At Blue Sky Studios, Carlos Saldanha co-directed Ice Age and Robots and was main director on the second and third Ice Age films, as well as both Rio installments and Ferdinand, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature. Now Saldanha is the director of a live-action family film featuring some hand-drawn […]
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INTERVIEWS: “The Garfield Movie” Duo On Going From Strip To Screen
May 20th, 2024 
Jackson Murphy One of the most anticipated movies of 2024 for families and lasagna lovers is Sony’s CG feature The Garfield Movie. Following a successful start overseas, it opens in North America this Friday May 24th. In this Animation Scoop Q&A, director Mark Dindal (of Chicken Little and Cats Don’t Dance) and producer John Cohen (of The […]
30 International Filmmakers Have Been Selected For “Sony Future Filmmaker” Awards 2024
April 24th, 2024 Lauren Ashton This week, Creo was excited to announce a shortlist of 30 international filmmakers for the upcoming “Sony Future Filmmaker” Awards. The selected artists will be awarded by being invited to workshops and events on the Sony lot in Los Angeles, providing a unique opportunity to experience behind the scenes. The awards ceremony will take place […]
TRAILER: Sony Pictures Animation “The Garfield Movie”
November 13th, 2023 Jerry Beck Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure on the big screen. After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life […]
INTERVIEW: Discovering “They Shot The Piano Player”
November 13th, 2023 Jackson Murphy Academy Award nominated Chico & Rita directors Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal have made a new animated feature for grown-ups — a unique, moving investigation documentary drama. They Shot the Piano Player, starring Jeff Goldblum as the narrator and voice of journalist / author Jeff Harris, opens in New York City and Los Angeles for […]
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Hugh Welchman’s “The Peasants”
October 3rd, 2023 Jerry Beck Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all rights in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, and Australia/New Zealand to Academy Award nominee DK Welchman and Academy Award winner Hugh Welchman’s The Peasants, which Poland has submitted as their official entry for the Best International Feature category for this year’s Academy Awards®. […]
REVIEW: “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse”
June 7th, 2023 Martin Goodman It is best, perhaps, to consider Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Henceforth, ATSV) in its correct context for the purpose of this review. The film is not a sequel to Into the Spider-Verse, but a carefully planned second part of a trilogy scheduled to conclude in March 2024. This escaped the notice of some irate moviegoers […]
TRAILER: “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse”
April 4th, 2023 Jerry Beck Here it is! Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar-winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. And, as expected, the new trailer looks better than “Amazing”… it looks “Spectacular”! Lord and Miller are back, co-writing the screenplay with Dave Callaham (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings). The directors are: Joaquim […]
FIRST TRAILER: “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse”
December 13th, 2022 Jerry Beck Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar-winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new […]
Interview With The Stars And Directors Of “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania”
January 3rd, 2022 Jackson Murphy Sony Pictures Animation’s fourth and final film installment in the Hotel Transylvania franchise is Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. After multiple attempts to open it in theaters, Sony decided to partner with Amazon, which will release Hotel T4 on Prime Video on January 14th. In late November, I submitted questions for a virtual Q&A with some of […]
INTERVIEW: Marching To The Beat Of “Vivo” Drum
August 2nd, 2021 Jackson Murphy Kirk DeMicco received an Oscar nomination in 2014 with his co-director Chris Sanders for DreamWorks The Croods. Now DeMicco is the director of Sony Pictures Animation’s first-ever musical Vivo, which debuts this Friday August 6th on Netflix. DeMicco discusses working with songwriter and lead voice actor Lin-Manuel Miranda and the power of music in animation. […]
INTERVIEW: Here Comes “Peter Rabbit 2” From Director Will Gluck
June 11th, 2021 Jackson Murphy Will Gluck directed 2018’s box office smash hit Peter Rabbit. Sequel Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway is now in theaters. Gluck is glad families can finally see the film (it was originally set to open around Easter 2020). And he hopes he and Sony can take more trips down the “Peter Rabbit” hole soon. (This […]
INTERVIEW: “Wish Dragon” Director On Dream Movie Coming True
June 7th, 2021 Jackson Murphy Chris Appelhans is the writer and director of the animated adventure Wish Dragon. It’s about Din, a young man who looks to reconnect with an old friend with the help of a special genie dragon named Long. Wish Dragon is a Sony Pictures Animation feature that will be on Netflix this Friday June 11th. Appelhans […]
INTERVIEW: “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” Directors Preview Final Installment
May 18th, 2021 Jackson Murphy Sony Pictures Animation’s wildly successful Hotel Transylvania franchise is coming to a close. Fourth feature Hotel Transylvania: Transformania will open in theaters on July 23rd. Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon take over the directing reins from Genndy Tartakovsky, who serves as executive producer alongside the film’s star, Selena Gomez. Kluska and Drymon preview what Hotel […]
TRAILER: Sony Pictures Animation “Wish Dragon”
May 12th, 2021 Jerry Beck Add this to your “wish” list: Wish Dragon – the American/Chinese computer-animated co-production written and directed by Chris Appelhans. It’s the first film produced by Base Animation, a new animation studio that is part of the VFX firm Base FX. Produced by Sony Pictures Animation, the feature will makes its debut on Netflix, on June […]
