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Director Kirk DeMicco was drawn to redeeming the kraken while making the animation studio's first female-led feature about mothers and daughters struggling with identity.
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The new sequel features the giant lollipop-looking Velvet (Amy Schumer) and Veneer (Andrew Rannells), and 2D animation inspired by R. Crumb and "Yellow Submarine."
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The "Eternal Sunshine" Oscar winner's script for the new DreamWorks family movie provided a trippy sensibility for the producer and director to play with.
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The mixed-media show for preschoolers was the top-streaming original series for kids in 2023, according to Nielsen.
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Director Chris Sanders tells IndieWire about his 2D-looking sci-fi adventure, in which robot Roz (Lupita Nyong’o) embraces kindness to survive in the wilderness.
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The top six animated Netflix movies in 2024 — and nine of the top 10 — come from one Universal studio or another.
View Article‘The Wild Robot’ Turned Its Animators Into Painters
Director Chris Sanders, production designer Raymond Zibach, and VFX supervisor Jeff Budsberg tell IndieWire about hand-painting their sci-fi adventure to get an impressionistic 2D look.
View ArticleThe 10 Best DreamWorks Films Ranked, from ‘Shrek’ to ‘The Wild Robot’
Often dismissed as Pixar's less prestigious cousin, Dreamworks nonetheless has a gorgeous library of films in its own right.
View Article‘The Wild Robot’ Breaks the Rules of Sound Design to Tell a Great Story
Re-recording mixer and supervising sound editor Leff Lefferts tells IndieWire about how Roz (Lupita Nyong'o) needed to sound and feel.
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