TechCrunch reports that Pixar Animation Studio will undergo layoffs this year, with insiders indicating it may be as much as 20% of the animation house’s workforce. The layoffs will include hires forced on the studio by Disney to produce content for Disney+. The studio insiders claim that the curr...
Read MoreI wish I could say I’ve followed Studio Ghibli for decades. But unlike Disney, Pixar, and DreamWorks, I was unfamiliar with the Japanese studio until I was a young adult. Over the last decade or so, I’ve watched all of their movies at least once and some several times. But The Boy and t...
Read MoreI don’t have much of a history with The Hunger Games franchise. I saw all four movies in theaters, but it was for my sister, who read all the books and loved Katniss. But I never read them myself, and I don’t regularly re-watch the films or anything like that. When a prequel film was an...
Read MoreThis spring, Pixar titles Soul, Turning Red, and Luca will head to theaters. These films premiered on Disney+ during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively. These theatrical runs will lead up to the release of Inside Out 2 on June 14, 2024. Soul will debut in theaters on Janu...
Read MoreI was fortunate enough to get a ticket for an early screening of Wish, Disney’s latest animated feature, which goes wide next week for Thanksgiving. I’ve been pretty excited for this movie despite the minimal information released. The trailers’ music and villain looked impressive,...
Read MoreI haven’t been excited for Pixar’s Elemental. I’m a lifelong Pixar fan, and for years, their releases were an anticipated highlight of every year. I always saw whatever Pixar was putting out for my birthday, as they tended to come out in June. However, I knew immediately that Elem...
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