it into a label inside a much larger content system. At the same time, the company ...
Deadline.com

Nickelodeon Animation Studios To Become CBS Studios Label With Alec Botnick As President; Ashley Kaplan Segues To Consulting

The integration of CBS and Paramount cable assets under George Cheeks, Chair of TV Media, continues. After BET Studios in December became a label of CBS Studios, the same is now being done with ...
Cartoon Brew

Nickelodeon Animation Studio Folded Into CBS As Alec Botnick Takes Over

Paramount’s upheaval at the top continues to impact the company’s subsidiaries, and Nickelodeon’s animation division, which recently saw the departure of Rasmey Naito, has a new boss in longtime ...
The Hollywood Reporter

YouTube Report Details Animation Industry Indie Wave, Reveals Viewership Trends (Exclusive)

Maddy Buxton, Culture & Trends manager at YouTube, discusses how creators and digital animation on the platform are global, fan-driven, popular among young adults, and driving innovation and ...
Forbes

An Animated ‘Bloodborne’ Movie Is Coming From Sony And A YouTuber

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.
Cartoon Brew

YouTube Claims Independent Animators Are Reshaping The Industry, And Has The Receipts To Prove It

When YouTube releases a trends report, it inevitably makes an argument about itself, and it will feel like PR. The company’s 2026 Animation Trends report is no exception, although it touches on trends ...
IGN

Bloodborne: R-Rated Animated Movie in Development With JackSepticEye Producing

Sony Pictures announced at CinemaCon on Monday that they are making an R-rated animated feature film based on the video game Bloodborne. While no details on the movie’s plot were revealed, it is ...
Polygon

An R-rated animated Bloodborne movie is in production from Sony and Jacksepticeye

Sony Pictures announced during CinemaCon 2026 an animated feature based on FromSoftware's critically acclaimed Bloodborne game. The movie will also be produced by popular YouTuber Seán William ...
Variety

Taika Waititi, Kit Connor Lead Voice Cast of Netflix’s ‘Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory’ Animated Feature

Three years after “Wonka” told the origin story of Roald Dahl’s famed chocolatier, Netflix is now turning the clock forward beyond the books with a new animated feature. “Charlie vs. The Chocolate ...
collider

10 Classic Animated TV Shows Still Worth Binge-Watching

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...