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Guest: ‘Haunted Hotel’ Creator Matt Roller

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Creator Matt Roller welcomes you to “Haunted Hotel”, starring Will Forte and executive produced by Dan Harmon. The adult animated series that makes the most of ghosts (with laughs and scares) premieres Friday September 19th on Netflix. 2015 LCJ Q&A Podcast guests included Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (“Juno”) and “Hotel Transylvania” trilogy director Genndy Tartakovsky. […]
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Animation Scoop: ‘Big Mouth’ Final Season Q&A

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Anthony Lioi is a five-time Emmy-nominee who serves as supervising director of the Netflix adult animated series “Big Mouth”, which just aired its final season. Lioi discusses crafting the series finale and more in this Animation Scoop Q&A. ————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 […]
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Guest: ‘Love Death + Robots’ ‘400 Boys’ Director Robert Valley

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Robert Valley is an Academy Award nominee for short “Pear Cider and Cigarettes”, an Annie winner for the “Tron: Uprising” animated series and an Emmy winner for his work on popular program “Love, Death + Robots”. He returns to “LD+R” with a new short for Vol. 4 called “400 Boys”. It stars John Boyega and […]
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Animation Scoop: ‘The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep’ Q&A

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Animated action/adventure romance drama “The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep” debuts Tuesday Feb. 11 on Netflix. Here’s my Animation Scoop Q&A with director Kang Hei Chul. ————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews of […]
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Animation Scoop: ‘Spellbound’ Q&A

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Vicky Jenson, director of “Spellbound” (on Netflix Nov. 22), shares details on the story, cast, songs and themes of the animated feature musical in this Animation Scoop Q&A. —————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 […]
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Guests: ‘Mighty Monsterwheelies’ Showrunner Stephanie Simpson and Story Editor Kyel White

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DreamWorks “Mighty Monsterwheelies” morphs classic movie monsters and monster trucks, creating a fun group of characters and episodes for families as we approach Halloween. It premieres Monday October 14th on Netflix. Kyel White developed the series and serves as story editor. Stephanie Simpson is the four-time Emmy-winning executive producer and showrunner. 2013 LCJ Q&A Podcast […]
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Guest: ‘Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft’ Showrunner Tasha Huo

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Lara Croft has been played by Oscar winners Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander in movies. She’s also an iconic video game heroine. Now she’s the focus of a new hand-drawn animated series, with the voice of Hayley Atwell, in “Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft”. It premieres this Thursday October 10th on Netflix. Showrunner, […]
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Guests: ‘Exploding Kittens’ Showrunners and Creators Matthew Inman and Shane Kosakowski

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Phenomenon card game “Exploding Kittens” is now an adult animated comedy series, premiering this Friday July 12th on Netflix. Find out how a cat exorcism and Bruce Willis movies have inspired showrunners and creators Matthew Inman (who also co-created the game) and Shane Kosakowski. 2013 LCJ Q&A Podcast guests included Oscar-winning director Chris Wedge (“Ice […]
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