Tag: Missing Link
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Animated Movie ‘The Last Whale Singer’ Acquired by Global Screen – Cannes (Exclusive)
Global Screen has acquired the animated family feature film “The Last Whale Singer” for global distribution, and will launch pre-sales at the Cannes Film Market. The movie is an epic and emotional family entertainment adventure written and directed by Reza Memari, creator of hit movie “Richard the Stork.”The film’s characters are based on designs by…
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Laurane Sheehan, Longtime Entertainment Publicist, Dies at 61
Laurane “Lala” Sheehan, a longtime corporate entertainment publicist and events planner, died Nov. 11 of a sudden heart attack.Sheehan was a senior accounts supervisor at Maggie Begley Communications for 30 years, where she worked with clients including Laika, Locksmith Animation, the Gotham Group, the Oneida Indian Nation, Vista Group, Movio, Cinedigm, Anheuser-Busch, children’s author Tony…
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Golden Globes Predictions: Best Animated Feature – Can ‘Wolfwalkers’ Start Its Awards Run with the HFPA?
Variety’s Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year’s contenders in all categories. Variety’s Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long:…
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‘Missing Link’ Animation Studio Laika to Keep Staff on Payroll Amid Coronavirus Crisis
In the past month, Hollywood ground to a halt amid the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, leading movie theaters to shutter, feature films to be delayed, and major studios to furlough or lay off their employees. But Laika, the independent animation studio behind Oscar-nominated films like Coraline and Missing Link, intends to keep all…
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What the Netflix Nominations Mean for the Best Animated Feature Oscar Race
With “I Lost My Body,” the bold French existential mystery about a severed hand, and “Klaus,” the innovative 2D Santa origin story, Netflix powered its way into the Best Animated Feature Oscar race for the first time. It knocked out Disney’s mighty “Frozen II” and halted GKids’ string of 11 straight nominations going back to…
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman, Sam Mendes lead Brit charge at Golden Globes
Taron Egerton, Brian Cox, Missing Link director Chris Butler also honoured.Sam Mendes, first-time Golden Globe winner Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Olivia Colman led the charge for British talent at the 77th Golden Globes on Sunday.Mendes was named best director for his First World War film 1917 and did his Oscar prospects no harm in the process.Waller-Bridge…
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‘Missing Link’ Again Tops Studios’ TV Ad Spending
In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the TV ad measurement and attribution company iSpot.tv, Annapurna Pictures claims the top spot in spending for the second week in a row with “Missing Link.”Ads placed for the animated film had an estimated media value of $5.91 million through Sunday for 1,852…
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‘Shazam!’ #1 for Second Weekend as ‘Little’ Tops ‘Hellboy’ to Lead Newcomers
After four straight weekends featuring a new #1 film at the weekend box office, Warner Bros.’s Shazam! took the crown for a second weekend in a row, topping a flurry of newcomers that delivered varying returns. Universal’s Little secured the runner-up position, out-performing Lionsgate and Summit’s Hellboy, which struggled amidst a flurry of negative reviews…
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‘Shazam!’ Poised for Second Weekend at #1, Topping ‘Hellboy’ & ‘Little’
This weekend sees four new wide releases hitting theaters, though it will be WB’s Shazam! enjoying a second go round as the weekend’s number one film. As for the week’s new releases, look for Hellboy and Little in what could be a tight race for runner-up position, while Laika’s latest, Missing Link, vies for a…
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‘Hellboy’ Battles ‘Shazam!’ at Weekend Box Office
It’s about to get crowded at multiplexes.That’s because four movies — Lionsgate’s “Hellboy” remake, Universal’s comedy “Little,” Laika’s stop-motion animation “Missing Link” and Aviron’s romantic drama “After” — are all opening nationwide. The quartet of films joins an already packed box office marquee that includes last week’s champ “Shazam!” and Paramount’s horror pic “Pet Sematary.”Unless…