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Disney+ Drops Walt Disney Animation Studios ‘Zootopia+’ Images

Zootopia gets its own spin-off series streaming later this week; six new stories return to the mammal metropolis for a deep dive into the film’s characters.

Disney+ has released a trailer for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Zootopia+, a new series that heads back to the mammal metropolis named Zootopia and promises a deeper dive into the lives of the most intriguing residents, including Fru Fru, the fashion-forward arctic shrew; ZPD dispatcher Clawhauser, the sweet-toothed cheetah; and Flash, the smiling sloth all during the time of the original film.

All six episodes hit the streamer November 9.

Josie Trinidad (Zootopia, Ralph Breaks the Internet) and Trent Correy ( Frozen: Once Upon a Snowman, Drop) direct the series, and Nathan Curtis (Encanto, Raya and the Last Dragon) is the producer.

Episode 1 “Hopp on Board”

Judy boards the train from Bunny Burrow to Zootopia to begin her life as the big city’s first bunny cop, and Stu and Bonnie’s youngest daughter, Molly, board too. The down-to-earth duo is forced out of their comfort zone and into an action-packed rescue mission.

Episode 2 “The Real Rodents of Little Rodentia”

Newly engaged, Fru Fru kicks off wedding planning with enthusiasm and flourish—at least until her scene-stealing cousin Tru Tru arrives to assume the role of Shrew of Honor. A battle for the spotlight ensues until a close call with a giant donut reveals that, for better or worse, no one knows you better than family.

Episode 3 “Duke the Musical”

After being wrangled and arrested in a giant donut—compliments of Officer Judy Hopps—clever criminal weasel Duke reevaluates his life, pondering where he went wrong—in song. Then, in a musical aptly staged in his own mind, Duke contemplates how to go from a small-time crook to the Big Time!

Episode 4 “The Godfather of the Bride”

A touching tale about the powerful arctic shrew known as Mr. Big revisits Fru Fru’s big day when he delivers a revelatory father-of-the-bride speech. Then, returning to his days as Mr. Small, a new immigrant to Zootopia, he imparts the wisdom he gained about the importance of friends, family, and community.

Episode 5 “So You Think You Can Prance”

ZPD dispatcher Clawhauser persuades his boss, Chief Bogo, to audition for “So You Think You Can Prance.” The stakes are high as the ultimate prize is a dream-come-true opportunity to dance on stage with megastar pop sensation Gazelle.

Episode 6 “Dinner Rush”

As a super server, Sam urgently tries to finish her restaurant shift to make a once-in-a-lifetime Gazelle concert. But Flash and Priscilla show up at the last minute, hoping for a once-in-a-lifetime dinner.

#Zootopia #Zootopia+#Zootopia Plus #Jose Trinidad #Trent Correy #Nathan Curtis #Walt Disney Animation Studios #Walt Disney Animation Studios Vancouver #Disney+#Disney Plus #Disney+ Originals #Disney Plus Originals #Disney+ Original Series #Disney Plus Original Series #Disney+ Original Animated Series #Disney Plus Original Animated Series

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maplewozapi · 8 months

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Have you heard of four souls of coyote? It’s not in the US yet to my understanding but I was wondering if you had watched it! From what I’ve seen of trailers it looks good but was curious if you had any thoughts (if any) :)!

I’m really excited but at the same time I’m worried about the generalization of "Native American mythology" also language and cultural practices. I’m not saying theirs anything wrong with foreign studios touching on historical and political issues I’m just worried about how that obsession with Native American tribes and the idea of them in Europe might affect this film and overall message. I think I would feel better if there was more native involvement in it. I can already see it with the names being in Lakota but the story is definitely not Lakota-inspired just makes me itchy. We aren’t just one idea one giant spiritual homogeneous thing. For one thing, the coyote isn’t a big player like that in Oceti Sakowin stories he does not make the humans (in my tribes beliefs), so I’m just trying to understand what tribe they’re focusing on and it's looking a lot like more of "raya and the last dragon" if you understand the cultural misrepresentation in that film. I’ll be watching and hoping for the best and I’ll probably still enjoy it. 😊👍

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kookies2000 · 4 months

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Saw the trailer for Kumg Fu Panda 4, and I just want to talk about Aquafina. I know a lot of people hate her voice and her comedy, but honestly, it's good. She has a great voice for cartoons, and her sarcasm and unhinged tone are what make her funny. Just give her good lines to say that'll fit her.

Her roles in Disney were bad for her in general. She doesn't have a range, or at the least not a big one. She needs people she can work with, balance with, and compliment her in her role. In Raya The Last Dragon, it was a serious film. Too serious for Aquafina and her character. Raya was serious, and everyone else was too. Same for the Little Mermaid 2023. Ariel is calm and quiet. Flounder is shy and quiet. Sébastien was serious and calm. Then we have Aquafina sticking out like a sore thumb. She just didn't blend in.

In Dreamworks, she is a perfect fit. She was amazeing in Bad Guys because she had a cast around her that balanced out her personality. Each character was different, Wolf was smooth, serious, and goofy. Snake was unhinged, also serious and just chaotic. Pirana is the same, unhinged, chaotic. Shark was kinder and goofy. Personalities that balance Webs chaotic nature. Along with dialog, that works with Aquafinas voice and comedy.

Think of it like instruments. Disney was forcing a trumpet in a cast of flutes, bells, and quieter instruments. While Dreamworks has that same trumpet in a cast of other trumpets, drums, and louder instruments.

That's why I'm not worried about Aquafina in Kung Fu Pamda 4. Jack Blacks wackiness along with the chaotic nature of Kung Fu Panda, she'll blend in just fine. And who knows, maybe this'll give her a chance to expand her range and do more serious work.

#kung fu panda 4 #kung fu panda

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Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) review

Jack Black’s new version of “Hit Me Baby One More Time” is great. In all honestly all of Tenacious D’s covers are superb. Their take on “I Think I Love You” for Croods 2 slaps as hard as Will Smith’s palm against Chris Rock’s face. Apologies, I just watched the new Bad Boys trailer so that momentary awards moment has sprung back into my mind.

Plot: After Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, while a wicked sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm.

For some reason I presumed Kung Fu Panda 3 was the ending to the trilogy and the story was over. Then again Hollywood wants to keep making more money and this animated franchise has been highly successful for DreamWorks till now, so of course it was only a matter of time. To give them props though, DreamWorks has been on a bit of a hot streak recently with The Bad Guys - a visually-pleasing heist flick; Croods 2 - hilarious riot; this year’s Orion and the Dark - a fun concept with a mind-bending ending; and of course Puss in Boots: The Last Wish which is an animated masterpiece. There, I said it. The Puss in Boots sequel is fantastic and I won’t hear otherwise! As such even though the trailers weren’t showing too much promise, I went into Kung Fu Panda 4 optimistically, hoping it’s not just a needless cash-grab.

Right, yep, it’s a cash-grab through and through. You can tell the writers were really trying to milk some kind of an idea for a plot, and all they could come up with is Po needing to find a new Dragon Warrior in his place. Not the most original concept as is, and one that in the end feels really rushed, and his choice for his replacement is one that feels unsatisfying. The main villain also is really weak. A chameleon voiced by Viola Davis, and though visually the shape-shifting gimmick works really well, narratively this character has hardly anything to do, let alone be in any way intimidating. I recall in one of the previous films the villain was Lord Shen, who was introduced as someone who has killed Dragon Warriors before. What’s the scariest thing this chameleon now does, you may ask? She lightly pushes someone down the stairs. That’s it.

Another rushed aspect of the movie is that many voice actors from the previous films are needlessly ditched either with a lame excuse for their absence, or not giving them any lines and the characters appearing in silence. Like a big selling point in the marketing is that we get to see all the villains from the previous entries come back. A fun idea, however aside from Ian McShane as Tai Lung the other villains only appear as if they’re in a silent movie. Are you telling me that DreamWorks really couldn’t afford to get Gary Oldman to record a couple of lines on his phone and send them over? It’s like if Spider-Man: No Way Home had all the old Spidey villains from previous films come back, but they just stand about silently doing nothing. How crap would that have been? So yes, this really cheapens the movie.

Visually the film looks great. It’s mad to see how the animation has progressed as this series of movies has gone further. Particular attention has been given to the background environments that look gorgeous! Great use of colours and detail. A chase sequence through a city of thieves is a particular eye-popping set piece, that even gives Hans Zimmer the small opportunity to have some fun with the music score during it.

As for the voice cast - Jack Black is a charisma machine! He’s an icon and of course Po is just Jack Black being himself, but he has so much energy in his line delivery that he carries this movie fully on his shoulders. Awkwafina is also in this movie. Look, the reason I’m pointing that out is that if one looks at her filmography since 2019 she’s voiced characters in Little Mermaid, Migration, Kung Fu Panda 4, Bad Guys, SpongeBob: The Movie, Raya and the Last Dragon, The Dark Crystal Netflix series, Angry Birds Movie 2…. That’s so much!! What does she have on these animation studios that they keep hiring her? She’s not the only female voice actor out there. And I’m sorry, she’s not even that great of a voice actress, and I wasn’t a fan of her here either. Dustin Hoffman kind of just lingers about questioning his life, Bryan Cranston and James Hong have some amusing co-dads banter, Ian McShane being back as Tai Lung was lovely, and Ke Huy Quan is the usual ball of excitable energy that he always is.

Unlike Puss in Boots where the wait for the sequel was more than worth it, Kung Fu Panda 4 feels as if the franchise may have run its course and the writers have simply ran out of ideas. There’s a “been there done that” aura surrounding this whole movie, and again it’s not terrible, but more so just passable. There’s nothing new here, simply retreading old territory. I’m sure if you take your kids with you to see it though they’ll probably have a good time. Probably. That “Hit Me Baby One More Time” cover though - hell yeah!

Overall score: 5/10

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Disney's upcoming movie, Wish, features a main character that is very much like the studio's other recent heroines, and this has invited significant criticism. Though not technically a princess, Wish's Asha feels like the next in the long line of female House-of-Mouse protagonists. The film's trailer features the girl singing to the stars in classic Disney fashion, followed by a few moments of quirky clumsiness. It's the sort of "adorkable" character that audiences have come to expect from the studio's heroines, and that's exactly the problem.

With the recent complaints that Disney has begun to stray too far from the elements that once made it great, Wish seems to be the studio's attempt to get back to the basics. The trailer features a traditional (less sympathetic) villain, a nod to 2D animation, a heroine with an animal sidekick, and what could be more Disney than making a wish on a star? In all, Wish seems like the animated movie many have been waiting years for. However, there is a particular aspect of Wish that is precisely the same as recent Disney movies like Encanto, Frozen, Moana, and Tangled—the heroine's personality.

In the last decade or so, Disney has changed its Princess archetype. Rather than a princess with her head in the clouds, the protagonists of movies like Encanto and Moana are brave, eager to prove themselves, and a little quirky. They are clumsy, socially awkward, and unsure of themselves for most of the film. In Frozen, Anna stumbles all over herself, runs into Prince Hans, and awkwardly babbles about how "gorgeous" he is. In Tangled, Rapunzel knocks herself in the head with a frying pan. In Moana, the hero of Motunui awkwardly pretends she hears someone calling her to get herself out of a confrontation.

Now, Wish seems to be continuing the trend with its newest heroine. Right at the trailer's beginning, Asha rushes out onto a stage, screaming that she's "here" and clumsily telling the crowd she must catch her breath. Later, she is seen demonstrating some goofy martial arts for the king. In all, the new Disney heroine looks like a lot of fun, and the idea here is clearly a type of comedy aimed at children. However, it's difficult to ignore that when it comes to her personality, Asha feels the same as her recent Disney predecessors. This has become known as the "adorkable" princess trope, and it's beginning to grind on some audiences.

Characters like Moana, Anna, Raya, Merida, Mirabel, and Disney's newest, Asha, are undoubtedly adorable, relatable, and a lot of fun, but the fact that they all have incredibly similar personalities has invited criticism. Disney has been accused of lazy writing since a cookie-cutter character is taking the place of a well-thought-out and unique heroine. At the worst, it can be considered misogynistic since the implication is that all girls and women have this personality type.

Still, these complaints are on the more extreme end of the spectrum. The most common assumption seems to be that Disney struck gold with a couple of "adorkable" heroines and has, therefore, been mass-producing as many as possible. This is especially frustrating with Wish since the studio has marketed the film as a return to the good old days, with 2D animated backgrounds and a villain that won't be redeemed in the end (like Raya and the Last Dragon, Moana, and Encanto).

Disney has followed through with its promises in many ways, but the studio seems stuck on this worn-out character archetype.

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#Disney Wish #Wish Disney #Tangled #Frozen #Moana #Encanto #Disney #Adorkable #Tropes #Character Tropes

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lily-orchard-gossip-blog · 10 months

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I don’t understand something: Lindsay Ellis supposedly got canceled for comparing Raya and the Last Dragon to Avatar: The Last Airbender, but Honest Trailers made the exact same comparison without any backlash. Am I missing something here?

Nope.

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kylesvariouslistsandstuff · 1 year

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And Would You Look At That...

The marketing for WISH, on the heels of Disney's CinemaCon presentation earlier today, is going to kick off!

No need to wait till mid-June and the release of Pixar's ELEMENTAL, the first trailer for Walt Disney Animation Studios' centennial celebration feature WISH, directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn, debuts tomorrow... And there's a new image, of a character named King Magnifico. Voiced by none other than Chris Pine!

While this image, and the previously released still of protagonist Asha and funny animal sidekick Valentino, show an aesthetic similar to that of Disney's recent fairy tale and fantasy animated features - like TANGLED, FROZEN, MOANA, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, and ENCANTO - look closer... Subtle linework, textures, and painterly depths, this looks like a CGI 2D animated movie a la the short films PAPERMAN and FEAST... After a nearly-decade long wait. This is what I hoped something made a little after TANGLED, back in the early '10s, would've looked like.

I had seen some footage of WISH that was from a camrip a while back, and it looked like PAPERMAN: The Movie... But I'm so excited to see it clearly, in motion! The description of the song sequence that was previewed to CinemaCon viewers sounded quite promising, too. Note that this new stuff for the movie dials back what was implied during D23 this past year. All those hints that WISH would be some grand origin story for all Disney animated movies and some big synergetic crissy-crossover thing. It seems to me that this is merely just a story about where wishing stars and wish magic comes from, more so than anything else... And why not for the company's 100th anniversary celebration?

Looking forward to seeing what this looks like in motion... The trailer for this, and for NIMONA for that matter, can't come soon enough.

#wish #disney wish #walt disney animation studios #disney animation #unorganized thoughts

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jheseltheunswerving · 2 years

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Frozen II should have been a Show

Frozen II and Raya and the Last Dragon. Both would have worked better as shows than they did movies.

Sometimes when a story’s pacing isn’t working, the form of the story needs to be changed. A novel should become a novella. A screenplay should become a traditional play. A movie should become a show.

The reason people don’t do it is because a full fledged show is a much bigger risk than a movie.

It’s the risk of spending more time, and possibly more budget, on a show that may not get the needed attention for it to pay off. Because from the audience perspective, committing to a show takes a lot more time and energy than it does to commit to a movie.

However, it’s a risk Disney can afford to take, and I bet for these two films in particular, it would have resulted in success.

For example, Raya’s advertising brought a lot of hype to the movie. And while it looked beautiful and told a compelling story, the pacing of that story was rushed, because they tried to fit so much into just a couple hours of screen time.

But upon seeing the trailers, people were already comparing it to Avatar: The Last Airbender. Raya could have very well been Disney’s Avatar! And it was released around the same time that Disney+ launched, which would have drawn more people to the streaming platform.

It wouldn’t have needed to be a long show. Certainly not as long as Avatar, spending full seasons focusing on one aspect of the show: water; earth and fire. Instead, Raya could have dedicated a few hour long episodes to exploring all the different parts of the world.

Or they could have done exactly what Avatar did and dedicated full seasons to that, which would have been more of a risk, but either way, it would have resulted in better pacing.

Then we have Frozen II. Ooooh, Frozen II. Let’s not beat around the bush. We all know this sequel was only made because of the success of the first movie. Disney only made it to make money.

But to give credit where credit is due, the writers of the film still tried to tell a good story. But once again, they tried to fit too much into too little time. And the story they told wasn’t even worth it.

The animation? Stunning! The music? Phenomenal! But the story? While an attempt was made, it did not do the characters justice.

At least, not on the surface level.

See, Anna becoming queen could have worked, if they’d set it up better. There was a song removed from the original movie where Anna expresses her desire to prove that she was more than just second in line for the throne. More than just the spare in case something happened to Elsa.

The song could have been re-vamped and reused in the sequel! And it would have worked! It would have made Anna becoming queen feel less random.

But also, she needs to earn it. Anna loves Arendelle, but we haven’t seen her doing much to take care of it. The most we saw was her leaving it in Hans’ care when she left to go look for Elsa in the first movie. If the sequel had been a series, there would have been more time for Anna to show off her capabilities as a possible ruler!

Then we have Kirstoff. In the first movie, it was okay that we didn’t get more backstory on him because that really wasn’t the point of the story. And honestly, in Frozen II, it was acceptable for the exact same reason. But imagine the possibilities of his character if we’d been given a show for a sequel instead of a movie!

In Tangled: The Series, we learned more about Eugene’s past, and it was awesome. It fleshed him out more as a character, rather than him just being Rapanzel’s love interest. It provided him opportunities to make choices, and made it more difficult for him to do so. And above all, it was compelling.

We could have gotten that with Kristoff. He may not be a prince, and frankly, we don’t want him to be. But to find out what happened to his parents, how he met Sven, why the two of them were left alone. That would have been awesome too. And it would have provided more opportunity to see Kristoff and Anna bond.

And then finally we have Elsa. Her leaving Arendelle and becoming the fifth spirit was such a random and contradicting character arc. Where the first movie was about Anna bringing her back from living isolated in the North, the sequel was about Elsa leaving Anna to live isolated in the North.

The point of Elsa’s character arc in the sequel was her discovering her worth, which is supposed to build off the development she made in the first movie, but really just discredits it. Because if you watch the first movie without seeing the sequel, that character arc already seems finished. By the end of the first film, she has learned the power of love and how to let people close to her.

And those lessons seemed completely forgotten in the sequel, because most of the time, she is either ignoring Anna or directly pushing her away. All for the sake of following a voice she randomly started hearing one day.

Oh, and the voice thing? I’m sorry, but that was stupid.

I love Aurora, her voice is always ethereal and beautiful, but the concept of the voice itself felt too random. Mainly because there wasn’t any explanation as to why Elsa started hearing it when she did. If it was Ahtohallan calling her to her purpose (I guess?), why didn’t she hear it sooner? Might have saved her a lot of grief in the first movie. Considering the voice served as her call to action, an important role in any story, it felt too random.

Elsa’s whole narrative in this movie just felt like lazy writing in general. It followed the same Avatar recipe of the four elements but with far less substance.

Here’s the thing about the four elements recipe. It’s a quick fix when you don’t have a plot. It provides a goal for your characters and what they have to do to achieve it, without much brain power.

Examples of the four elements recipe:

Avatar, obviously. But Avatar isn’t lazy writing. They took a simple premise, and made it something grand.

The Dragon Prince has six elements. The six primal sources of magic. Again, this writing isn’t lazy. In fact, they don’t even follow the recipe verbatim. There isn’t one main protagonist mastering everything. There are many different characters all being exposed to a little bit of the elements at a time.

Raya and the Last Dragon. The five kingdoms of Kumandria. It wouldn’t have been bad writing if they had more time to make this simple premise something interesting.

But if Frozen II had been a series instead of a movie and they still used this recipe, it would have been too similar to Avatar. But again, without the substance. Basically, Elsa becomes the Avatar, but with less work. She doesn’t master the elements per se, she just uses her powers to “tame” the spirits of the elements. In other words, she shot ice at them until they calmed down.

They could have done something far more interesting with Elsa’s character. Something that would definitely take more time to execute properly, but it would have been so worth it.

In the first movie it was implied that Elsa was simply born with her powers, and that’s just something that happens sometimes. That was an explanation I was totally cool with. It did not need further elaboration. Some people may disagree, but for me it was fine, because unlike Frozen II’s voice, the source of Elsa’s powers does not play an important narrative role. All that matters to the story is that she has powers.

Then in Frozen II they decided they needed to elaborate, and gave the explanation that Elsa was gifted magic because her mother saved her father. Which is… fine I guess. Begs the question why Anna wasn’t also given powers, but okay.

But what if they hadn’t given that explanation, and we were left with the idea that, while rare, people can simply be born with powers sometimes? That means it could happen more than once!

I would have loved to see Elsa meeting other people with powers! Fire powers, gravity powers, electricity powers, all kinds of powers! And that would have been such a great way to complete her character arc.

Can you imagine? Elsa opening up a school to teach little kids how to use their magic? Hell, that could have been why she eventually gives up the throne to Anna! That would have been a much better conclusion for Elsa. She spent most of her life feeling like she didn’t belong because of her powers, so she goes on to create a place where people like her can belong. I would have loved to see that!

And since she’s already meeting more people with powers, we could finally get that Frozen/Tangled crossover, instead of a brief cameo. Can you imagine a Frozen series that looks like this?

Credit: @ Arendelle_Times on Twitter

It would have been great. And it would have been great to see Elsa talking with her long lost cousin, Rapunzel, bonding over them both growing up isolated with some form of magic.

Sometimes, deadlines and profit take priority over good storytelling. I don’t blame the writers for the fact that neither Raya nor Frozen II worked. I blame Disney, but not the people that work for it. I truly believe that in both cases the writers were trying to tell the best story possible with the limited time they were given. But if they had been offered the option to make these stories shows instead of movies, it would have resulted in something magical.

#frozen #frozen 2 #frozen ii #disney #raya and the last dragon #tangled the series #let it go #show yourself #into the unknown #more than just the spare #elsa #anna #rapunzel #anna and elsa #cartoons #animation

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Zootopia+ | Trailer | Disney+

“Zootopia+” heads back to the fast-paced mammal metropolis of Zootopia in a short-form series that dives deeper into the lives of some of the Oscar®-winning feature film’s most intriguing residents, including Fru Fru, the fashion-forward arctic shrew; ZPD dispatcher Clawhauser, the sweet-toothed cheetah; and Flash, the smiling sloth who’s full of surprises. The series is directed by Josie Trinidad (Co-Head of Story, “Zootopia”; Head of Story, “Ralph Breaks the Internet”) and Trent Correy (Director, “Once Upon a Snowman” and “Drop”), and produced by Nathan Curtis (Associate Producer, “Encanto” and “Raya and the Last Dragon”).

Episodes debuting Nov. 9 include:

1. Hopp on Board – When Judy boards the train from Bunny Burrow to Zootopia to begin her life as the big city’s first bunny cop, Stu and Bonnie’s youngest daughter, Molly, hitches a ride atop the train, forcing the down-to-earth duo out of their comfort zone and into an action-packed rescue mission.

2. The Real Rodents of Little Rodentia – Newly engaged, Fru Fru kicks off wedding planning with enthusiasm and flourish—at least until her scene-stealing cousin Tru Tru arrives to assume the role of Shrew of Honor. A battle for the spotlight ensues until a close call with a giant donut reveals that for better or worse, no one knows you better than family.

3. Duke the Musical – After being wrangled and arrested in a giant donut—compliments of Officer Judy Hopps—clever criminal weasel Duke reevaluates his life, pondering where he went wrong—in song. In a musical aptly staged in his own mind, Duke contemplates how to go from a small time crook to the Big Time!

4. The Godfather of the Bride – A touching tale about the powerful arctic shrew known as Mr. Big revisits Fru Fru’s big day when he delivers a revelatory father-of-the-bride speech. Taking guests back in time to his days as Mr. Small, a new immigrant to Zootopia, he imparts the wisdom he gained then about the importance of friends, family and community.

5. So You Think You Can Prance – ZPD dispatcher Clawhauser persuades his boss, Chief Bogo, to audition for “So You Think You Can Prance.” The stakes are high as the ultimate prize is a dream-come-true opportunity to dance on stage with megastar pop sensation Gazelle.

6. Dinner Rush – As super server Sam urgently tries to finish her restaurant shift to make a once-in-a-lifetime Gazelle concert, Flash and Priscilla show up at the last minute with hopes of a once-in-a-lifetime dinner.

#youtube #zootopia #sing movie #sing universal #hayop ka!#animalympics #first look #first listen

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showtoonzfan · 2 years

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We got our first look at Disney’s newest movie, “Strange World”! https://twitter.com/DisneyAnimation/status/1533810952029687809?s=20&t=BU-ic9jGQO-ST4r45CYtYg

It’s look alright so far, we obviously haven’t gotten a full trailer yet, but I can’t say it looks “god awful” of course. I’ll give this one a chance, I mean when the Encanto trailer came out for the first time, I thought the movie was going to be wack but I turned out loving it, so why not check this one out as well? If you look at the poster, I do love how they’re going for this old timey sci fi adventure aesthetic like you see in those old 40′s movies, and while sci-fi isn’t my go to genre, it of course has potential, like any Disney movie. It’s certainly good that they’re making original stuff again instead of pointless sequels and mediocre live action remakes, (which was one of the reasons Encanto felt so refreshing to me) so yeah! I’ll check this one out!

I will say it feels kinda cliche, they seem to be going for the whole “I’m just a wimp in a big world surrounded by tough characters and dangerous monsters”, leaving me to believe it’ll be that story you usually see where the main character thinks they can’t do anything until they realize they can, BUT just because something is cliche, doesn’t mean it’s bad, so long as there’s a new or unique spin to it. I did of course look who the directors and writers are, and it’s mostly by the same people behind “Raya And The Last Dragon”, a movie everyone thought was going to be good, but didn’t turn out so well, which makes me a little worried but you can’t judge a book by it’s cover yet. We’ll have to wait and see!

#Disney #walt disney animation studios #Disney’s Strange World #Strange World #Strange World Disney #Walt Disney #disney animated movies #animation #raya and the last dragon #Encanto #hollywood #unrelated

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What We Know About Netflix's Eric Starring Benedict Cumberbatch

"Benedict Cumberbatch is a man of many roles: he has played the world's greatest fictional detective, a superhero, a fire-breathing dragon ... and now he's set to play a puppeteer.

The actor will headline Netflix's next, a thriller series penned by "The Iron Lady" and "Suffragette" writer Abi Morgan, from "Chernobyl" producer "Sister" and a stellar cast has been roped in. The six-part limited series follows Cumberbatch as Vincent Anderson, a famous puppeteer who struggles to come to terms with his son having gone missing.

What we know about the story of Eric

"Eric" is set in 1980s-era New York and follows the "desperate search of a father when his nine-year-old son disappears one morning on the way to school." Cumberbatch plays Vincent, one of Manhattan's most popular puppeteers, with a children's television show of his own. His character struggles to cope with the loss of his son Edgar, and in an attempt to bring him back home, he clings to his son's drawings of a blue monster puppet that he believed lived under his bed.

Terrorized by the guilt surrounding his son's disappearance, Vincent engages in progressively volatile behavior, and his destructive attitude isolates him from his family and colleagues. He convinces himself that if he can bring Eric the puppet on television, his young son might return home. The synopsis further describes Eric as "a delusion of necessity, who becomes Vincent's only ally in the pursuit to bring his son home."

The series already feels eerie and one-of-a-kind — just the kind of project we'd expect Cumberbatch to get his hands on. Writer Abi Morgan described the show as "a dark and crazy journey into the heart of 1980's New York, and the good, bad and ugly world of Vincent." "Eric" is expected to be a tense thriller and an "intimate portrait of a delusional father" who will go to any lengths to look for his child.

Benedict Cumberbatch headlines the show as the "charismatic yet narcissistic" Vincent Anderson, who neglects his wife Cassie and their son Edgar. Vincent is shaping up to be quite a gray character, and it'll be interesting to see how the "Sherlock" star will tackle the role. Gaby Hoffmann ("Field of Dreams," "Sleepless in Seattle") plays the actor's on-screen wife, Cassie, who struggles with her husband's "womanizing and volatile" behavior. Young actor Ivan Morris Howe plays their nine-year-old son Edgar, who is described as "artistic yet deeply withdrawn from the world."

Other cast members include McKinley Belcher III ("Mercy Street," "Ozark,") who portrays leading detective Michael Ledroit, and Dan Fogler plays Lennie Wilson, Vincent's best friend, colleague, and fellow puppeteer. George Lovette plays Clarke Peters, Phoebe Nicholls ("The Elephant Man") stars as Anne Anderson, and David Denman ("The Office") plays Matteo Cripp. Wade Allain-Marcus ("Insecure," "Snowfall") plays club owner Ali Gator. Also joining the cast are Bamar Kane, who stars as Yuusuf Egbe, Adepero Odyue, who will play Cecile Rochelle, Alexis Molnar, as Raya, and Roberta Colindrez will play Ronnie.

There's no news about the show's trailer or release date yet, but you can watch this space for more information in the future!"

They're trying to do it, again! After screwing up his Oscar campaign, working with piece of shit, Sophie Hunter and Birkin, Netflix actually thinks this sounds original. He's already played a dad who loses a child. He's already played 'Charismatic yet Narcissistic '. He's already played men with serious drug problems who suffer delusions. So how in hell is this series, Eric, IN ANY WAY ORIGINAL?! They'll do the exact same thing they did with his last projects. Praise everyone else in the film, make sure their people get all the awards, and block Benedict Cumberbatch from getting any. Netflix can go to hell. I guess I should start warning Benedict's fans to expect more bullshit from this project, that every project he's forced to do with Netflix is tainted. Vincent, huh? Just so they can cross promo Eric with Stephen Vincent Strange. They did the same thing with Olsen's Wanda character by putting a similarly dressed and behaving character on Stranger Things.

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theliterarywolf · 1 year

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I watched the "First look at" for the Kizazi moto trailer, and I had to take a quick pause when the narrator said: "Disney's ongoing commitment to partnering with leading global talent to tell stories of the world from FRESH and AUTHENTIC points of view." BITCH WHERE? The fucking dry-ass Live action bullshit is neither FRESH nor AUTHENTIC! And half the other stuff that can be considered in any way fresh and/or authentic gets axed harder than a tree by a Canadian lumberjack.

Silly anon, by 'commitment to partnering with leading global talent', they of course mean how they've been striving to craft diverse stories with diverse voices in mind!

Look at Raya and the Last Dragon! Which was... lampooned for haphazardly mashing a bunch of SEAsian cultures together into a chaotic fictional hodgepodge... And also not even being available to watch in many SEAsian regions... And also not having any SEAsians on the writing team... And also pushing a bastardized moral that completely goes against many SEAsian narrative and moral tropes.

Hm... Oh! How about the live-action Mulan film! Which... also bastardized many aspects of Chinese narrative tropes and filmmaking in order to create an ironically offensive Girl Power (TM) story...

Okay, maybe not that. ...How about how Disney, for all their talk of diversity, only started looking at African folklore after... prioritizing a fictional hodgepodge of African cultures... for an MCU side-characte--

Yeah, they haven't been great.

That being said, I am still looking forward to Kizazi Moto because, in addition to allowing African voices to have their time in the sun, I'm just a huge whore for anthology collections. Particularly of the animated variety.

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frie-ice · 2 years

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I made this collage before Raya and the Last Dragon came out, as I had already made two other How to Train Your Dragon/RatLD collages to help start up two crossover ships, Hiccaya and Toothsisu.

I had a feeling that Raya and Namaari would have had a similar history as Hiccup and Dagur. Due to the two Vikings knowing each other as kids, before they became enemies turn friends, and one of the RatLD trailers had shown a brief clip of the two Princesses' child selves fighting one another.

Hiccup and Raya, as well as their two films, also have a few other things in common. Two of them being human/dragon friendships and the main protagonists being children of their people's chiefs.

#non/disney crossover #crossover collage #crossover #how to train your dragon #httyd #ratld #raya and the last dragon #hiccup haddock #hiccup horrendous haddock iii #namaari #dagur the deranged #disney raya #raya #sisu #toothless #stoick the vast #chief benja

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mattkeepsrambling · 2 years

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Disney Rewatch Project: Raya and the Last Dragon

2021 was a weird time for movies. Theaters were open with limited capacity and with masks required. The slate of movies was not that exciting, and not many people seemed to be going to the theater. The first time I ventured out to the theater in 2021 was on March 6th to see "Raya and the Last Dragon." With everything going on in the world at the time, I feel like this is one of the more overlooked Disney movies.

The land of Kumandara was under attack by the Druun, and the last dragons put their power into a gem and gave it to their younger sister Sisu who used it to stop the attack. Five hundred years later, the Dragon Gem is safe in the kingdom of Heart. When Chief Benja (Daniel Day Kim) invites the other tribes to talk about uniting the world again, the other kingdoms attack, and the Dragon gem is broken, and each kingdom grabs a piece. This unleashes the Druun, and many people are turned to stone. Six years later, Rayam Benja's daughter (Kelly Marie Tran) is on a quest to find Sisu, reunite the gem pieces and bring all the kingdoms together.

Disney doesn't have a good track record of having diverse characters leading their movies. Very few of these movies are led by, much less voiced by, people of color. Except for Alan Tudyk, the voice of Tuk Tuk, Rya's animal companion, everyone is of Asian descent. This movie is a step in the right direction.

I am all for stories that highlight the best in people, especially these days. That is what I enjoy most about "Raya and the Last Dragon." These people (and a dragon) work together and trust each other. They bring out the best in one another and make the group better in the process. It happens many times in media. When this was released, people rightfully compared it to "Avatar: The Last Airbender." Watch the Honest Trailer for this movie. It points out every way that the two stories are similar. While some might count that as a point against the movie, I think it is better for it.

#disney rewatch project #disney animation #raya and the last dragon

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