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With his first project after leaving Disney Animation in 2018, director Chris Williams has already received an Oscar nomination. “When I arrived at Netflix Animation, it was certainly a daunting realization that I was a crew of one,” he laughs. He attributes this nomination to his team of animators. “One director does not make a movie, I needed to work with an incredibly talented team to make a movie as ambitious as this, and I was so lucky that so many amazing artists were willing to join me on this journey… I’m just really proud of the crew. They deserve the recognition.”

Play ball! A Dodgeball sequel is officially in the works — and Vince Vaughn has reportedly signed on to reprise the role of Peter La Fleur.

EXCLUSIVE: Vince Vaughn will return to star in (and likely produce) a sequel to his hit 2004 comedy, Dodgeball, scripted by Jordan VanDina (The Binge), which is in early development at 20th Century Studios, Deadline has learned.

I didn’t know you could be a grown-up and still be that passionate about this kind of thing. It was reassuring because I could knew I could growup and I wouldn’t have to let go of all of the things I love as a kid. It was a really important experience for me.

Disney swept the animation category with three nominations last Oscar season, culminating in a win for Encanto. This year, Netflix is coming on strong with more than a few contenders, including Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. DreamWorks Animation is back with a few contenders of its own, while Apple, A24 and GKIDS are seeking their first Oscar win for Best Animated Feature. With only five nominations available, who will go on to compete for the prize?

After 25 years of working in Disney animation, director Chris Williams decided that Netflix was the right place to finally make the animated action-adventure he always dreamed of with The Sea Beast. The film follows Jacob (Karl Urban), a hunter of sea monsters, and Maisie (Zaris-Angel Hator), a young stowaway, as they join the crew of the Inevitable and embark on a hunt for the elusive Red Bluster. The pair soon discover that the beasts are not as sinister as they are rumored to be, which causes Jacob to grapple with the idea of what it truly means to be a hero. The film was animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks, who also provided the animation last year for The Mitchells vs the Machines.

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EXCLUSIVE: The Netflix Animation overhaul continues with the exit of 30 employees, Deadline has confirmed. This comes after Netflix set new leadership for the Animation Film team with Karen Toliver (VP Animation Film Content) and Traci Balthazor (VP Animation Film Production). They have been tasked with streamlining the animation team, which explains the attrition.

Terry Flores Paramount Pictures Animation and Nickelodeon Animation president Ramsey Naito and Sony Pictures Animation topper Kristine Belson will be featured speakers at the 2022 VIEW Conference, to be held Oct. 16-21 in Turin, Italy. Naito and Belson will be attending in person as the conference returns mostly to an onsite event. In her role with Paramount and Nickelodeon, Naito oversees animation across all platforms: linear, digital, TV movies, theatrical films and SVOD. She is behind such hit Nick projects as “Star Trek: Prodigy,” “PAW Patrol: The Movie” and the expansion of the SpongeBob SquarePants universe. She is also behind the upcoming Paramount theatrical releases of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” produced by Seth Rogen and Point Grey Pictures, and “The Tiger’s Apprentice,” directed by Raman Hui. She’ll talk about these projects and more at the conference.

The latest craze in the kid’s genre of films is currently available to watch on Netflix after its release on July 8. The Sea Beast tells the story of a young girl (Maisie Brumble) who stows away on the ship of a legendary sea monster hunter (Jacob Holland), with the pair launching an epic journey into uncharted waters while making history in the process.

Netflix is hitting us with 23 more new releases in July. These include the much anticipated TV series remake of the iconic Resident Evil franchise.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticEven sea beasts are adorable when they’re babies. But watch out when they get big! They can smash the hull of a ship with their giant horns, or pull a boat to the bottom of the ocean with long, snake-like tentacles.

Like all well-rounded streaming services, Netflix wants a balanced portfolio, which means animated movies for kids and all the other genres they already have. Their latest animated adventure is “The Sea Beast,” by Academy Award-winning veteran director Chris Williams.

K.J. Yossman Guillermo del Toro and Kid Cudi are among the names that will appear at Netflix’s inaugural Annecy International Animation Film Festival showcase next month.The streamer is also bringing masterclasses and the world premiere of Chris Williams’ sea monster adventure “The Sea Beast,” starring Karl Urban and Dan Stevens, to the festival, which takes place in France.Netflix’s showcase will offer an exclusive first look at del Toro’s upcoming stop-motion adaptation of “Pinocchio,” with the filmmaker attending in person to discuss the project, as well as the first look at “Entergalactic,” the adult animated series from Kid Cudi (AKA Scott Mescudi) and Kenya Barris, which is based on Cudi’s album of the same name.

How much how much had you already been thinking about this story before moving over to Netflix?Oh, my gosh. I mean, one answer is most of my life. And I’m not saying that just for a funky answer.

Huge plans are in the works which could see the centre of Prestwich changed for good. The £100m proposals, centred on the Longfield Centre area, are to be the subject of a ‘Spring community conversation’ organised by developers Muse, who are in partnership with Bury Council to deliver the project.

Netflix announced today that Karl Urban (The Boys), Zaris-Angel Hator (The Power), Jared Harris (Foundation), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Boxing Day), Dan Stevens (Gaslit) and Kathy Burke (Tinker Tailor Solider Spy) will topline The Sea Beast, its upcoming animated film from Academy Award winner Chris Williams (Moana, Big Hero 6).

Animator Chris Williams, who takes his place at the helm of the new Netflix animated feature “The Sea Beast,” has been a stalwart of animated cinema for almost 25 years. Starting with the 1998 film “Mulan,” Williams has served as a storyboard artist on multiple projects, including “Lilo and Stitch,” “Chicken Little,” and, more recently, the wildly successful “Frozen” films.

Karl Urban and the voice cast of “The Sea Beast” are treading into unknown waters in the brand new teaser for the upcoming Netflix animated film.In the clip, released on Wednesday, Urban voices monster hunter Jacob Holland. In an era when terrifying beasts roamed the seas, monster hunters were celebrated heroes — and none were more beloved than Holland, per a logline from Netflix.But when young Maisie Brumble (voiced by Zaris-Angel Hator) stows away on his fabled ship, he’s saddled with an unexpected ally.

Robbie Amell gets surrounded by his gorgeous co-stars at the season two premiere of Upload held at The West Hollywood EDITION on Tuesday (March 8) in West Hollywood, Calif.

EXCLUSIVE: The Julia Hart-directed Disney feature sequel to Stargirl continues to expand its cast with comedian Al Madrigal, Sarayu Blue, Chris Williams and Nija Okoro joining.

Swaggy C does not hold back on the new episode of the “Let’s Talk About It With Taylor Nolan” podcast, sharing that he’s hoping some sort of change happens behind-the-scenes on reality TV.“I feel like, over the last 20 years, Big Brother has done a terrible job with diversity just in general, because every year, it’s only one Black person or two Black people and one gay person and then the rest is just all white,” Swaggy, whose real name is Chris Williams, says in Us Weekly‘s exclusive sneak

Swaggy C, you better subscribe to his YouTube channel! The day trader revealed in a new interview that he will no longer be appearing on reality TV.“I actually quit reality TV about two months ago so you’ll never see me on another game show, you won’t see me on The Challenge again — like, I don’t want to do it no more,” the TV personality, whose real name is Chris Williams, explains in Us Weekly‘s exclusive sneak peek of Taylor Nolan‘s “Let’s Talk About It” podcast.

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Blair Bathory, 28, “pretty much fell in love” with fiancé Chris Williams “the moment I met him.” She was ecstatic when he popped the question in 2018.