Tag: Kung Fu Panda 2

  • Why Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’s Wolf Is an Awesome Villain

    Why Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’s Wolf Is an Awesome Villain

    Editor’s Note: The following article contains full spoilers for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.Dreamworks Animation has delivered no shortage of fantastic villains over its decades-long career, particularly from the Shrek franchise with Lord Farquard (John Lithgow), the Fairy Godmother (Jennifer Saunders), and Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohrn). There are of course examples from their other films…

  • ‘The Bad Guys’: DreamWorks Embraces the Latest 2D Trend for Its CG Heist Comedy

    ‘The Bad Guys’: DreamWorks Embraces the Latest 2D Trend for Its CG Heist Comedy

    The influence of “Into the Spider-Verse” continues to infiltrate the Hollywood mainstream, with DreamWorks’ latest heist comedy, “The Bad Guys,” following in the footsteps of “The Mitchells vs. The Machines,” “Luca,” and “Turning Red” to subvert CG animation with a handmade, illustrated look. First-time feature director Pierre Perifel definitely wanted to break through the “boring”…

  • ‘Love, Death & Robots’ Trailer: Season 2 to Premiere on Netflix in May

    ‘Love, Death & Robots’ Trailer: Season 2 to Premiere on Netflix in May

    “Love, Death & Robots,” the animated anthology series from Tim Miller and David Fincher, is coming back to Netflix May 14 for Season 2. Netflix unveiled the trailer for the show’s sophomore season on Monday.The upcoming season will include eight new animated shorts. Netflix also announced that the show had been renewed for an eight-episode…

  • The Popcorn Conundrum: When Movie Theaters Reopen, Will They Ban Concessions? (Column)

    The Popcorn Conundrum: When Movie Theaters Reopen, Will They Ban Concessions? (Column)

    Ever since the ’50s, when the motion-picture industry felt existentially threatened by the rise of television (much as forces within it today feel existentially threatened by the rise of streaming), the movies have found ways to entice people into theaters with added benefits. 3D was the original P.T. Barnum attraction, and the return of 3D…

  • Film Review: ‘The Darkest Minds’

    Film Review: ‘The Darkest Minds’

    A disease that wipes out 98% of the world’s children. Government roundups that send the survivors to concentration-camp-like rehabilitation facilities. Heavily armed “tracers” tasked with hunting down the few who manage to escape. Despite its PG-13 rating, “The Darkest Minds” would have been one of the darkest teen fantasy thrillers ever made — if not…

  • ‘The Darkest Minds’ Trailer: Super-Powered Teens Find Love Amid The Resistance

    ‘The Darkest Minds’ Trailer: Super-Powered Teens Find Love Amid The Resistance

    After directing Kung Fu Panda 2 and 3, filmmaker Jennifer Yuh Nelson is making the jump to live-action with The Darkest Minds, an adaptation of a Ya novel about kids who develop super powers and strike back against their oppressive captors. 20th Century Fox has just released a new trailer, which concentrates more on the…

  • DreamWorks-Pearl Studio Animated Movie ‘Everest’ Retitled ‘Abominable’ (Exclusive)

    DreamWorks-Pearl Studio Animated Movie ‘Everest’ Retitled ‘Abominable’ (Exclusive)

    “Everest,” the co-production between Pearl Studio and DreamWorks Animation, has been retitled and will be released as “Abominable,” Variety has learned exclusively.“Abominable” is currently in production and will be released by Universal Pictures worldwide beginning Sept. 27, 2019. In China, the film will be distributed by Pearl.Jill Culton (“Open Season”) is serving as director with…

  • Guillermo del Toro Extends DreamWorks Animation Partnership with Exclusive Deal

    Guillermo del Toro Extends DreamWorks Animation Partnership with Exclusive Deal

    Guillermo del Toro may have won his first Oscar(s) for The Shape of Water, but I’m of the opinion that his best work still lies ahead of him, and it might just be in the medium of animation. One studio that’s betting big on this prediction is DreamWorks Animation, a production house that’s been in…