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Recap: 'Animal Crackers' Problem / Greno Goes / Weekend Box Office
Disappointment, departures... Da box office... See, I can squeeze in another "d."Animal Crackers UpdateScott Sava, the writer and director of the long-delayed animated film Animal Crackers, has doubled...
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Guest Column - Netflix, Animated: How The Streaming Giant Could Change the...
Today's editorial comes from a frequent guest and collaborator.Munir A. is a long-time animation fan. The other day, the animation hub he wrote for has ended its run after a stellar 7 1/2...
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Recap: 'Ralph Breaks' Teaser / DreamWorks Change / Reel FX Satellite
Breaking developments here and there...Oh look at that... The teaser for Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2Â is here!The film is a little over nine months away, but that didn't stop Walt Disney...
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Mega Mouse Slate
No recap today, that'll come later...Monster Mouse...Hot on the heels of Black Panther's massive success, over twenty new features have been added to The Walt Disney Company's film slate, and lots of...
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Recap: Ralph Talk / Skydance / Cracked Gnomes
Breaking developments of all kinds...Ralph Breaks Directors Talk StoryWithin days of the teaser release, Ralph Breaks The Internet directors Rich Moore and Phil Johnston (also the film's writer, who...
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Recap: Oscars / Weekend Box Office
So the statues, and the box office... Not much else...I'm not really into the whole Oscar thing anymore.Year after year, we learn about how out of touch a lot of the Academy base are. We also learn...
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Recap: 'Little Nemo' / Did 'Spies' Move? / Darla Leaves / 'Grinch'
On Animation seems to be gearing up...Based in France, On Animation was one of the studios behind 2015's The Little Prince, the CG/stop-motion animated adaptation of the beloved classic book that...
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Recap: Weekend Box Office / 'Bad Guys' / 'Wendell & Wild'
Another weekend, another set of results...At #6, Sony's Peter Rabbit - which Sony Animation's name and logo are attached to - inches closer to $100 million domestically and has collected $120 million...
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Recap: Weekend Box Office / John Musker Retires
In one weekend, a new animated feature hits the big screen. For now, things are rather quiet.Peter Rabbit continues to leg it up, grossing $102 million here and over $145 million everywhere, as it gets...
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Recap: 'Hotel 3' / 'Extinct' / 'Tintin 2' Update & More
Monsters, creatures, reporters, dogs...With the newest animated release around the corner, Sony Animation has decided to release the first full trailer for their threequel, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer...
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Recap: 'Lego' and 'Everest' Casts / DWA Short & More
Lots going on here, from DreamWorks to Lego bricks to... The Spice Girls?First off, some voice acting tidbits on two animated features opening next year...Less than a year from now, The Lego Movie...
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Recap: 'Spies' Moved / 'Gravity Falls' / 'Bao'& More
Spies, shorts, shelved films, surprises, it's that kind of recap...Well look at that, Spies in Disguise moved after all...Not too long ago, a locked twitter account that seemed to be for the upcoming...
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Recap: Weekend Box Office / 'Playmobil' Moves & More
Some stuff here and there...Although it's Thursday, I figured I'd just talk about the box office drops, look at how these movies are holding up and all...Sherlock Gnomes expectedly had a soft tumble....
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Recap: Box Office / 'Incredibles 2' / TAIKO & More
Big happenings all around...Sherlock Gnomes is still at the top of the animated crop, dropping a good 20% this past weekend, already making nearly 3 1/2x its dismal opening weekend gross. Worldwide, it...
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Pondering About 'Isle of Dogs' and Feature Animation
This is not a review of the latest Wes Anderson stop-motion animated odyssey...Rather, this is just how I'm feeling now that I've seen it.There are major spoilers here too, so beware...Okay, good?I am...
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Recap: Weekly Box Office / DreamWorks Gains / Sony Dragon
Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs finally went wide. It currently plays in 1,939 theaters...Fun trivia: 1939 was the year the second American animation studio made a feature-length film... The Fleischer...
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Recap: Weekend Box Office / CinemaCon Bits / Laika Lives!
The dogs rule the animated box office again.Isle of Dogs remains in the Top 10.The Wes Anderson stop-motion adventure tumbled a soft 36%. Similarly, The Grand Budapest Hotel didn't drop off like a rock...
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What's Going On With 'Toy Story 4'?
The sequel a lot of us really don't want...Toy Story 4...It's set to open in a year from now. The teaser trailer for what is arguably an event blockbuster might even show up this summer before...
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Recap: 'Chicken Run' 2 / Paramount / WB Trailers & More
This weekend, the Avengers inevitably blew just about everything else out of the water...Isle of Dogs had its steepest drop yet, falling 58%. The film, which lost nearly a thousand theaters, has...
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Recap: Sony Shuffle / 'Fast & Furious' / 'Missing Link'& More
Lots to unpack, lots to unpack... Sony Animation Slate ShuffleSony Pictures Animation's slate changes quite a lot, don't it?Two pictures played musical chairs... The sequel to their current hybrid hit...
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What Will Brad Bird Do Next?
Yes, I do understand that I might be getting ahead of myself... But I want to talk about animated film director Brad Bird and his possible future...Brad Bird's newest film, the sequel to his 2004...
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End of May Roundup and Updates
This is a little bit different...After six years of writing and maintaining this blog, more changing and rearranging comes about...You won't see as many posts here every month, though you will be...
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A To-Be Extended Post...
Hello everyone...For those of you who have read my previous post, you'll know that I'm going in a new direction with this blog. My current M-O is to wait till the end of each month and collect all my...
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Mid-July Roundup
You know... I did say in the previous roundup/recap that I plan on doing these once a month, but my schedule cleared up a little bit, so I decided to... Shall I say, sneak one out? Anyways, the...
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Packing Up
... and going somewhere else.Folks, readers, animation fans...It's been a long, sometimes thrilling, sometimes unpredictable 6 1/2 years...Don't panic.I'm not ceasing animation commentary and opinions....
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