Animated Films

Chinese moviegoers are gravitating toward films made at home, rather than in Hollywood. Chinese moviegoers are gravitating toward films made at home, rather than in Hollywood. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do…

Pixar’s latest animated film has one of the weakest domestic debuts in studio’s history. Pixar’s latest animated film has one of the weakest domestic debuts in studio’s history. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do…

In a surprising turn of events, the highly anticipated sequel to the Oscar-winning animated film, 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,' titled 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,' has hit a roadblock in its release plans for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The movie, directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson, and featuring a script by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Dave Callaham, failed to pass local censorship laws, according to sources familiar with the situation. 'Spider-Man:…

Domestic sales for the remake fell in the middle of the studio’s recent live-action redos of animated classics. Domestic sales for the remake fell in the middle of the studio’s recent live-action redos of animated classics. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their…

The founder of the animation studio behind “Super Mario” and the yellow, chattering “minions” cartoon characters says his movies aren’t made specifically for children. “Thematically there’s an underpinning to every one of our films. We feel that there’s a certain simplicity that we subscribe to, because we find that there’s a beauty to simplicity,” said Chris Meledandri, founder and chief executive of Illumination, in a recent interview. “When we sit down in our creative process, we’re never intending…

“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” surpassed $1 billion in estimated global box office receipts on Sunday, the first movie to do so in 2023, according to research firm Comscore . Through Sunday the film has grossed $490 million domestically and $532 million internationally. Only five films have crossed the billion-dollar mark since the onset of the pandemic, according to Box Office Mojo: “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Jurassic World: Dominion.”…

“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” had a blockbuster opening weekend, racking up $146 million over three days and stomping the competition at the domestic box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. The animated movie, a collaboration between Illumination, Nintendo and Universal, officially arrived in theaters Wednesday. It took in $204 million domestically over its first five days, and added $173 million internationally. That pushed its five-day tally to $377 million, the biggest opening…

Mr. Wiser instructed an AI tool called DALL-E to show SpongeBob, one of Paramount’s iconic characters, flying a plane. An image of the rectangular cartoon star doing just that appeared on a large TV screen, during the presentation to Chief Executive Bob Bakish and others earlier this year. Next, Mr. Wiser asked the tool to show “Transformers” character Optimus Prime on the Paramount studios lot. Within seconds, it spit out an image of the towering robot next to the cafe on the lot.…

Around 50 Pinocchio movies have been released since the classic 1940 Disney film, including, no lie, 1965’s “Pinocchio in Outer Space.”Filmmakers’ unflagging fascination with the wooden boy’s tale may explain why 2022 shaped up as the year America reached peak Pinocchio. Even die-hard fans suspect supply has outrun demand. Three Pinocchio projects have premiered since January, among them Walt Disney Co.’s “Pinocchio” from director Robert Zemeckis —with…

Bob Iger had been out of Walt Disney Co. DIS -0.45% for nearly a year, but as most people around him knew, he had never really let go. Acting almost as a shadow CEO, he had undermined his successor and provided an ear for unhappy Disney executives, some of whom he had mentored. When the call to return as chief executive came, it was from someone on his old team. Mr. Iger later told people he had an inkling of how the script would go. For nearly three…