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Sony Pictures Animation is currently making Goat, an original animated sports comedy from producers Stephen Curry and Erick Peyton of Unanimous Media, Oscar nominee Michelle Raimo Kouyate, and Adam Rosenberg (Creed 3) and Academy Award winner Rodney Rothman (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) of Modern Magic.

In collaboration with the NBA, Sony will open the pic in theaters on Feb 13, 2026, timed to the NBA’s All-Star weekend, which is taking place in Los Angeles Feb. 13-15.

Emmy-nominated director Tyree Dillihay (Bob’s Burgers) will direct, and Adam Rosette (Orion and the Dark) will co-direct. Aaron Buchsbaum and Teddy Riley (Fairfax) are writing the screenplay.

David Schulenburg is co-producing. Rick Mischel (Open Season: Call of Nature) and Fonda Snyder (Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum) are EPs.

“As a lifelong fan of animation and sports,...

NBA star Stephen Curry is often brought up in the conversation about GOATs — the greatest basketball players of all time.

While the four-time NBA champion and two-time Mvp’s ranking might be debatable, Curry is making his Goat connection official — by producing a sports comedy movie by the same name for Sony Pictures Animation.

Curry and his Unanimous Media co-founder Erick Peyton will produce the film alongside Academy Award nominee Michelle Raimo Kouyate, and Modern Magic’s Adam Rosenberg (“Creed 3”) and Academy Award winner Rodney Rothman (“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”).

“With ‘Goat,’ we look forward to uplifting audiences with diverse characters and heartwarming storylines that will have you rooting for the underdog,” stated Peyton and Curry about the movie, which is aimed at families and sports fans alike.

Emmy-nominated director Tyree Dillihay (“Bob’s Burgers”) will direct the film, and Adam Rosette (“Orion and the Dark”) will co-direct. “Fairfax” creators...

Sony Pictures Animation is hoping to score with a new sports-themed animated feature from producer Stephen Curry.

The studio announced Thursday that the original movie Goat is set to hit theaters Feb. 13, 2026, timed to the NBA’s All-Star festivities taking place in Los Angeles that weekend. Tyree Dillihay (Emmy-nominated director of Bob’s Burgers) is helming the comedy film with co-director Adam Rosette (Orion and the Dark) from a script by Aaron Buchsbaum and Teddy Riley (Fairfax).

Plot details are being kept on the bench for the time being, and a voice cast has not been announced.

Producers include Curry and Erick Peyton for Unanimous Media, Adam Rosenberg and Rodney Rothman for Modern Magic, and Michelle Raimo Kouyate. Rick Mischel and Fonda Snyder serve as executive producers, while David Schulenburg is co-producing.

A four-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors, Curry is involved with a number of Hollywood projects, including...

Exclusive: Veteran animation producer Rick Mischel has formed a studio in Canada after acquiring Yeti Farm Creative Animation Studio.

Artists Animation Studio will be headquartered in Kelowna, British Columbia. Mischel, a Sony and Technicolor producer and exec, will be CEO of the venture and its founder. He completed the deal through his Reach Media vehicle. Financial details were not revealed.

The studio will be located the former Yeti Farm facility and will offer full-scale animation services and access to British Columbia’s Canadian tax credit incentives. It will primarily focus on 2D Harmony and hand-drawn animation for children’s and adult animation series, films, adverts and digital content.

Yeti Farm Creative Animation Studio’s co-founder Todd Ramsay (Hotel Transylvania: The Series, Angry Birds) will join Artists Animation Studio as Head of Animation, while another Yeti Farm co-founder, Ashley Ramsay, is departing “to pursue new opportunities.”

Dan Christman (Agent Elvis, Invincible) has joined as supervising producer,...

The Disney Channel will host quite the monster mash this summer with the June 25th premiere of Hotel Transylvania: The Series, Sony Pictures Animation's new TV show based on their popular movie franchise (which will see its third installment released in 2018), and you can get a look at what to expect in a brief teaser video.

Press Release: Toronto, May 22, 2017 -- Corus Entertainment's Nelvana and Sony Pictures Animation announced today the debut details of their new animated series Hotel Transylvania: The Series, based on the blockbuster film franchise of the same name. The 26x22-minute series, produced at the Nelvana studio in Toronto, focuses on the teenage years of Dracula's daughter, Mavis, and her three closest friends Hank N Stein, Pedro and Wendy Blob. With Dracula away on "Official Vampire Business," Mavis finally sees her chance to show her father what she can do. With the help of her friends,...

Jerusalem Film and Television Fund’s animation event The Hop, Skip & A Jump is aiming to grow the city’s fledgling animation scene.

The first edition of a new event aimed at Jerusalem’s nascent animation industry – called The Hop, Skip & A Jump – kicks off on the fringes of Jerusalem Film Festival on July 13. The three-day meeting, comprising mentoring sessions, master-classes and the pitching of 14 new Israeli animation projects, has been put together by Jerusalem Film and Television Fund director Yoram Honig, who says it is the third stage in his fund’s campaign to build an animation industry in Jerusalem.

The first stage was direct investment in Israeli animation features Including Albert Hanan Kaminksi’s Being Solomon [pictured] and Gidi Dar’s Legend Of Destruction which are currently in production (Being Solomon was also part of this year’s Pitch Point event). The second stage was the introduction of a 30% rebate for every dollar spent in Jerusalem...

Another toon feature has its eye on the small screen. This time, it’s Hotel Transylvania, which Sony Pictures Animation and Nelvana are developing as a TV series ahead of the feature sequel’s fall debut. Focusing on the teenage years of Dracula's daughter, Mavis, and her friends, the series will be developed and produced by Corus Entertainment's Nelvana Studio in Toronto and eyed for an early 2017 premiere. Rick Mischel of Sony Pictures Animation and Nelvana’s Colin Bohm…...

Another toon feature has its eye on the small screen. This time, it’s Hotel Transylvania, which Sony Pictures Animation and Nelvana are developing as a TV series ahead of the feature sequel’s fall debut. Focusing on the teenage years of Dracula's daughter, Mavis, and her friends, the series will be developed and produced by Corus Entertainment's Nelvana Studio in Toronto and eyed for an early 2017 premiere. Rick Mischel of Sony Pictures Animation and Nelvana’s Colin Bohm…...

With Uncle Buck, In the Heat of the Night, and Real Genius series all in the works, it looks like the television forecast has called for a high probability of more movie reboots in the future. Next up: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Dhx Media and Sony Pictures Animation have begun developing a new TV adaptation based on the bestselling book by Judi and Ron Barrett and the 2009 film and 2013 sequel. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs: The Series will chronicle the high school years of eccentric young scientist Flint Lockwood, voiced by Bill Hader in the films.

Oscar-winning visual effects/digital character animation company, Sony Pictures Imageworks, reports it will expand its Vancouver, British Columbia capacity by opening an additional 16,000 square feet of space in the Yaletown area for work on the current productions "Men In Black 3", "The Amazing Spider-Man", "Oz The Great and Powerful" and Sony Pictures Animation’s "Hotel Transylvania", currently in production.

"Imageworks growing presence builds on the Vancouver studio’s experience with 'The Smurfs' production for Sony Pictures Animation and the successful integration of the Canadian team with Imageworks’ Culver City workforce and infrastructure. The new office effectively doubles the floor space. The two Vancouver locations, two blocks apart, are fully connected to Imageworks’ Culver City data center. Imageworks Canada will occupy a total of 32,000 square feet of office space when the new location comes online in March..."

"Vancouver today is a vibrant digital production center that offers a strong talent base and...

Technicolor is taking a big step toward expansion into animation and games with the hiring of animation and games veteran Rick Mischel.

He comes on board in the newly created position of executive vp animation and interactive services at Technicolor Content Services.

Mischel's hire formalizes an animation and interactive services business unit at Technicolor, which combines its Burbank-based games division; a growing animation division also located in Burbank; and its Bangalore, India-based Paprikaas Studio. Technicolor's animation business in India is located at Paprikaas, and Technicolor recently entered into a strategic alliance with DreamWorks Animation to build an animation facility there.

The combined businesses produce art and animation for the games, television and DVD feature markets. They also provide audio, versioning and related services for games and animation.

Mischel said he is exploring the potential of offering theatrical feature animation.

"I am thrilled to help build this new business around Technicolor's well-earned reputation for quality and dependability in all its client services," he said. "We're focused on building a seamless pipeline (between the facilities). Additionally, one of my objectives is to look at Technicolor's existing facilities and access talent and resources in those places for game production and animation."

Mischel was the founder and president of Reach Games and the CEO of Mainframe Entertainment, a leading creator of computer-generated animation. Before Mainframe, he was president and Coo of Harvey Entertainment, the company behind Casper the Friendly Ghost, Richie Rich and other cartoon characters.

"With his background in both production and project development, Rick provides a wonderful balance between his leadership and creative skills covering the broad spectrum of our animation and interactive services businesses," Tcs president Ahmad Ouri said.

Ed Jones, an executive producer on feature animation Oscar winner Happy Feet, has joined Rainmaker Animation to produce Escape From Planet Earth. The Weinstein Co. is financing the comedy and will handle worldwide distribution.

Additionally, Steve Nichols has joined Rainmaker as animation director.

The film marks the first theatrical animated feature for Rainmaker. Production began last week at the company's Vancouver facility; voice talent has not yet been cast.

Earth is helmed by Tony Leech and written by Leech and Cory Edwards. Producing with Jones are Preston Stutzman of Blue Yonder Films, Jonathan Shestack of Jon Shestack Prods., Brian Inerfeld of Protocol and Gregory R. Little of Rainmaker Animation. Rick Mischel is executive producer, and Jeremy Stein will co-produce. Weinstein Co. co-president of production Michael Cole and vp production and development Eric Robinson are overseeing the project on behalf of the company.

Earth, an original idea by Leech, is a comedy about an alien prison break from Area 51.

TORONTO -- Canadian computer-animation producer Mainframe Entertainment said Wednesday it has joined with New York-based Animation Collective to market Web design and flash animation services to film and TV producers. The joint marketing agreement is the first deal to be signed by newly installed Mainframe CEO Rick Mischel, who joined the company in February. "By combining Animation Collective's expertise in flash animation for television, direct-to-video and Web sites with Mainframe's proficiency in CGI animation for television, direct-to-video and feature film production, we're able to offer prospective clients a full range of services for any and all media platforms," Mischel explained. Vancouver-based Mainframe currently is producing 13 episodes of Spider-Man for Sony Pictures Television. Recent projects by Animation Collective include the Saturday morning cartoon Web site for Fox Kids.