Month: August 2016 – page 2

Jack Riley, voice of Stu Pickles on Rugrats, passes away
Kubo and the Two Strings opens

Laika’s Kubo and the Two Strings opens today in 3,260 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The film is a hit with the critics, garnering a 94% positive rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Their consensus: “Kubo and the Two Strings matches its incredible animation with an absorbing — and bravely melancholy — story that has something […]

The teaser trailer for Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania is here

The first trailer for Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania is now online, and can be viewed in the player below. The sequel–which features several WWE stars–comes to Blu-ray in early 2017.

Kubo and the Two Strings director discusses philosophy of animation
Watch the first 12-minutes of Final Fantasy XV CG film Kingsglaive

Sony and Square Enix has made available the opening 12-minutes of Kingsglaive, the CG-film based within the world of the forthcoming video game Final Fantasy XV. Kingsglaive will have a limited theatrical run in select cities beginning Friday, August 19. An official list of theaters viewing the film can be seen at the official web […]

Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch will co-write Detective Pikachu
Ben Whishaw officially joins Mary Poppins Returns
Overtime accusations put Sausage Party’s production company in the frying pan
Alan Menken discusses Sausage Party‘s super-serious music in new featurette
Suicide Squad wins second weekend at box office

As was anticipated, Suicide Squad won its second weekend at the box office, although the race was a bit tighter than many were expecting. Box Office Mojo is reporting a $43 million victory for the comic book actioner, but the real “wiener” of the weekend might’ve been Sausage Party, which nearly doubled some projections with […]

Looking back at the memorable music of the original Pete’s Dragon
Sausage Party

Sausage Party is irreverent, pornographic, sacrilegious, bigoted… and pretty funny! The story is weak but if raunchy humor and seeing touchy topics get ridiculed is something you’re hungry for, then this film will hit the spot!

Legendary Imagineer Rolly Crump documentary website now live

The Whimsical Imagineer, a new documentary on legendary Disney Imagineer Rolly Crump that premiered at the prestigious Newport Beach Film Festival several months ago and was honored with the Audience Favorite Award, is continuing to attract attention, screening this month at Walt Disney Imagineering, the Walt Disney Family Museum and the film festival circuit. Coinciding […]

Oh My Disney celebrates Bambi anniversary with retrospective production article
Sausage Party surprises by topping the box office (for now)

Outperforming virtually all predictions, Sausage Party surprised by topping the box office yesterday, Box Office Mojo is reporting. The (very) R-rated comedy barely took the crown from Suicide Squad, which is still expected to win the weekend when all is said and done. In other news, Disney’s non-musical Pete’s Dragon remake opened to a decent […]

Kenny Baker, the man behind R2-D2 in the first six Star Wars films, passes away
McG to direct Masters of the Universe after all?
Lando Calrissian will also appear in the Han Solo movie
Sausage Party grills past early projections on opening night
Suicide Squad director says Captain Boomerang is a “huge My Little Pony fan”
How Sausage Party got (and got away with) an R rating
Disney legend Alan Menken wrote the big musical number in Sausage Party
Suicide Squad soundtrack on track to top Billboard chart
Sausage Party opens

Columbia, Imageworks’ Sausage Party opens today in 3,103 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The critics are eating it up, giving it a fresh 82% at Rotten Tomatoes. Their consensus: “Sausage Party is definitely offensive, but backs up its enthusiastic profanity with an impressively high laugh-to-gag ratio — and a surprisingly thought-provoking storyline”. Box Office […]

Nickelodeon to bring back Rocko’s Modern Life in a new one-hour special
The new trailer for Rouge One: A Star Wars Story is here

A brand new (and pretty sweet) trailer for Rouge One: A Star Wars Story just premiered during Olympic coverage on NBC, and you can watch it in the player below. The highly anticipated release opens everywhere this Christmas.

How Kubo & the Two Strings blends animation and origami