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“Suits LA” has added three new guest stars.

Variety has learned exclusively that Patton Oswalt, Brian Baumgartner, and Enrico Colantoni are all set to appear in the first season of the NBC legal drama. All three will play a version of themselves.

The trio join previously announced guest stars like Maggie Grace, Matt Letscher, Sofia Pernas, and Carson A. Egan. The main cast of “Suits LA” includes Stephen Amell, Lex Scott Davis, Josh McDermitt, and Bryan Greenberg. It was also reported that “Suits” star Gabriel Macht will appear in a multi-episode arc of “Suits LA” as well.

The roles mark returns to NBC for Oswalt, Baumgartner, and Colantoni, as all three have previously starred in NBC comedies — “AP Bio” for Oswalt, “The Office” for Baumgartner, and “Just Shoot Me” for Colantoni.

Oswalt is a highly-accomplished stand up comedian who won the Emmy for best writing for a variety special in...

Ninety-six films have won the Academy Award for Best Picture since the first Oscars ceremony was held in 1928, and it’s never been easier to watch every Best Picture Oscar winner, should you choose to do so. Thanks to the technological innovations of streaming, all of these winners – some all-time classics, some retroactive headscratchers – are available to watch online.

This year, several Best Picture contenders are already streaming. But before the 97th Best Picture winner is crowned on March 12, you could choose some past winners to catch up with from our list of where to watch every Best Picture Oscar winner – from Wings to Oppenheimer and everything in between.

2024: Oppenheimer

The Barbenheimer phenomenon helped raise Christopher Nolan‘s unlikely blockbuster to Best Picture glory. It’s available to stream on Prime Video and to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms

2023: Everything Everywhere All at Once

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While almost all of Pixar’s movies were well-received critically, six of their outings have the unfortunate distinction of ruining the studio’s staggering streak at the Academy Awards. All of Pixar’s movies have their fans, and the studio’s output is often viewed as some of the best family animations that Hollywood has to offer. Since the studio blazed onto the scene with the 1995 blockbuster Toy Story, Pixar married smart scripts, captivating characters, and original ideas with groundbreaking animation. Not only was the studio a leader in 3D animation, but Pixar also had the quality to back up this novelty.

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Cars 2 is among the worst critically-regarded Pixar movies ever, and it broke one of the studio's most impressive streaks upon release. It was no surprise that a sequel was made after the success of Cars in 2006. Five years later, Cars 2 was released to a wall of negative reviews from critics and fans alike. The movie scored 39% on Rotten Tomatoes and earned an IMDb score of 6.2/10. Not every Pixar movie can be an overwhelming critical success, but Cars 2 was particularly troubling for what it didn't do after its release.

Pixar movies have been memorable for the stories they tell and the awards they take home afterward. Ever since Toy Story in 1995, the majority of movies Pixar released have found critical success. Unlike most Pixar films though, Cars 2 did not earn any impressive accolades and even missed out on a typical honor bestowed by films from the company.

With every new Star Wars series, there seems to be another droid audiences can't help but fall in love with. In Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, the next original Disney+ series to premiere set in a galaxy far, far away, Sm-33 is the droid everyone can't stop talking about. And why would they want to?

Voiced by comedian Nick Frost, the pirate droid may not be all there -- in body and memory core alike -- but that doesn't mean he's non-functional. Star Wars droids are always reliable sources of comic relief, no matter the circumstances, but it looks like Sm-33 might have a bit of a sharp edge to him, too. He is a pirate, after all.

Any actor familiar with the film and television space will find a way to draw inspiration from stories that have come before in order to craft new characters, especially ones from a universe as unique as Star Wars.

Tom Cruise has got incredible humor and only people who worked closely with him have seen this side of the action star. There were a few rare occasions when the Mission: Impossible actor showed himself as hilarious in front of the world. One such moment was during the 2011 Annie Awards when Cruise pulled off a little different stunt from his usual ones.

Tom Cruise and his co-stars in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | Credits: Paramount Pictures

Cruise was working with director Brad Bird in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol at the time. Cruise and Simon Pegg appeared alongside Bird during his award acceptance speech, holding a gun to his head. Bird appeared to be a hostage in the video who was forced to say the speech.

Tom Cruise and Simon Pegg Pulled Off A Little Comedic Stunt With Mi – Ghost Protocol Director Brad Bird in the Annie Awards video | Credits:...

Few musicians know the world of Pixar and the Oscar-winning movie “Inside Out,” better than breakthrough composer Andrea Datzman. She worked with “Inside Out” composer Michael Giacchino for years before the blockbuster sequel, and Datzman received credit as the score coordinator on “Ratatouille,” “Up,” and “Inside Out,” among several other projects for the animation giant. So when she was approached to pick up the baton from Giacchino to write music for “Inside Out 2,” Datzman was thrilled by the challenge.

“It was a great responsibility here, not just with the message of the film and representing that musically in the most authentic way possible but also with the torch I was carrying forward,” Datzman tells Gold Derby. “The film is about demolition in some ways – and right from the start, they let you know that the world is changing inside of Riley, and they want to reflect that musically. So it was a great responsibility,...

A Disney / Pixar and Dreamworks Animation key animator who worked for years at the studios has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sex crimes against young girls. The charges included “complicity in repeated rapes and sexual assaults on minors, human trafficking, and child pornography offenses.”

All his “offenses” were alleged to have occurred between 2012 and 2021 while he lived in France and the United States.

Bolhem Bouchib, 59, was placed on France’s sex offender registry in 2014 after sexually assaulting his partner’s eight-year-old daughter. He was later arrested in 2021 and has remained in prison since his arrest.

Somehow Bouchib continued to work for American animation studios.

Bouchib worked on big hits like “Hercules,” “Lilo and Stitch,” “Ratatouille,” “Up,” and “The Incredibles” before he was added to the sex offender registry. However, he continued to work on Disney and Pixar films, including “Soul,” “Incredibles 2,” “Luca,” and “Elemental” after he was on the registry for years.

Exclusive: Mel Brooks and a storied group of animation creatives are combining on a short about the creator’s experience overcoming depression, with sales launching at MIPCOM.

Brooks and Spencer Grammer (Rick and Morty) will lead the voice cast of Enormous, which is inspired by Stephen Kramer Glickman’s personal journey battling depression with the help of his dog’s love. Airing next summer, the film follows Stephen, a man devastated after a breakup with his girlfriend, as he sinks into depression with only his pug, Jelly Donut, to keep him company in his empty house. In a story twist, Jelly Donut finds an unexpected way to help him rediscover joy and begin to care for himself again.

Brooks’ upcoming projects include fantasy animation The Land of Sometimes opposite Ewan McGregor and Helena Bonham Carter, while Judd Apatow is making a documentary series about the 98-year-old for HBO.

Alongside Kramer Glickman,...

Patton Oswalt voted early this year, and cast that vote for Kamala Harris. But, according to the “Ratatouille” star, he nearly voted for Donald Trump, simply because he’s “funny.”

Stopping by “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Monday night, Oswalt kicked things off by celebrating the fact that he already voted, bragging about the “I Voted!” sticker he received by doing so. He also regaled Kimmel with how he made his final decision.

“The wife and I woke up very early that morning. We had breakfast, we talked it through, and by five o’clock that evening, she had convinced me to vote for Kamala,” Oswalt explained.

Naturally, that cracked Kimmel up, considering Oswalt has been a vocal critic of Trump.

“I mean, look, he’s so funny,” Oswalt explained. “He’s just funny, I appreciate funny.”

Obviously, the actor was joking. In fact, he’s been such a supporter of...

Patton Oswalt, the voice of Remy in Ratatouille, expressed his excitement over a motorized recreation of the character. Directed by Brad Bird, the 2007 Oscar-winning Pixar film follows a rat named Remy, who dreams of becoming a chef in a prestigious Parisian restaurant. With the help of a young man named Linguini, Remy secretly controls his cooking by tugging on his hair a detail that became the inspiration behind this innovative and adorable creation.

The viral video, posted by TikTok user @shebuildsrobots, shows the meticulous construction of a motorized Remy designed to sit on someone's head and mimic the hair pulling mechanics seen in Ratatouille. The creator shared details of her process, explaining that she used 3D printing and servo motors to bring Remy to life. Check it out belo:

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"I wanted to make Remy from Ratatouille for Halloween,...

Anyone can cook, but not everyone can turn a mischief of rats into a man-eating death squad.

The central premise of Ratatouille is one of those plots that, even 17 years after the film’s release, the internet can’t stop discussing, because it’s so novel and ridiculous that memes about it never get old. In the Pixar classic, a loser loner partners with an intelligent rat who helps him solve his career problems before the rodent recruits an entire horde of organized vermin who physically overpower the host’s enemies.

Now, that synopsis may read like the plot of a C- horror film, and that’s because it is — 36 years before Ratatouille made human-rat relationships cute and culinary, the cult favorite horror film Willard did something similar.

Earlier this week, Ratatouille star and stand-up comedy legend Patton Oswalt finally got around to watching the presumed inspiration behind his biggest film to date,...

Anything and everything to do with the Hollywood revolution starts with George Lucas and Star Wars. The visionary director and certified genius from whose imagination the galactic empire was conceived took a lot of impossible leaps to make his dream a reality. Among those leaps were the foundation of Industrial Light & Magic and eventually, Pixar.

Up [Credit: Pixar, Walt Disney Pictures]

Today, both these animation companies stand at the pinnacle of computer-generated graphics imagery and the department of visual effects. Without Ilm, the film and entertainment industry would be robbed of such classics as Alien and Terminator. Visionaries like James Cameron would be equipped with grand ideas ahead of his time with no tools to help shape them into reality.

Pixar, on the other hand, has singlehandedly ruled over Hollywood’s animation works, breaking box office records left and right with their cutting-edge animated films that have produced more Oscar-winning billion-dollar films...

Get back in touch with Riley’s emotions. Just as Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger have finally understood the mixed and complex emotions of their number-one girl, their well-oiled machine has become a teenager, entering adolescence with even more complicated emotions, including Anxiety, Embarrassment, and Envy, on the way. Disney and Pixar follow up their Oscar-winning “Inside Out” with the acclaimed sequel “Inside Out 2,” which makes its streaming premiere on Wednesday, Sept. 25 on Disney+. You can watch with Subscription to Disney+.

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Directed by Kelsey Mann in his feature directorial debut, the follow-up sequel returns to the mind of Riley, now a teenager. Her personified emotions—Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and...

Twenty-five years before the release of DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot, The Iron Giant charged into theaters.

Brad Bird, who worked on The Simpsons and later helmed Ratatouille and The Incredibles, made his feature directorial debut with the 1950s-set movie boasting a voice cast that included Vin Diesel, Jennifer Aniston and Harry Connick Jr.; it centered on a boy befriending an alien robot (Diesel) that the U.S. government sought to destroy.

Bird and Tim McCanlies’ script was based on Ted Hughes’ 1968 novel, originally published as The Iron Man. Hughes, who was married to novelist and poet Sylvia Plath until her death by suicide in 1963, wrote it as a bedtime story for their kids to help them grieve.

The Who’s Pete Townshend adapted Hughes’ book as his 1989 concept album The Iron Man: A Musical and was helping to develop a feature musical adaptation. Once the movie landed at Warner Bros. Animation with Bird attached,...

Funko and Pixar have teamed up once again, and Screen Rant has a first look at a fun new group of collectibles. These new Funko Bitty Pops!, which are Funkos smallest collectible figurines, celebrate Pixar classics including Finding Nemo, Up, and more. Bitty Pop! collectibles only debuted in 2023, making them a relatively recent addition to the Funko catalog. As such, these Pixar figures mark an exciting expansion for Pixar fans and Funko collectors.

Screen Rant is happy to present a look at new Funko Bitty Pop! four-packs featuring iconic Pixar characters. Many of Pixars highest-grossing movies are represented in these packs, with each pack featuring two characters from one movie, a third from another, and a fourth mystery Bitty Pop! The possible mystery pops for these packs are Meilin Lee from Turning Red, Alfredo Linguini from Ratatouille, Dory from Finding Nemo, and Joy from Inside Out.

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Pixar chief Pete Docter has revealed that director Brad Bird is hard at work on 'Incredibles 3'.The upcoming animated flick was announced recently at Disney's D23 showcase and the studio boss explained how the filmmaker is in the process of crafting the picture featuring the family of superheroes.He told Fandango: "Brad [Bird] is an amazing collaborator. He's so fiery and passionate. Different people work in different ways."He's a guy who needs a little more time to build up the steam to get the passion and the power going. I think we're at that point now. And we're not sharing any details right now, because it's still pretty malleable in terms of what the story is actually about."Docter also praised the filmmaker for incorporating "deeper sociological ideas" into his animated movies.He said: "The great thing about Brad's films, when you look at 'Ratatouille', on one level,...

Disney has made a mint over the past 20 years by remaking its classic animated films as live-action movies. While the reboots are often savaged by critics, the box-office success of Will Smith’s Aladdin, Emma Watson’s Beauty and the Beast and Jon Favreau’s Lion King guarantees the practice will continue for years to come. That’s not just speculation either — live-action versions of Moana, Lilo and Stitch and a Lion King sequel will all hit theaters by next year.

Live-action remakes of nostalgic childhood favorites are money in the bank, but despite the recent (relative) failures of Onward, Seeing Red and Luca, don’t expect Pixar to jump on that Disney bandwagon. Pete Docter, Pixar’s chief creative officer, told Time not to expect live-action adaptations of Ratatouille or any other Pixar gem, even if fans clamor for it. “This might bite me in the butt for saying it,...

Brad Bird's return to helm Incredibles 3 brings relief for fans, as only he can bring the characters to life at the level they deserve. Pixar boss Pete Docter praises Bird's unique style and storytelling, namely his ability to tackle sociological themes in movies that are otherwise a "fun romp". Bird's passion and attention to detail make him the logical choice to direct the highly anticipated sequel.

Incredibles 3 gets a promising tease from Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter. The third installment in The Incredibles franchise was formally announced at D23 Expo in August, with the confirmation that Brad Bird would return as director and is hard at work at developing the story. Bird wrote and directed both previous installments of the Pixar franchise, which were massive critical and commercial successes, with the original Incredibles winning the Best Animated Feature Oscar and nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Sound Mixing.

Despicable Me director Chris Renaud has zero plans for a live-action Minions movie, and he hopes to keep it that way.

The filmmaker was recently asked in an interview with Film Hounds magazine if he was ever interested in seeing the Minions make the jump from animation to live-action, given Disney’s success with it.

“God, I hope not. That’s my answer,” Renaud said in response. “I mean if there were conversations like that, I haven’t been privy to them. But for me, what defines the world is that it is animated and it allows us to get away with what we get away with. Like locking a minion in the vending machine, or you know, blowing up Gru (Steve Carell) when he attacks Vector (Jason Segel). These are really cartoon ideas, like what would have been in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.”

He continued, “I think it just...

The slapstick-loving Minions from “Despicable Me” have helped power the franchise to $5.4 billion and counting at the worldwide box office, making it the highest-grossing animated series in history. Chris Renaud, who directed the first two “Despicable Me” films and returned this year for the fourth sequel, recently spoke to Film Hounds magazine and was asked about Disney’s trend of turning its animated classics into live-action movies. Would he ever want to see the Minions jump to that format?

“God, I hope not. That’s my answer,” Renaud answered bluntly.

“If there were conversations like that, I haven’t been privy to them,” Renaud said. “But for me, what defines the world is that it is animated and it allows us to get away with what we get away with. Like locking a minion in the vending machine, or you know, blowing up Gru when he attacks Vector. These are really cartoon ideas,...

Brad Bird is writing and directing The Incredibles 3, ensuring the trilogy ends on a high note. Without Bird's involvement, Incredibles 3 would have been a major risk for Pixar. Bird's track record in animation makes him the perfect choice to extend the beloved franchise.

Pixar came though with their massive The Incredibles 3 announcement at D23 2024, where Screen Rant reported live that Brad Bird would be returning to direct the highly anticipated third installment. After the release of the original Incredibles movie in 2004, which earned an outstanding score of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, the film won two Oscars including Best Animated Feature. There is no set release date for The Incredibles 3 as of the time of writing.

The Incredibles 2 was finally released fourteen years later in 2018 and was nominated for Best Animated Feature as well, but ultimately lost to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Both installments of The Incredibles franchise are considered some...

Disney Lorcana will incorporate Pixar cards for the first time in 2026, along with the addition of Pocahontas. New sets in 2024 & 2025 will feature a nautical theme, the Rescue Rangers, and The Black Cauldron. Films like Toy Story, The Incredibles, and Inside Out could be perfect additions to Disney Lorcana.

Disney Lorcana has proven to be a popular collectible trading card game since its debut in 2023, and a big part of that has to do with the iconic Disney animated characters that define the game. It's easy to get people hooked on something built around a lot of popular films, and the Disney catalog has a broad enough appeal to bring in an audience that extends beyond regular Tcg aficionados. Disney Lorcana has been rolling things out gradually, however, and some of the most iconic films under the Disney umbrella haven't yet made it into the game.

Screen Rant attended D23 2024: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event,...

The Olympic host city is one of cinema’s favourite places, whether real or romanticised, in films ranging from Breathless to Ratatouille and La Haine

The Paris Olympics are being held at the very time of year when the City of Light is least desirable as a destination, as all those inhabitants who vacate the city in August for their summer getaways well know. Cole Porter might have recommended Paris when it sizzles, but when it sweats? An acquired taste. Sometimes the city is best enjoyed from a distance – via the Olympics coverage if you wish, or the surfeit of films that have made Paris a veritable capital of cinema.

Like any tourist, there’s no shame in starting with the obvious: Parisians may roll their eyes at the airbrushed Montmartre in Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Amélie (2001), but this gaudy romantic bonbon still has its winsome charms. It’s only a...

Brad Bird started his career with some of the most iconic animated features including The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille. His films have been so memorable that they took no time to become cult classics among the fans of the genre. Interestingly, the director also became an iconic voice actor when he was forced to voice the character of Edna Mode in The Incredibles.

Edna Mode in The Incredibles | Pixar Animation Studios

Edna “E” Mode from The Incredibles is regarded as one of the most memorable Pixar characters ever. Despite her brief roles in both installments, the fashion designer for the superheroes became an instant fan favorite. According to Bird, he only provided a temporary voice to the character before everyone realized that nobody else could incorporate that desired sassiness in Edna’s words.

How did Brad Bird land his role as Edna Mode in The Incredibles?

Edna Mode...

Box office receipts don't always determine quality, as many brilliant animated films are dismissed as financial flops. Many animated movies need to make hundreds of millions just to break even, punishing smaller studios and experimental works. Animation, while expensive, pushes boundaries and creates beautiful stories that are often underappreciated commercially.

Box office receipts aren't always the most reliable indicator of a movie's quality, meaning that many brilliant animated movies have been dismissed as financial flops. Fortunately, there are plenty of beloved box office bombs out there, and many movies are reappraised long after their studios have been forced to write them off as a loss. Animation is expensive to produce, so it produces more than its fair share of commercial failures.

Due to the high costs involved, animated movies usually need to reach into the hundreds of millions of dollars before they break even. This isn't usually a problem for juggernauts like Pixar and Disney,...

When it comes to Pixar’s acclaimed filmography, the one name that stands out is Brad Bird, responsible for two of the most acclaimed features the iconic studio has to offer. Both Ratatouille and The Incredibles are iconic in their own right and are considered by many to be two of the best films the medium of CG animation has to offer.

However, the director might not have landed this feat had he not hit it out of the park with his first animated feature, for which Bird almost got screwed over by the studio.

Brad Bird Had a Backup Plan Ready Before Making the Pitch Brad Bird | Licensed under Cc-by-2.0. | Credit LA Animation Festival/Wikimedia Commons

Often considered one of the best films of the ’90s and one of the best animated releases in general, the emotional prowess of The Iron Giant can grow the Grinch’s heart three sizes.

The infamous Willy Wonka experience is making its way to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a parody musical. More here.

There are few films as universally beloved as 1971’s Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (pictured). Despite author Roald Dahl reportedly hating the film, the public took it to their hearts, with classic songs like Pure Imagination entering the public consciousness.

Even though we now how three screen Wonkas – Gene Wilder, Johnny Depp and Timothee Chalamet (four if you count this) – Wilder’s Wonka is generally considered the definitive version. Tim Burton’s 2005 film, while closer in tone to the book, divided fans, not least due to Depp’s portrayal of Wonka, although it’s certainly true that Tim Burton’s visual style and updated special effects bring the chocolate factory to life in a way the 1971 film couldn’t.

Then, last year’s Wonka made people fall in love...

When Skydance Media and Paramount Global executives outlined their plans for the merged company to investors on July 8, they showed a series of slides. One of them highlighted Skydance’s story and was entitled “Animation, Sports and Games Divisions Drive Growth.”

In fact, those are three key areas that management also sees as core upside opportunities for the combined company. After all, Skydance Games will add a key entertainment growth area to the Paramount story, while the merged firm’s scale in animation and sports will be boosted.

Of course, there are the plans for $2 billion in cost savings, the potential to benefit from a reworked streaming strategy (with the expectation of a partnership for Paramount+), and the increased focus on being a creator-friendly entertainment juggernaut.

But below, The Hollywood Reporter is taking a closer look at the three businesses of gaming, animation and sports and why they are particularly...

If you’ve been eagerly awaiting the chance to add Godzilla Minus One to your home media collection, you should be pleased to know that the film is finally getting a US release on 4K Blu-ray, and it’s quite the deluxe package.

The Deluxe Japan Collector’s Edition of Godzilla Minus One mirrors the Japanese version released earlier this year and includes both Godzilla Minus One and Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color. It includes all the same features as the original release, just with English-language menus and English subtitles. The package will cost $65 and is expected to ship this September.

You can check out the packaging and the full details of the content on each disc below:

Disc 1: Godzilla Minus One 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

125 minutes / 3 layers (100G) / 4K 2160p 16:9 scope size / Dolby Vision Audio: (1) Japanese Dolby Atmos (2) Japanese 5.1ch Dolby TrueHD (3) Japanese 2.0ch Dolby TrueHD (4) Barrier-free...

Plot: After 2016’s Sausage Party, most humans are dead, and food has become the dominant species. With no clue as to how to govern a new world and sustain a manufactured utopia, the system begins to break down. With failure looming and perishables in danger of surpassing their expiration dates, Frank (Seth Rogen), Brenda (Kristen Wiig), and Barry (Michael Cera) enlist one of the last remaining humans to help guide them toward democracy. All is going according to plan until an orange named Julius reshapes society in his twisted image. With little choice but to fight back, the biggest food fight in the history of foodkind ignites.

Review: Where do I begin? Are you like me in that you enjoy dark and absurdist comedy? You are? Oh good! You might have a blast with Sausage Party: Foodtopia, a continuation of 2016’s Sausage Party, so depraved and bizarre that you could...

Sausage Party: Foodtopia is a sequel series to the 2016 film, featuring returning cast members like Kristen Wiig and Edward Norton. The show takes inspiration from Ratatouille, with an adult twist on the human control mechanic, and is aimed at a mature audience. Sausage Party: Foodtopia will be released on Amazon Prime Video on July 11, with all episodes available to stream immediately.

Sausage Party: Foodtopia and Ratatouille aren't two animated projects that would be expected to be compared, but the sequel show to 2016's Sausage Party movie proves it isn't afraid to be inspired by the 2007 Pixar classic. Seth Rogen's upcoming series is a continuation of the R-rated animated film that featured other stars like Kristen Wiig and Edward Norton - both of whom are returning to voice their original characters. The reunion of the Sausage Party cast is an unexpected one, but not more unusual than one of its additions to the world's canon.

Warning: Some spoilers for Inside Out 2.

Screen Rant interviews Inside Out 2 composer Andrea Datzman. Datzman shared her favorite musical contributions to the film, including the theme for Riley's Belief System and the use of her own voice in the Core Belief System. The composer also revealed that she initially tried to incorporate Morse code into the score's rhythms but ultimately decided to use her own interpretations of words like "Love," "Riley," and "Stress."

Inside Out 2 won over reviewers and became the first movie to rack up $1 billion at the box office in 2024, making the long-awaited sequel one of Pixars most successful movies of all time. Stars Amy Poehler and Phyllis Smith are back as Joy and Sadness alongside a cast of other returning and new actors including Lewis Black, Tony Hale, and Maya Hawke. Despite being released a full nine years after the original movie, Inside Out 2...

“Inside Out 2” roared into cinema in June, becoming Pixar’s highest-grossing film in a debut weekend of all time, while its current worldwide haul at this time of writing stands at just over one billion.

The first movie — one of the most ingenious films of this century — took audiences inside the head of young Riley as she navigated a move to a new city while her emotions tried to guide her through the move in her head. This second film brings back those emotions as Riley goes through her teenage years. But Joy and Sadness and the gang have to deal with several new emotions in headquarters, including Anxiety, Embarrassment, and Ennui.

But while the film marches towards $1 billion at the box office, could it also be marching towards awards glory? Well, animated flicks don’t get the justice they deserve when it comes to the Academy Awards. So often,...

Some sci-fi classics like Star Wars and Jurassic Park are always worth rewatching. Mad Max: Fury Road is a thrilling endless car chase. Everything Everywhere All at Once mixes kung fu with a heartwarming family story for an entertaining sci-fi flick. Galaxy Quest hilariously parodies Star Trek while paying homage to the beloved franchise that inspired it.

A lot of the lofty sci-fi movie classics arent very rewatchable, but some of the genres greatest entries like Star Wars, Back to the Future, and Jurassic Park hold up to countless repeat viewings. 2001: A Space Odyssey is a breathtaking piece of cinema pondering the biggest questions about humanitys existence, and Blade Runner is a powerful futuristic noir about what constitutes a person. But they both move at such a slow pace, and deal with such heavy philosophical subject matter, that no one is champing at the bit to rewatch them on movie night.

Light spoilers for "The Bear" season 3 follow.

There's a whole lot of interesting foodie knowledge in the hit FX and Hulu series "The Bear," which follows the crew of a failing restaurant as they try to rescue it, start over, and then make the new place into the best damn restaurant Chicago has ever seen. In fact, by the end of season 2 they've even decided to try and earn a coveted Michelin star, leading audiences everywhere to research just how exactly Michelin stars even work. As head chef Carmen (Jeremy Allen White), sous chef Sydney (Ayo Edebiri), and the rest of the team have taken The Beef to The Bear through the first two seasons, they've given audiences the opportunity to learn a lot about not only cooking and restaurants but the culinary world. From pastry chef Marcus' (Lionel Boyce) exquisite tutelage in desserts from a chef played by Will Poulter...

A real chef analyzes and rates Ratatouille, explaining why it is a must-watch movie. The movie received a perfect score of 10 because of how it highlighted the importance of food. Ratatouille is revered as one of the best Pixar movies to date, having won an Academy Award and a Disney ride based on it.

Master chef and restaurateur Paul Liebrandt breaks down the lessons about food that are taught in Pixar's Ratatouille. The 2007 film, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, remains one of Pixar's most critically acclaimed films, with a 96% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes. Its legacy lives on in other ways, ranging from the popular Remy's Ratatouille Adventure ride at Walt Disney World's Epcot to being the basis for one of the many universes in the Academy Award-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once.

In a video with Insider, Liebrandt examined Ratatouille through the lens of what it teaches about food,...

For fans of the 2014 sci-fi action film "Edge of Tomorrow," the wait for a sequel has been long and full of disappointment. For a while there in 2022 it seemed like Warner Bros. might make a TV show that would serve as a sequel/spinoff, but two years later there still haven't been any updates. And though there've been plenty of rumors of a sequel movie in development, we've still gone ten years now without any official announcement. 

Admittedly, it makes sense that "Edge of Tomorrow" would take a while to get a sequel greenlit. It wasn't a huge hit when it first came out; thanks to its $175 million budget, its $370 million worldwide box office earnings were considered a disappointment. It also doesn't help that the two main leads, Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, have been so busy over the past decade. Even if the studio knew exactly which direction they wanted to take the sequel,...

Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted to share it with as many people as possible. “Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net” is the outlet for that passion. In this column, I will showcase the kick-ass artwork of some great artists, with the hopes that these artists get the attention they deserve. That’s the aim. If you have any questions or comments, or even suggestions of art or other great artists, feel free to contact me at any time at [email protected].

Avatar: The Last Airbender by Edwin Huang

The Boy’s by Samer Alkaabi

Dirty Dancing by Handy Kara

Godzilla Minus One by Sam Dunn

The Goonies by Stefano Artibani

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Look out, Benoit Blanc! Jennifer Lawrence is prepping an original murder mystery feature at AppleTV+. After studios fought for the package like tossing a bone to a pack of rabid hounds, Apple Original Films emerged as the victor of The Wives, a film project starring and produced by Jennifer Lawrence.

Much like the film’s genre, details about the plot remain a mystery. However, word around the Hollywood water cooler suggests the film takes inspiration from the Real Housewives reality franchise. The script was written by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley (Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical).

If you walked outside your house and threw a rock, it would likely land on the site of one of Jennifer Lawrence’s upcoming projects. She has six ventures in various stages of development and production, including Sue, a biopic about the Hollywood super-agent Sue Mengers. Initially, Mengers was a secretary to William Morris,...

In a highly competitive situation, Apple Original Films has acquired The Wives, a murder mystery film to star Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence, who will also produce.

The project will be co-produced by Apple Studio and A24, with additional producers to include Justine Ciarrocchi for Lawrence’s Excellent Cadaver, and Jeremy O. Harris and Josh Godfrey for bb².

Details as to the plot are under wraps, though sources said the project draws inspiration from the Real Housewives reality franchise. Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley (Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical) will write the script.

An Academy Award winner, Lawrence is coming off of roles in Sony’s acclaimed sex comedy No Hard Feelings and Apple TV+’s veteran drama Causeway. In addition to those projects, she previously produced the documentary Bread & Roses, capturing the experiences of Afghanistan women’s under the Taliban...

Vanderpump Rules star Lala Kent is detailing how she lost her virginity to a man with a very weird ritual. She has spoken about this incident on the show and in her book. Now, she feels the need to delve deeper but what more is she sharing? Keep reading for more details.

Lala Kent Details Losing Virginity To Man With Weird Ritual

During Season 11 of Vanderpump Rules, Lala Kent admitted she still struggled with finding a partner. After her ex-fiance and baby daddy, Randall Emmett betrayed her, her trust was broken and she was even leery of the people her friends dated. That was why, when she wanted to have a second child, she decided to do it on her own. She underwent Iui and found what she felt was the right donor. Now, she is due with her second daughter in September 2024. However, fans of the show and of...

2019 saw Parasite steal the show at the Oscars, taking home major awards from expected frontrunner 1917. 2010 featured a standout lineup for Best Picture, with entries like The King's Speech and Inception competing. 2007 saw No Country for Old Men dominate with multiple awards, while Ratatouille delighted families and animation fans.

Over the past century, certain years have stood out as the best in Hollywood history. This may be due to an astonishing number of amazing movies that came out that year, or significant technical advancements that were made in the industry. While the best movies of all time likely did not make their respective years of release the best on their own, several more like them can make the date a truly impressive year to remember.

The movies released during years like this likely had a lasting impact in one way or another, giving rise to new talent or filmmaking techniques. The...

Well, there goes Josh O’Connor’s dream of starring in a live-action “Ratatouille.”

After the “Challengers” and “Knives Out 3” star voiced his desire to bring Alfredo Linguini to life onscreen (“Ratatouille” is one of the few films that make O’Connor cry), Pixar’s Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter thwarted any chance of a live-action remake. And that’s not just for “Ratatouille,” but all of Pixar’s catalog.

For Pixar, live-action is a dish best served, well, never.

“This might bite me in the butt for saying it, but it sort of bothers me,” Docter told Time when asked about live-action remakes. (The question was teed up with the O’Connor-in-“Ratatouille” fan campaign.) “I like making movies that are original and unique to themselves. To remake it, it’s not very interesting to me personally.”

Plus, a live-action remake would require a CGI talking rat, which Docter...

If anyone’s created any animated magic in the West, it’s Disney and Pixar. Although connected since 2006 (Pixar started off as an independent studio before being acquired by Disney), the two studios have had different policies for a while, but while they still release films somewhat independently, a balance has been found and it is now more difficult to tell a Disney production from a Pixar one. Recently, we have reported on Pixar having to rethink its release policies and how the whole studio is relying on the success of Inside Out 2. But it’s not just the studio, really; the whole film industry is relying on the success of Inside Out 2 after last year’s box office failures, as the animated sequel is posed to revive the theatre scene and bring in the cash.

While we’re waiting for the release, which is due tomorrow, Time...

Among Us Animated Series Cast: Meet the Stars of the Videogame Adaptation - Main Image

With an ensemble of seasoned stars and voice actors, the Among Us animated series voice cast is set to bring the game’s colorful crewmates and sinister impostors to life with a unique flair.

As the anticipation builds for the release date of the Among Us animated series, fans can hardly wait to see how the star-studded cast will bring out the essence of their beloved characters.

All Confirmed Cast and Characters Appearing in the Among Us Animated Series

Before Innersloth revealed the first trailer for the Among Us animated series, the star-studded cast members had already been announced.

Fans and non-fans of the game are eagerly waiting for more details about the cast of the upcoming Among Us animated series, so we’ve got you covered.

Here are all the confirmed cast and characters...

“Hey, kids! Let’s go to the multiplex and check out that animated movie about a moderately talented teenage girl trying out for a place in a slightly older ice-hockey team,” said practically no American parent to the delight of their children ever. Yet this is the path that Pixar have chosen for the sequel to 2015’s Inside Out, a twee but nevertheless thoughtful film that sought to sort out the jumble of emotions inside an 11-year-old girl’s mind as she adapted to life in a strange new city. This time round, our heroine is settled in, facing another less seismic yet much more personal change when she is forced to choose between doing what might be best for her, long-term, and doing what is right.

Although it’s been nine years since the original, Riley, now voiced by Kensington Tallman, has only aged two. And when the film starts, her five key emotions — Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Tony Hale) and Disgust (Liza Lapira) — are carrying on as usual, cheerleading Riley’s progress as a rising star on the ice-hockey rink. This time round, Joy, is the den mother, keeping all the others in check and prioritizing Riley’s “sense of self”, which, though it might sound abstract, is an actual, physical thing that she’s very protective of.

This idyll is interrupted when a red button, previously unnoticed on Joy’s control deck, makes itself violently known, waking all the emotions in the middle of the night. Riley has turned 13, and the puberty alarm is sounding, to the consternation of the emotions — especially Anger and Sadness — who find themselves amplified to previously unknown levels. This all coincides with Riley being invited to an ice-hockey summer camp, where she will be punching above her weight with older players and is about to find out that her two best friends will be leaving her anyways to go to a different school.

To Joy’s dismay, a demolition team moves in to tear down HQ, and in come the new team of emotions: Anxiety (Maya Hawke), Envy (Ayo Edebiri), Embarrassment (Paul Walter Hauser) and Ennui (Adèle Exarchopoulos). Anxiety — played very, very well by newcomer Hawke — makes her presence felt immediately, and her humble but pragmatic personality seems charming and even quite reasonable. But Anxiety’s needs grow, leading her to stage a coup that sends the other emotions, literally, to the back of Riley’s mind. As a result, Riley gives in to her own imagined peer pressure, ghosting her friends to curry favor with local sports star Val (Lilimar).

Which is where Inside Out 2 starts to come unstuck, since, of all the new emotions, only Ennui — “Eet’s what you would call boredom,” drawls Exarchopoulos — is really anything new to a developing child. And what happens next is a long slog in such a relatively short film, as, in lieu of anything else actually happening, Joy leads her team back to take control of Riley’s emotions. You could be forgiven for thinking that this journey home will be a picaresque riot, a colorful flexing of the collective Pixar imagination, but there’s not much fun in this 13-year-old’s mind. (Really? A parade of future careers? And being a Supreme Court judge is in that mix?)

Ultimately, the battle is over the control of Riley’s conscience, but seeing as there’s never been any serious dramatic conflict in this kind of family fare since High School Musical did away with it altogether, it’s pretty clear where a Disney production is going to go with that. So, really, you end up with a movie about a teenage girl playing junior-league ice hockey, while a lot of excitable animated characters — yellow, blue, green, whatever — chatter on and on about it.

But what you don’t get, sadly, is any sense of thought, which, by now, Riley should be capable of assembling. While it does suggest that Riley’s emotions combine in ways that guide her, Inside Out 2 stops short of assembling emotions into intelligence. Which might sound like a harsh takeaway for what’s essentially a kids’ movie, but the result is that Riley just doesn’t seem to have any agency of her own; she’s more like the malleable chef in Ratatouille than the kind-hearted flesh-and-blood teen her emotions have to keep telling us she is.

Battle-weary parents of surly teens will have some fun here and there, especially when Ennui’s blasé influence opens up a “sar-chasm” in Riley’s brain that makes everything sound, well, sarcastic. But, when all’s said and done, the stakes are so minor, it’s hard to imagine anyone will leave this desperate to see an Inside Out 3.

Title: Inside Out 2

Distributor: Disney

Release date: June 14, 2024

Director: Kelsey Mann

Screenwriter: Meg LeFauve, Dave Holstein

Cast: Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Tony Hale, Liza Lapira, Ayo Edebiri, Paul Walter Hauser, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Lilimar

Running time: 1 hr 36 min...

It looks like Pixar doesn’t plan to follow in Disney’s footsteps when it comes to live-action remakes.

Disney has been on a whirlwind of live-action films like Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid with many more including Moana and Mufasa: The Lion King slated to arrive. But unlike its parent company, Pixar Animation Studios, especially Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter, isn’t keen on going down that road.

Beauty and the Beast (2017) (Credit: Disney)

Sure, there have been some successful live-action reimaginings in the past and Jon Favreau’s remake of The Lion King stands testament to the same. But Docter has a rather stellar reason for steering clear of live-action adaptations and maybe, it’s precisely what Disney needs to hear.

Live-action Remakes Are A No-go for Pixar Cco

After being stuck in a critical and commercial limbo, Pixar is counting on the much-anticipated Inside Out...

Ankama, the French company behind the cult favorite adult animated feature “Mutafukaz” and video game franchises such as “Dofus” and “Wakfu,” has acquired a minority stake in Inthebox, a thriving Annecy-based animation studio.

The alliance will allow Ankama to “fast-track its production pipeline and benefit from Inthebox’s expertise with different techniques, such as 3D animation,” Ankama’s co-founder Anthony Roux told Variety in a conversation with Inthebox’s co-founders Mathieu Marin and Madjid Chamekh (pictured). “Even if they also do 2D and stop-motion projects, they have a know-how in 3D which we don’t have,” Roux continued.

Roux said that working with 3D animation opens many doors that are no longer accessible to 2D projects. “In France, there are still people working in 2D but as soon as you want to make a bit of money or be slightly more commercial it has to be in 3D,” Roux said,...

COO Pete Docter believes remaking Pixar movies lacks creativity and originality. Pixar's focus on originality has helped them create timeless films loved by all ages compared to how Disney has been developing remakes. The question was asked as a follow-up to the fan casting of Challengers star Josh O'Connor to be Alfredo Linguini in a live-action Ratatouille remake.

Pixar Chief Content Officer Pete Docter addresses why the animation studio won't develop live-action remakes. From The Little Mermaid to The Lion King, many of Disney animation's beloved movies have been adapted into live-action remakes in recent years. Critical reception varies from the live-action Jungle Book's 94% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes to the live-action Pinocchio's 28%. Some of these reimaginings have been financially lucrative for Disney, including the live-action Lion King grossing more than a billion worldwide, creating speculation about whether Pixar will follow suit.

In an interview with Time Magazine,...