Tag: Primal
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Why Primal’s Spear and Fang Are the Perfect Man & Beast Duo
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal indulges in the ludicrously pulp appeal of a caveman riding atop a tyrannosaurus rex into battle against a veritable animal kingdom of prehistoric monstrosities and sword-clad conquerors. The series is built entirely on the relationship between neanderthal Spear (Aaron Laplante) and reptilian apex-predator Fang as they have each other’s backs and survive…
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‘Butcher’s Crossing’ Review: Nicolas Cage Goes Full Brando in This Neo-Western
Nicolas Cage’s direct-to-video days may be over — we’ve come a long way from the “Kill Chain,” “Primal,” “Grand Isle” triple-header of 2019 — but the guy is simply too eager and too curious to just sit by the phone and wait for someone to call him with a script as strong and/or well-tailored to…
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Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal Season 2 Trailer: Spear And Fang Hit The Open Water
Season 2 of Genndy Tartakovsky’s “Primal” is galloping your way on the back of a Tyrannosaurus rex. The Emmy Award-winning animated series will return next month, and now a trailer for it is here, ready to bash in your eyes like a wooly mammoth.”Primal” follows the adventures of Spear and Fang, a cave man and T. rex who are…
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Primal Won The Emmy For Best Animated Program, Beating Out Some Serious Heavy-Hitters
Genndy Tartakovsky’s “Primal” for Adult Swim won two Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday, beating out heavy-hitters like “Big Mouth,” “Bob’s Burgers,” “The Simpsons,” and “South Park.” The show took home statues for both Best Animated Program and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. Last night’s wins mark the fourth and fifth overall Emmy wins for the…
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Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Primal’ Returns This October, Renewed for Season 2
Spear and Fang are back. Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, one of last year’s very best television series, will be back on October 4. That’s when another five episodes of the blood-soaked series, charting the friendship between a caveman and a dinosaur and their series of pulpy misadventures, begins as part of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim programming…
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‘Primal’: Genndy Tartakovsky Made a Fresh New Adventure Story That Sounds as Stunning as It Looks
The characters in Genndy Tartakovsky’s latest animated series “Primal” don’t have dialogue. But as the creator and director explains, there’s something else missing from “Primal” that sets it apart.“We definitely didn’t want to do a main villain. In this subject matter, it goes cliche super fast,” Tartakovsky told IndieWire. “In my first, early iteration, I…
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‘Hotel Transylvania 4’: Genndy Tartakovsky Confirms He Won’t Be in the Director’s Chair
Recently, I had the absolutely pleasure of speaking with living animation legend Genndy Tartakovsky about his new Adult Swim series, Primal. The animated adventure arrives on Adult Swim next Monday in a five-night epic event that takes viewers back to the distant past to reveal a kill-or-be-killed prehistoric adventure story. We’ll have our review of…
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‘Primal’ Trailer: Nicolas Cage Battles Wild Animals and a Crazed Assassin on a Ship
This might be the most Nicolas Cage movie Nicolas Cage has ever done, and that’s saying something. In Primal, Cage plays a hunter of exotic animals who captures a rare white jaguar for a zoo. The jaguar is being transported via ship – but so is a crazy political assassin. When the assassin breaks free,…
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‘Primal’ Clip: Genndy Tartakovsky’s New Animated Series Looks Pretty, Bloody, Cool
Genndy Tartakovsky is coming home. The master animator behind Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack and the original Star Wars: The Clone Wars is returning to Cartoon Network with Primal, a miniseries about a caveman and the dinosaur he hunts with. While that premise may sound like something for a younger audience, consider putting the kids to…
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Adult Swim Orders ‘Primal’ Animated Series From Creator of ‘Samurai Jack’
Genndy Tartakovsky, the creator behind acclaimed Cartoon Network shows like Samurai Jack and Dexter’s Laboratory, is returning to his old stomping grounds — with a bit of an upgrade. Adult Swim, the adult-targeted TV block on Cartoon Network that aired the final season of Samurai Jack, has picked up Tartakovsky’s latest project: an animated series…