A cheerful, animated square character with googly eyes and blue pipe cleaner arms sits on a chair, holding a newspaper and giving a thumbs-up—ready to tune into the Google I/O Keynote Film 2026 by Laurie Rowan & Nexus in the cozy, note-filled room. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Laurie Rowan & Nexus Chip In on Google I/O Keynote Film

Nexus Studios director Laurie Rowan powers up the kitschy fun of an 80s training montage in this keynote film for Google’s I/O 2026 event, a cheeky and tactile merger of 3D animation, puppetry, and AI. [Watch]

A silhouetted person stands in the center of a cityscape, holding a cigarette, with bright digital billboards and a vivid red sun in the background—a dramatic, futuristic scene reminiscent of Coup de Foudre from the Nexus Studios commercial roster. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Nexus Studios Signs Directing Trio Coup de Foudre to Commercial Roster

From the release: Nexus Studios is excited to welcome directors Coup de Foudre to its commercial roster. True to their name, Coup de Foudre’s work is striking, immediate, and impossible to ignore. [Watch]

Four colorful, childlike drawings of aliens and astronauts: a McDonald’s rocket lands, an alien receives a Happy Meal in a Crayola spaceship, an astronaut with green hair floats, and a blue alien waves. Created with the playful spirit of Nexus Studios. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Shynola & Nexus Studios Pencil In Creativity for Crayola and McDonalds

Nexus Studios’ directing collective Shynola (Chris Harding, Jason Groves, Richard Kenworthy) let loose with Crayola pencils in this spot for the brand’s collab with McDonald’s, encouraging kids to embrace their creativity. [Watch]

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Daniel Kleinman & Nexus Studios “Play Dirty” With Shane Black and Amazon Prime

Rattling Stick director Daniel Kleinman and the motion crew at Nexus Studios tear into the printed quirks of mid-century crime paperbacks in these opening titles for Shane Black’s new action heist thriller Play Dirty on Amazon Prime. [Watch]

Erwin van den IJssel and Nexus Studios Open Playgrounds In Motion 2025 in London

Nexus Studios’ CD Erwin van den IJssel continues his string of impossible-to-ignore titles for Playgrounds events (see here and here) with this rambunctious motion sequence for the 2025 edition of the In Motion conference in London. [Watch]

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Johnny Kelly & Nexus Plug Into “Feel Good Energy”

Nexus Studios director Johnny Kelly’s animated character mastery takes many forms and this latest, a musical romp for Austria’s Energie AG thru Vienna agency Studio Sonntag, merges live-action sockets and CG lip-sync. [Watch]