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Prolific songwriter and composer Alan Menken has revealed the upcoming Little Mermaid remake will update the lyrics of some songs to recognize consent. Menken, who composed the music for the original film and the remake, recently told Vanity Fair that there have been some minor changes made to some songs expected to return. “There are some lyric changes in ‘Kiss the […]
In the wake of the undeniable success of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, it should come as no surprise to anyone reading this that plans are very much in motion to give Shrek fans further expansion of the revered franchise. That’s the excitedly delivered word straight from Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri, who’s currently on […]
The final trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie has come through the warp pipe. The Super Mario Bros. Movie features a star-studded voice cast which includes Chris Pratt (Mario), Anya Taylor-Joy (Princess Peach), Seth Rogen (Donkey Kong), Jack Black (Bowser), Charlie Day (Luigi), and Keegan-Michael Key (Toad). Chris Meledandri, CEO of Illumination, the animation studio producing the movie alongside Nintendo, defended its poorly-received decision to […]
Society is finally, not to mention mercifully, nearing Mutant Mayhem time. On Monday, as promised amid this weekend’s 2023 Kids’ Choice Awards festivities, fans were gifted with the new teaser trailer for the long-awaited Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. During Saturday’s broadcast, Seth Rogen—who’s credited as a producer on the new Turtles film alongside Evan […]
Disney has green-lit sequels to Frozen, Toy Story, and Zootopia. The announcement was made by CEO Bob Iger during the company’s Q1 earnings call on Wednesday. “Today I’m so pleased to announce that we have sequels in the works from our animation studios to some of our most popular franchises, Toy Story, Frozen, and Zootopia,” Iger said, as reported by […]
Justin Roiland, the co-creator of the sci-fi animated show Rick and Morty, is persona non grata in Hollywood. Roiland was charged with felony domestic violence in connection with a 2020 incident involving a woman he was dating at the time, NBC News reported. Roiland, who also voices the titular characters in the animated Adult Swim […]
Joe and Anthony Russo want to turn their live-action adaptation of the 1997 animated movie Hercules into a “modern musical,” and believe TikTok will help them turn that vision into a reality. “There are questions about how you translate it as a musical,” Joe Russo told Variety. “Audiences today have been trained by TikTok, right? What is their expectation […]
María Salud Ramírez Caballero, the woman believed to have been the inspiration behind the character Mama Coco in the 2017 Disney and Pixar film Coco , passed away on Sunday. She was 109. Her death was confirmed via Twitter by Roberto Monroy, Secretary of Tourism for the Mexican state of Michoacan. Caballero died in her […]
The best animated movies of all time, like the other best movies of all time, encompass a cornucopia of emotions: celebration, heartbreak, joy, grief, excitement, and anger. Animated movies have a long history of tackling both the more mundane aspects of everyday life, in a comedy or otherwise light-hearted film, to serious global and political issues in […]
Minions: The Rise of Gru is set to shatter the Independence Day opening weekend record with an estimated $127.9 million debut, Deadline reports. The previous high mark of $115.9 million was held for just over a decade by Transformers: Dark of the Moon. The Despicable Me prequel earned almost $110 million over the weekend, nearly matching the $115 million haul of its predecessor, […]
