Lionsgate has few big-ticket franchises (Hunger Games, John Wick, Saw, Twilight, Housemaid, and recently Michael) compared to Warner Bros, but I think Netflix wants some kind of theatrical distributor so they wouldn’t build one from scratch, like how Amazon got MGM.

Hexed looks fine so far. I do like how the titular fantasy world looks, but the humor (mainly from the protagonist Billie) does feel generic in a Disney female protagonist way. I need to see more in order to get a better idea if this is gonna be a good original Disney film.

I find it interesting that Shrek 5 is being co-directed by Conrad Vernon like the 2nd one, and they both involve Shrek and Donkey going to an unfamiliar city (Far Far Away in 2, Further Further Away in 5) and ending up in jail somewhere down the line.

Happy 20th anniversary to Nacho Libre!

This is the same studio that pitched this.

Chimptopia already has a TV Tropes page

It's crazy seeing the difference between Betty Boop's pre-code and Hays Code designs. The difference is night and day.

You can clearly tell this Pixar parody by Rainbow Studios was made in the 90s when adult animation was seen as a novelty among Western audiences and this kind of bait-and-switch was seen as clever. That, and the CG looks so dated compared to what they were parodying.

Snakes in a Car on a Train in a Plane.

That one indie animation team calling Hazbin Hotel, Digital Circus, and Gameoverse childish reminds me of this trailer from the 90s for a movie called Blue Planet calling Toy Story and A Bug's Life childish. Blue Planet never ended up getting fully made, BTW.

I went to a Japanese restaurant today with my family and tried their dumplings since I can’t recall willingly eating dumplings (unless you count empanadas). The one I tried were the Chinese mushroom and spinach buns, and they were yummy!

Felix is such a daredevil

Pepperoni pizza time. #pizzasky

Less than a week until new material for YTP creators is released!

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

When whoever this is typed "slaves" into Google Images and specifically chose that image to include in their rant, do you think the thought ever crossed their mind that it would be inappropriate? I'm going to assume...no.

He's a real Backrooms man Sitting in his Backrooms land

It’s not over yet guys, the AGs have the rights to block and sue them, and same for UK/EU. Let’s make noise and stop this merger. There’s still hope

People are jumping to "we're so cooked" without remembering that the EU has their eyes on this like a hawk and the US isn't the be all/end all with these sorts of deals.

Artists are the most important people involved when making a form of media You can’t let machines take over these jobs

An important statement from Schaffrillas editor about this situation bsky.app/profile/offi...

Happy belated-by-one-day 20th anniversary to the MTV2 cartoon “Where My Dogs At?” starring Jeff Ross and Tracy Morgan! I have not seen a single episode in full! Just to felt the strange need to acknowledge this show’s anniversary.

Have no plans to see Moana 2026 in theaters, but this is a rare moment where Schaff might have gone a bit overboard. His snark in most videos/LB reviews I just see as him playing up a character, and I see why Moana’s remake would frustrate him most given his association with the OG, but still.

45 years ago today, ‘RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK’ released in theaters.

Oh btw Ryan now goes to therapy by using ChatGPT 💀

Who else is looking forward to Disney and Pixar’s Gatt next year?

it's so cute when the shrek cast is sleeping

Other than “You’re Welcome” looking more visually interesting than I expected, I have no interest in the Moana remake. Even bringing back Jemaine Clement as the Schaffrillas crab, which should be a delight to hear again, just adds to the pointlessness like The Rock being Maui again in live-action.

Watched the new live-action "Moana" trailer and thinking of basing my entire online personality around this crab. Hopefully, nobody has already beaten me to it.

Summer is arriving soon, Post a Dragon. 🐉

Cinematic parallels

I’m pretty sure Cat in the Hat’s new trailer is called “Official Trailer 3” instead of “2” because of Thing 2 being missing in the film. I can imagine this confusing some people though, lol

A NEW CAT IN THE HAT TRAILER IS COMING! NO MORE HAVING TO HEAR “TOOT FART” BEFORE EVERY MOVIE!

The FCC is now considering altering the TV rating system to give parents a heads up on whether or not a made-for-kids program has LGBT elements or themes. Just great… This article coming out on pride month adds salt to the wound. cordcuttersnews.com/the-fcc-is-r...

Because apparently gay people don't live in Japan.

About 15 years ago (June 2, 2011), Paramount announced an animated film based on Penny Arcade’s “The New Kid” webcomic by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, about a boy going to school on another planet. A script by Gary Whitta was written, but it was cancelled by 2016.

Didn’t both Zootopia movies make 1 billion dollars whilst being pretty political as far as kids movies go?

"Just skip the cutscenes if you don't like the story" is as dismissive as "just watch the cutscenes on youtube if you don't like the gameplay." They both make up the full experience. Expecting them to strengthen the game together is reasonable and voicing dissatisfaction when they don't is valid.

Star fox and the gang I need to figure out how to paint things faster

It's not that hard to make games and not rely on GenAI at all

Unless Minions & Monsters blows away all box office expectations, this will be the last Illumination film to make $1 billion I think, unless they actually do Super Smash Bros. In the meantime, I expect the next non-Disney $1B animated film to be Ne Zha 3, maybe Shrek 5 next year if it’s good.

While I don’t think The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is great, I’m still glad to see any animated film crossing that $1 billion mark, except Lion King 2019 because of how much Disney was ashamed to say it was an animated film. BTW, yeah this is the better animated film starring Donald Glover.

My GF Zagranis desperately needs money to pay off two important bills; please help a girl out:

Repost if your account is a safe place for the trans community 💙🩷🤍

I do feel bad for Schaffrillas because he doesn’t like being lumped in with other animation reviewers like Enter, Saber, and LS Mark, as he has a larger interest in video games and musical theater, and has been trying to make more of those kind of videos plus giving obscure animation the spotlight.

Funny thing is, I remember getting the Alvin and the Chipmunks The Squeakquel trailer before the 2009 3D release of Toy Story 1 and 2. They played the same lineup of trailers for both movies, so I saw the trailer twice (alongside Planet 51 and Toy Story 3).

Can I just say that animation that’s geared to the YA/Teens audience is such an untapped market. The kids YEARN for more stuff like this…I know because literally 90% of the audience in the TADC last act room was full of YA/Teens. THEY ARE HUNGRY FOR MORE TOONS LIKE THIS PEOPLE.

I cannot be more happier for Obsession, Backrooms, and The Last Act tearing up the box office right now. And I also think Disclosure Day, Toy Story 5, Minions and Monsters, The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and yes, even the Moana remake will be huge.