Dougal Wilson takes over for Paul King as director of the latest, highly anticipated Paddington film installment. Following great success overseas, Paddington in Peru opens in theaters in North America on Feb. 14. Wilson, who makes his feature directorial debut, discusses what went into this major, complex production. (This Animation Scoop Q&A was edited for […]
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“Messi and the Giants” Acquired By Disney To Stream On Disney Channel, Disney+


Disney Branded Television has announced the acquisition of Messi and the Giants from Sony Music Vison and Sony Pictures Television (Kids). With inspiration taken from football celebrity Lionel Messi, the new animated show follows Leo, an Argentine kid who is suddenly taken from his world and sent to a new one—an epic alternate universe that […]

INTERVIEW: From Blue Sky To “Purple Crayon”


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 […]

Director Henry Yu Talks “Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania”


The animated sequel to Sony Pictures Animation’s Surf’s Up, the 2007 Oscar animated comedy about surfing penguins, will be released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment next Tuesday. Genndy Tartakovsky’s protégé Henry Yu (story artist on Sym-Bionic Titan and both Hotel Transylvania feature films) makes his directorial debut with this project, which is produced by Michelle […]