Animation Archives

Frozen Director Jennifer Lee Wanted Olaf Dead

virginiakublawi | Dec 5, 2022 | 0

When Jennifer Lee took over directing Disney’s Frozen, the franchise’s mascot and the bouncy tune “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” almost never came to be. Lee received the Distinguished Storyteller Award from the Los Angeles Press Club on Sunday night at the 15th annual Arts and Entertainm...

James Gunn Spurs More Kingdom Come Speculation

AlexGherzo | Nov 30, 2022 | 0

There’s more evidence that one of the plates James Gunn is spinning at DC Studios is an adaptation of “Kingdom Come.” Exactly one week ago, Gunn made an account on Hive, a social media app, and he used an image from the (rightly) celebrated Elseworlds story as his cover photo. It was a neat id...

REVIEW: Strange World (2022)

virginiakublawi | Nov 26, 2022 | 1

This week saw the release of Disney’s Strange World, their latest animated adventure. There hasn’t been much marketing for this film, and most of the press surrounding it has concerned the gay character. I found the first trailer for Strange World by accident and was surprised to disc...

Puss in Boots Trailer Makes Its Last Wish

virginiakublawi | Nov 15, 2022 | 0

This morning, DreamWorks and Universal Pictures released the third and final trailer for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. The film follows the 2011 original, as well as the larger Shrek franchise. Puss (Antonio Banderas) is on the last of his nine lives and recruits Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek) to hel...

REVIEW: Wendell & Wild (2022)

virginiakublawi | Nov 13, 2022 | 0

One of my favorite soap boxes is Netflix’s perpetual inability or unwillingness to market its new content. The only Netflix projects I see ads for are big hits or franchise material like Bridgerton, The Witcher, and Stranger Things. More than once, I’ve only found out about a film or ...

James Gunn Talks DC at Town Hall

AlexGherzo | Nov 11, 2022 | 0

It’s beginning to look a lot like Marvel at DC Studios. James Gunn and Peter Safran, co-CEOs of the newly-formed division, participated in a town hall with Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav. Gunn took the opportunity to tease a big plan for DC under his and Safran’s watch: “The opportuni...