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This year’s Oscar-nominated filmmakers share behind-the-scenes details of how they created memorable characters and brought their performances to life.
Netflix led all companies with 11 wins across 32 categories, while Disney floundered.
Best animated feature nominees are: ‘Pinocchio,’ ‘Marcel the Shell,’ ‘Puss in Boots,’ ‘The Sea Beast,’ and ‘Turning Red.’
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinoccchio” was also nominated in the production design and original score categories.
After earning 51 nominations and 20 wins last year, Netflix again leads the pack with 50 nominations.
‘Pinocchio,’ ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,’ ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,’ and ‘Turning Red’ have emerged as the key contenders this award season.
Their runner-up award also went to a stop-motion film: ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.’
Other nominees include ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,’ ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,’ ‘Turning Red,’ and ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.’
Eighteen out of twenty NYFCC animated feature winners have gone on to earn Oscar nominations.
Just three distributors/producers are responsible for nearly half of the contenders.
The Academy also confirmed that ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’ and Canada’s ‘Eternal Spring’ are eligible for consideration.
If the Academy wants to shed its reputation for being dismissive towards animation, these are some key questions it should consider.
‘The Rise of Gru’ finally got its Chinese release, but was overshadowed by local animated feature ‘New Gods: Yang Jian.’
‘One Piece Film: Red,’ coming to North American cinemas this fall, posted the second-best two-day opening in Japanese history.
The film’s long-term prospects are bright, with little competition in the kids and family space over the next five weeks.
Jordan Peele’s Nope was the biggest film at the North America box office, but The Rise of Gru beat Thor
Paramount’s kung-fu comedy whiffed at the box office, while Minions: The Rise of Gru has now grossed more than $500 million worldwide.
With a $128 million launch, Minions signals the return of big box office animated features.
Lightyear’s box office performance went from bad to worse during its second weekend.
Sitting at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, critics are loving the stop-motion seashell ahead of its big screen debut on Friday.
A24 has dropped the trailer for Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, coming to theaters this summer.
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