Animation Updates

Teasers for two highly anticipated animated features have dropped ahead of the films’ world premieres. Masaaki Yuasa’s Inu-Oh will premiere at Venice Film Festival (September 1–11), in the Horizons section. The feature is a musical period piece set in 14th-century Japan, starring a cursed Noh performer and a blind biwa lute player. It will come...

Among the slim lineup of animation premieres at Cannes was Where Is Anne Frank, the latest feature from Israel’s Ari Folman. The director, whose Waltz With Bashir debuted at the festival in 2008, has reimagined the well-known story of the young Holocaust victim for his new film. Anne Frank appears alongside her imaginary friend Kitty,...

In other global news, "Belle" has topped the Japanese box office for the second weekend running. The post Box Office Report: ‘Green Snake’ Debuts #1 In China, ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Crashes In U.S. appeared first on Cartoon Brew.Source link

Relatively swift to rebound from the pandemic, moviegoing in China has entered a sluggish patch these past few weeks. Hoping to give the box office a boost is White Snake 2, which opens theatrically in the country today. The film, whose English title has also been rendered as White Snake 2: The Tribulation of the...

Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has announced the final batch of titles in its animation line-up. The event runs August 5–25, mostly virtually, with screenings geo-locked for Canadian viewers. There will be select films screening in Montreal. Fantasia’s lifetime achievement award is going to special effects legend Phil Tippett (Star Wars, Jurassic Park), whose experimental...

“Unfortunately, international people are looking at Iran from a political point of view; all the news is bad and toxic,” Ragozar tells Cartoon Brew. “Yes, we have lots of political, social, and economic problems. But Iran is a great and beautiful country with great history and amazing people who have a great culture. I...

pic.twitter.com/AJmXkjgpq0 — Dave Alvarez (@DAlvarezStudio) July 17, 2021Speaking to Cartoon Brew, Alvarez says this is the first time he has not received credit for work. “Maybe it was an honest mistake from the company,” he says, “but I was asked for my onscreen name for the credits many months ago, so it was a bit...

On Friday, Warner Bros.’s Space Jam: A New Legacy debuted in theaters and on HBO Max. It started well by Covid standards, not least considering rising anxiety caused by the spread of the Delta variant. Yet there’s more going on here than theatrical grosses: Warnermedia is hoping the film will draw new subscribers to...

Its performance is comparable to that of Pixar’s last film, Soul, which launched in the top spot in December with 1.67 billion minutes. Like Soul, Luca was initially meant to come out in theaters but was rerouted to Disney+, where it played at no extra charge. An important note: Nielsen’s ratings are estimates made with...

The shorts/series lineup includes Joe Hsieh’s Night Bus, winner of this year’s grand prix at Animafest Zagreb; Špela Čadež’s Steakhouse, whose trailer we recently premiered; and an episode of Death Hacks, whose creator Aaron Augenblick we interviewed last year. It also features the latest work from major talents of today, including Yoriko Mizushiri,...