You’re Invited To A Free ‘Ray Gunn’ Screening And Q&A With Brad Bird In Los Angeles
The November 10 event at Netflix Home Theater will feature a post-screening conversation with Bird, Tony Fucile, Michal Makarewicz, and Doug Frankel.
The November 10 event at Netflix Home Theater will feature a post-screening conversation with Bird, Tony Fucile, Michal Makarewicz, and Doug Frankel.
Studios including Cartoon Saloon, Pixar, Netflix, and DreamWorks will participate in a new awards-season event presented with ASIFA-Hollywood.
The feature competition includes ‘In Waves,’ ‘Blaise,’ ‘We Are Aliens,’ ‘Viva Carmen,’ and ‘Brave Cat,’ spanning coming-of-age, sci-fi, comedy, and musicals.
Bird was joined by Cinesite VFX supervisor Adel Abada, costume designer Neysa Bové, and head of animation Jason Ryan at OIAF to discuss ‘Ray Gunn.’
The long-gestating detective story opens in select theaters December 4, including limited 70mm screenings, before arriving on Netflix December 18.
The five-day event will feature sessions on ‘Toy Story 5,’ ‘Forgotten Island,’ ‘GOAT,’ and more, plus talks on AI and the future of filmmaking.
The companies agreed to end the deal after ‘Ray Gunn’ and Rich Moore’s Jack and the Beanstalk films release, with future Skydance films heading to theaters.
Brad Bird and Laika lead a particularly strong animation lineup that also includes ‘Iron Boy,’ ‘Julián,’ ‘Rogue Trooper,’ and ‘My Friend the Sun.’
New footage, release plans, and creative insights highlighted a festival presentation centered on noir, ghosts, and Wonka.
A report from ‘TheWrap’ raises questions about Netflix’s commitment to theatrical animation despite the medium’s success on the platform and at the box office.
The retro-futurist noir drama is set in Metropia and blends aliens, murder, and media spectacle in Bird’s decades-in-the-making animated feature.
The Netflix-bound film is being produced by Skydance Animation.
“Ray Gunn” is Bird’s first animation project since “Incredibles 2.”