Tag: Arthur Christmas

  • ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’: Animating a Social Media Twist on a Boy-and-His-Dog Story

    ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’: Animating a Social Media Twist on a Boy-and-His-Dog Story

    In “Ron’s Gone Wrong,” the first animated feature by UK-based Locksmith Animation (in theaters only from Disney/20th Century Studios), the titular malfunctioning robot (voiced by Zach Galifianakis) and socially awkward middle-schooler Barney (voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer) struggle to understand the difference between interpersonal and virtual friendship. Thus, for director Sarah Smith (Aardman’s “Arthur Christmas”)…

  • ‘Klaus’: Why Netflix’s Santa Origin Myth Is a 2D Gamechanger

    ‘Klaus’: Why Netflix’s Santa Origin Myth Is a 2D Gamechanger

    “Despicable Me” creator Sergio Pablos struggled to make a 2D Santa origin story, “Klaus,” for nearly a decade at his animation studio in Madrid. And the animation community has cheered him on (including influential Academy members) for trying to reinvigorate the hand-drawn technique with a modern, digital veneer. But, after being turned down by Hollywood…