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As a former writer and creative director on
Gravity Falls, Mike Rianda is no stranger to heartwarming content ostensibly made for kids but equally beloved by adults. That’s certainly the case with his new movie,
The Mitchells Vs. The Machines, which was made with the help of Phil Lord and Chris Miller and premiered over the weekend on Netflix. Packed full of amazing actors we’re talking Maya Rudolph, Danny McBride, Abbi Jacobson, et al and quirkily hilarious techno-references, the film is an animated classic for the most modern age. It speaks to how we live today and in particular, how younger people live, work, and connect on the internet.
Lin-Manuel Miranda s Animated Musical Movie Vivo Moves to Netflix
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“Vivo,” an animated movie that boasts new music from “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, is coming to Netflix.
The family friendly film was initially scheduled to release in theaters on June 4. But Sony Pictures, the studio that originally backed “Vivo,” has instead offloaded the project to Netflix. It’s unclear when it will debut on the streaming service.
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Sony Pictures will retain all rights in China, along with home entertainment and linear television rights everywhere else, following periods of exclusivity on Netflix.
Netflix recently signed a lucrative deal with Sony, which gives the streamer exclusive U.S. rights to the studio’s theatrical releases in the first pay TV window. In addition, Netflix has a first-look deal with Sony’s offerings. However, the pact doesn’t commence until 2022 so it doesn’t include the sal
Much like Toy Story and Wreck-It Ralph and many other animated movies, there is the issue of actually being allowed to reference the names and likenesses of well-known properties, in this case the Furbys.
That goes double for this movie, as they don t just reference the Furby, but make it pure evil. When JOE had the opportunity to talk to director and co-writer Michael Rianda, we wanted to know if they faced any problems getting the famous toy into their movie?
Rianda told us That was how we originally wrote it, we were laughing and saying This is going to be amazing! And then the producer was like This is never going to be in the movie! What are you doing?? And I was like Nah, we ll get it to work!