Tag: Zootopia

  • How to Watch Strange World

    How to Watch Strange World

    Though the animation titan that is the Walt Disney Company has mostly been sticking to its roots with infectiously fun musicals such as Encanto (2021) and Frozen II (2019), the studio has also been exploring animated expeditions into more adventurous stories. Recently, there have been a wide variety of these non-musical adventures, including hit films…

  • Disney Announces Wish, New Animated Feature Film For The Company’s 100th Anniversary [D23]

    Disney Announces Wish, New Animated Feature Film For The Company’s 100th Anniversary [D23]

    Of all the catchy songs from Disney’s movies, the one that is most linked to the company is probably “When You Wish Upon A Star” from “Pinocchio.” Walking down Main Street at Magic Kingdom or Disneyland? You’ll hear it pumped through the loudspeakers. If you listen to any compilation of their songs, it’ll be right on top of the playlist.…

  • Zootopia+ Episode Titles Revealed, Release Date Confirmed

    Zootopia+ Episode Titles Revealed, Release Date Confirmed

    In 2016, Disney’s Zootopia stole our hearts and snagged an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film. We got to meet a whole world of new characters who all lived together harmoniously across a number of districts. Throughout the film, and on Judy Hopp’s (Ginnifer Goodwin) train ride to the titular metropolis from Bunnyburrow, we passed…

  • The Daily Stream: The Bad Guys Dares To Try Something Different

    The Daily Stream: The Bad Guys Dares To Try Something Different

    (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: “The Bad Guys“Where You Can Stream It: PeacockThe Pitch: What if “Ocean’s Eleven” starred Sam Rockwell instead of George Clooney as Danny Ocean? Better yet, what…

  • Zootopia+ Review: A Fun If Redundant Expansion Of The Oscar-Winning Film [Annecy 2022]

    Zootopia+ Review: A Fun If Redundant Expansion Of The Oscar-Winning Film [Annecy 2022]

    For the first time in its almost 100-year-old history, Walt Disney Animation Studios is entering the realm of television. Gone are the days when a TV-focused studio would produce lesser versions of the movie characters, where every popular Disney movie got a spin-off show, now it is the main studio doing the work in feature-like…

  • ‘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”…

  • ‘The Batman’ Shares the Box Office with a Surprise Hit: ‘Jujutsu Kaisen 0’

    ‘The Batman’ Shares the Box Office with a Surprise Hit: ‘Jujutsu Kaisen 0’

    This weekend is the two-year anniversary of when theaters closed and began the unprecedented disruption of a century-old business. Its impact remains a work in progress, although positive signs continue: “The Batman” crossed the $300 million domestic mark in its third weekend. That’s two days earlier than “Batman v Superman” in 2016, which opened $30…

  • Skydance Animation Signs Exclusive Overall Deal With ‘Zootopia’ Filmmaker Rich Moore

    Skydance Animation Signs Exclusive Overall Deal With ‘Zootopia’ Filmmaker Rich Moore

    Skydance Animation has landed another major talent.Rich Moore, director of “Zootopia,” “Wreck-It Ralph” and “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” is joining the team in an exclusive, multi-year overall deal. Under the new pact, Moore will create, develop and produce original animated features for the studio.After leaving Disney in 2019, Moore did a brief stint at Sony…

  • Oscars 2022: Best Animated Feature Predictions

    Oscars 2022: Best Animated Feature Predictions

    Updated: February 8: The Oscar nominations are out and Disney dominated with “Encanto” and “Raya and the Last Dragon,” and Pixar’s “Luca.” This marks the first time that Disney has had two in contention since 2016 and the first time it’s had three since 2012. The other two slots were taken by Sony/Netflix’s “The Mitchells…

  • Disney Continues To Bet Big On Streaming; ‘Raya,’ ‘Pinocchio,’ ‘Enchanted’ Sequel & More Headed To Disney+

    Disney Continues To Bet Big On Streaming; ‘Raya,’ ‘Pinocchio,’ ‘Enchanted’ Sequel & More Headed To Disney+

    Hot on the heels of WarnerMedia’s announcement that every WB film in 2021 would be heading to HBO Max on the same day it arrives in theaters, Disney decided to announce what the studio plans to do with some of its big 2021 films. And yes, some of them are going straight to streaming.Read More:…