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Exclusive: ‘Migration – How the Animation is Designed’ Featurette

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 11:18am

Director Benjamin Renner, production designer Colin Stimpson, and other members of the creative team share insights into the animation design and how 2D art transforms onto the big-screen in Illumination’s 3DCG animated comedy, available today, February 27, on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD.

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Benjamin Renner ‘Draws’ on His 2D Background to Make the 3DCG ‘Migration’

By Dan Sarto | Friday, December 22, 2023 at 10:40am

For the Oscar-nominated director, the move from small, intimate films like ‘Ernest & Celestine’ to a major studio production meant learning to rely on a much bigger team and find new ways to communicate story ideas, designs, gags, and creative sensibilities; produced by Illumination CEO and founder Chris Meledandri, the film hits theaters today, December 22.   

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Watch ‘Migration’ ScreenX Format Trailer

The first major animated feature releasing globally in CJ 4DPLEX’s Immersive, 270-Degree Panoramic ScreenX format gives audiences an all-new way to experience the funny, feathered family vacation like no other; in theaters December 22.

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Illumination Shares ‘Migration: A Look Inside’ Featurette

Awkwafina, Carol Kane, Keegan-Michael Key, David Mitchell and Danny DeVito star in the animated family adventure about a feathered family vacation gone awry; flying into theaters December 22.

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Illumination Reminds Us – Vector is Still Up There in ‘Mooned’ Short

Get your popcorn, find your seat early - the studio’s 3DCG animated feature Migration flies into theaters December 22, preceded by the all-new film starring everyone’s favorite ‘Despicable’ bad guy.

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Illumination Shares New ‘Migration’ Official Trailer

Here we are together... we're on an adventure... seeing what life has to offer… what could possibly go wrong? Illumination has just dropped an all-new trailer for 'Migration,' about a feathered family vacation gone awry, which flies into theaters December 22.

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New ‘Migration’ Trailer Features Taylor Swift’s ‘Out of the Woods’

From Illumination, the house that brought us ‘Despicable Me’ and ‘Minions’ franchises, comes a new original comedy that follows a feathered family vacation from New York City to tropical Jamaica that manages to go awry, flying into theaters December 22. 

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Edwin Rivera Shares the Ghostly VFX of ‘Haunted Mansion’

The production VFX supervisor on Disney’s horror-comedy marshalled the work of ILM, DNEG, and OPSIS, delivering nearly 2,000 shots including a range of ghosts and otherworldly action, all designed to be scary without sending little kids crying into theater lobbies.

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Illumination Drops ‘Migration’ Trailer

From the house that brought us ‘Despicable Me’ and ‘Minions’ franchises comes a new original comedy that follows a feathered family vacation from New York City to tropical Jamaica, hitting theaters December 22. 

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Disney Shares ‘Haunted Mansion’ Featurette

Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, and Rosario Dawson star in the creepy comic adventure that promises fans an ‘E ticket’ ride through the classic theme park attraction; in theaters next month.

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Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri Presents ‘Migration’ First Look at Annecy 2023

In a surprise appearance, global superstar Pharrell Williams presented Meledandri with the Festival’s distinguished honor, a ‘Golden Ticket’ lifetime accreditation; Oscar-nominated filmmaker Benjamin Renner joined the studio chief in the footage reveal of their upcoming December animated comedy adventure release.

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Disney Drops ‘Haunted Mansion’ Teaser Trailer and Poster

The comically creepy adventure inspired by the classic theme park attraction features an all-star cast including Lakeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Chase W. Dillon and Dan Levy, with Jamie Lee Curtis and Jared Leto; film hits theaters July 28.

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‘Animal Crackers’ Arrives on Digital and On Demand April 18

The animated comedy, starring John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Danny DeVito, Ian McKellen, and Sylvester Stallone, follows a family that must use a magical box of animal crackers to save a run-down circus from being taken over by their evil uncle.

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Is Danny DeVito Reprising His Role for Live-Action ‘Hercules’ Adaptation?

Rumors across the Internet-verse say the ‘Matilda’ star has already signed onto the film, while alleged cast considerations include Taron Egerton as Hercules and Henry Cavill.

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A ‘Hercules’ Live-Action Adaptation Inspired by TikTok?

Fans are up in arms after a Variety interview with Joe Russo describes the upcoming musical remake as ‘modernized’ and ‘experimental,’ with possible inspiration by elements of the popular dancing app.

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Disney’s ‘Haunted Mansion’ Pushed to Summer 2023

The company’s busy theatrical release calendar gets some post D23 updates, as many dates have been moved, while the Star Wars film ‘Rogue Squadron’ had disappeared altogether.

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Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson Rails at ‘Evil’ ‘Little Demon’ Series

Calling out Disney and FX and warning parents to ‘STAY AWAY FROM’ the new animated show, the politician took to Facebook to voice his outrage.

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‘Little Demon’ Takes a Unique ‘Look’ at Animated Family Sitcoms

Art director Paula Spence and supervising director Jeanette Moreno-King discuss how they re-designed the show’s characters, while moving to a new production studio, to bring more realism and texture to the FXX and Hulu show’s backgrounds, characters, and performances.

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‘Little Demon’ Creators Reflect on their Love of Horror and Disdain of Adolescence

Darcy Fowler, Seth Kirschner, and Kieran Valla discuss their new animated comedy, starring Aubrey Plaza, Lucy DeVito, and Danny DeVito, about a 13-year-old Antichrist daughter, her mom, and her father, who’s literally the devil, now available on FXX and Hulu.

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FX Sneaks ‘Little Demon’ Clip

By Dan Sarto | Monday, July 25, 2022 at 11:08am

Aubrey Plaza, Lucy DeVito, and Danny DeVito star in the new animated FX comedy about a mom, her 13-year-old Antichrist daughter, and her father, who’s literally the devil, coming to FXX and Hulu this August.

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FXX Sets ‘Archer’ Season 13 and ‘Little Demon’ Premiere Dates

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 10:35am

Sterling and Dysfunction Co return with 8 new episodes, followed the next day by the debut of Aubrey Plaza and Danny DeVito’s new animated comedy series about the Devil trying to gain custody of his daughter’s soul, all coming this August.

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FXX, Danny DeVito and Aubrey Plaza Getting Devilish with ‘Little Demon’

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 1:27pm

Network orders animated horror comedy series created and written by Darcy Fowler, Seth Kirschner, and Kieren Valla, with DeVito, Plaza and Dan Harmon to executive produce.

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‘The Midnight Sky,’ ‘The Mandalorian’ and ‘Soul’ Take Top VES Awards

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 7:47pm

Star-studded virtual ceremony, hosted by barb-slinging Patton Oswalt, included 25 category awards and special honors for VFX supervisor Rob Legato and director Sir Peter Jackson.

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MPC Film’s Digital Gorilla Delivers the Emotion in ‘The One and Only Ivan’

Studio handles 1,055 VFX shots, using virtual production tools to help produce photorealistic talking animals, full CG environments and digital set extensions in Thea Sharrock and Disney+’s tale of a gorilla who tries to piece his past together so he can hatch a plan to escape from captivity.

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