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‘GOAT’: How Director Tyree Dillihay Got Animated About Basketball
For director Tyree Dillihay (Bob's Burgers), GOAT began as an animal basketball concept  in 2018 at Sony Pictures Animation. It grew into his passion project about roarball.
Sony Classics To Release Sylvain Chomet’s “A Magnificent Life” on March 27th

Sony Classics To Release Sylvain Chomet’s “A Magnificent Life” on March 27th

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
February 2nd, 2026
The film was written and directed by four-time Academy Award nominee Sylvain Chomet (THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE), and it has since been nominated for “Best Feature (Independent)” at the 2026 Annie Awards.
‘Scarlet’: Mamoru Hosoda Re-Imagines a Gender-Swapped, Trippy, Anime ‘Hamlet’

‘Scarlet’: Mamoru Hosoda Re-Imagines a Gender-Swapped, Trippy, Anime ‘Hamlet’

Avatar photoBill Desowitz|
December 9th, 2025
Mamoru Hosoda had no idea that there were so many Hamlet movies in 2025 until he was asked about it at the Toronto Film Festival. These include Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, which explores the tragic inspiration for Hamlet, the modern take set in London’s South Asian community, starring Riz Ahmed, King Hamlet, a documentary about Oscar Isaac facing personal grief during his […]

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INTERVIEW: “Wish Dragon” Director On Dream Movie Coming True

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 […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|June 7, 2021
INTERVIEW: “Wish Dragon” Director On Dream Movie Coming True

INTERVIEW: “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” Directors Preview Final Installment

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 […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|May 18, 2021
INTERVIEW: “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” Directors Preview Final Installment

TRAILER: Sony Pictures Animation “Wish Dragon”

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 […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|May 12, 2021
TRAILER: Sony Pictures Animation “Wish Dragon”

REVIEW: “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”

Hot dog, especially if it’s a pug! Sony Animation’s The Mitchells vs. The Machines is finally out by way of Netflix, and it’s one of the best animated family films to hit the screens in quite some time. The producing team of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) are proving to be […]
Avatar photoMartin Goodman|May 10, 2021
REVIEW: “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”

FINAL TRAILER: “Peter Rabbit 2”

Held up by the pandemic shut downs, Sony will finally release Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway in theaters on June 18th. Directed by Will Gluck (who directed the first one), the film is a sequel to 2018’s Peter Rabbit and is based on the stories of Peter Rabbit created by Beatrix Potter. The film stars […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|April 27, 2021
FINAL TRAILER: “Peter Rabbit 2”

INTERVIEW: Mike Rianda Gears-Up For Debut Of “The Mitchells Vs. The Machines”

Mike Rianda is the director of Sony’s new animated movie The Mitchells vs. the Machines, which premieres this Friday April 30th on Netflix. Rianda, who also voices son Aaron Mitchell in the film, discusses the significance of the title, working with Oscar winner Olivia Colman, incorporating Furbys and more! Jackson Murphy: This movie has been […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|April 26, 2021
INTERVIEW: Mike Rianda Gears-Up For Debut Of “The Mitchells Vs. The Machines”

REVIEW: “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse”

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 […]