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Illumination and Nintendo Launch Official Trailer for “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie”

November 12th, 2025

The official trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros., during a Nintendo Direct presentation that aired today. The film will be released worldwide by Universal Pictures in April 2026.

INTERVIEW: The Making Of “Sandy’s Country Christmas” Now Streaming On Paramount+

Lauren Ashton|

December 3rd, 2024

Animation Scoop had the amazing opportunity to speak with the Executive Producers of SpongeBob SquarePants, Vincent Waller and Marc Ceccarelli, as well as Screen Novelties Producer Chris Finnegan, Producer and Co-director Seamus Walsh, and Producer and Co-director Mark Caballero. We discussed the timelessness of Stop Motion Animation and how wonderfully it lends itself to the […]

INTERVIEW: “Despicable Me 4” Director Chris Renaud On Franchise Legacy, Sequels, And The Animation Industry

Lauren Ashton|

June 19th, 2024

Illumination’s Despicable Me is extraordinarily successful- aside from being one of the highest-grossing animated film franchises of all time. 14 years after the original film became an immediate hit, director Chris Renaud talks with Animation Scoop on the upcoming installment, reflecting on the global appeal, legacy of the characters, and the franchise’s lasting impact over […]

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Interview: Joby Talbot, Composer of “Sing”

Scoring a film that contains upwards of 100 songs—either in part or complete—in addition to a background score, calls for the kind of composer who can turn with ease from classical to jazz to rock to hip-hop and so on. For Sing director Garth Jennings, the task fell to a longtime collaborator with astonishing versatility […]

Greg Ehrbar|January 23, 2017

“Despicable Me 3” First Official Trailer

And the competition for 2017 begins! Opening on June 30th, Despiciable Me 3 – the team who brought you Despicable Me and the biggest animated hits of 2013 and 2015, Despicable Me 2 and Minions, return to continue the adventures of Gru, Lucy, their adorable daughters and the Minions. Despicable Me 3, is directed by […]

Jerry Beck|December 15, 2016

Charles Solomon Reviews “Long Way North”

The Long Way North (Tout en haut du monde) is latest entry in the recent string of smaller, hand-drawn animated films from France. It’s not as polished in its look or storytelling as some of its predecessors, but it’s a promising debut for first time director Rémi Chayé, Sacha (voice by Chloé Dunn), the daughter […]

Charles Solomon|September 29, 2016

“Pets” Tops Weekend With $103 Million; Five Quick Questions for It’s Director Chris Renaud

Congratulations to our friends at Illumination. Their latest release, The Secret Life Of Pets, hit a nerve with audiences young and old and continues a blockbuster streak of major studio animation releases in 2016 – following on the heels of Disney’s Zootopia ($340 million) and Pixar’s Finding Dory ($422 million domestic total as of today). […]

Jerry Beck|July 11, 2016

TRAILER #2: Illumination’s “Sing”

Here is the second official full trailer – tied to prints on this week’s release of Illumination’s The Secret Life Of Pets – for Universal’s Sing. Scarlet Johansson, Matthew McConaughey, Seth MacFarlane, Reese Witherspoon and John C. Reilly topline the holiday release – now set to open on December 21st.

Jerry Beck|July 7, 2016

A Writer’s Secret to Creating “The Secret Life of Pets”: An interview with Brian Lynch

The Secret Life of Pets opens nationwide this weekend, going head-to-head with the box office juggernaut Finding Dory. The buzz about this latest feature from Ilumination Entertainment has garnered great buzz, and if it’s as well-received as hoped, maybe it will prove there is room for multiple animation features to find an audience and succeed […]

Leslie Combemale|June 27, 2016

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TEASER: Illumination’s “The Secret Life Of Pets 2”