Seth MacFarlane & Martin Scorsese join forces to restore vintage animated shorts with some set to premiere at the TCM Classic Film Festival. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and Goodfellas director Martin Scorsese may not seem like the most likely match, but Deadline reports that the pair have joined forces to fund the restoration of … Read more
David Lynch is hoping to make an animated movie called Snootworld, but the project was recently rejected by Netflix A couple decades ago, legendary filmmaker David Lynch – who we have to thank for Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, the 1984 version of Dune, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Wild at Heart, Lost Highway, The Straight Story, … Read more
The original cast of Good Times react to the controversial trailer for Netflix’s upcoming animated reboot series. The first trailer for Netflix’s animated reboot of the iconic ’70s sitcom Good Times was released last week, and the reaction has been… let’s say, mixed. The original Norman Lear sitcom ran for six seasons from 1974 to … Read more
We chat with Supervising Director Jake Castorena about the honor and exciting challenges of making Marvel’s X-Men ’97. Reviving the classic X-Men animated series takes guts. In a list of beloved shows from a bygone era of Saturday Morning television, Marvel’s X-Men stands among select others at the top of Mount Nostalgia, with adamantium claws popped and a dream … Read more
You’d think that superheroes, the comic book characters who fight crime with their arsenal of fantastic superhuman abilities, would translate best to big-budget blockbusters where special effects and loud theatrical fight scenes can bring their most exciting elements to life. And it’s certainly true that cinema has been dominated by superhero stories for more than 20 … Read more
Previously, on X-Men… The X-Men are back in a new continuation of the classic X-Men: The Animated Series. X-Men ’97, which is about to premiere on Disney+ imagines what if the show had continued beyond its original run. It features some of the original voice cast and creators, and updates the animation style while still paying homage to … Read more
The Sandman author Neil Gaiman said he once developed an animated Thor series for Marvel which would have led into the 2011 movie. Back when the Marvel Cinematic Universe was still in development, Neil Gaiman was brought on board to develop an animated Thor series which would have led into the first movie. The writer … Read more
The Cat in the Hat is becoming a new movie — this one animated. Warner Bros. announced today they were remaking the classic Dr. Seuss children’s story, this time as a big-budget animated movie. Bill Hader will voice the title character; the cast of the film also includes Abbott Elementary’s Quinta Brunson, Saturday Night Live’s Bowen Yang, Doctor Strange … Read more
The new X-Men ’97 animated series coming to Disney+ next week isn’t just an homage to the old cartoon from the 1990s — it’s a direct continuation from it, featuring some of the same voice cast and Larry Houston, one of the producers and directors of X-Men: The Animated Series is a consulting producer on the show, … Read more
Marvel Studios has finally released the official X-Men ’97 trailer for the long-awaited return of the iconic animated series. The video confirms that the Disney+ revival will explore the aftermath of the original series finale, which saw Professor X saying goodbye to his X-Men. It also provides a glimpse of what to expect from the … Read more