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Fans of the Cartoon Network shows are about to dive into a sea of nostalgia after the announcement of a crossover episode. Jellystone!, which premiered on Max in 2021, has brought together characters like Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, and more. Hanna-Barbera’s characters will be joined by other Cartoon Network characters in a two-part special called Crisis on Infinite Mirths.

A still poster of Jellystone! | Credits: Max / Cartoon Network

The crossover episode will serve as the third-season finale of the series. The reimagined characters in Jellystone! had already caught the attention of fans. Interestingly, select fans have already seen the crossover episode at San Diego Comic-Con.

Max’s Jellystone! Is About To Bring Favorite Cartoon Network Characters For A Crossover The upcoming Crisis on Infinite Mirths episode of Jellystone! | Credits: Max / Cartoon Network

C. H. Greenblatt developed the animated comedy Jellystone! including reimagined characters from Hanna-Barbera studios. Greenblatt was a...

(Welcome to Animation Celebration, a recurring feature where we explore the limitless possibilities of animation as a medium. In this edition: season 3 of "Clone High" and "Jellystone!")

Animation fans (and fans of good movies regardless of style) have been thrust into an emotional tornado spinning as wildly as the Tasmanian Devil regarding the release of director Dave Green ("Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows") and writer Samy Burch's ("May December") live-action/animated hybrid Looney Tunes courtroom flick, "Coyote vs. Acme." What should be an absolute no-brainer hit at the box office is at risk of being scrapped for a tax write-off despite positive test screenings, the result of yet another frustrating corporate decision prioritizing capitalism over creativity, and an all-out attack on the art of filmmaking.

Of course, you realize, this means war.

Listen, I don't think I need to tell anyone that despite the animation industry...

Hanna-Barbera classic cartoon characters, led by 'Yogi Bear' and 'Huckleberry Hound' star in the animated comedy series "Jellystone!", streaming Season 3, February 22, 2024 on HBO Max:

".... 'Jellystone!' follows town mayor 'Huckleberry Hound', with 'Cindy', 'Boo Boo' and 'Yogi' working as the town’s medical staff.

"'Jabberjaw' works at the 'Magilla Gorilla' clothing store supplying bow ties and hats to the town's citizens, with every character fulfilling a specific role in the community.

"When their paths cross in fun and ridiculous ways, everyday activities turn into 'hilarious pandemonium'..."

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Curb Your Enthusiasm returns to Max this month in what’s being called the show’s final season (for now). If you’re not ready for the Larry David-centric comedy series to end, you can binge all eleven of the show’s previous seasons on Max right now before hitting the new episodes.

Tokyo Vice will also be back in February for season 2. Stars Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Show Kasamatsu, and Ayumi Ito are joined by Kubozuka and Miki Maya this time around, as Jake Adelstein feels the danger closing in on him. Max also welcomes you to the premiere of the highly acclaimed (and highly depraved) Dicks: The Musical this month, as a couple of self-obsessed businessmen discover they’re identical twins and decided to bring their divorced parents back together.

Here’s everything coming to (and leaving) HBO and Max this month…

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Popular YouTube content creator Grace Helbig announced that she has breast cancer in a video on Monday. In her video, she said she received the cancer diagnosis about a month ago.

Helbig said she was diagnosed with triple-positive breast cancer, which she called “super treatable and highly beatable.” She was diagnosed after noticing a small lump on her breast. She said in her video that she was unsure how to bring it up to her doctor because she was afraid of looking uneducated about her own body. But now, she urges everyone to go get checked.

“Get those lumps checked,” she said. “And don’t be afraid to ask the doctor what you think might be a stupid question.”

In addition to her YouTube channel, the 37-year-old internet personality and comedian co-hosts and co-created the podcast “This Might Get Weird” alongside Mamrie Hart. In 2015, Helbig hosted her own comedy talk show on E!

Prime Video today announced the acquisition of two new DC animated Batman series, alongside an original animated film from Warner Bros. Animation and DC. The film Merry Little Batman is ordered with a spinoff series, Bat-Family, along with a two-season order for Batman: Caped Crusader, from executive producers Bruce Timm, J J Abrams, and Matt Reeves. The Batman animated titles will premiere exclusively on Prime Video.

“Batman: The Animated Series helped pioneer in the evolution of superhero storytelling and defined the Dark Knight for a generation,” said Vernon Sanders, head of television, Amazon and MGM Studios. “Batman: Caped Crusader will no doubt continue that tradition and, alongside Merry Little Batman and Bat-Family, we’re thrilled to collaborate with Warner Bros. Animation to offer a variety of takes of the Batman mythos to our global Prime Video customers.”

“We are excited to partner with Amazon to begin an all-new animated chapter of Batman.

Hogwarts Legacy is based on the Wizarding World universe created by J.K. Rowling. You can read more about Rowling’s history of transphobic remarks as well as find resources to support LGBTQ organizations here.

The Harry Potter films are full of iconic performances and memorable actors. Daniel Radcliffe became an international star when he landed the leading role as the titular Harry Potter, and Alan Rickman’s tenure as Professor Severus Snape is arguably his most famous role since he played Hans Gruber in Die Hard.

Hogwarts Legacy is an unwritten chapter of the magical Wizarding World, complete with new narratives, heroes, and villains. The game includes characters some fans may have seen or heard of, but those characters make up a fraction of the cast. For the most part, characters are portrayed by actors who are new to the Wizarding World, but, much like Alan Rickman, odds are good...

Roughly 50 years after the first episode of “The Jetsons” premiered, fans are gearing up to celebrate the birth of George Jetson, which according to lore, is July 31, 2022. But is that really his birthday?

On Thursday, a hawk-eyed fan pointed out that “someone is about to give birth” to the show’s main character, via a fan site listing the family patriarch’s exact birthdate.

The animated sitcom created by William Hannah and Joseph Barbera took place in the 21st century. Although no mention to a specific year was ever made in the show, promotional materials and articles from the time explained that it was set exactly 100 years in the future, according to MeTV.

Further evidence can be found in the episode “Test Pilot,” which aired Dec. 30, 1962. When Jetson’s doctor tells him he “should live to be 150,” he replies, “I’ve got 110 good years ahead of me!” – making him 40 years old.

WarnerMedia Kids & Family will pick up extra episodes of “Jellystone!,” the animated series that presents a modern lens on the company’s vast store of characters from its Hanna-Barbera library.

The series’ second season, which consists of 19 new episodes, is set to debut Thursday, March 17, on HBO Max. All episodes will be made available at a later date on the company’s Cartoon Network. The company has ordered 40 more “Jellystone” cartoons to add to its library. The series is produced by Warner Bros. Animation.

The series is supervised by showrunner and executive producer C.H. Greenblatt, who previously described the challenge of taking such familiar characters and updating them for current audiences. “This was definitely the biggest challenge I have had,” he told Variety in July. “We were basically making ‘The Simpsons,’ season five, right out of the gate.”

The newly announced episodes will continue expanding the characters found in the oddball town of Jellystone,...

Been meaning to check out some Oscar-nominated films before the 94th Academy Awards on March 27? Well does HBO Max have some good news for you! HBO Max’s list of new releases for March 2022 is filled with classic films, new originals, and yes: plenty of current Oscar nominees.

Two Best Picture nominees roll out on HBO Max on March 2: Steven Spielberg’s epic musical adaptation West Side Story and Japanese drama Drive My Car. Those two contenders will be followed by Dune on March 10 and King Richard on March 24.

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HBO Max is not neglecting its original responsibilities this month either. March 3 sees the arrival of pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death. That will be followed by Adam McKay-produced Lakers drama Winning Time on March...

HBO Max has a crowded month of new movies and shows streaming in March, from franchise films to original series debuts — and it’s shaping up to be a go-to streaming service for awards contenders, just in time to get caught up before the Oscars.

Warner Bros. films “Dune” and “King Richard,” both of which are nominated in several key categories including Best Picture, make their return to streaming on HBO Max. “Dune” returns on March 10, but last-minute viewers looking to catch up before the Oscars will only have a few days to stream “King Richard,” which returns on March 24. The 94th Academy Awards ceremony airs on March 27.

Fellow Best Picture contenders “Drive My Car” and “West Side Story” are also arriving on HBO Max in the coming weeks. “Drive My Car,” which has been in limited theaters, is finally available to stream on March 2, as is “West Side Story...

The animated "Jellystone! Halloween Special", with 'Yogi', 'Cindy', 'Boo-Boo' and a whole lot more, "celebrating the spookiest time of year with tricks,treats and plenty of outrageous 'Halloween misadventures that only the citizens of Jellystone can conjure up", streams October 21, 2021 on HBO Max:

"...in 'Spell Book', while helping the overworked 'Winsome Witch' prepare for 'Halloween', 'Augie', 'Yakky' and 'Shag' perform a spell that threatens to ruin Halloween, unless they can reverse it..." 

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(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)

The Series: "Jellystone!"

Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max

The Pitch: "Jellystone!" is a modernized interpretation of the Hanna-Barbera characters we all know and love, but injected with an unhinged sense of humor that's never been seen before in the city of Jellystone. Join in as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Top Cat, Magilla Gorilla, El Kabong, Augie and Doggie Daddy, and so many more live, work, play, and obliterate their little town...

The post The Daily Stream: Jellystone! is a Hilarious Saturday Morning Cartoon for Weirdos appeared first on /Film.

Photo: ‘Jellystone'/HBO Max Beginning in 1958 with ‘The Huckleberry Hound Show,’ Hanna-Barbera’s cartoons are a staple of many generations’ childhood memories and TV obsessions. Memorable and unique, their expansive animated catalog includes shows like Yogi Bear, Snagglepus, and Huckleberry Hound -- all characters that audiences are already intimately familiar with and love! In HBO Max's 'Jellystone!', the complete expanse of that lineup gains new excitement and life during a huge and long-awaited crossover show that's bound to entertain. Set within the community of Jellystone, the Hanna Barbera characters make up the entire cast, leaving the show with something for everybody, every new and old fan of the notable animated characters. Related article: ‘In the Heights’ – Behind the Scenes and Full Commentary/Reactions from Cast & Crew Related article: The Hollywood Insider’s CEO Pritan Ambroase: “The Importance of Venice Film Festival as the Protector of Cinema” 'Jellystone!

Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss once ruled as crown princes of Saturday-morning TV. Now they are simply hoping to hold court among a legion of young streamers who watch video at any time they choose.

The cartoon characters are stand-outs from the Hanna-Barbera animation studio, which in the last half of last century accounted for the bulk of animated programing shown each Saturday morning on ABC, NBC and CBS. Creations ranged from the memorable to the decidedly less so. On Thursday, dozens of Hanna-Barbera characters are being set loose anew in “Jellystone!,” a new HBO Max series that seeks to revive several generations of animated favorites for an audience that may not know them all that well.

“This was definitely the biggest challenge I have had,” says C.H. Greenblatt, creator and executive producer of the new series, in an interview. “We were basically making ‘The Simpsons,’ season five, right out of the gate,...

The Sdcc at Home panel for the upcoming HBO Max reboot of the Hanna-Barbera cartoons, Jellystone, has us sold. Today we got to take a look at the upcoming HBO Max TV show Jellystone during the Sdcc@Home virtual Panel. The panel was moderated by Ramin Zahed (editor in chief of Animation magazine) and joining him […]

The post The Jellystone Panel Has Me Ready to Watch the Show (Sdcc@Home) appeared first on Cinelinx | Movies. Games. Geek Culture..

This summer’s San Diego Comic-Con once again invites fans to sit on their couches and enjoy the pop culture extravaganza from the safety of their homes. There is one difference from last year’s virtual event, however: It will be an abbreviated one, taking place over three days, from Friday, July 23 through Sunday, July 25 — but there are still a bevy of TV show panels on the lineup, which will be streaming for free via YouTube.

Note: Yes, there will again be a DC Fandome virtual event this year (on Oct. 16), where in 2020 shows such as The Flash, Titans, Batwoman...

Get ready to return to the world of Hanna-Barbera with a new animated series. Jellystone! is coming to HBO Max later this month, and the streamer has released a preview for the upcoming series. Yogi Bear, Cindy Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and many more beloved characters from the Hanna-Barbera universe will appear in Jellystone!.

The voice cast includes C.H. Greenblatt, Jeff Bergman, Jim Conroy, Georgie Kidder, Grace Helbig, Niccole Thurman, Thomas Lennon, Ron Funches, Bernardo de Paula, Dana Snyder, Katie Grober, Paul F. Tompkins, Jenny Lorenzo, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Lesley Nicol, Ulka Simone Mohanty, and Andrew Frankel.

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Revenge vet Nick Wechsler is suiting up for The Boys Season 3 as the supe Blue Hawk, EW.com reports.

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