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Animation Takes Greater Share of California Film Incentive as $71 Million Goes to Four Films Including ‘Donkey’
Animation is taking a larger share of the California film incentive, as the state announced Tuesday that 71 million would go to four animated features. The state expanded its production incentive to 750 million a year in 2025, while also opening up the program to animated films and TV shows. “Donkey,” the spinoff of the []
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MovieGuide
· Jul 10, 2026
Animated Movies Claim $71 Million of California Film Incentives
Animated movies are getting a larger share of California’s film incentives, with 71 million going towards four different projects.
The Hollywood Reporter
· Jul 7, 2026
Disney, DreamWorks Animated Titles Nab Nearly $72 Million In California Tax Credits
This round of subsidies is headlined by DreamWorks' 'Donkey,' Disney's 'Hexed,' and an untitled movie from Pixar. Changes to California's tax credit program expanded the eligible categories of production to include animation.
ArcaMax
· Jul 7, 2026
35 indie movies and Disney's new animated film 'Hexed' receive a California film tax credit
LOS ANGELES — Nearly three dozen indie movies, along with big animated projects from Walt Disney Co. and Universal Pictures' DreamWorks Animation, will receive a California tax credit for filming in the Golden State. A total of 41 films were ...
ComicBook.com
· Jun 23, 2026
34 Years Later, One Detail Turned This ’90s Batman Figure Into an $8,000 Collectible
Image Courtesy of Warner Bros. For anyone who grew up in the 1990s, Kenner’s Batman: The Animated Series figures were a fixture of toy aisles, and usually easily obtainable for a little pocket money. After almost 35 years, some of those figures would now set you back the price of a second-hand car, including an incredibly elusive version of the []
Wired
· Jun 25, 2026
Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie, Data Center Workers Fight Back, and Meta Leaks Employee Data
Amazon-owned MGM Studios’ decision to drop the OpenAI movie is just part of AI and film industries becoming increasingly intertwined. On Uncanny Valley, we take a look at where this is all headed.
DNyuz
· Jun 22, 2026
First Footage From Warner Bros. and DC Studios’ ‘Dynamic Duo’ Promises Boldest Superhero Tale Since ‘Into the Spider-Verse’
The “Dynamic Duo” approaches. Warner Bros. Pictures Animation showed off the first footage from the upcoming project – a collaboration between WBPA, Matt Reeves’ production company 6th and Idaho, DC Studios and New Orleans-based animation studio Swaybox Studios (which Warner Bros. now owns a controlling interest in) – during their WBPA presentation at the 2026 []
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Related coverage for "Animation Takes Greater Share of California Film Incentive as $71 Million Goes to Four Films Including ‘Donkey’": MovieGuide — Animated Movies Claim $71 Million of California Film Incentives. The Hollywood Reporter — Disney, DreamWorks Animated Titles Nab Nearly $72 Million In California Tax Credits. ArcaMax — 35 indie movies and Disney's new animated film 'Hexed' receive a California film tax credit. ComicBook.com — 34 Years Later, One Detail Turned This ’90s Batman Figure Into an $8,000 Collectible. Wired — Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie, Data Center Workers Fight Back, and Meta Leaks Employee Data. DNyuz — First Footage From Warner Bros. and DC Studios’ ‘Dynamic Duo’ Promises Boldest Superhero Tale Since ‘Into the Spider-Verse’