Nintendo and Illumination have reportedly established a partnership after the huge success of the Super Mario Bros. Movie. Because of this, the animation studio and video game juggernaut are working together to bring more Nintendo franchises to theaters. Much like putting the popular Chris Pratt into the role of Mario, it is now rumored the studios are eyeing Chris Hemsworth ...
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Ambitious Animation Goals Will Force Disney to Step up Its Game
Disney is not untouchable. This is definitely the highlight of what we have learned this year amid an increasingly picky theater audience. Moviegoers are becoming immune to repeated bashes of nostalgia from live-action remakes and want something familiar yet fresh. The Barbie movie has just proven this singlehandedly, but another huge success earlier this year may be a wound that ...
Read More »Police Investigate Erotic Image Shown During ‘Super Mario Bros Movie’ Screening
Everyone’s favorite Italian plumber found himself in a bit of controversy recently. While The Super Mario Bros. Movie was a smash hit at the global box office, that hasn’t saved it from being caught up in a police investigation over a lewd image being shown to children during a movie screening. The dilemma has parents questioning just how this could ...
Read More »‘Minions’ Decimates ‘Lightyear’s Box Office Performance
Even though they were not released at the same time, Illumination Entertainment’s latest animated feature film, Minions: The Rise of Gru, recorded an opening weekend box office performance that was nearly double that of Disney/Pixar’s summer film, Lightyear, and gave the Mouse House a once-in-a-blue-moon box office defeat. According to The Hollywood Reporter: “Minions: The Rise of Gru scored a huge four-day opening of ...
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