Tag: Chris Miller
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Will There Ever Be a ‘23 Jump Street’?
It’s been over ten years since Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill first went undercover as high schoolers trying to bust a drug ring in the R-rated comedy hit 21 Jump Street. Unsurprisingly, the duo returned for a sequel in 2014, along with directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who have since exploded with projects such…
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‘Across the Spider-Verse’ Almost Didn’t Include Spider-Punk
While it’s hard to imagine Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse without the effortlessly cool Spider-Punk (voiced by the effortlessly cool Daniel Kaluuya), the anarchic British web-slinger almost didn’t make it into the movie. In a movie featuring more than 250 different Spider-People, it’s hard to imagine why any character would be left out of the movie,…
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‘Across the Spider-Verse’: How Daniel Kaluuya’s ‘Cool and Controlled’ Vibe Helped Animators Create Spider-Punk (Exclusive)
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” created over 240 unique characters who feature across the six different universes in the film, but Daniel Kaluuya‘s Hobart “Hobie” Brown (aka Spider-Punk) was one of the last characters production designer Patrick O’Keefe and head of character Alan Hawkins dove into.Speaking with Variety, Hawkins says the character went through a lot…
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Chris Miller on ‘Tmnt: Mutant Mayhem’ and the Future of Animation
The animation industry has seen plenty of hits in recent years, with what would normally be aimed towards children showing a wide appeal and taking more than a billion dollars at the box office. This summer alone, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse became one of the biggest movies of the year when Miles Morales (Shameik Moore)…
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2024 Oscars: Best Animated Feature Predictions
Nominations voting is from January 11–16, 2024, with official Oscar nominations announced on January 23, 2024. Final voting is February 22–27, 2024. And finally, the 96th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 10, and air live on ABC at 8 p.m. Et/ 5 p.m. Pt. We update predictions through awards season, so keep…
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Moviegoers ‘Can’t Be Sustained’ on ‘Easter Eggs’ and ‘Multiverse Stakes,’ Says ‘Spider-Verse’ Duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller
What superhero fatigue? “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” blasted past projections and opened to a huge $120 million. The animated multiverse epic has already earned over $230 million worldwide in less than a week of release. With the “Spider-Verse” sequel off to a massive start and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” about to cross $800…
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The 60 Best Animated Movies of the 21st Century, from ‘Marcel the Shell’ to ‘Across the Spider-Verse’
“One more time: animation is a medium, not a genre. Animation is film,” Guillermo del Toro said last year. IndieWire couldn’t agree more, and yet animation — an art form that requires the most precise control of the cinematic medium — is continually disrespected.Infamously, 2022’s Best Animated Oscars presentation featured several jokes about the nominees…
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Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Sets Up A Spidey Event Nearly A Decade In The Making
This article contains major spoilers for “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”After nearly five years of waiting, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is finally in theaters. The story was simply too big to be contained in a single film, though, so audiences have much more to look forward to as this is just the first part of a two-part story…