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Hotel Transylvania 2
…knowing how studios think these days, a sequel was a given. Dracula’s daughter Mavis and her human boyfriend Johnny are now married and have a son, Dennis. Living in a… |
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The Good Dinosaur
…nothing wrong with a studio making a film solely for children. And, again, The Good Dinosaur is a well made and well told movie… for children. In fact, this is… |
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Sanjay Patel talks about his Super Team
…there was a true collaborative energy going on. I changed my mind towards directing after talking to my dad. He reminded me that the studio had supported me for nearly… |
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Is The Nut Job 2 still happening?
…particularly leggy at the box office, and it wasn’t long before Frozen was back ahead of it on the charts. Did this perhaps cause the studio to rethink going through… |
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Kung Fu Panda 3
…ever produced. They may not be quite up there with the How to Train Your Dragon films (arguably the jewels in the studio’s crown), but with breathtaking animation, lovable characters,… |
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Inside Out, Ex Machina, Bear Story win Oscars
…other department. And we have to thank people in two directions: we’ve got to thank the studio, we’ve got to thank the production. We’ve got to thank Alex for being… |
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Into The Forest Of Enchantement – A Disney Musical Adventure at Disneyland Paris
…our studio going over the script, discussing the show and exploring options. Working with them on this was a delight from start to finish. Lisa Goodwin: I remember Vasile was… |
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Open Season: Scared Silly
…what are Kutcher and Lawrence doing these days?), the least the studio can do is cast voice actors who can do decent impressions of them. That’s sadly not the case… |
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Ratchet & Clank
…Almost all those trends were kicked off by a successful film or two that spurred the rest of the studios to go forward with their copycat ideas. But with video… |
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Watch the first full trailer for Voltron: Legendary Defender
DreamWorks and Netflix have posted the first full trailer for Voltron: Legendary Defender. The remake of the popular Japanese animated series from the 1980s is animated by Studio Mir, which… |
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The Angry Birds Movie opens
…endorsement”. BOM predicts it will win the weekend, beat studio estimates, and finish on top of Captain America with $43.69 million. Box Office Prophets has a different take, projecting that… |
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Beauty & the Beast: 25th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray this year
As had been speculated before, Disney will be releasing yet another home video edition of Beauty & the Beast this year, as part of the studio’s so-called Walt Disney “Signature… |
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Ice Age: Collision Course
…all hope an asteroid destroys the world by 2019, before a sixth can be released. This film may be the worst major studio animated film I have ever seen. The… |
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The Croods 2 pushed back
…but it appears the studio wasn’t wanting to compete directly against Star Wars: Episode VIII, although the sequel’s new release date seems just as risky. It will now open on… |
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Suicide Squad wins second weekend at box office
…Meanwhile, Disney’s critically acclaimed Pete’s Dragon remake made an “okay” $21 million, which was probably less than what the studio was hoping for after heavily marketing it during the Olympics…. |
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Finding Dory swimming onto Blu-ray in November
…the challenges, frustrations, and rewards of bringing to life the studio’s crankiest and most technically complicated character ever. – What Were We Talking About? – This piece showcases the complex… |
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The Wild Life fails to make $1 million on opening day
…reporting. It is the latest in a string of animated flops that the studio has distributed in the states, including the critically adored Shaun the Sheep Movie and the critically… |
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Storks
…have had some diversity during the first 85 minutes of the film! The art in Storks is the usual high quality you’d expect from a major studio. The sets of… |
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Back In Time
…studio-backed or even independently realised release. While not suffering too deeply from both of these shortcomings, Back In Time doesn’t exactly escape from them either, especially in its focus on… |
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Shaun the Sheep Movie 2 officially announced by Aardman
…to even greater heights of lunacy.“ Ron Halpern, EVP of International Productions and Acquisitions for StudioCanal adds: “All of us here at StudioCanal are Aardman fans. To get to see… |
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Trolls
…one of them as a kid, which I got as a favor at a birthday party), so it’s a bit curious that the studio behind acclaimed hits like Shrek and… |
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Some time with Borrowed Time directors Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
…Blue Sky Studios, animating on Horton Hears A Who, Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs, and finally serving as a Character Lead on Rio. Andrew then joined Pixar in 2010… |
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2016 CTN Animation Expo Exclusive
…presence of some of the top animation studios like Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar, Sony, Industrial Light and Magic, and Nickelodeon. But they were not there to promote themselves or their products…. |
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Disney announces Moana to set sail for Blu-ray combo pack and 3D edition March 7
…released under the following banners: Disney, including Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios; Disneynature; Marvel Studios; Lucasfilm; and Touchstone Pictures. The Disney Music Group encompasses the Walt Disney… |
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Welcome…to Moana orchestrator and song arranger Dave Metzger!
…has arranged and orchestrated all of Mancina’s projects ever since. Through his work with Mark and Disney studios, among others, he has had the pleasure of arranging music for artists… |
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New Coco poster released; “first look” coming soon
Disney has released a new poster for Pixar’s upcoming film Coco on Facebook, and you can check it out below. In addition, the studio has teased that a “first look”… |
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Legend Quest
…which would go on to produce three sequels. The success of the films would be instrumental in turning the studio into the largest and most prestigious animation firm in Latin… |
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Mickey And The Roadster Racers
…series of all time. During its run, however, there were dramatic changes being made in how the studio was producing its preschool programming. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse came from an era… |
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Gorillaz get spooky (and NSFW) in Saturnz Barz music video with 360 viewing option
The animated band Gorillaz have released a music video to Saturnz Barz, which features accompanying vocals from Popcaan. It is the second video to the upcoming fifth studio album Humanz,… |
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Miss Hokusai
Production I.G (2015), Universal Studios Home Video/GKids (March 7, 2017), 1 Blu-ray + 1 DVD, 90 mins, 1.78:1 ratio, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Rated PG-13, Retail: $29.98 Storyboard: A series… |
