Animation

The Simpsons will no longer have white actors play non-white characters

Posted 6 years ago

Hot on the heels of Mike Henry announcing that he would no longer be voicing Cleveland Brown on Family Guy comes the news that characters of colour on The Simpsons will now be voiced by actors of colour. "Moving forward,...

Disney’s Splash Mountain to be revamped as a Princess and the Frog theme

Posted 6 years ago

As the entertainment industry strives to enforce true and lasting change amidst today's sociopolitical climate, The Walt Disney Co. on Thursday announced that its Splash Mountain ride would be “completely reimagined,” given the attraction's ties to Disney's racist 1946 film SONG OF THE...

Quarantine is driving desire for R-rated animated movies, says Sony exec

Posted 6 years ago

While mature and adult-themed animation has thrived in Japan and around the globe, PG-13 and R-rated animated fare has been a niche market here in North America. But, according to Kristine Belson, president of Sony Pictures Animation, Features and Series, our...

Apple snags Lord and Miller’s murder mystery comedy series Afterparty

Posted 6 years ago

Apple TV+ is getting ready for one hell of a shindig after giving Phil Lord and Chris Miller's AFTERPARTY an eight-episode straight-to-series order. The project, which is already expected to have hired a line producer and is narrowing its search...

Chicken Run 2 will likely recast Mel Gibson due to anti-semitic comments

Posted 6 years ago

One of the greatest animation studios in the game, Aardman Animations, is in the midst of prepping a sequel to their spirited prison-escape feature, CHICKEN RUN. However, according to The Wrap, they'll be doing so without Mel Gibson, who voiced the character...

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run will be latest film to skip theaters

Posted 6 years ago

Over the past few months of COVID-19, we've seen the release dates of just about every movie out there pushed back, or in some cases, taken off the theatrical schedule altogether as their studios elected to release them digitally. It...

Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge from The Simpsons is now playable!

Posted 6 years ago

Now that The Simpsons has been streaming in its correct-aspect ratio on the Disney+ streaming service, I typically have the show playing in the background while I work, and as luck would have it, the seventh-season episode "Marge Be Not...

Ewan McGregor to voice Jiminy Cricket for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Posted 6 years ago

It sounds as if it's time to give a little whistle for your man Ewan McGregor, as it's recently been revealed that he'll be voicing the character of Jiminy Cricket for Guillermo del Toro's stop-motion animated version of PINOCCHIO. Recently while speaking...

The Weekly Watch Report: Can’t stop Sonic the Hedgehog

Posted 6 years ago

While we slowly inch closer to the return of some kind of theatrical moviegoing experience (at least one where you don't watch from your vehicle), in the place of regular box office reporting we'll be checking out what audiences are...

The One and Only Ivan is now set for an August premiere on Disney+

Posted 6 years ago

Sing it with me now, folks. Ch-ch-changes! Walt Disney Studios announced today that the heartwarming adventure THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, an adaptation of the bestselling, award-winning book about one very special gorilla directed by Thea Sharrock, will premiere exclusively on Disney+...

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