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George R.R. Martin is working on three animated ‘Game of Thrones’ spinoffs

George R.R. Martin knows there’s a lot to choose from in terms of content, but that’s not stopping him from adding more abundance. In a blog post over the weekend, the “Game of Thrones” author shared ...
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Hayao Miyazaki tops North American box office for first time with ‘The Boy and the Heron’

“The Boy and the Heron,” the latest work from beloved Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, has become his first film to top the North American box office. The movie earned just under $13 million in its ...
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Italian animation company agrees to $538,000 penalty for ‘apparent violations’ of US sanctions on North Korea

An Italian animation company has agreed to pay the US Treasury Department $538,000 for “apparent violations” of US sanctions against North Korea by doing business with a North Korean state-owned ...
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‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ takes an elemental stab at adapting the animated show

Translating kids’ animation to live-action is a tricky proposition, as Disney and the 2010 movie version of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” can attest. Netflix gets the look and action right in a lavish ...
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‘You’re going to see this flood of new stories’: Why African animators are excited about AI

Digital technology may have led to the decline of hand-drawn animation, but it still required legions of creatives and technicians to feed into the process. Now some fear that artificial intelligence ...