Hard as it may be to believe, it’s already been 13 years since Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Edgar Wright’s live-action film adaptation of the popular indie comics series by Bryan Lee O’Malley. While a sequel was occasionally bandied about after the movie debuted, at this point the original cast would be a bit old to play … Read more
Barbie’s enormous success in theaters continues to reverberate throughout the pop culture world. Rather than just showing up and doing insane numbers at the box office and that being that… Barbie is having a full-blown resurgence. Mattel has slowly and steadily been releasing tons of Barbie material over the years, just nothing quite on the level … Read more
DC has announced that it will be turning two of its biggest stories ever into animated movies, with the company revealing that a Watchmen and Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths movie is in the works. What do we know about the new DC Animated movies? Following a screening of Justice League: Warworld at San … Read more
Last week, Disney+ released a collection of newly restored animated shorts from early in the studio’s run, and finally, we can say something nice about a major studio for a change. While Warner Bros. Discovery seems to be burning as many bridges to its past as it can, Disney is at least taking care of … Read more
Netflix has announced the premiere date and star-studded voice cast for its new adult animated series Captain Fall. Captain Fall is slated to premiere its first 10 episodes on Netflix on Friday, July 28. The show’s voice cast includes Jason Ritter (Gravity Falls, Raising Dion) as Jonathan Fall, Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: Organized Crime, … Read more
It’s been three years since Charlie Kaufman’s last film, I’m Thinking of Ending Thingswhich also marked the Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind writer’s first movie for Netflix. His next project is also headed to streaming, and it marks his first venture into digital animation. (He previously co-directed and wrote the stop-motion animated … Read more
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Sarah Polley is in talks to direct the live-action adaptation of Disney’s Bambi. Academy Award winner Sarah Polley is in talks to direct a live-action adaptation of the Disney animated classic Baby. The project is in early development at the House of Mouse, with Polley poised to roll cameras for her most … Read more
A trailer has been released for the animated feature Resident Evil: Death Island, coming to home video at the end of July A new live-action film based on the resident Evil video game franchise is in the works (we’ve heard that it’s called Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles and based on the game Resident Evil … Read more
Don’t turn up your nose at this news — wiggle it instead. The classic TV sitcom Bewitched will get a new lease on life via Sony Television. The concept is reportedly being prepped for an animated reboot targeted toward younger viewers. It’s being pitched as “Hannah Montana meets Harry Potter.” The original Bewitched aired on … Read more
Taika Waititi worries about becoming obsolete Director Taika Waititi has an Academy Award and Marvel Cinematic Universe credits to his name…but will he be remembered? 10 hours ago Live-Action Remakes Of Animated Films We Need (Non-Disney Films) Disney started a new trend of remaking their animated films. What non-Disney animated films need live-action remakes? 13 … Read more