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Image: Adult SwimTV-wise, the big debut of the week has been HBO Max’s Velma. Starring Mindy Kaling as and billed as a more adult take on Cartoon Network’s eternal Scooby-Doo franchise, the show itself is...amazingly unremarkable, at least from the first two episodes currently out. Maybe it’ll grow into itself over time in future episodes or another hypothetical season, but at present, it’s just the least interesting result of someone uttering the phrase “adult animated Scooby-Doo show.”Adult-specific animation is...weird…

Screenshot: Disney+By Sabina GravesFlorida’s controversial anti-LGBTQ “Don’t Say Gay” bill has passed the state senate, heading to the desk of governor Ron DeSantis, all but guaranteeing its entry into state law—and one of the state’s biggest businesses, the Walt Disney Company, has largely chosen to stay silent.Instead of turning its attention toward supporting LGBTQ youth and their families, Disney focused its efforts on a different situation making headlines in Florida: its latest luxury vacation venture aboard the…

Image: Amazon StudiosAlexander Skarsgård and Mia Goth look haunting in the first look at David Cronenberg’s new horror movie, Infinity Pool. Tom Welling heads to Supernatural in new footage from The Winchesters. Plus, a new look at Syfy’s colony thriller The Ark. Spoilers, away!WickedVariety reports Tony-award nominee Ethan Slater has joined the cast of Wicked as Boq, the Munchkinlander who eventually becomes the Tin Woodsman. BallerinaDeadline has word Oscar-nominee Catalina Sandino Moreno has joined the cast of the John…

James Gunn on the Harley Quinn animated series.Screenshot: HBO MaxIn the wake of HBO’s new leadership slashing the Warner Bros. Animation department and its shows on HBO Max and Cartoon Network, the possibility of DC animation finding new life on other streamers has been floated as an ideal outcome. That may now be happening, with a little help from Amazon.According to a report on Deadline, the chairwoman and CEO of Warner Bros. Television Studios, Channing Dungey, discussed this possibility at Content London, announcing…

We here at io9 have talked at length about cartoons, whether it’s cartoons from our childhoods that we’ve loved, or more recent ones that deserve a wider spotlight. And when it comes to western animation, you can’t talk about it without talking about one channel in particular.Cartoon Network launched on October 1, 1992. A year prior, the American media conglomerate Turner Broadcasting System (or as it would eventually come to be known, TBS) purchased animation studio Hanna-Barbera and decided to launch a network that…

Image: NetflixThe last few months haven’t exactly been kind to western animation. Between various canceled projects or removals of old series at HBO Max and in-progress Netflix series getting paused or completely shut down, it can feel like the landscape is going to be in a very different place by the time 2023 rolls around.Amidst all this, Illumination is looking to expand its filmsfrom kid-friendly fare like Minions and the upcoming Mario movie. Variety reports that the production company recently hired Mike Moon, who…

In the much-anticipated buildup to Rick and Morty’s season six premiere, Adult Swim released an interactive fan event where Wormageddon sculptures were set up across the globe, providing clues towards the next season of the animated show. With the season now underway, Adult Swim has released the first episode, “Solaricks,” on YouTube, available for (almost) anyone to watch for two weeks.FULL EPISODE | Rick and Morty Season 6 Premiere: Solaricks | adult swimFollowing a sociopathic scientist who drags his reserved grandson…

Image: Warner Bros. AnimationThe recent culling at Warner Bros. has meant that numerous projects have suddenly found themselves cut loose, and surprisingly, one of them was Batman: Caped Crusader. Previously announced back in 2021 from Bruce Timm and JJ Abrams, and planned to air on both HBO Max and Cartoon Network, Caped Crusader had its plug pulled earlier this week. However, unlike some of the other cancellations at WB Discovery, production on Caped Crusader was said to continue as the series was being shopped around…

Image: LucasfilmJameela Jamil (dressed as her She-Hulk character Titania) vandalized some She-Hulk posters in Los Angeles as a bit of PR. Christian Slater has been cast as the villain in the new live-action Spiderwick Chronicles. There’s so, so much horror coming, you guys. But is there more? There’s more!I Saw the TV GlowComing Soon reports Phoebe Bridgers and Fred Durst have joined the cast of I Saw the TV Glow, the latest film from We’re All Going to the World’s Fair directorJane Schoenbrun. Co-starring Amber Benson,…

Image: Warner Bros. DiscoveryThe Warner Bros. Discovery merger has thus far been a train wreck in slow motion. Earlier in the week, a variety of shows, including animated series like Infinity Train and Summer Camp Island, were suddenly yanked off of HBO Max, and the reaction thus far has been overwhelmingly negative. Even as still airing shows like Island and Victor & Valentino will have their new seasons air on Cartoon Network, the abruptness by which these shows have been removed has a left a bad taste in the mouths…