Gints Zilbalodis On The Improvisational Filmmaking Style Of ‘Flow’
“After finishing the script, I did not read it again,” Zilbalodis told Cartoon Brew. “Even when I was making the animatic, that was based on my memory of the script.”
From fully-animated features to vfx-driven live-action films, animation is an integral part of the theatrical marketplace today.
“After finishing the script, I did not read it again,” Zilbalodis told Cartoon Brew. “Even when I was making the animatic, that was based on my memory of the script.”
The dialogue-free $3.7 million European co-production bested big-studio American movies with budgets that are orders of magnitude greater,
Not that it matters, but critics didn’t like ‘Moana 2.’
The films are available on the platform through the holiday season.
‘Light of the World’ is set to release theatrically in the U.S. on September 5, 2025.
Ryan Reynolds will produce the film from a script by Matt Lieberman.
The number of eligible films is two shy of last year’s record 33 contenders.
Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, studios are releasing trailers for next year’s animated movies.
Dean DeBlois, who was one of the directors of the original animated version, is directing the hybrid remake.
“It’s wonderful to find somebody who can show us this positive side of ourselves,” Yamada says of the idea behind her new film.
The project is from Mattel Films, Shadowmachine, Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions, and actor-producer Anthony Ramos.
The film is being scripted by ‘Terminator 3: Rise of Machines’ and ‘Rugrats’ writer Michael Ferris.
Though there are few comps for R-rated stop-motion films at the box office, ‘Memoir of a Snail’ is off to an excellent start.
The studio is developing the movie with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and screenwriter Pamela Ribon (‘Nimona,’ ‘My Year of Dicks’).
The film, produced by Locksmith Animation and DNEG Animation, releases December 4.
‘Memoir of a Snail’ opens today in Los Angeles and New York City, before expanding more widely next month.
The hybrid feature tells the story of a girl who becomes entrapped in her deceased father’s unfinished novel and comes face to face with the book’s characters who have taken over the plot.
Both films have emerged as key Oscar contenders in the animated feature and short categories.
Two other animated films also received special jury mentions at the festival: the feature ‘Olivia & Las Nubes’ and the short ‘Dragfox.’
The film will be available December 3 on physical media (4K UHD and Blu-ray).