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Directors of 9 Animated Feature Oscar Hopefuls Set for a VIEW Conference Free Online PreVIEW Event Terry Flores, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The directors of nine of the animated films under consideration for Academy Award nominations will discuss their craft in a free online PreVIEW event Friday, March 5, beginning at 10 a.m. PT. “Animated Features Oscar Contenders – A Directors’ Discussion,” presented by the VIEW Conference, features Glen Keane (“Over the Moon”); Pete Docter and Kemp Powers (“Soul”), Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart (“Wolfwalkers”), Joel Crawford (“Th...

Top 20 Films of 2020 (#20 – 11) Welcome, one and all, to my Movies Year in Review for 2020! I’m your host Jeremy Thomas, and today we’ll starting a look at the best and worst films of the past 12 months. Keep in mind that this list is meant to be my personal opinion and not a definitive list. You’re free to disagree; you can even say my list is wrong but stating that an opinion is “wrong” is just silly. With that in mind, let’s get right into it! My 2020 movies year in review is back for week two in the 411 Movie Zone! Last week, we looked at the worst films of 2020 and I�...

Pixar is back with Italian-set fantastical adventure Luca. See an exclusive first look image at Empire.

. What makes a great animated character? GLEN KEANE I think the best characters are characters that you can relate to. You see in them something of yourself, and those are the ones that audiences connect with. Even though these characters are imaginary, I have this strange belief that when you are designing an animated character, you are designing a character that's actually existing before you do the work on it. They reveal themselves to you. Our characters, we want them to touch the audience, to break that wall [so] that they are not on the screen — they are in your life.

Creators Behind 'Wolfwalkers,' 'Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon' and 'Earwig and the Witch' Dive Into Their Otherworldly Characters Wolfwalkers Concept Art: Courtesy of Cartoon Saloon and ABRAMS (4) The filmmakers break down their animated movies about magic wolves, a Studio Ghibli creature and an alien. Wolfwalkers (APPLE TV+/GKIDS)  Set in Ireland and bathed in mythology, Cartoon Saloon's hand-animated Wolfwalkers follows an English girl, Robyn Goodfellowe, who befriends Mebh, a member of a tribe rumored to have the ability to transform into wolves. To design Mebh and Robyn's wolf forms, the...