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‘Scarlet’: Mamoru Hosoda Re-Imagines a Gender-Swapped, Trippy, Anime ‘Hamlet’
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 […]
Sony Classics Schedules Qualifying Runs for Hosoda’s “Scarlet”

Sony Classics Schedules Qualifying Runs for Hosoda’s “Scarlet”

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
December 6th, 2025
Mamoru Hosoda's Scarlet will get an Oscar qualifying theatrical run, in iMax theaters, starting December 12th. Here's the trailer - and a list of theaters and cities.
INTERVIEW: Sylvain Chomet Chronicles “A Magnificent Life”

INTERVIEW: Sylvain Chomet Chronicles “A Magnificent Life”

Avatar photoJackson Murphy|
November 19th, 2025
Four-time Academy Award nominee and BAFTA and Caesar Awards winner Sylvain Chomet (director of The Triplets of Belleville) discusses his latest animated feature, A Magnificent Life.

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Short Film “Hair Love” to Hit North American Theaters Exclusively with “The Angry Birds Movie 2”

Hair Love is a heartfelt animated short film that centers around the relationship between an African-American father, his daughter Zuri, and the most daunting task a father could ever come across – doing his daughter’s hair. The short, a passion project from Matthew A. Cherry, will be making its theatrical debut in North America on August […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|August 5, 2019
Short Film “Hair Love” to Hit North American Theaters Exclusively with “The Angry Birds Movie 2”

Sony Pictures Animation Unveils Upcoming Slate at Annecy Festival

Sony Pictures Animation made a splash at Annecy Festival, the animation industry’s largest annual gathering, presenting an exciting lineup of all-new animated features coming off of the success of the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Sony Animation’s president, Kristine Belson, shared exclusive visuals from the studio’s next major theatrical releases, including The Angry Birds Movie […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|June 12, 2019
Sony Pictures Animation Unveils Upcoming Slate at Annecy Festival

Rich Moore to Join Sony Pictures Animation

Oscar-winning animation director Rich Moore will be joining Sony Pictures Animation to develop, produce and direct original animated features. Moore will also be be available to act in an advisory capacity with ongoing feature film and series-based projects at the rapidly-expanding studio. “Rich is a world-class storyteller and he brings with him a wealth of […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|April 8, 2019
Rich Moore to Join Sony Pictures Animation

“Spiderverse” DVD/blu-Ray Streets March 19th With Over 90 Minutes of Bonus Content Including a New SPIDER-HAM Short

Spider-Man: Into The Spidereverse, swings onto a 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, a Blu-ray Combo Pack, and a standard def DVD on March 19th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. From Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the uniquely creative minds behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, the film offers a fresh vision of the […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|February 19, 2019
“Spiderverse” DVD/blu-Ray Streets March 19th With Over 90 Minutes of Bonus Content Including a New SPIDER-HAM Short

INTERVIEW: Producer Christina Steinberg Crosses Into the “Spider-Verse”

It may be the last major studio animated movie release of 2018 (opening Dec. 14th), but Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is also one of the most original and highly-anticipated. Combining a wide variety of narrative and artistic techniques, this film takes Spider-Man/Marvel fans places never previously imagined. Producer Christina Steinberg was part of this highly-ambitious […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|November 28, 2018
INTERVIEW: Producer Christina Steinberg Crosses Into the “Spider-Verse”

“Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse” – A Recap of the NYCC Preview

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is getting a complete makeover. At New York Comic Con on Saturday, October 6th, Sony Pictures Animation debuted the first 35 minutes from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (it swings into theaters December 14th). A panel Q&A with cast and crew members followed. I attended the presentation, held in a packed Hulu […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|October 9, 2018
“Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse” – A Recap of the NYCC Preview

New Short and New Release Date for Sony’s “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania”

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania the final chapter of the successful franchise from Sony Pictures Animation, will now hit theatres July 23rd, 2021. Franchise creator Genndy Tartakovsky returns as screenwriter and executive producer, alongside Michelle Murdocca and Selena Gomez, who will also reprise her role as Dracula’s daughter, Mavis. Today the studio dropped a new “Hotel Transylvania” […]