James and the Giant Peach, created through the hand-crafted art of stop-motion animation, debuted just five months after Toy Story, the blockbuster computer-animated feature that signaled a shift coming for the industry. At the time, the world was looking more toward the bright and shiny technology of computer-generated imagery on the horizon. In a 1996 […]
Archive for April, 2021
INTERVIEW: Pixar’s “Luca” Makers Preview Summertime Feature
April 28th, 2021 
Jackson Murphy Get ready to head to Italy this summer for Pixar’s new feature Luca. It debuts June 18th on Disney+. I’ve screened 30 minutes so far and look forward to seeing the entire film soon. Academy Award nominated director Enrico Casarosa (La Luna), producer Andrea Warren (Cars 3) and effects supervisor Jon Reisch (The Good Dinosaur) […]
“Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie” will Premiere on Netflix in June
April 27th, 2021 Jerry Beck Netflix today revealed that the latest installment in the hugely successful franchise, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie Part 1 & Part 2 will be premiering globally on Netflix (outside of Japan) on June 3, 2021. Created by Naoko Takeuchi and first serialized in Kodansha’s manga magazine ‘Nakayosi’ in December 1991, the stories of […]
Netflix Animated Films Summer Preview
April 27th, 2021 Jerry Beck Netflix is determined to conquer animation with sheer volume of diverse projects. Here is their line up of feature films to be released between now and the end of summer. Check out this rundown with new images and teaser trailers. First up: VIVO From Sony Pictures Animation comes VIVO, an animated musical adventure that follows […]
INTERVIEW: Kevin Nolting On “Soul” Prequel Short “22 vs. Earth”
April 27th, 2021 Jackson Murphy Kevin Nolting just won his second Annie Award for editing Disney/Pixar’s Oscar winning feature Soul. He is also the director of the brand new prequel short 22 vs. Earth, which stars Tina Fey as the bubbly title character. It premieres this Friday April 30th on Disney+. Nolting discusses what went into making the short and […]
FINAL TRAILER: “Peter Rabbit 2”
April 27th, 2021 Jerry Beck Held up by the pandemic shut downs, Sony will finally release Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway in theaters on June 18th. Directed by Will Gluck (who directed the first one), the film is a sequel to 2018’s Peter Rabbit and is based on the stories of Peter Rabbit created by Beatrix Potter. The film stars […]
INTERVIEW: Mike Rianda Gears-Up For Debut Of “The Mitchells Vs. The Machines”
April 26th, 2021 Jackson Murphy Mike Rianda is the director of Sony’s new animated movie The Mitchells vs. the Machines, which premieres this Friday April 30th on Netflix. Rianda, who also voices son Aaron Mitchell in the film, discusses the significance of the title, working with Oscar winner Olivia Colman, incorporating Furbys and more! Jackson Murphy: This movie has been […]
Gold Standard: Oscar-Winning Animated Short Subjects Celebrating Anniversaries
April 25th, 2021 Michael Lyons Good things, small packages. It is true for animated short subjects, especially those nominated for and who have won the Academy Award. Like everything else globally, this Sunday’s Academy award ceremony looked much different this year. Thankfully, the tradition of celebrating animated short subjects will continue, as it has since the first year the Academy […]
And the Oscar Goes to… Pixar’s “Soul” and “If Anything Happens I Love You”
April 25th, 2021 Jerry Beck In case you missed it – and it seems many did… This year’s Academy Award for Best Animated Feature went to Pixar’s Soul. Best Animated Short was awarded to “If Anything Happens I Love You”. Both films were indeed Oscar-worthy, but clearly the Academy adhered to its longtime traditions – favoring films that touch the […]
Season Three Full Trailer: “Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous”
April 22nd, 2021 Jerry Beck DreamWorks Animation is very excited to debut the full trailer for the highly-anticipated third season of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, premiering globally on Netflix May 21st, 2021. The trailer provides a peek into the campers uncovering more details of Dr. Wu’s secret research, and realizing that they must take fate into their own hands with […]
Pixar’s new short “22 Vs. Earth” goes to Disney+ Next Week
April 21st, 2021 Jerry Beck Ever wonder what new soul 22 has against Earth in Disney and Pixar’s hit 2020 feature film Soul? A new short from Pixar Animation Studios revisits the skeptical soul long before she ever met Joe Gardner. Debuting on Disney+ on Friday April 30th, 22 vs. Earth welcomes Tina Fey back to The Great Before as […]
Ava Duvernay’s “Wings Of Fire” Animated Event Coming to Netflix
April 20th, 2021 Jerry Beck Netflix today announced Wings of Fire, an animated event series for the whole family, based on the best-selling series of books, published by Scholastic, that have enthralled readers around the world with 14 million copies in print. The epic fantasy saga marks the first animated series from Academy Award Nominee and Emmy Award Winner Ava […]
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No Comments » Animation of “Note”: The 75th Anniversary of Disney’s “Make Mine Music”
April 17th, 2021 Michael Lyons There’s a caricature of Walt Disney that a Studio artist did during the 1940s. In it, Walt is sitting at a table looking exhausted, with his head supported in his hand, cigarette hanging from his mouth, eyebrow arched, he is staring off in the distance, trying to process, and he looks completely exhausted. The caricature […]
ANNIE AWARD WINNERS: “Soul” wins 7 “Wolfwalkers” win 5
April 16th, 2021 Jerry Beck Pixar’s Soul received seven Annie Awards during the 48th virtual awards ceremony Friday evening, winning top honors for Best Feature, Character Animation (Michal Makarewicz), Music (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste), Storyboarding (Trevor Jimenez), Writing (Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers), Best FX (Tolga Göktekin, Carl Kaphan, Hiroaki Narita, Enrique Vila, Kylie Wijsmuller) and Editorial […]
Watch The Annie Awards Live Stream Tonight – Here!
April 16th, 2021 Jerry Beck Asifa Hollywood is live streaming tonight’s Annie Awards ceremony – a virtual event this year – and you can watch or re-watch it here. The award ceremony’s multi-camera and audio set up covers the entire ceremony – the celebrations, the laughs, the flubs. You won’t miss a thing. It’s just like being there… only you […]
