Nearly three dozen indie movies, along with big animated films from Disney and DreamWorks Animation, are among the recipients of California's latest round of film tax credits.

Disney's upcoming Hexed is among 41 new projects approved for California's expanded production tax incentive program.

Disney's upcoming animated film "Hexed" and DreamWorks Animation's "Shrek" prequel "Donkey" are among the 41 new projects approved for California's expanded production tax incentive program, bringing the total number of recipients in the program's first year since its dramatic expansion to 170.

While Disney and Pixar of course dominate animation discourses, Illumination has been quietly amassing its own collection of animated classics.

And you believe those things because the movie is animated and has a certain look and feel, which creates an unspoken whimsy. The world itself feels real, even when it’s obviously not. Funny then that the “real” version of Moana feels so incredibly fake.

Everything is coming up Stitch. Following last summer's $1 billion-grossing live-action adaptation of the original film, Walt Disney Animation Studios is readying a new animated "Lilo & Stitch" short (this time entitled "Lilo & Scratch") that will accompany the theatrical exhibition of their new animated feature "Hexed.

For more than a century, Disney has been creating stories that have entertained generations of families around the world. Since the studio’s founding in 1923, it has released hundreds of animated classics,