Annecy 2020 Online’s first wave of special programming for its world-class French animation festival (June 15-30) will include making of sessions, previews, and works-in-progress.
The biggest news is that indie feature “Animal Crackers,” which premiered at Annecy in 2017, returns as a making of program, having been acquired by streamer Netflix.The CG children’s fantasy, directed by Tony Bancroft (“Mulan”) and Scott Christan Sava, about a magical box of cookies coming to the rescue of a rundown circus, contains voice work by John Krasinski and Emily Blunt.
The movie also boasts the work of character designer Carter Goodrich (“Ice Age”).Netflix is also bringing a work-in-progress presentation of “The Cuphead Show!” series, adapted from retro-style video game by showrunners Dave Wasson (“Mickey Mouse”) and Cosmo Segurson (“SpongeBob Squarepants”).
Drawing on the classic ’30s rubber hose animation style of Disney and Fleischer, the comedy follows the misadventures of the impulsive Cuphead and his naive brother,
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