Composing the Empowering Theme of DreamWorks’ Animated Feature ‘Spirit Untamed’

Jack Savoretti will be the next guest on The Record Club with Bowers & Wilkins.

Ben Shephard has given a detailed account of his horrific injury after suffering a tumble during a football match.

Ben Shephard joked he looks like RoboCop as he detailed the horrific injury he suffered during a football match.The 46 year old returned to Good Morning Britain on Thursday after a short break, where his co-host Susanna Reid encouraged him to speak about his injuries as she teased fans about his unusual appearance. Susanna, 50, told viewers: "I wish I'd taken a photograph in my dressing room this morning because Ben came in with quite the get up on your leg.

Emilio Mayorga Stuttgart-based sales company Sola Media has taken international rights to animated feature “Gus, the Guide Dog,” currently in pre-production and to be directed by Portugal’s Bruno Simões, an animation director and previs artist who has worked on films such as “Skyfall,” “Epic” and “Rio 2.”Family-oriented “Gus” is produced by Roger Torras at Barcelona’s WKND,  Humberto Santana at Animanostra (Portugal), and Xosé Zapata at Sygnatia (Spain).

It’s familia.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentUgo Bienvenu (aka Ugo), the popular French illustrator and comics author of “Préférence système,” is partnering up with veteran producer Valerie Schermann (“The Red Turtle,” “Paris, 13th District”) on his animated feature debut “Arco.”An ambitious science-fiction film, “Arco” is being co-developed and co-produced by Remembers, the outfit launched by Bienvenu and Félix de Givry, and Schermann at Akaba.

Emilio Mayorga The director of the Quirino Awards-nominated “Cranston Academy: Monster Zone,” Mexico’s Leopoldo Aguilar, will direct “Bem & I.”It will be produced by Mexico’s Espíritu Santo Cine and Pēek Paax animation studio, both of whom backed this year’s Quirino best feature winner, “A Costume for Nicholas.”Mexico’s Espíritu Santo is a recently-founded company devoted to producing family-targeting cinema content. The company is run by Dariela Pérez.

Dax Shepard who recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live with his Armchair Expert podcast co-host Monica Padman joked about his relationship with her and his marriage to Kristen Bell. The actor made a playful joke about juggling two wives while talking to Kimmel as he joked about being in a "three-way marriage" with Kristen and Monica. Shepard joked about how his working relationship with Padman was similar to that of a marriage, although a platonic one.

Dax Shepard and Monica Padman, co-host of his “Armchair Expert” podcast, dropped by “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Thursday.

Dax Shepard is joking about being in a “three-way marriage” with his wife Kristen Bell.

Parental control! Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake share sons Silas, 6, and Phineas, 11 months, and Dax Shepard thinks it’s time to let the singer deal with the birth control.

Emilio Mayorga Brazilian producer-director Andrés Lieban is set to direct his first animated feature, “My Big Big Friend – The Movie.” It is set up at his 2DLab label, which has specialized to date in TV animation production.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterNew Line Cinema is returning to Middle Earth.The studio behind the feature film trilogies “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” is partnering with Warner Bros.

Hey, Hollywooders! What’s Good in the ‘Wood?I just got back from seeing Spirit Untamed, one of the many new movie releases out now in movie theaters.I took a look at theaters near me to compare movie showtimes and settled on going to the 3:40 p.m. movie showtime at the Showcase Cinemas theater near me.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe new animated feature “Spirit Untamed,” in theaters June 4, celebrates the power and importance of friendships, but at its heart is a theme of fearlessness.Director Elaine Bogan makes her feature in the follow-up to the popular 2002 movie “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.” This time the focus is on a new character, 12-year old Lucky (voiced by Isabela Merced), a headstrong girl with a sense of adventure, who learns about her true self when she moves from the

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhether it’s “Ratched” “Pose” or “The Politician,” Ryan Murphy’s visual canvas is bold and vibrant and often filled with glitz and glamour. You could say the same of the music of Murphy’s world.Mac Quayle first linked with Murphy in 2014’s “The Normal Heart,” on which he worked as an assistant composer.

“Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron” horse franchise — which has mindbogglingly been in existence for 19 years — is “Spirit Untamed.” It’s closer to a state fair pony ride than a rousing Western adventure. A general criterion for a kids movie is that you should be able to remember the villain — their voice, look, catchphrase. Well, right now I can more easily picture the cashier at Trader Joe’s than the baddie of “Spirit Untamed.”The entire plot is just as bland.