‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Review Roundup: Warner Bros. Tooniverse Fails To Charm
The sequel’s frantic mashup of studio IP is far from a slam dunk, say critics.
The sequel’s frantic mashup of studio IP is far from a slam dunk, say critics.
Warner Bros., Cartoon Network, DC Comics, HBO Max, Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera: Warnermedia has one of the world’s most famous animation portfolios, period.
The film is called “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” but a better title might have been “Space Jam: Everything but the Kitchen Sink.”
The film is described as “a hybrid of cgi and animation”: in other words, a mix of animation and animation.
Warner Bros.’s chief of kids’ content spoke of Cartoon Network’s future and more besides.
The 93rd Academy Awards will be presented on April 25.
The news comes amid renewed controversy about the character’s aggressively sexual behavior.
Warner Bros. is trumpeting the launch as “evidence that people are willing to go back to the movies when there is something they want to see.”
The films will open theatrically in the country at the same time as their streaming releases overseas, raising the possibility of piracy.
The film comes out in the U.S. on March 26, both in theaters and on HBO Max.
Animated features outnumbered live action in Japan’s box-office top ten this weekend.
The “Tenet” director is among the many industry figures condemning the studio’s radical new plan.
In the U.S., a full 17 films will be released day-and-date in cinemas and on HBO Max. The movie industry will likely never look the same again.
Says Bollinger: “Witnessing Daffy Duck coming apart at the seams as his world was deconstructed in front of him … it was sheer genius!”
The announcements closely follow the news that responsibility for HBO Max’s kids and family programming has shifted to Warner Bros.
Eighty years after they first appeared, Tom & Jerry are headed to the bigscreen as cg characters.
As part of the restructuring, Cartoon Network boss Tom Ascheim says that the brand will “not always be cartoons.”
Warner Bros. Spain has announced plans to invest in or produce 8–10 features a year in the country — both live action and animation.
Completists beware: The set is missing over 100 classic Bugs Bunny theatrical shorts.
Movie theater lobbyists are saying theaters should reopen across the U.S.; medical experts say otherwise.