From fully-animated features to vfx-driven live-action films, animation is an integral part of the theatrical marketplace today.
“I’ve learned [the puppets’] limitations and enjoy finding ways to push those boundaries and work with them creatively,” says Kristina Dufková. “What initially felt limiting compared to drawn animation became incredibly fun for me.”
Sony believes this film could do for Ghostbusters what ‘Spider-Verse’ did for Spider-man.
‘Inside Out 2’ and ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ picked up seven nominations apiece.
‘Bluey’ creator Joe Brumm, who will write and direct the feature, is also stepping away from the tv series.
Each director has helmed one of the previous installments in the series.
The animated short film shortlist is led by films from France and Japan.
‘The Wild Robot’ and ‘Flow’ are the CCA’s most nominated animated films.
The Pete Browngardt-directed film is scheduled for U.S. release on February 28, 2025.
Animated features from three continents drew audiences to the movie theater last weekend.
=Dreamworks Animation’s ‘The Wild Robot’ leads the animation pack with four nominations.
The film is on an awards season streak, and also won two major awards in the U.S. this week.
“After finishing the script, I did not read it again,” Zilbalodis told Cartoon Brew. “Even when I was making the animatic, that was based on my memory of the script.”
The dialogue-free $3.7 million European co-production bested big-studio American movies with budgets that are orders of magnitude greater,
Not that it matters, but critics didn’t like ‘Moana 2.’
The films are available on the platform through the holiday season.
‘Light of the World’ is set to release theatrically in the U.S. on September 5, 2025.
Ryan Reynolds will produce the film from a script by Matt Lieberman.
The number of eligible films is two shy of last year’s record 33 contenders.
Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, studios are releasing trailers for next year’s animated movies.
Dean DeBlois, who was one of the directors of the original animated version, is directing the hybrid remake.