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May Animation Planner
3Toons are in full bloom in Stuttgart this week during the ITFS animation fest, FMX conference and Animation Production Days! If you can’t make it to the middle of Swabia, you can enjoy many films and talks online. [itfs.de | fmx.de | animationproductiondays.de]
5Explore the universe with the pre-Kirk Enterprise crew in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, on Parmount+ today.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
15 Fathom Events & GKIDS present Ponyo in select theaters today, tomorrow and May 18 as part of Studio Ghibli Fest 2022. [ghiblifest.com]
Ponyo
20 Iconic cartoon chipmunks get a hybrid movie makeover (or, at least Dale does) in Disney+ original Chip ‘n
Dale: Rescue
Rangers, starring John Mulaney and Andy Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers Samberg. Home audiences can also tune into S2 of The Jim Henson Co.’s Harriet the Spy on Apple TV+.
24 L&M movers will be on the hunt for the next toys ‘n togs sensation at Licensing Expo, taking place live at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas and online for three days. [licensingexpo.com]
6Strange new worlds of visual spectacle open up in the latest Marvel blockbuster Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
9Cookie Monster, Elmo and Abby Cadabby embark on STEAM-powered adventures Sesame Street as heroic robots Mecha Builders in Sesame Street Mecha Builders, the newest series on the Cartoonito preschool block. 12 Enjoy the best in IberoAmerican animation at the 5th Quirino Awards fest in Tenerife, including the Co-Production & Business Forum, capped by the awards ceremony on May 14. [premiosquirino.org] 17 The prestigious Festival de Cannes begins today. See you on the red carpet! [festival-cannes.com]
19 The Big Cheese is forced to crawl back up the corporate ladder (with help from his savvy nieces) in the new DreamWorks/Netflix series The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib.
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib.
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My Little Pony: Make Your Mark
Hasbro’s Mane 5 kick off their new adventures in My
Little Pony: Make
Your Mark with a 44-min. special on Netflix. The CG-animated series premieres this Fall.
The Bob’s Burgers Movie
27 Fans can finally feed their musical-comedy craving as 20th Century’s The Bob’s Burgers Movie gets sizzlin’ in cinemas! On streaming, Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen return as Jedi master and padawan in the prequel series Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+, while Netflix unleashes S4 of Stranger Things.
