Newsbytes archive for April 2026

Contributors this month include dronon, earthfurst, EberraWolf, and Rakuen Growlithe.

dronon: Disney is working on a TV adaptation of Animorphs. Will they Disneyfy it, or in the long run stay true to the author's intension?

Rakuen Growlithe: Cambodia unveils statue honouring Magawa, the African giant pouched rat who sniffed out over 100 landmines.

Rakuen Growlithe: Brazilian law now allows joint custody of pets when couples separate.

dronon: A trailer for Swapped finally appears, strangely omitting Skydance's involvement.

dronon: This Mother's day weekend brings us two films, one with an occasional octopus narrator and another with an investigating herd of sheep.

dronon: You think you've got a plush? This is a plush.

dronon: The Spanish comic Solo by Oscar Martin is being considered for an animated feature film, featuring a muscled, brooding rat in a violent post-apocalyptic world.

EberraWolf: Anthro New England has moved forward with the Omni, which was previously reported here in February as their preferred venue in internal discussions.

earthfurst: Majira Strawberry's YouTube channel, after being dormant for two years, has a new video uploaded on April 19, explaining his absence and announcing that after a decade of YouTube disabling his Google AdSense, the channel can finally make money from ads.

dronon: After over 7 years of development hell, there's an official trailer for Coyote vs. Acme.

dronon: Game trailer: Beastro.