{"id":181518,"date":"2025-04-11T22:47:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T22:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animation\/rising-co-director-john-aoshima-signs-overall-deal-with-warner-bros-pictures-animation\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T22:47:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T22:47:22","slug":"rising-co-director-john-aoshima-signs-overall-deal-with-warner-bros-pictures-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=181518","title":{"rendered":"Rising’ Co-Director John Aoshima Signs Overall Deal With Warner Bros. Pictures Animation"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Japanese-American animation artist and filmmaker John Aoshima, recently co-director of the Netflix feature Ultraman: Rising<\/em><\/a>, has signed an exclusive multi-year overall development deal with Warner Bros. Pictures Animation (WBPA). <\/p>\n

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John Aoshima. (Photo courtesy filmmaker\u2019s website.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Aoshima\u2019s official title at WBPA will be director in development, and he will develop both original and IP-driven projects. The moribund feature animation unit of Warner Bros. has been in extended hibernation with no new titles released since 2022\u2019s DC League of Super-Pets.<\/em> <\/p>\n

The division was relaunched in 2023 under Bill Damaschke<\/a>. Various projects are planned including multiple Dr. Seuss adaptations and some films from the U.K.\u2019s Locksmith Animation (Bad Fairies<\/em>). Other announced titles in development include Margie Claus,<\/em> Emily the Strange<\/em><\/a> and Meerkat Manor<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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