Breaking Baz: DreamWorks’ ‘The Wild Robot’ Set To Wow Audiences At Annecy Animation Festival & How Lupita Nyong’o Discovered The Movie’s Voice Of Kindness

Joseph Quinn, Lupita Nyong’o, Djimon Hounsou, and Alex Wolff promote their new film, A Quiet Place: Day One with an appearance atop The Empire State Building on Monday (June 24) in New York City.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent “Flow,” a director-driven animated feature which world premiered at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and just swept three awards at Annecy Film Festival, has been embraced by a raft of major distributors in key territories, including the U.K., Japan, South Korea, Germany, Spain and Italy. The movie is represented internationally by Charades.

Swept Away, the new musical featuring the music of folk-rock band The Avett Brothers, will begin performances at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre on Tuesday, October 29 with an opening set for Tuesday, November 19.

The Toronto Film Festival on Tuesday announced the first six titles set to make their world premieres at the 49th edition, in the Gala and Special Presentation program, also naming this year’s TIFF Tribute Award recipients.

It may only be June 18, but the Toronto International Film Festival is ready to reveal some of its world premiere slate. This morning, TIFF announced six films that will make their debut in the Great White North.

The Munich International Film Festival will screen 152 films from 53 countries during its 41st edition, which runs from June 28 to July 6. 

Sam Mendes is bringing back his acclaimed, Tony Award-winning blockbuster production of The Lehman Trilogy for a fourth run in London.

Does Joshua Jackson and Lupita Nyong’o’s relationship get the stamp of approval from his ex-wife and baby momma, Jodie Turner-Smith?

Marta Balaga Japanese creator Naoko Yamada, whose latest film “The Colors Within” screened in the main competition at this year’s Annecy Animation Festival, continues to challenge herself. “Animation provides me with hope, yearning and challenges. It allows me to expand my imagination infinitely and, at the same time, it challenges me to see how much imagination I actually have,” she told Variety via an interpreter following the premiere of her latest.

Carolyn Giardina Two-time Oscar-nominated animation producer Bonnie Arnold was recognized with the Annecy Animation Festival‘s Golden Ticket on Thursday during a festival reception for members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Arnold first attended the international animation festival in 2013, as producer of “How To Train Your Dragon 2,” then as a jury member.

Lupita Nyong’o found herself diving headfirst into the abyss when she announced her split from boyfriend Selema Masekela. In an Instagram post, she opened up about her “season of heartbreak” caused by “a love suddenly and devastatingly extinguished by deception.” It was a rare display of vulnerability from Nyong’o, who is notoriously private about her personal life.During an interview for Glamour magazine, the Mexican-Kenyan actress said she took to social media to share her sad story to challenge Instagram’s “flex zone” of curated moments.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent French shark movie “Under Paris” made a sneak attack on worldwide streaming last week, scoring the best launch for a non-English language film on Netflix with 41 million views in its five first days on the service. Dropping a month before the start of the summer Olympics in Paris, the movie about triathlon athletes who get devoured during a swimming race in the Seine river ranked first on Netflix’s top 10 for non-English language films across 93 countries.

Ellise Shafer “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe has never seen “The Sopranos” or “Breaking Bad,” saying that he instead prefers to watch cartoons or reality TV. In a new interview with Comic Book Resources, Radcliffe — who has had voice roles on animated series including “The Simpsons,” “Robot Chicken,” “BoJack Horseman” and “Rick and Morty” — said he can’t sit through “all the sort of heavy, hour-long stuff.” “Honestly, I watch cartoons, and I watch reality TV,” Radcliffe told CBR.

Of all I.P. getting the TV treatment nowadays, you have to be shocked that something like “Sausage Party” is getting a sequel series nearly a decade after it debuted.

Animated movies about robots are always good. You’re talking about major films like “Wall-E” and “The Iron Giant.” Those are classics.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Eurozoom, a leading French distributor for Japanese animation, has forged a strategic partnership with major French animation producer Special Touch Studios, led by founder and CEO Sebastien Onomo. “We both share the same passion for animation and want to tell bold stories with a particular attention to professional diversity,” said Eurozoom’s CEO-Founder Amel Lacombe, who added that they were jointly working on a six-animation feature lineup. Leading the pack is “Melvile,” directed by Romain Renard and Fursy Teyssier.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Located alongside a pristine alpine lake in the south of France, the Annecy Film Festival is considered a mecca by many in the animation community. It’s the kind of place you must visit at least once to meet others who wor­ship animation.

Anna Marie de la Fuente The Costa Rican tale of a grandfather’s lifetime care for his family, “Agua Dulce,” Mexican eco-themed elf story “Bolla” and teen horror tale “Knightmares” are among the six projects to be pitched June 12 at the Annecy Animation Festival’s Mifa Market. These are presented by La Liga, an umbrella association jointly founded in 2018 by Argentina’s Animation! at Ventana Sur, Spain’s Quirino Awards and Mexico’s Pixelatl fest.

EXCLUSIVE: Ji-young Yoo says she was thrown in at “the deep end of things“ when she shot Prime Video‘s limited series Expats, playing the central figure of Mercy, a character around whom everyone else orbits.

Jennifer Aniston had to take a moment to compose herself after breaking down in tears over her time on “Friends.”The actress, 55, was overcome with emotion after she was asked about her late co-star Matthew Perry on Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series.For her conversation, Aniston was paired up with “Abbott Elementary” star Quinta Brunson.“Oh God, Don’t make me cry,” Aniston said with a shaky voice after being asked about “Friends.”“You’re already crying,” Brunson, 34, said. “Do you want a minute? We don’t have to talk about [it.]”“I’m sorry, I just started thinking about –,” Aniston responded, seemingly referencing Perry.In a clip shared online, the actress — who played Rachel Green in the hit NBC sitcom from 1994 to 2004 — reflected on her time on the show, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.Aniston starred alongside Perry, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Courteney Cox.Jennifer Aniston gets emotional when asked about “Friends.” #ActorsOnActorsShe then tilted her head back to void messing up her makeup.