Chatterbox - Western Animation

Universal Pictures is closing a deal to acquire the licensing rights to The Legend of Zelda with it being Illumination's next big film.

[heavy breathing]

So who do we want doing the screenplay...?

Lord and Miller dur!

Looking forward to it but I still think a series/miniseries would be a better use of the IP.

There is now a trailer and a page for Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix:

I’ll need help getting a page image.

Unfortunately, the Apple TV+ adaptation of Frog and Toad, which debuted back on April 28, has been unexpected pulled from the service. Legally, there doesn't seem to be an alternative to view, download, or purchase the series.

any reason why?

According to someone who worked on the series, it was a technical issue.

Aarman Studios will only have enough of the specific clay used in their stop motion for the next Wallace and Gromit film next year after the plant that produced it shut down and they are looking for a replacement.

I created the work page for Mars Express, a French sci-fi film.

(I know I still have to do the crosswicking).

This film came out this week in France, and I have no idea when it will be available in other countries. It is quite a small production, I think it was crowdfunded. It looks quite similar to the Lastman series, and was directed by the same person.

I really liked it, especially the worldbuilding is pretty good.

Edited by gropcbf on Jan 20th 2024 at 9:21:09 PM

So, John Krasinski (The Office, A Quiet Place, Jack Ryan) has written and directed a film called IF, starring Ryan Reynolds. The plot:

A young girl named Bea gains the ability to see people's imaginary friends, referred to as "I Fs" for short, who have been abandoned by the kids they helped. Bea then discovers that her neighbor, The Man Upstairs, has the same ability.

Now, this sounds, with a few differences, remarkably like Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends—so much so that I'm surprised it got past the lawyers. Coincidentally, in that odd synergy that sometimes seem to happen in Hollywood, there's also a horror movie coming out called Imaginary, about an abandoned imaginary friends coming back to haunt the family of the person who abandoned it.

as long she does'nt have a knock off of Blue they probably can evade the notice of Warner bros's legal department.

Other than the plot revolving around imaginary friends— a concept that Foster's Home did not invent— I don't see too much similarity.

It doesn't just involve imaginary friends. It involves imaginary friends who've been abandoned by their people after their people have grown up, and the people trying to help them—which is the central premise behind Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. The central imaginary friend in the film looks like a combination of Sully from Monster's Inc and Bloo from Fosters.

It's not a 1 to 1 copy, obviously. The concept of the imaginary childhood friend suggests this particular scenario, so I wouldn't be surprised if Krasinski developed his concept independently, and had never seen Foster's. I'm surprised that someone along the line of production, though, didn't point out that "hey, this sounds a lot like this cartoon that ran on CN about 20 years ago..."

I'm guessing it passes, though, because if WB was going to do anything about it, they'd have done it by now.

Edited by Robbery on Jan 22nd 2024 at 10:17:30 AM

I wish there were more kitsunes in Western Animation, that’s my favorite creature in Japanese folklore.

We have an upcoming reboots for Tutenstein and Jay Jay the Jet Plane, among some other original shows, provided by TBN-owned Trilogy Animation Group. According to Animation World News:

• Tutenstein: An adventure series for kids ages 8-12 follows a 12-year-old girl with a talking cat who becomes best friends with a 4,000-year-old-mummy boy. The show features adventure, mystery, and magic with a theme of families lost, found, and forever.

• The New Adventures of Jay Jay The Jet Plane: A CG animated comedy adventure series for preschoolers features STEM education and social-emotional. The series follows some of the original show’s favorites, including the playful plane Jay Jay and his pals Tracy, Snuffy, and Ricky Rescue. In addition, the series features a new look and introduces more characters and destinations.

Man, I hate it when animated projects get announced, then quietly cancelled.

So is the "Recobbled Cut" supposed to be the "best" version of The Thief and the Cobbler?

Man, I wish Starbeam had continued, I was REALLY curious on who the mysterious villain was in the New Year's special.

I just ordered the Blu-Ray of Ernest And Celestine from GKIDS' store.

That's a really good film. I think you'll enjoy it.

Let Me Get This Straight... the layout artist for Pac-Man was none other than freaking John Kricfalusi?

How old are the Scraps in Ramshackle exactly?

Not quite sure what a Christian network wants with a show about ancient Egypt. I mean, they're not going to do a 10 Plagues episode, are they?

Edited by Booplesnoot on Apr 13th 2024 at 8:19:03 AM