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The “Cannes of Cartoons” continues to deliver major news and industry-shaping developments, as announcements from the 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival make their way to the States. Running from June 8 to 14, the festival and its accompanying market have long been considered a launchpad for trends and groundbreaking projects in animation. Over the years, TV staples like Adventure Time, The Amazing World of Gumball, and Genndy Tartakovsky‘s Primal have made their mark at Annecy, cementing it as a premier platform for networks, creators, and studios to debut what’s next in the world of animation. Here is a look at a few announcements from Thursday (June 12). The Elephant Adult Swim announced The Elephant, a one-of-a-kind animated special from Steven Universe‘s Rebecca Sugar, Adventure Time‘s Pendleton Ward, Over the Wall‘s Patrick McHale, and Ok K.O.!’s Ian Jones-Quartey. It’s described as a “storytelling experiment that unfolds...

The Adult Animation Spotlight panel between Warner Bros. Animation and Adult Swim at Annecy Animation Festival summarized a number of titles in the overlap between the two studios, including the Anderson Entertainment collaboration “Hit Squad.”

The presentation was lead by Peter Girardi, EVP of Alternative Programming at Warner Bros. Animation and Adult Swim President Michael Ouweleen.

The highlight of the session, however, turned on discussion of “Heist Safari,” an animated action comedy from director Genndy Tartakovsky, who also attended the festival with his first feature, “Fixed,” s Sony Pictures Animation movie acquired by Netflix.

Tartavoksky had pitched “Heist Safari” live at last year’s edition of the festival to Ouweleen. During this spotlight panel, the pair shed a little more light on the new series from the “Samurai Jack” creator, adding a few more details of the series, which follows three frogs, all brothers, as they attempt to rob a bank.

An all-star team of animation legends took the stage today in Annecy, as part of Adult Swim’s first dedicated Studio Focus at what has become the biggest animation event in the world.

Celebrated for shaping some of the most beloved and groundbreaking animated series of our time, a powerhouse collection of creators including Pendleton Ward (“Adventure Time”), Rebecca Sugar (“Steven Universe”), Ian Jones-Quartey (“Ok K.O.!”), Patrick McHale (“Over the Garden Wall”) is reuniting for a one-of-a-kind animated special so mysterious, even they don’t know what it’s about.

Adult Swim’s “The Elephant,” introduced by Adult Swim President Michael Ouweleen and this team, is an animated special where three animation teams are each responsible for one of three acts, without any knowledge of what the others are making. With Sugar and Jones-Quartey working as a duo and McHale and Ward overseeing their own separate parts, The Elephant...

Animation has come a long way since its inception. The meticulous hand-drawn frames of yore have given way to digital techniques, and things like ink and paint have been replaced by Cintiq art tablets. However, one thing has remained the same: every animated work draws inspiration from something else.

Today, there are more remarkable animated shows to see than ever before. Disney and Hanna-Barbera no longer control the narrative. Now, audiences can find something to pique any interest. Shows like Amphibia and The Owl House appeal to the whimsical whims of fantasy fans. Anyone with an itch for something more mysterious can turn to Infinity Train and Gravity Falls. For comedy, Chowder and Regular Show are always available. All these shows seem wildly different, but they’re all connected to the same source. More specifically, their creators were all protégés of Thurop Von Orman and J. G. Quintel’s Cartoon Network show,...

In the decade since its release, Cartoon Network's Over the Garden Wall has become an autumnal cult classic, inspiring yearly rewatches from fans longing to return to its detailed fantasy world. The 10-part miniseries celebrated the 10th anniversary of its November 3rd, 2014 premiere, pairing with Aardman Animation to release a brand-new stop-motion animated short featuring original voice actors Elijah Wood, Collin Dean, and Melanie Lynskey as a thank you to the fans who have continued to revisit the show year after year. While there are many reasons why Over the Garden Wall has become so beloved, from its stellar original soundtrack to its sumptuous animation, one of the most important elements that keeps people coming back is its detailed, immersive storytelling.

Series creator Patrick McHale purposefully kept the world of the series, called The Unknown, vague enough to suggest a whole universe beyond the boundaries of the story he chose to tell.

Since 2020, we have worked with Cartoons Underground to interview their up-and-coming student animators. Some returned to the festival to show their later work, such as Olivia Griselda and Sarah Cheok; others have begun to make waves abroad, such as Calleen Koh; and still others are hard at work on their own life trajectories.

This year, we spoke to the directors Jaime Ng Shu Yi (“Neh Neh Pok”), Wang Xiruo and Emily Tan (“The Seamstress’ Secret”), and Ning Xuan Tan (“I Think I’m Going to Die”). The three animations are wildly different in style, displaying a fine flight of Singapore’s up-and-coming animators. “Neh Neh Pok” is a 2D-animated memoir on a young girl’s journey towards accepting her flat chest.”The Seamstress’ Secret”, on the other hand, introduces repressed seamstress’ crush on her client, a singer, beyond the hazy crimson curtains of 1940s Shanghai. Finally, “I Think I’m...

The popular animated miniseries “Over the Garden Wall” has a beautiful new stop-motion short film to mark its tenth anniversary this week. Fans of the show have reason to party. The three-minute special, made with Aardman Animation, brings back the original voice cast and captures the magical spirit that made the show a fan favorite.

For the anniversary project, carefully made wooden dolls of the show’s main characters—half-brothers Wirt and Greg and their friend Beatrice—are used to bring them back. Voice artists from the first series, like Elijah Wood, Collin Dean, and Melanie Lynskey, are also back, bringing back the show’s unique charm.

Directors Mikey Please and Dan Ojari and series author Patrick McHale created the short’s plot. The movie showcases Aardman’s famous craftsmanship with its detailed tiny sets that recreate the show’s unique ethereal mood.

At the start of the short, the...

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the fantastical Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall has been given a new, three-minute stop-motion short. The beloved show, created by Patrick McHale, follows half-brothers Wirt and Greg as they navigate a surreal and hauntingly beautiful forest called the Unknown, encountering mysterious characters and strange places in their quest to find a way back home. Known for its whimsical yet dark storytelling, Over the Garden Wall has gained cult status since its debut, receiving acclaim for its unique animation style and stellar voice cast, including Elijah Wood as Wirt, Collin Dean as Greg, and Melanie Lynskey as Beatrice.

To mark this milestone, Cartoon Network released a new stop-motion short for Over the Garden Wall made in collaboration with McHale and Aardman Studios' directors Mikey Please and Dan Ojari. Featuring the original voice actors and crafted almost entirely from practical effects, the short brings back Wirt,...

"Over the Garden Wall" creator Patrick McHale always considered Aardman to be the pinnacle of animation, and he was always interested in the art of stop-motion. Though he's worked in some highly influential shows like "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack" and "Adventure Time," and he did co-write the script to "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio," it wasn't until this year that he fulfilled his dream of working in stop-motion — and with Aardman, no less.

Just in time for its 10th anniversary, Cartoon Network released an "Over the Garden Wall" short film from Aardman and McHale, and it's a full circle moment for the animator in more ways than one. As McHale told Inverse, "In some ways, it seems like 'Over the Garden Wall' probably should have been realized in stop-motion all along — it just feels kind of right for that world," and he is absolutely right.

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With the weather turning colder, its worth curling up and watching these TV shows that perfectly encompass the fall season. As the leaves drop from the trees and knitted clothing starts to be pulled out from the back of wardrobes, its tempting to snuggle in front of the TV and stay inside. Its not unusual for cozy rom-coms to be added to watch lists, but for those looking for something to binge, these TV shows are ideal. Fall TV shows can be defined in several ways.

Often, these titles have an overall atmosphere or tone that makes them feel familiar and comfortable. Some have qualities that are physically more representative of fall, such as having characters who are dressed for the weather, settings that reflect the holidays, or even scenes heavy with relevant colors. However, audiences who are looking for a wholesome fall watch should know that the best horror...

Cartoon Network's Over The Garden Wall released 10 years ago, but it remains a must-watch in the run-up to Halloween. Created by Patrick McHale and based on a short film he produced for the network, the show follows half-brothers Wirt (Elijah Wood) and Greg (Collin Dean) as they wander through The Unknown an eerie woodland world filled with 19th century inhabitants and terrifying monsters. Its visuals are equal parts cute and creepy, beautiful and bleak, and perfectly capture the autumnal mood in 10 dream-like episodes. An impressive 97% Rotten Tomatoes score illustrates the enduring appeal of this haunting little gem.

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This beautiful series may have slipped under the radar, but it was highly acclaimed by critics. Following its release,...

Hulu has made many animation fans happy by confirming that one particular Cartoon Network series will not be leaving the platform as feared. Over the Garden Wall has become a cult classic, and one that gains plenty of attention as Halloween approaches. Featuring the voice talents of Elijah Wood, Christopher Lloyd, Tim Curry and more, the ten-episode series of short episodes has gained a huge following thanks to its spooky and moody animation style.

Fans started to fret over the possibility of losing the show from Hulu when it was flagged up as a series that was about to be removed due to an expiring license. Many fans took to social media to share their sadness at the idea of losing the show from another platform after it was purged from Warner Bros. Max streaming service as part of their clear-out of content. However, this led to Hulu sharing a...

Your browser does not support the video tag. Network executives forced Adventure Time episode "Simon and Marcy" to be about soup instead of medicine due to being too scary for kids. Changes in plot resulted in bizarre scenes like Simon searching for soup in a Soupery that is clearly a drug store and soupe in a CLAMbulence service vehicle. The episode still ended up being one of the best ones of the series.

TV Legend: The classic Adventure Time episode, "Simon and Marcy," was forced to change its plot after animation had already begun to make it about...soup?

Adventure Time was a beloved long-running fantasy animated series that ran on Cartoon Network for ten seasons for eight years between 2010-2018. Created by Pendleton Ward, the series stars Finn (Jeremy Shada), a human child (who grows up over the course of the series) and his adoptive brother and best friend,...

Fans of Adventure Time will be excited to learn the series has three new properties (including a movie) that are reportedly in development. Showrunner Adam Muto, alongside other series veterans, is involved in their development.

Variety reports that at the Annecy Animation Festival during the Warner Bros. Animation studio panel, they announced that two new Adventure Time spinoff series and a movie are in the works. The film and one of the spinoffs, Adventure Time: Heyo Bmo, are in development. The other series, Adventure Time: Sidequests, has been greenlit by Cns. Furthermore, they also disclosed the crew who would be working on the film and spinoffs. The team consists of writers and artists with extensive experience with the series. With the success of the shows' previous spinoffs, Distant Lands and Fionna and Cake, Warner Bros. plans to heavily focus on Adventure Time as a franchise.

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Adventure Time universe expands with feature film & two new series by acclaimed creators for fans of all ages. New projects include "Side Quests" and "Heyo Bmo" for fans both young and old, maintaining the heartwarming, whimsical Adventure Time tone. Renewed focus on Fionna and Cake with a second season amid excitement for further growth of the Adventure Time universe.

Cartoon Network Studios is expanding the Adventure Time universe once again. Revealed at the Annecy Animation Festival during the Warner Bros. Animation studio focus panel, the franchise is branching out with a feature film and two new television series.

According to Variety, the feature film, which is currently under development, has yet to reveal its full story details. However, it boasts a strong creative team. Rebecca Sugar, celebrated creator of Steven Universe; Patrick McHale, the mind behind Over the Garden Wall; and Adam Muto, the showrunner of Adventure Time, are all set to lend their expertise.

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Big news for Adventure Time fans as Finn and Jake reunite once more with the upcoming release of the Adventure Time movie. It’s been six years since Adventure Time ended, but Finn and Jake are about to return!

Along with the movie's announcement, Warner Bros. Animation’s Studio Focus presentation at this year’s Annecy also revealed two Adventure Time spin-off TV shows currently in production at Cartoon Network Studios.

Cartoon Network Studios Announces New Adventure Time Movie

Come along with Finn and Jake and return to the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo, as not one but three Adventure Time projects have now been green-lit at Cartoon Network Studios.

It’s the perfect time to say, "Oh my, Glob!", as Adventure Time fans are winning with this good news.

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Buuuuumps! According to a mathematical announcement from Warner Bros. Animation’s Annecy Animation Festival panel, Jake the Dog and Finn the Human will return to screens for more Adventure Time! Cartoon Network Studios is working on three new Adventure Time projects, including a movie and two new series! The creative team for the Adventure Time movie is out of this world, with Steven Universe creator Rebecca Sugar, Over the Garden Wall co-creator Patrick McHale, and Adventure Time showrunner Adam Muto leading the charge.

In addition to the Adventure Time film, a series focusing on Finn’s childhood adventures called Adventure Time: Side Missions is in the works. The series takes us back to Finn’s youth when he dreamed of going on elaborate adventures with his best friend, Jake the Dog. Instead of creating another episodic epic, Adventure Time: Side Missions is a collection of standalone episodes featuring early incarnations of fan-favorite characters,...

The Adventure Time universe is set to get a major expansion, according to Variety. Just before Warner Bros. Discovery holds their panel at this year's edition of the Annecy Animation Festival, the studio has revealed that a movie and two additional television spin-offs related to the property are in development. Details regarding the premise of the upcoming film weren't given at this time, but it's been confirmed that Rebecca Sugar, Patrick McHale and Adam Muto are already attached to the project. Sugar is known for creating Steven Universe, another one of Cartoon Network's most popular titles from the past decade.

An Adventure Time movie is in development with original creatives, including showrunner Adam Muto, returning to lead. Two spinoffs for younger audiences have also been announced, titled Adventure Time: Side Quests and Adventure Time: Heyo Bmo.

An Adventure Time movie is currently in the works, with development led by key creatives who are returning to the Land of Ooo. The animated series was created by Pendleton Ward, with the series starting as comedic adventures with Finn the Human and Jake the Dog before expanding in later seasons. Ending in 2018, the show was a major success, spawning the limited series Adventure Time: Distant Lands and the ongoing spinoff Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake.

Now, Variety has confirmed that an Adventure Time movie is in the works, with key creative leads from the original series coming back to develop the film. This includes Adam Muto, who was showrunner from season 5 to season 10, alongside Rebecca Sugar,...

Ahead of today’s Warner Bros. Animation studio focus panel at the Annecy Animation Festival, Variety has learned that Cartoon Network Studios (Cns) is working on three new “Adventure Time” properties, including a movie and two new series.

Currently in development, details are still scant regarding the “Adventure Time” movie, but the project features an animation superstar lineup of talent including “Steven Universe” creator Rebecca Sugar, “Over the Garden Wall” co-creator Patrick McHale and “Adventure Time” showrunner Adam Muto. All are “Adventure Time” vets.

Already greenlit at Cns, “Adventure Time: Side Quests” is a kids’ series that will take audiences back in time to when Finn was just a kid who dreamed of epic quests and monster fights with his best friend, Jake the Dog.

Rather than featuring a lore-heavy narrative spread across episodes and seasons, as “Adventure Time” and “Fiona and Cake” did, “Side Quests” will deliver stand-alone episodes...

Wirt & Greg's journey in Over the Garden Wall mirrors Dante's Inferno's structure, with key parallels in each episode's structure. Characters in the show, like Beatrice & the Beast, mirror allegories to characters in Dante's Inferno, adding depth to the story. Over the Garden Wall cleverly weaves elements of Dante's Inferno into its narrative, offering a unique and insightful viewing experience.

Over the Garden Wall is a beloved animated series that teaches the audience valuable audiences, but fans might not know how similar the main character's quest is to Dante's Inferno. The cartoon miniseries was well-received by fans and critics because of its witty yet macabre stylings and position as an autumnal viewing staple. Created by Patrick McHale, the series chronicles Wirt and his younger half-brother Greg as they journey to find their way home through treacherous woods called the Unknown.

Wirt and Greg are one of the best cartoon siblings in recent memory.

The history of television is fascinating because you can trace lines between almost any modern show and one of the classics, as crews move from one show to another, bringing their past work and their influences with them. This applies to both live-action and animation. In the latter, many animators who start as writers or storyboard artists in one show end up creating their own series years later, bringing colleagues along with them, who then go on to create their own shows in return. Take "Dexter's Laboratory" launching the career of not just Genndy Tartakovsky, but also Craig McCracken, Rob Renzetti, Butch Hartman, and Seth MacFarlane, each going on to make a popular show.

What "Dexter's Laboratory" did in the '90s, "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack" did in the late 2000s. This is a show that helped launch several animation careers, with plenty of writers and storyboard artists...

The Lost Legends Of Redwall Image: Forthright Entertainment and Soma Games Forthright Entertainment and Soma Games released a couple of small video games this week based on Redwall, the beloved children’s fantasy series written by the late Brian Jacques. They are, effectively, the first time the franchise has been touched in over a decade,...

The Lost Legends Of RedwallImage: Forthright Entertainment and Soma Games

Forthright Entertainment and Soma Games released a couple of small video games this week based on Redwall, the beloved children’s fantasy series written by the late Brian Jacques. They are, effectively, the first time the franchise has been touched in over a decade,...

Over the Garden Wall was a 10-episode fantasy animated series on Cartoon Network. The series followed brothers Greg and Wirt who encounter a place called "The Unknown" that's haunted by the Beast. Fans of the series have theorized that The Unknown is actually a purgatory, a place between life and death.

Airing in 2014 on Cartoon Network, Over the Garden Wall follows brothers Greg and Wirt after they get lost in a bizarre forest called the Unknown. Over the course of the 10-episode series, the two boys meet an eccentric cast of characters, including a woman cursed to be a bluebird, sentient skeletons dressed as pumpkins, and a man so wealthy he didn't even know the size of his mansion. The woods are also haunted by a monster known as the Beast, who leads weary travelers to their doom to keep himself alive. That dark-fantasy setting appears to be entirely separate from Greg and Wirt's world,...

While fall is evidenced to some by changing leaves or an uptick in pumpkin spice menu items, for animation fans, including Guillermo del Toro, the season's synonymous with Cartoon Network's Over the Garden Wall.

The award-winning director of The Shape of Water responded in exclamatory excitement to news of the animated miniseries' upcoming seasonal rerun on Cartoon Network, dubbing the fall favorite both "beautiful" and "a tremendous tale". Del Toro continued in his enthusiasm for the series, reposting fanart of Tim Curry's bell-ringing matriarch Auntie Whispers later in the day. The director of haunting fodder such as Cronos, Crimson Peak and a forthcoming adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein understands more than most what it takes for a work to become intrinsically married to fall.

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There is an intricate balance when it comes to animated performances, with animators and voice actors working together to create memorable characters. Remove one of the two elements, and you get a completely different character. Look at Mark Hamill as Joker in "Batman: The Animated Series," Dante Basco as Zuko in "Avatar: The Last Airbender," or Robin Williams as Genie in "Aladdin": These characters work because of the team of animators infusing the characters with life, and because of the unique personality the actors bring to the roles (even if Williams' casting ended up causing a whole lot of problems).

This is to say that fans of "Adventure Time" were disappointed when the spin-off show "Fionna and Cake" released late last month with most of the cast returning to their roles, except one.

Kumail Nanjiani, who voiced a Wish Master named Prismo in "Adventure Time," did not return to voice the character,...

Following Adventure Time‘s conclusion in 2018, some storytelling doors were left wide open. One unexplored idea was the multiverse, which existed in the canon long before the modern era of TV and film had multiverse mania. In the latest At limited series, Fionna and Cake, that long-awaited promise die-hard fans anticipated is finally fulfilled thanks to the canonical gender-swapped characters. And it all happens in a bold new dimension unlike any Adventure Time series to date.

Much of the original show’s audience was around pre-teen to teenage ages. Those fans are now in their 20s, experiencing new adult emotions like depression and dissatisfaction that didn’t spin through their minds as children. That all corresponds directly to Fionna Campbell (Madeleine Martin), a Bridget Jones-esque young woman living in a small studio apartment in a non-magical, metropolitan town where many notable Ooo residents are human like her best friends...

Humanitas, the organization that annually honors film and television writers whose work best explores the human condition, has revealed its 2023 winners.

Among the prizewinners is Craig Mazin, who scripted Season 1 The Last of Us episode “Long Long Time” that starred Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett. Mazin won in the Drama Teleplay category, beating out fellow semifinalists that included Peter Gould who was up for the series-finale episode of Better Call Saul.

Other Humanitas category winners in TV included Amy Sherman-Palladino for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Comedy Teleplay), and Tony Phelan & Joan Rater for the pilot of A Small Light in Limited Series.

On the movie side, winners included Tyler Perry for his Tyler Perry: A Jazzman’s Blues in the Drama Feature Film category, over Rebecca Lenkiewicz for She Said and Michael Reilly & Keith Beauchamp and Chinonye Chukwu for Till. Cooper Raiff won Comedy Feature Film for his indie Cha Cha Real Smooth,...

This year’s Humanitas Prizes for screenwriting, usually handed out at Beverly Hilton ceremony, were announced via the Los Angeles Times this year in solidarity with the unions on strike, including the Unite Here Local 11 hospitality workers. And on top of awarding shows like The Last of Us and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Humanitas, an organization founded in 1974, also honored the striking Writers Guild of America itself with its “Voice for Change” award. Past winners of that award have included Ava DuVernay and Kenya Barris.

Humanitas’ mission is to tell “stories that explore the human experience because we believe that the act of acknowledging our common humanity is transformational.” With that in mind, this year the organization’s winners include The Last of Us‘ Craig Mazin for the teleplay for the emotional and critically lauded episode “Long, Long Time” in the drama television category. In the comedy equivalent, Amy Sherman-Palladino...

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Recently, two Pinocchio movies from rival streaming services received two very different distinctions from award organizations based in L.A. "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio," co-directed by Mark Gustafson and available on Netflix, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Disney's live-action "Pinocchio," directed by Robert Zemeckis and available on Disney+, won the Razzie Award for Worst Remake, Ripoff or Sequel.

The Battle of the Two Pinocchios was fought, and voters decided that del Toro did a better job of rediscovering the wooden boy's soul. You can't really argue with that, yet he and Zemeckis were both indebted to Walt Disney's original 1940 animated version of "Pinocchio" (also on Disney+), not to mention Carlo Collodi's foundational children's novel, "The Adventures of Pinocchio," first published in book form 140 years ago.

In "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio," the puppet is immortal, capable of reanimating after death.

The University of Southern California Libraries revealed the winners for the 35th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award on Saturday. The awards, which honor the year’s best film and television adaptations (along with the works on which they are based), returned live to USC’s elegant Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library for the annual black tie awards fete.

This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race, presaging 14 eventual Oscar winners, including in the last decade “Argo” (2013), “12 Years a Slave” (2014), “The Imitation Game” (2015), “The Big Short” (2016), “Moonlight” (2017), and “Call Me By Your Name” (2018).

Screenwriter Sarah Polley and novelist Miriam Toews won the film award for “Women Talking,” which is nominated for Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay Oscars, while the television prize went to English stand-up comedian and screenwriter Will Smith for the episode “Failure’s Contagious,” from “Slow Horses,” based...

“Women Talking” has won the USC Libraries Scripter Award for adapted screenplay in a ceremony that took place on the USC campus in Los Angeles on Saturday night.

The Scripter Award goes to both the writer of an adapted screenplay and the author of the original material on which the screenplay was based, which meant that the award was given to writer-director Sarah Polley and novelist Miriam Toews, whose 2018 novel formed the basis for Polley’s film.

In the 34-year history of the Scripters, the winner has matched the Oscar winner 14 times, most of those in an eight-year streak between 2010 and 2017.

Other finalists were screenwriter Kazuo Ishiguro for “Living,” based on Leo Tolstoy’s novella “The Death of Ivan Ilyich”; screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz and journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey for “She Said”; and Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale and Matthew Robbins for “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” based on...

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” swept the 2023 Gold Derby Film Awards. These 21st annual awards were decided by over 2,300 registered Gold Derby users who represent some of the savviest and most passionate movie-watchers and awards aficionados on the web. The sci-fi family drama, about a mother (Michelle Yeoh) fighting to save the universe from an interdimensional threat, prevailed eight times including Best Picture. Scroll down for the complete list of winners in all 22 categories, and watch our ceremony above where we presented all the awards, including acceptance speeches from all the winners.

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With its eight prizes, “Everything Everywhere” is now tied with “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” as our second most awarded film in a single year. That record is held by “La La Land,” which won nine times in 2017. But eclipsing...

Los Angeles, Feb. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film/A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company) won the Best Feature honor at the 50th Annie Awards celebration Saturday night on the campus of UCLA. Pinocchio also won for Best Character Animation, Feature (Tucker Barrie), Best Direction, Feature (Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson), Best Music, Feature (Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale) and Best Production Design, Feature (Curt Enderle, Guy Davis).

Best Independent Feature was presented to Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Marcel the Movie LLC) which also won for Best Voice Acting, Feature (Jenny Slate as the voice of Marcel) and Best Writing, Feature (Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley, Elisabeth Holm).

Best Special Production was presented to The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse (A NoneMore and Bad Robot Production for Apple TV...

“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” has picked up another award on its march to the Oscars, nabbing the feature prize at the 50th Annie Awards, presented by Asifa-Hollywood, on Saturday evening.

In addition to being named the top film by the animation industry, “Pinocchio” led the winners’ list with five trophies overall, including the award for best direction for del Toro and fellow director Mark Gustafson. The stop-motion movie also picked up wins for music, production design (Curt Enderle and Guy Davis) and character design (Tucker Barrie).

Del Toro, who came directly from the PGA Awards where he received the trophy for producing ‘Pinocchio,’ was thrilled to win the Annie for direction alongside Gustafson. “Can I say this? I wanted the fucking Annie so much. It’s the most gorgeous thing in the world!” He noted that the Annies ceremony was the one place that he didn’t have to point...

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We will update all our Oscar predictions throughout the season, so keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2023 Oscar race. The nomination round of voting will take place from January 12 to January 17, 2023, with the official Oscar nominations announced on January 24, 2023. The final voting is between March 2 and 7, 2023. Finally, the 95th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 12 and air live on ABC at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.

See our initial thoughts on what to expect at the 95th Academy Awards here.

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“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” moved a step closer to winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature after leading Asifa-Hollywood’s 50th Annie Awards (held February 25 at UCLA’s Royce Hall). The stop-motion “Pinocchio” from Netflix took the Best Feature prize, as well as feature film awards for Best Character Animation (Tucker Barrie), Best Direction (del Toro and Mark Gustafson), Best Music,...

The 50th Annual Annie Awards from Asifa-Hollywood, honoring honor overall excellence in animation as well as individual achievement, were handed out in a ceremony February 25 at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus.

“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” took home the Best Feature prize, as well as feature film awards for Best Character Animation, Best Direction, Best Music and Best Production Design. “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” was awarded Best Indie Feature, as well as Best Voice Acting for co-creator Jenny Slate and Best Writing — Feature.

In the TV categories, “Bob’s Burgers,” “Love Death + Robots,” and “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” all took home awards. See the full list of winners below.

Previously announced, The Winsor McCay Award, in recognition of lifetime or career contributions, was presented to three recipients: Pete Docter, animated feature writer-director and Pixar CEO; Evelyn Lambart (posthumously), early National Film Board of Canada collaborator,...

Right before his “Pinocchio” stop-motion film (probably) wins the Animated Feature Oscar this March, Guillermo Del Toro is setting up a new animated flick at Netflix. The “Shape of Water” and “Pan’s Labyrinth” filmmaker will direct “The Buried Giant,” an animated adaptation of “Never Let Me Go” writer Kazuo Ishiguro’s fantasy novel, for the streamer, IndieWire has confirmed.

Released in 2015, Ishiguro’s “The Buried Giant” is set in a version of England where King Arthur really existed but has long since died, and nobody is able to retain long-term memories. The story focuses on the relationship between Axl and Beatrice, an elderly couple who go on a journey to find a son they can barely remember.

Del Toro will direct and produce the film adaptation, and is co-writing the script with Dennis Kelly, who previously penned the screenplay to Netflix’s “Matilda the Musical” last year. ShadowMachine, the stop-motion studio behind “Pinocchio,...

The animated film Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio”, clinched the honour for Best Animated Film at the BAFTA on Monday. The film won over fellow nominees of “Marcel The Shell With Shoes On”, “Puss In Boots: The Last Wish” and “Turning Red”.

The film, which uses stop-motion animation, is a musical dark fantasy directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson, with a screenplay by del Toro and Patrick McHale from a story by del Toro and Matthew Robbins.

The film is loosely based on the 1883 Italian novel “The Adventures of Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi, and strongly influenced by Gris Grimly’s illustrations for a 2002 edition of the book, it reimagines the story of Pinocchio, a wooden puppet who comes to life as the son of his carver Geppetto.

Earlier, on the red carpet of the coveted award ceremony, toy versions of both Pinocchio and its creator Guillermo del Toro...

Please Note: This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards, Scott Feinberg, reflects Feinberg’s best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these standings by drawing upon consultations with voters and industry insiders, analysis of marketing and awards campaigns, results of awards ceremonies that precede the Oscars and the history of the Oscars ceremony itself.

*Best Picture*

Projected Nominees

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24, March 25, trailer)

2. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount, May 27, trailer) — podcast (Jerry Bruckheimer)

3. Elvis (Warner Bros., June 24, trailer)

4. Tár (Focus, October 7, trailer)

5. The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight, Oct. 21, trailer)

6. The Fabelmans (Universal, Nov. 11, trailer) — podcast (Steven Spielberg)

7. Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century/Disney, December 16, trailer)

8. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Disney, Nov. 11, trailer) — podcast (Kevin Feige)

9. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix, Oct. 28, trailer)

10. Triangle of Sadness (Neon,...

The USC Scripter Award, now in its 35th year, honors feature films adapted from novels, short stories, nonfiction books, print media, and other movies, with both the screenplay and its source material feted in each case. This year’s nominees include three of Gold Derby’s five leading contenders for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars — “Women Talking,” “She Said,” and “Living” — as well as “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” which rank seventh and eighth on our predictions list.

The biggest omissions were “Glass Onion” by Rian Johnson, which is in second place in our Oscar race, and “The Whale” by Samuel D. Hunter, which ranks third.

The Scripter has forecast 14 of the eventual Oscar winners for Best Adapted Screenplay, six of which were in the past decade: “Call Me By Your Name” (2018) “Moonlight” (2017), “The Big Short” (2016), “The Imitation Game” (2015), “12 Years a Slave” (2014), and “Argo” (2013).

The...

“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” has become the first animated film to be saluted at the USC Libraries Scripter Awards, an annual honor that goes to the screenwriters of a film adaptation as well as the authors of the original work on which the film is based.

“Pinocchio” was named as a finalist alongside the screenplays for “Living,” “She Said,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Women Talking.” Because the original authors are also recognized, 2023 scripter nominees include 19th century Italian writer Carlo Collodi, who wrote the original version of “Pinocchio” in 1880; Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, whose 1886 novella “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” was adapted by Akira Kurosawa for the 1952 film “Ikiru” and by Kazuo Ishiguro for 2022’s “Living”; New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, who wrote the book “She Said” about breaking the story of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct and were played in the film version by Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan,...

In a year in which the frontrunners for Best Adapted Screenplay are still unclear, the USC Libraries naming the finalists for the 35th annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards offer more insight into what scripts most stand out. The award, which honors the writers of the year’s most accomplished film and episodic series adaptations, as well as the writers of the works on which they are based, is a major bellwether for the Oscars race, as its winners overlapped with the Best Adapted Screenplay winners from 2011 to 2019. Its voter base is a mix of academics, industry professionals, and critics.

As expected, Sarah Polley’s screenplay for “Women Talking,” an adaptation of Miriam Toews’ 2018 novel, of which the filmmaker has already won several critics awards for, is among this year’s Scripter Award finalists. Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Living” script (a Tolstoy novella adaptation) and Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s “She Said...

“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “Living,” “She Said,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Women Talking are among the film nominees for this year’s USC Libraries Scripter Awards. In addition, television episodes of “The Crown,” “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” “Slow Horses,” “Tokyo Vice” and “Under the Banner of Heaven” were also recognized.

A strong bellwether for the Oscars’ best adapted screenplay category, previous Scripter winners that have matched the Academy in the last decade include “Argo” (2012), “12 Years a Slave” (2013), “The Imitation Game” (2014), “The Big Short” (2015), “Moonlight” (2016), “Call Me by Your Name” (2017) and “Nomadland” (2020). Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” (2019) is the only Scripter-eligible film to win the Academy Award without being nominated by the organization.

The inclusion of “Pinocchio” is particularly noteworthy since it’s been picking up awards steam over the last few weeks. It’s a dark horse for one of the five coveted adapted screenplay spots, which could point...

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Living, She Said, Top Gun: Maverick and Women Talking are the film nominees, and episodes of The Crown, Fleishman Is in Trouble, Slow Horses, Tokyo Vice and Under the Banner of Heaven are the TV finalists, for the 35th USC Scripter Awards, the USC Libraries announced on Wednesday.

The most notable nominations are those of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio and Top Gun: Maverick, given that the screenplays of those films had not yet received widespread recognition, and that acclaimed adaptations of the novels Lady Chatterley’s Lover and White Noise, the nonfiction work The Good Nurse and the play The Whale were also eligible. (A widely lauded adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front was not eligible, as it is not in the English language.)

This year’s Scripters — the nominations of which were determined, as the winners will be, by a selection committee...

The USC Libraries on Wednesday unveiled nominees for its 35th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the screenwriters of the year’s best film and episodic series adaptations, along with the writers of the works on which they are based.

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This year’s film nominees are the screenwriters and original authors from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Living, She Said, Top Gun: Maverick and Women Talking. In TV, screenwriters were nominated for penning episodes of The Crown, Fleishman Is in Trouble, Slow Horses, Tokyo Vice and Under the Banner of Heaven.

Winners will be announced March 4 at a ceremony at USC’s Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library,...

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” rules the 21st Annual Gold Derby Film Award nominations with 14, far more than any other film. These nominees were decided by more than 2,000 registered Gold Derby users across the globe, and you can vote for the winners in all 22 categories effective immediately. You have until Sunday, February 5, to get your ballots in. Feel free to jump in right now here in our predictions center. You can come back to edit your ballot as often as you like; no votes are final until voting closes on February 5. Scroll down for the complete list of nominations.

SEE2023 Critics Choice Awards winners list: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ leads the way with 5 wins

“Everything Everywhere,” about an immigrant mother’s attempt to save her daughter (and the universe), is one of 10 nominees for Best Picture. Filmmakers Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert also received noms for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

To some, the awards season schedule can feel like an exhausting, soul-crushing experience. But for filmmaker Sarah Polley and Hildur Gudnadóttir, it’s simply the best.

“We’re going to all the events,” said Women Talking and Tár composer Gudnadóttir while standing next to pal Polley on the red carpet at the BAFTA Tea at Four Seasons Los Angeles in Beverly Hills on Saturday. “It’s actually really fun because we don’t see each other very often and it’s been a really great excuse to hang out with Sarah and just go to all the events with her. We’ve been pissing ourselves with laughter.”

Polley, on the circuit for her critically acclaimed Women Talking, called it “weirdly amazing” that others may complain about the demands and dizzying number of red carpets while she’s embracing the chaos. “We’re having the best time ever. We go to everything,...

Los Angeles, Jan 16 (Ians) Mexican filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro’s movie ‘Pinocchio’ for streaming giant Netflix bagged the Best Picture – Animated trophy at the 28th Critics Choice Awards.

A tweet from the 28th Critics Choice Awards read: “In this life, the more you give, the more you get. We are thrilled to announce that @RealGDT’s #PinocchioMovie is the #CriticsChoiceAwards Winner for Best Animated Feature!”

Del Toro’s “Pinocchio” was contending against “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”, “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”, “Turning Red” and “Wendell & Wild”.

Del Toro directed the adaptation of the classic tale by Carlo Collodi with Mark Gustafson. He also served as a co-writer with Patrick McHale.

The film was also feted with a trophy in the same category at the 80th Golden Globes Awards.

–Ians

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