Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation have announced plans to delay the release of the Alec Baldwin-led animated sequel, The Boss Baby: Family Business, featuring the 45-year-old Mexican American actress, by nearly six months.
The animated comedy has been moved from its planned March 26 release date to September 17, 2021.
Released in 2017, the original Boss Baby took in more than $520 million at the worldwide box office and was nominated for an Academy Award for best animated feature. The sequel follows the Templeton Brothers, Tim (voiced by James Marsden) and little brother Ted (the titular Boss Baby, voiced by Baldwin), who are now all grown up and have grown apart.
Longoria, Jeff Goldblum and Ariana Greenblatt round out the film’s main cast, with Amy Sedaris voicing Tina (Tim’s daughter and the new boss baby in town).
Filmmaker Tom McGrath returns to direct, with Lisa Kudrow and Jimmy Kimmel also reprising their roles as Ted and Tim’s parents.
Jennifer Lopez’s wedding bells will have to wait a little longer…
Universal Pictures’ music fueled romantic comedy Marry Me, starring the 51-year-old Puerto Rican actress/singer and Maluma, is moving from Presidents Day–Valentine’s Day weekend on the theatrical release calendar next year, February 12 and moving to May 14, 2021.
Marry Me will take the place of DreamWorks Animation’s untitled Spirit Riding Freemovie, which has now been titled Spirit Untamed. That animated pic will now open on June 4, 2021.
This is one of Lopez and Wilson’s highest tested features, and Universal wants to make an event out of this, at an opportune time on the calendar.
Marry Me leaves behind a weekend that has Disney/20th Century Studios’ The King’s Man prequel and Paramount’s untitled Lee Daniels’ Billie Holiday movie on Feb. 12, and goes to a frame where it’s facing off against Paramount’s Animation feature Rumble. Spirit Untamed joins a weekend, though it looks busy, is apt to loosen up with Paramount’s Micronauts dated there, Sony Animation’s Vivo, New Line’s Conjuring 3 and MGM’s Samaritan.
The feature hasoriginal songs from Lopez and Maluma. Lopez stars as musical superstar Kat Valdez and Owen Wilson as Charlie Gilbert, a math teacher—total strangers who agree to marry and then get to know each other. An unlikely romance about two different people searching for something real in a world where value is based on likes and followers, the pic explores celebrity, marriage and social media.
Kat Coiro directs from a screenplay by John Rogers, Tami Sagher and Harper Dill based on the graphic novel by Bobby Crosby.
It’s a clean sweep for Sergio Pablos’ acclaimed animated film…
The Spanish animator and screenwriter’s Netflix holiday tale Klauspicked up seven trophies at the 47th annual Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature.
Pablos, who’d previously earned nods for his work on Treasure Planetand Rio, earned three awards. In addition to Best Animated Feature, he won the awards for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production andDirecting in an Animated Feature Production.
Starring Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmonsand Rashida Jones, Klaus is the story of a selfish postman and a reclusive toymaker who form an unlikely friendship, delivering joy to a cold, dark town that desperately needs it.
The Klaus wipeout throws the Academy Awards racefor a loop, as Netflix’s first original animated feature won all seven categories for which it was nominated.
Pablos’ film dominated over the Big 3 studio mega-grossing sequels — Disney’s Frozen 2, DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4.
Here’s a look at this year’s Annie Awards winners:
Best Animated Feature: Klaus Best Animated Feature-Independent: I Lost My Body Best Animated Special Production: How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming Best Animated Short Subject: Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days Best Virtual Reality Production: Bonfire Best Animated Television/Media Commercial: The Mystical Journey of Jimmy Page’s ‘59 Telecaster Best Animated Television/Media Production For Preschool Children: Ask The Storybots Episode: Why Do We Have To Recycle? Best Animated Television/Media Production For Children: Disney Mickey Mouse Episode: Carried Away Best General Audience Animated Television/Media Production: BoJack Horseman Episode: The New Client Best Student Film: The Fox & The Pigeon Michelle Chua, Sheridan College Animated Effects in an Animated Television/Media Production: Love, Death & Robots Episode: The Secret War Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production: Frozen 2 Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production: His Dark Materials Aulo Licinio (Character: lorek) Character Animation In An Animated Feature Production: Klaus Sergio Martins (Character: Alva) Character Animation in a Live Action Production: Avengers: Endgame Character Animation in a Video Game: Unruly Heroes Character Design in an Animated Television/Media Production: Carmen Sandiego Keiko Murayama Episode: The Chasing Paper Caper Character Design in an Animated Feature Production: Klaus Torsten Schrank Directing in an Animated Television/Media Production: Disney Mickey Mouse Alonso Ramirez Ramos Episode: For Whom the Booth Tolls Directing in an Animated Feature Production: Klaus Sergio Pablos Music in an Animated Television/Media Production: Love, Death & Robots Rob Cairns Episode: Sonnie’s Edge Music in an Animated Feature Production:I Lost My Body Dan Levy Production Design in an Animated Television/Media Production:Love, Death & Robots Alberto Mielgo Episode: The Witness Production Design In An Animated Feature Production: Klaus Szymon Biernacki, Marcin Jakubowski Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Media Production:Carmen Sandiego Kenny Park Episode: Becoming Carmen Sandiego, Part 1 Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production:Klaus Sergio Pablos Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Media Production: Bob’s Burgers H. Jon Benjamin (Character: Bob) Episode: Roamin’ Bob-iday Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production: Frozen 2 Josh Gad (Character: Olaf) Writing in an Animated Television/Media Production:Tuca & Bertie Shauna McGarry Episode: The Jelly Lakes Writing in an Animated Feature Production: I Lost My Body Jérémy Clapin, Guillaume Laurant Editorial in an Animated Television/Media Production: Love, Death & Robots Bo Juhl, Stacy Auckland, Valerian Zamel Episode: Alternate Histories Editorial in an Animated Feature Production: Klaus Pablo García Revert
DreamWorks Animation is working on the next installment of Puss in Boots, which featured the 58-year-old Spanish actor voicing the title character.
The sequel is the follow-up to 2011’s blockbusterOscar-nominated film, which grossed more than $550 million worldwide.
The film will be directed by Bob Persichetti , a veteran of animation for more than two decades, has worked in various capacities on films with DreamWorks Animation. He served as the Head of Storyand voiced a role in the original Puss in Boots.
The first Puss in Boots received an Oscar nomination in 2012 for Best Animated Feature. TheDWAtake on Puss was first introduced in 2004’s Shrek 2,voiced by Banderas. The character continued to be featured in subsequent Shrek sequels and TV shorts.
The original Puss in Boots starred the voiceover cast of Salma Hayek(Kitty Softpaws), Zach Galifianakis(Humpty Alexander Dumpty), Billy Bob Thorton(Jack), Amy Sedaris(Jill) and Constance Marie (Imelda).
No release date has been set and animation on the film will take place on the DWA lot in Glendale, CA.
The 37-year-old Mexican actor has joined the voice cast of Rainbow Crow, the new animated virtual reality series from Baobab Studios that John Legend is producing and toplining.
The first chapter of the series, which is based on a Native American legend, will be unveiled Friday in a world premiere screening at the Tribeca Film Festival.
In the series, carefree forest animals imagine that spring will last forever. However, winter comes and the animals soon realize that their lives are in danger. What they need is a hero: what they need is Rainbow Crow (Legend).
Luna will voice Moth, one of Rainbow Crow’s companions helping him along his journey to save the forest.
“Rainbow Crow is a tale about sacrifice, diversity, and self-acceptance, so we are proud to have an incredibly distinctive cast of talented storytellers who share our values. We can’t wait for audiences to experience what these wonderful actors have created,” said Baobab Studios CEO and founder Maureen Fan.
Baobab co-founder and chief creative officer Eric Darnell, whose credits include writing and directing DreamWorks Animation’s Madacascar franchise and Antz, is directing.
Luna, who starred in the blockbuster Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, previously formed part of the voice cast of Guillermo del Toro’s The Book of Life.
Grab a shovel! Bella Thorne’s digging deep for a new role…
The 17-year-old half-Cuban American actress-singer, who stars in MTV’s new series Scream, has been cast opposite Kian Lawley and Alex Neustaedter in Shovel Buddies, the 2013 Black List script by Jason Mark Hellerman that AwesomenessTV has set up with Film 360.
The film, which has just started shooting in California, centers on four teens who must conquer a “shovel list” of activities left behind by their recently deceased friend.
Anton Starkman, Philip Labes and James C. Burns co-star and English duo Si & Ad are directing.
A day-and-date theatrical and VOD release is planned for the latest full-length pic being created by DreamWorks Animation-owned Awesomeness, which just inked a multi-picture deal with YouTube as it ramps up its feature film business.
It’s turning out to be an extra special year for Linda Ronstadt…
President Barack Obama awarded the 68-year-old Mexican American singer-songwriter the National Medal of Arts at a special ceremony on Monday at the White House.
During the ceremony, Obama, who hung the medal around Ronstadt’s neck, revealed, “I had a little crush on her back in the day.”
A military aide brought her into the East Room by wheelchair, but she walked to the stage to receive her award as a citation was read honoring her “one-of-a-kind voice” that paved the way for generations of women artists.
Eleven other recipients were awarded the 2013 National Medal of Arts, as the nation’s highest award given to artists and their patrons, including DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg and Dominican-American writer Julia Alvarez, author of In the Time of the Butterflies.
Ten were awarded the National Humanities Medal, which honors those in fields including history, literature, languages and philosophy.
During her illustrious career, Ronstadt has earned 11 Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award. She’s also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Golden Globe award.
The 29-year-old Honduran American actress is back for the sequel to the hit animated film How to Train Your Dragon, voicing the character of Astrid Hofferson once again.
In the just-released teaser trailer for How to Train Your Dragon 2, there aren’t too many plot details revealed, but you can see some fancy flying.
The sequel takes place five years after the 2010 original — a half-billion-dollar global sleeper for DreamWorks Animation — and Toothless the dragon’s human Hiccup is decidedly in teenager mode.
The first pic boasted a soaring 98% positive reviews score en route to an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature and director Dean DeBlois is back.
Along with Ferrera, the voice cast includes Jay Baruchel, Kristen Wiig, Gerald Butler, Jonah Hill and Craig Ferguson.
Filming is expected to begin next month with Djimon Hounsou, Dougray Scott, Kathleen Robertson, Peter Andersson, John Patrick Amedori, Alex Sparrow and Olivia Dudley part of the cast.
Dudley plays a twentysomething who seems to cause death and destruction to those around her. Peña’s character is the local priest who first tries to help.
He recently signed on to star in David O. Russell’s next film alongside Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence.
The 37-year-old Mexican American actor has been cast in director David O. Russell’s next film.
The Sony Pictures drama, which was formerly known as American Bullshit, is inspired by the true story of a notorious financial con artist and his mistress/partner in crime, who were forced to work with an overly ambitious federal agent to turn the tables on other con artists, mobsters and politicians.
Peña joins a cast that includes Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence.
