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While Disney has had no problem going back to some of their biggest animated hits to transform them into live-action movies, that only forces the hand of other studios to do the same. And while Disney has a bigger pool than DreamWorks, the latter has one of the most beloved animated franchises of the century to play with. With that comes the trailer for their remake of How to Train Your Dragon, with DreamWorks looking to ride this one to box office glory. We’ve seen a bit of footage throughout the months, but this teaser (which aired during Super Bowl Lix) is a full pitch on selling skeptical viewers to the idea. The full trailer drops Wednesday, but I gotta say, this looks pretty great, right?

Here is the official synopsis of the How to Train Your Dragon remake, as per distributor Universal Pictures: “On the rugged isle of Berk,...

A year after DreamWorks released Madagascar, Disney released its own animated movie with a near-identical plot, The Wild. Released in 2005, Madagascar stars Chris Rock as Marty, an ambitious zebra at the Central Park Zoo who dreams of leaving behind his enclosure and exploring the outside world. The cast is rounded out by Ben Stiller as Alex the egocentric lion, Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria the confident hippo, and David Schwimmer as Melman the hypochondriac giraffe, who all escape with Marty and end up stranded on the titular island.

Madagascar was a big hit with audiences and ended up launching a blockbuster franchise. Madagascar was followed by two sequels and a spinoff, and ended up becoming a lucrative property for DreamWorks. Just one year later, Disney tried to replicate that success by releasing a movie so similar that it could’ve been a remake. Unfortunately for the Mouse House, their version...

In 1994, David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Steven Spielberg -- three of Hollywood's biggest power players -- united to form a brand-new major motion picture studio called DreamWorks, something that hadn't been attempted in decades. The trio of execs had three stipulations: they wouldn't make any more than nine films a year, they would be allowed to make movies for other studios, and they would be able to go home in time for dinner.

For three years, the trio would wrangle contracts and make deals with various music, film, and television entities to make sure it was standing on solid ground and could handle being the outsize business entity they wanted it to be. In 1997, DreamWorks finally released its first three movies: "The Peacemaker," "Amistad," and "Mouse Hunt." The year after, the studio broke into feature animation with the bad-but-popular CGI insect film "Antz" and the highly acclaimed and very good "The Prince of Egypt,...

Put the town on alert! The 1997 volcano film Dante’s Peak will be erupting into a new 4K Ultra-High Definition Blu-ray on February 11th. According to Blu-ray.com, the Universal Pictures film will be getting a new physical media release courtesy of Kino Lorber. The film comes from director Roger Donaldson, who is known for movies like the Kevin Costner suspense thriller No Way Out, the Tom Cruise bartender drama Cocktail, and the sci-fi horror Species. Dante’s Peak stars Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley, and Elizabeth Hoffman.

The movie is a part of the often-occurring dual release of movies with similar plots, with examples that include Armageddon and Deep Impact, Antz and A Bug’s Life and White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen. Dante’s Peak would be released the same year as the other notable volcano film Volcano. Volcano would star Tommy Lee Jones and sport a...

For the past three decades, DreamWorks has been seen as the studio that challenged Disney and, in some cases, won. If you are still in business after so many years and are still making movies, then you are clearly doing something right. Originally founded on October 12th, 1994, by three innovators with different motivations, the studio has gone on to make some of the biggest franchises in film history.

Who founded Dreamworks?

Originally conceived by former Disney executive Jeffery Katzenberg, he sought the aid of fellow entertainment executives Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. The three would found DreamWorks Skg with the purpose of becoming a major force in the entertainment industry. The studio’s first release was The Peacemaker in 1997 with other films like Amistad and Mouse Trap releasing that same year.

Things really began to take off in 1998 with action films like Saving Private Ryan and Deep Impact, as well...

In its nearly 30 years of existence, DreamWorks Animation has had a remarkable trajectory marked primarily by the bulk of franchises it created, as much as through the quality of the films themselves. Consider that one of its chief competitors, Pixar Animation Studios, started making feature-length computer-animated films in 1995 and has made just 28 features in the intervening 30 years. DreamWorks? Well, it's made 49 features in just over 25 years. Some of these films are best left forgotten or have only been rediscovered over time courtesy of oddball memes (see: "Bee Movie"). But DreamWorks Animation, amidst the Trolls and boss babies, the chatty penguins of Madagascar, and silent horses who embody the spirit of the Cimarron, has made 10 genuinely solid movies. And with the arrival in late September of DreamWorks' "The Wild Robot," there's no better time than right now to rank those 10 films and see if the studio's latest title makes the grade.

In 1994, Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg resigned from the company and teamed up with Steven Spielberg and music executive David Geffen to form DreamWorks Skg, which later was rechristened DreamWorks Animation. Its first feature film, released four years later, was “Antz,” a brash, adult-oriented CGI production about a worker ant struggling to stick out in the communal colony he slaves away in. The film was successful — it was the first non-Disney animated movie to gross $100 million worldwide — but it was also overshadowed by comparisons to “A Bug’s Life,” Pixar’s film released that year which also focused on a misfit ant trying to save his ant colony.

That beginning encapsulates the perception of DreamWorks Animation in a nutshell — as the decidedly less ambitious, less artful cousin to Pixar. And it’s hard to say that reputation is totally unearned. DreamWorks is responsible for many lazily constructed, irritating animated movies, from “Shark Tale...

Sylvester Stallone has been a Hollywood staple for five full decades at this point. Dating back to his first turn as the underdog boxer Rocky Balboa in 1972's "Rocky," the actor has been a mainstay of the screen. Like any actor who has managed to stay in the game this long, Stallone has had his ups and downs, but he's still here and still relevant more than 50 years later. But what is the best movie that Stallone has ever been in? What is the defining moment of the actor's varied filmography?

Not that Rotten Tomatoes is the be-all, end-all for such a discussion, but the review aggregator is a measuring stick often used in the modern era. Well, according to Rotten Tomatoes, 2015's "Creed" stands tall above the rest of Stallone's films with a 95% approval rating. That is not all that surprising when we break it down (more on that...

The Wild Robot has broken a DreamWorks record with its Rotten Tomatoes debut. The new movie, which was written and directed by How to Train Your Dragon co-director Chris Sanders, is based on the Peter Brown book of the same name and follows a malfunctioning robot who lands on a desert island and begins to bond with a young gosling, accidentally reprogramming herself along the way. The Wild Robot movie is only the fourth non-franchise title released by DreamWorks in the 2020s after The Bad Guys, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, and Orion and the Dark.

Rotten Tomatoes has now compiled 25 different critics' reviews of The Wild Robot, including some early reviews out of the movie's Toronto International Film Festival premiere on September 8. At the time of writing, the movie's Tomatometer score is a perfect 100%. While the score will likely fluctuate as more reviews are added, for the moment it is...

Its shocking just how different critics' opinions of a film can be from audiences, as proved by the massive disparity of certain movies' scores on Rotten Tomatoes. These were movies that, for one reason or another, ticked all the right boxes for professional critics and left general audiences feeling disappointed or, in some cases, downright hateful toward a release. Whether it was remakes of beloved classics, movies that didnt line up with audience expectations, or franchise entries that went in surprising new directions, there are plenty of movies that divided critics and viewers.

Some of the most controversial movies ever split critics and audiences and have remained highly divisive. While a high critic score doesnt automatically make a movie great, the fact that these films have received such a disproportional reaction from critics and audiences means that they each have something interesting to offer and were well worth checking out...

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Tombstone and Wyatt Earp both battled it out to be the best and most popular Western of the 1990s, and looking back years later, theres one clear victor in this fight (and its not even close). Both Tombstone and Wyatt Earp are biopics of the iconic lawman Wyatt Earp, released just a few months apart, and they tell the same story in very different ways (with different runtimes). Tombstone, directed by George P. Cosmatos and starring Kurt Russell, was released on December 25, 1993. Wyatt Earp, directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin Costner, was released on June 24, 1994.

Its surprisingly common for two movies with similar subject matter to be released at the same time. There are plenty of examples of the twin movies phenomenon: Armageddon and Deep Impact both sent asteroids to Earth; Antz and A Bugs Life both explored the secret lives...

Exclusive: Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Krysta Rodriguez (Halston) and Alan Cumming (The Traitors) have signed on to star in Lunch Hour, a new indie comedy from director Larry Guterman (Cats & Dogs) and Winter State Entertainment.

Delving into the anatomy of an affair, Lunch Hour watches as a soup-loving married man meets the soup-loving married woman of his dreams. Thereafter, both throw caution to the wind and engage in a messy affair for the ages.

Oren Safdie wrote the script and serves as executive producer. Hamid & Camille Torabpour and Nick Hagen produced for Winter State.

“I am thrilled to work with Oren, Hamid, Camille and the Winterstate team to bring this whip-smart comedy, driven by nuanced and complex comic performances, to the screen,” Guterman told Deadline. “I fell in love with the script and I knew that I had to be part of the special project.”

Added the Torabpours, “Oren is a wonderful writer,...

The 1998 sci-fi war film "Soldier" might be the best film in Paul W.S. Anderson's career. A kind-of-spinoff to "Blade Runner" (both films were written by David Webb Peoples), "Soldier" begins in 1996, when the American government implements a new program to raise children, from birth, to engage in combat. Over the course of decades, their souls are meticulously erased and they become wholly devoted to military conquest. The soldiers barely speak and don't appear to possess empathy or compassion. If anyone falls behind or displays weakness, they are executed. 

One of the star soldiers of the program is Todd-3465 (Kurt Russell), who has been molded into a ruthless killing machine over the past 40 years. It is now 2036, and the Soldier program is under threat. It seems that a new breed of soldiers, genetically engineered ones, are stepping up to take Todd's place. The new soldiers are faster, stronger, can live much longer,...

Existential crisis, sarcasm, dry wit and soured relationships collide in Albert Brooks‘ charming comedy Mother. The director uses his signature style of comedic delivery and sentiment to explore the delicate nature of a mother’s bond with her son. Brooks has been called “The West Coast Woody Allen.” It’s easy to understand the comparison between the two prolific filmmakers. Afterall, they each write, direct and star in their own films, their stories are grounded and contemplative, and they’ve each voiced characters in animated features (Ants and Finding Nemo).

However, the nickname over simplifies Brooks’ work and minimizes the originality of his creative style. In Mother, Brooks uses his talents and skills — honed and perfected from over a decade behind the camera — for an in-depth, humanized reflection on growth, redemption and healing.

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Struggling sci-fi writer John Henderson (Albert Brooks) finds his life at an impasse following his second divorce.

Given the overwhelming successes of Illumination's The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Pixar's Inside Out 2, feature animation is currently enjoying a renewed position as a dominating box office darling. Not to rain on the parade, especially since any boon for movie theaters should be considered a Good Thing,...

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"'American Pie' is the latest in a long tradition of immature, self-indulgent comedies that celebrate the recklessness of adolescents." That's what Looking Closer's Jeffrey Overstreet had to say in his original review of "American Pie" in 1999. On the flipside, Film Threat's Chris Gore declared the movie to be "one of the greatest teen films of all time." Let us never forget that two things can be true at once.

Written by an unknown named Adam Herz, it originally began circulating with the clever title "Untitled Teenage Sex Comedy Which Can Be Made for Under $10 Million That Studio Readers Will Most Likely Hate But I Think You Will Love." The gimmick worked and it got the attention of studios, becoming the...

Megamind delivers a poignant message with stellar animation and an all-star cast of comedy actors firing on all cylinders. The Prince of Egypt is an epic biblical saga with breathtaking imagery and a score that pushes the PG rating past its breaking point. Chicken Run is an understated stop-motion masterpiece that reignited appreciation for the art form with charming British humor.

The best DreamWorks movies include many amazing animated films, but a select few rise to the top as the best. Often described as the jazz to Disney's classical music, DreamWorks is by far one of the most impressive and well-known Western animation studios outside of Disney's employ, telling more unorthodox stories compared to Mickey Mouse's safer narratives. Coming a long way since the release of their first feature animation, Antz, in 1998, DreamWorks' recent animated domination has added to its legacy of excellent movies.

Identifying the greatest hits among...

Home's engaging cast and fun story contribute to its rewatch value, as evidenced by its current Netflix trend. Jennifer Lopez's limited animation roles include her significant reunion with director Tim Johnson in Home. Antz and Home offer different critical receptions, with Antz praised for its innovative visuals and story.

The $386 million commercial hit and currently trending sci-fi comedy Home marks an animation reunion for Jennifer Lopez nearly two decades in the making. Home is a colorful DreamWorks Animation adventure that finds an outcast but friendly Boov alien called Oh (Jim Parsons) teaming up with a teenage girl named Tip Tucci (Rihanna) to find her mother after they lose one another during the Boov invasion of Earth. Lopez voices Tip's mother, Lucy, in a small but essential role in Home's heartfelt, family-centered story.

Home's cast and fun premise make for major rewatch value, proven by the film's current trending status...

A quarter-century after lending his voice to Z in Disney’s CG feature “Antz,” Woody Allen is set to return to the recording booth and narrate the upcoming Spanish animated short “Mr. Fischer’s Chair,” which will formally add several key co-producers during this year’s Annecy Festival. The film’s directors have also given Variety an exclusive look at early concept art for the project.

“Mr. Fischer’s Chair” revisits the 1972 World Chess Championship, where Bobby Fischer faced off against Boris Spassky. During game 17 of their “Match of the Century,” the Soviet team accused the Americans of manipulating Fischer’s chair to maliciously harm his opponent, leading to an exhaustive examination of the Eames Executive seat.

The film is created and directed by filmmakers and producers Xosé Zapata and Lorenzo Degl’ Innocenti, who recently teamed on the Spanish Academy Goya Award-winning animated short “The Monkey.” Zapata is handling the screenplay.

DreamWorks' surprising success with the Kung Fu Panda franchise makes it the king of animated movie franchises, overtaking Disney's record. DreamWorks proves its dominance with successful multi-installment series like Shrek, Madagascar, and Kung Fu Panda, while surpassing Disney. Disney's lack of ongoing sequels for its near $2 billion franchises leaves DreamWorks as the animated movie franchise leader with smart moves.

Although DreamWorks is often regarded as a comparatively minor player in the animated space compared to Disney, the studio's latest hit has seen it score a surprising win against its major competitor. Considering Disney's dominance of the genre for more than a century, it's unsurprising that most observers assume that they are by far and away the most successful animation-centered business. While this is true by most metrics, DreamWorks' new record proves that the picture is actually much more complicated than it seems.

Since its foundation in 1994, DreamWorks Animation has been...

In the recently premiered Netflix’s Damsel, Millie Bobby Brown starred as a dutiful damsel who agrees to marry a handsome prince. However, her dreams quickly shatter when she discovers that the royal family has actually recruited her as a sacrifice to settle an ancient debt.

This is far from a fairytale ending. Fresh off her success in the film, the young actress took a playful jab at some American food in a recent LADbible taste test.

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The aptly titled video, Millie Bobby Brown Takes on a Food Fight: Britain vs. America! revealed the actress’ surprising favorites and least favorites when it comes to classic snacks from both sides of the pond.

Millie Bobby Brown Takes on a Food Fight: Britain vs. America!

Millie Bobby Brown kicked off a hilarious taste test with LADbible, facing off against some classic British and American treats. The battle began with candies.

They only come along every once in a blue moon: the dueling movies. 1998 was an especially unusual year in that it saw two of them hitting theaters, with killer asteroid films "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon" going head-to-head within the same 12-month span as the animated insect flicks "Antz" and "A Bug's Life." There haven't been too many since then, save for the clash of the White House action-thrillers in 2013 with "Olympus Has Fallen" and "White House Down." Now, 2024 is bringing us the next big showdown between movies with remarkably similar premises.

The unexpected shared theme? Imaginary friends.

Okay, fine, so John Krasinski's family-friendly "If" and Jeff Wadlow's horror thriller "Imaginary" seem to have almost nothing in common besides revolving around children's imaginary pals. Nevertheless, there's no denying it's a little strange that we're getting two films based on that exact same premise in quick succession. The former of...

Sylvester Stallone as Chunky Kong would be a perfect choice for his tough guy persona and voice talent showcased in previous animated features. Owen Wilson's easy-going and charismatic personality would be a great fit for the laid-back character of Funky Kong. Mark Hamill's ability to be expressive and sinister, as demonstrated by his iconic voice work as the Joker, would make him an excellent choice for the menacing King K. Rool.

Following the major success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie a spin-off film focusing on Donkey Kong feels like an obvious next step for the potential franchise, and in doing so plenty of new voice roles will need to be cast. The Donkey Kong game series is full of eccentric and exciting characters who could be brought to life on the big screen by some of the best actors and voice talents working today. In compiling a...

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As 2023 is put into the history books, it’s time your comprehensive look at what’s coming to Netflix in the United States throughout January 2024. Below, we’ll be looking through all the licensed and Netflix Original movies, series, and games on the way.

Want to see more of what’s on the way throughout 2024? We’ve got you covered with the current calendar of every known Netflix Original confirmed for 2024.

As always, you’ll want to watch anything set to expire throughout January, too – you can keep track of all the movies and series leaving Netflix US here.

Note: This list is a work in progress. It’ll continue to be updated throughout January 2024 as we learn of new titles coming to the service. All release dates are subject to change.

Full List of New Releases Coming to Netflix US in...

Movies with similar plots can have different approaches and atmospheres, showcasing the versatility of storytelling. Some movies with the same plots come out within a year of each other yet have distinct aesthetics. While certain movies have similar plots, they can still have wildly different tones and effects.

Some drastically different movies have noticeably similar plots, intriguing or annoying fans and critics alike. In some cases, the very different approaches to a story demonstrate its versatility. Live-action remakes of classic fairy tales have been on the rise in the past decade, yet directors and writers create completely different atmospheres for the same story. There is still variety among movies with similar plots because each creative will see the story and what it can be differently.

On the other hand, some movie pairs are so alike in concept and story that it is difficult to believe that one did not copy the other,...

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Happy New Year from us all here at What’s on Netflix, and as always, the first of the month brings lots of new titles. Below, we’ll take you through all the 59 new movies that dropped today and nine series.

Over the past few days, Netflix has added some truly classic movies from the 1970s – we’ll have more on those in a separate article, but we’ll list the titles below.

For more on what’s to come throughout the rest of the month – check out our January 2024 preview, which we just updated today with a bunch more titles on the way, including After Everything: The Final Chapter.

One final note before we dig in. You may be expecting to see Black Sails on this list, but sadly, Netflix has seemingly pushed back the release date. More on this when we get it.

It’s a quiet month on Netflix in January, but the streamer still has some good stuff lined up for the new year, including an interesting documentary about the Centra Tech cryptocurrency scam. Bitconned arrives on the first of the month alongside Netflix’s latest Harlan Coben adaptation, Fool Me Once, which sees an ex-soldier called Maya witness her husband’s murder on a nanny cam. The crime then leads her down a deadly path where she uncovers a deadly conspiracy.

Schitt’s Creek star Daniel Levy will also debut his first film as writer and director with Good Grief on Netflix this month. The movie follows Levy’s character Marc as he does some soul-searching after the death of his husband.

Kevin Hart has a new movie called Lift hitting the platform this month, too. He plays the leader of a heist crew looking to rob $500 million in gold from...

A new year is around the corner, and Netflix is ready to celebrate! The streamer has released its full list of titles that will be coming to its platform to start 2024 off right, including classics and library hits, such as the first three films in the “John Wick” franchise, Train to Busan, and more.

The bulk of Netflix’s new titles, though, comes from its own original series, films, comedy specials, documentaries, and animes. Debuting in January will be “The Brothers Sun,” a new black comedy action series starring Justin Chien, Sam Song Li, and Michelle Yeoh; as well as the Sofía Vergara-led mini-series “Griselda”; new seasons of “Queer Eye” and “Masters of the Universe: Revolution”; Dan Levy’s dramedy “Good Grief”; and comedy specials from Jacqueline Novak, Jack Whitehall, and Rachid Badouri.

Check out The Streamable’s Top 5 picks for what’s coming to Netflix this month, and...

The Prince of Egypt was conceived as a "brother story" idea by Steven Spielberg, focusing on the relationship between Moses and Rameses as they grow up together and eventually become antagonists. Despite not receiving a story credit, Spielberg's influence was still extremely important in the creation of the film, given his role as one of the founders of DreamWorks Animation. The Prince of Egypt successfully managed to tell a religious tale on a grand scale while remaining entertaining, personal, accessible to children, and a musical, making it a classic animated film.

The Prince of Egypt songwriter Stephen Schwartz explains Steven Spielberg’s role in the film’s production. Released in 1998, The Prince of Egypt is a DreamWorks animated musical surrounding the story of Egyptian Prince Moses on his journey to become the leader of his people. The film was co-directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells and...

Alexander Skarsgard of Succession, The Legend of Tarzan, and The Northman is set to star in the ten-episode sci-fi series Murderbot, which has just been picked up by Apple TV+. Despite sharing a title with a recently released movie from Full Moon and director Jim Wynorski, this project is actually based on Martha Wells’ bestselling, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning book series The Murderbot Diaries.

The sibling duo of Chris and Paul Weitz (About a Boy) are writing, directing, and executive producing Murderbot under their Depth of Field banner. Andrew Miano is also executive producing for Depth of Field, while David S. Goyer executive produces alongside Keith Levine for Phantom Four. Wells is on board as consulting producer.

Coming our way from Paramount Television Studios, Murderbot is aiming to be action-packed. According to Deadline, the project first received a “blinking green light”, but the casting process was disrupted by the lengthy...

Despite their rivalry, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger have a playful relationship and have appeared in movies together like The Expendables. Stallone regrets accepting the lead role in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot because Schwarzenegger tricked him into thinking he was interested in the film. Schwarzenegger could have excelled in roles like Barney Ross in The Expendables or Rocky Balboa, bringing his distinct style and persona to the characters.

While Sylvester Stallone has had plenty of hugely memorable roles, it is hard to deny that there are some acting parts that his oldest rival, Arnold Schwarzenegger, would have done better. The two are both known for their action-packed films and, despite having unique personas and acting styles, it makes sense to compare the two to each other. While earlier in each of their careers the animosity between the two would lead to direct attacks on one another in the media,...

Aardman’s flock of clay chickens is back. And so is their composer.

23 years after Chicken Run became a stop-motion smash hit, Ginger, Rocky, Babs, Mac and the rest of the coop are returning for Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, landing on Netflix on Dec 15. If the music sounds similar, it’s because Harry Gregson-Williams, who composed the original score alongside John Powell, has also returned.

In the more-than-two decades since the first film, the L.A.-based Brit — who has worked closely with Hans Zimmer for much of his career — has scored dozens of major titles for filmmakers including Ridley Scott, Joel Schumacher, Ben Affleck and Antoine Fuqua. Alongside movies such as Shrek 1, 2 and 3, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Kingdom of Heaven, The Chronicles of Narnia, Prometheus, The Martian, The Meg and House of Gucci, the music man has also ventured back to Aardman for the...

As the end of the 20th century came to a close, traditional 2D animation seemed to be dying along with it. But while Disney Renaissance films are often remembered by nostalgic Millennials as the last great ride of hand-drawn animation, their grand, sweeping scale was actually made possible by blending old-school techniques with brand new technology. In the ballroom scene from 1991's "Beauty and the Beast," a hand-drawn Belle and Beast waltz against the spinning backdrop of a CG-animated ballroom; the heart-stopping stampede in 1994's "The Lion King" has a traditionally-animated Simba fleeing from computer-animated wildebeest.

The balance soon tipped over in favor of the completely CG animation that dominates today. But somewhere between the release of "Toy Story" and "Shrek," a British studio called Aardman Animations ambitiously embarked on its first feature film: a poultry-themed spin on "The Great Escape" called "Chicken Run." With a final tally of $227.7 million at the global box office,...

Sylvester Stallone is a Hollywood legend known for his work in action flicks and his talents as an actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and fight choreographer. While Stallone has appeared in many franchises with sequels, there are still some of his standalone films that would benefit from a follow-up. Stallone has showcased his abilities in various genres, from animated films like "Antz" to sci-fi flicks like "Demolition Man."

Sylvester Stallone is a bona fide Hollywood legend - especially regarding his work in action flicks - with dozens of movies to his name, many of which have had sequels, but a handful of which audiences are still waiting to see follow-ups for today. The Rocky, Rambo, Expendables, and Guardians of the Galaxy movies in which Stallone has appeared are all franchises with at least one sequel in which the star has appeared. However, seeing sequels to some of his best standalone films would be great.

Media, entertainment and creation will be the industries most impacted by the emergence of artificial intelligence, DreamWorks Skg cofounder Jeffrey Katzenberg said Thursday, and that will likely mean drastic cuts in the number of people needed to produce the art forms.

“If you look at sort of a historical perspective, you know, whether we went from a pen, a paintbrush, a printing press, a still camera, a movie camera,” the longtime industry executive said at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum. “These are things that just expanded creativity and all sorts of storytelling and extraordinary ways.”

The evolution of the industry has been “explosive” in the last decade, said Katzenberg, who was one of the losers in the explosive growth of streaming when his Quibi service shut down after just seven months in 2020.

“I think if you look at how media has been impacted in the last 10 years by the introduction of digital technology,...

Pixar's gamble on an Incredibles sequel paid off, even though it took 14 years for it to happen. A Bug's Life made a respectable commercial performance, but its box office suffered due to competition with Dreamworks' Antz. While it is unlikely that A Bug's Life 2 will happen, a cryptic tweet from Pixar sparked speculation that the idea may not be dead.

Pixar’s gamble on an Incredibles sequel paid off despite the lengthy gap; it’s possible that the studio could repeat the success with A Bug’s Life breaking a major record. The original 1998 A Bug’s Life was Pixar’s second-ever feature film after 1995’s Toy Story. The film follows Flik, a misfit ant who goes looking for a group of “warriors” to protect his colony from a protection racket run by grasshoppers. Following on from Toy Story, it cemented the “What if X had Feelings" used in almost every Pixar movie,...

The market runs November 16-17 as part of Tallinn Black Nights’ industry platform.

New projects from Afghan director Sahraa Karimi and Polish filmmaker Damian Kocur are among the 15 films to be showcased in the Baltic Event Co-Production Market which runs November 16-17.

Flight From Kabul is Karimi’s second feature after her debut Hava, Maryam, Ayesha premiered in Venice in 2019. The Slovakian co-production is based on Karimi’s own experiences of fleeing the Taliban.

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Kocur presents his newest feature La Manche after winning best director at Venice Horizons last year with his debut Bread And Salt.

“Moana” and “Raya and the Last Dragon” producer Osnat Shurer has left the Magic Kingdom.

She has joined Baobab Studios, where she will serve as co-chief creative officer alongside company founder and Cco Eric Darnell, a DreamWorks veteran who worked as a director on “Antz” and every “Madagascar” film (including “Penguins of Madagascar”).

Shurer joined Disney more than a decade ago as a VP of development, having come from Pixar where she oversaw short films like the Oscar-nominated “Boundin’” and “Lifted.” She also worked on shorts that appeared on the studio’s home video releases like “Jack Jack Attack,” written and directed by Brad Bird, which appeared on the home video release of “The Incredibles.”

Baobab Studios describes itself as “the leading interactive animation studio” and has produced a number of award-winning VR experiences. At Baobab Shurer joins Maureen Fan, the chief creative officer (she is a veteran of game...

Indie animation studio Baobab Studios has brought in Oscar-nominated producer Osnat Shurer (Moana) to serve as Co-Chief Creative Officer alongside Cco Eric Darnell (Madagascar).

Boasting 30+ years of experience in animation, Shurer comes to the company from Walt Disney Feature Animation, where she served as VP of Development, having simultaneously held a role as the executive producer of the short films group at Pixar. Going forward, she’ll be part of a creative brain trust which includes Darnell and Kane Lee (Chief Content Officer), and such advisors and investors as Ed Catmull and Oscar-winning filmmaker Glen Keane, among others.

Among the first projects Shurer will work on at Baobab are the Momoguro multiplatform franchise, which includes a digital collectibles game, an upcoming Roblox game, and a TV series in development, and two falling under a TV development deal with Disney+.

With Expend4bles more than likely bringing to a close the franchise Sylvester Stallone created over 13 years ago, we wanted to know what movie in the legendary actors filmography is your favorite? Does his original creation of Rocky remain your favorite all these years later or do you find some of his iconic 90’s action films more your speed? Or perhaps you a true purist and find Italian Stallion to be quintessential Stallone! If you don’t see your favorite listed, please click other and let us know what it is (and why) in the comments.

What is your Favorite Sylvester Stallone Film?Italian Stallion (1970)Death Race 2000 (1975)Rocky (1976)F.I.S.T (1978)Paradise Alley (1978)Rocky II (1979)Nighthawks (1981)Rocky III (1982)First Blood (1982)Rhinestone (1984)Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)Rocky IV (1985)Cobra (1986)Over The Top (1987)Rambo III (1988)Lock Up (1989)Tango & Cash (1989)Rocky V (1990)Oscar (1991)Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)Cliffhanger (1993)Demolition Man (1993)The Specialist...

"Twin movies" confuse audiences when released too close together, blurring the lines between films and adding to audience confusion. Similar titles can lead to confusion, even if the plots and genres of the films are completely different. Yearly releases of strikingly similar movies show that this phenomenon isn't going away, with cultural trends and information exchange among Hollywood writers possibly contributing to the similarities.

With so many movies released over the years, some are bound to be so similar that audiences can hardly tell them apart. In some cases, this results from a studio attempting to build on the success of another studio's successful product. However, these "twin movies," as the phenomenon is called, are often released too close to one another for either to have influenced the other. This only adds to audience confusion, and the lines between the films become blurred.

In other situations where two movies are frequently confused,...

Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal in Foe Photo: Amazon Studios We all love a good Friends With Benefits vs. No Strings Attached moment. Or Bugs Life vs. Antz, or Deep Impact vs. Armageddon, or even Snow White And The Huntsman vs. Mirror Mirror. There’s something for everyone.With that...

Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal in FoePhoto: Amazon Studios

We all love a good Friends With Benefits vs. No Strings Attached moment. Or Bugs Life vs. Antz, or Deep Impact vs. Armageddon, or even Snow White And The Huntsman vs. Mirror Mirror. There’s something for everyone.

With that in...

Apple has debuted the first official trailer for John Carney’s “Flora and Son,” which stars Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Single mother Flora (Hewson) is unsure what to do with her rowdy teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan) when the police suggest he picks up a hobby. Max swiftly turns to the art of music with the help of a “washed-up L.A. musician” (Gordon-Levitt), with the family learning the true “transformative power of music.” The first official trailer gives audiences a glimpse at the heartfelt story showcasing the bond between a mother and her son.

The musical drama will hit select theaters on Sept. 22 and release globally via Apple TV+ on Sept. 29.

Jack Reynor will star alongside Hewson, Gordon-Levitt and Kinlan. Carney serves as director, writer and producer alongside Rebecca producers O’Flanagan, Robert Walpole, Anthony Bregman. Hewson, Gordon-Levitt, Reynor and Kinlan all executive produce.

Watch the official trailer below.

Critics aren't always right when it comes to either negative or positive reviews, but there are some wildly unpopular movies that critics really surprisingly loved upon release. Critics and audiences don't always see eye to eye, as audiences generally enjoy exciting popcorn flicks that may receive mixed reviews, and critics prefer movies that tend to be more challenging and less immediately entertaining. However, for the most part, review aggregate websites are great sources for seeking out the best current movies. Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic provide average ratings on movies from critics, and users will often find great critically acclaimed films that were overlooked when first released.

On the other hand, critics have been overwhelmingly wrong about a handful of movies in the past, and even they'd admit that their initial assessment of these films might have been a little misguided. All of these movies are rated highly on Rotten Tomatoes with a "fresh" rating,...

Though most Pixar feature films are both critically acclaimed and popular among audiences, some of their movies weren't granted the appreciation or long-term attention that they deserve. Since Pixar's founding in 1986, the animation studio has put out 27 feature-length films. Pixar's movies are best known for their emotional storylines and innovative animation styles. These films have seemingly covered every conceivable premise from talking toys to personified elements. Over the years, Pixar has won 11 Oscars for Best Animated Feature.

Despite the overall success, Pixar has experienced multiple box-office flops and put out releases with substantially negative reviews. Some films have gained unwarranted hatred due to the storylines and themes. Many of Pixar's sequel movies have also struggled to gain traction due to the large shadow cast by their predecessors. This doesn't mean the films lack merit, though. Even lower-rated Pixar movies still possess traits that make them interesting or well-crafted. All things considered,...

The Toronto International Film Festival will open its 2023 edition on September 7 with “The Boy and Heron,” the first movie in 10 years from veteran Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. The selection, first reported by IndieWire last week, marks the first time in the festival’s 48-year history that it will open with an animated feature.

While the plot has been a secret since its inception, “The Boy and the Heron” opened earlier this month in Japan under the title “How Do You Live?” and has been earning strong reactions as an emotional and visual experience unique to the auteur behind such revered classics as “Spirited Away” and “Princess Mononoke.”

TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey, who traveled to Tokyo in early July to screen the movie, addressed speculation that the project was intended as the 82-year-old Miyazaki’s swan song. “If this has to be his final statement on screen, I think it’s a perfect one,...

Olympus Has Fallen was a huge box office success, but White House Down, which had a similar premise and was released just three months later, was a major box office bomb. Released in June 2013, White House Down is an action movie directed by Roland Emmerich and follows John Cale (Channing Tatum), a Capitol Police Officer who has to protect the U.S. President, James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) from a terrorist group. That's eerily similar to another 2013 action movie, Olympus Has Fallen, which follows former Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler), who also has to protect the U.S. President (Aaron Eckhart) from a terrorist group.

The success of Olympus Has Fallen led to an action movie franchise, including two sequels. The Has Fallen film series has made more than half a billion dollars, and now there is a TV show spinoff titled Paris Has Fallen in production. Additionally, the...

Things have been up and down and all over the place this summer, but maybe a sure thing like Harrison Ford returning for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” might stabilize the box office as June turns into July this weekend. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.

It has been 15 years since Ford last played the fan-fave role of the history professor turned action-adventurer, and having just turned 80, “Dial of Destiny” most definitely will be his last foray as the character. Granted, the 2008 blockbuster “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” is still scoffed at by diehard fans, despite it grossing $317.1 million domestic and $786.6 million worldwide.

See ‘M3GAN’ kills at 2023 box office as only original movie in Top 10

One major change for the fifth movie in the franchise is that director Steven Spielberg has stepped aside to allow James Mangold to helm this one,...

After Avengers: Endgame, Marvel Studios fell into a boring marketing trend that Secret Invasion is currently fixing. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is in the middle of laying the groundwork for the Multiverse Saga's upcoming culmination. While Phase 4 functioned as a transitional period, MCU Phase 5 will see the franchise delve deeper into the concepts that will play a pivotal role in the Avengers' looming big battle against Kang the Conqueror. Unfortunately, the Multiverse Saga is struggling to find its footing, with a string of underwhelming projects that is unusual to the MCU.

Much has been said about Marvel Studios' approach to its storytelling after the Infinity Saga. Suddenly, the franchise is faced with multiple criticisms that the first three phases of the franchise didn't have. Scattered narratives and lack of direction have been consistently brought up in recent years even as Kevin Feige laid out their overarching plan for the Multiverse Saga.