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Today, at the Annecy Animation Festival, former Head of Reel FX Originals and Paramount Animation vice president Jared Mass announced the first project at Chalkdust Animation Studios, a new CG label based in Atlanta, Ga. focused on real-time, virtual production for film and TV projects.

Chalkdust’s debut project, “Boxen: The Childhood Chronicles of C.S. Lewis,” weighs in as a serialized adaptation of Lewis’ first-ever short stories, written with his brother when he was still a child. Financing for the first season has already been finalized by Noble Road Media, a new Atlanta-based organization formed by Michael Carney, who will executive produce with Mass and Vincent Sieber-Smith, co-director of The C.S. Lewis Company.

Production of “Boxen” will feature a mix of traditional animation tools, motion capture and cutting-edge software. It’s a production pipeline that Mass is familiar with from his time producing Netflix’s “Super Giant Robot Brothers” at Reel FX Originals.

Into the Wild Frontier is a historical TV series that aims to accurately depict the American West with the help of historians and professors. The show features dramatic reenactments and interviews with experts to bring the frontier culture to life. The cast includes skilled actors portraying real-life figures, adding personal touches to make the series enjoyable for drama and history lovers.

The cast of Into the Wild Frontier is a mix of TV and movie actors as well as some historians brought in to explain the exciting and real events of the series. Into the Wild Frontier is a historical TV series that uses dramatic reenactments and documentary-style interviews to tell the story of the American West and the frontier culture that developed during the country's expansion. The series first premiered in February 2022 on Insp, an American cable channel that primarily shows Western movies and TV shows and is available...

Netflix has set the voice cast for “Carol & the End of the World,” an adult animated series created by Dan Guterman that will debut on Dec. 15.

Martha Kelly will play the title role. The series takes place as extinction is imminent thanks to a mysterious planet hurtling towards Earth. While most people feel liberated to pursue their wildest dreams, Carol, quiet and always uncomfortable, woman stands alone — lost among the hedonistic masses.

Kelly is best known for starring in the FX comedy “Baskets” as Chip Baskets’ (Zach Galifianakis) friend Martha Brooks. In 2022, she guest starred in HBO’s “Euphoria” as drug dealer Laurie, which earned her an Emmy nomination. Kelly’s other prominent credits include “Gaslit” on Starz, “Hacks” on Max and “The Great North” on Fox.

The ensemble of “Carol & the End of the World” also features Michael Chernus, Bridget Everett, Beth Grant, Lawrence Pressman, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Mel Rodriguez and Delbert Hunt.

A new adult animation limited series from Community and Rick and Morty writer Dan Guterman is coming to Netflix.

Carol & The End Of The World is set to debut on Netflix with 10 episodes on December 15. Martha Kelly will star as the titular character Carol.

“Carol & The End Of The World is a love letter to routine. A show about the comforts of monotony. An animated and existential comedy about the daily rituals that make up the gaps that make up a life,” Guterman said in a statement on Thursday.

A logline for the series reads:

“With a mysterious planet hurtling towards Earth, extinction is imminent for the people of the world. While most feel liberated to pursue their wildest dreams, one quiet and always uncomfortable woman stands alone — lost among the hedonistic masses.”

The rest of the voice cast includes Beth Grant, Lawrence Pressman, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Mel Rodriguez, Bridget Everett, Michael Chernus and Delbert Hunt.

Carol & The End Of The World is executive produced by Guterman as well as Donick Cary. Kevin Arrieta serves as co-executive producer.

Animation is produced by Bardel Entertainment Inc.

An exclusive new clip from the upcoming stop-motion movie The Inventor finds Star Wars actor Daisy Ridley singing in this tale of Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci. Coming courtesy of Blue Fox Entertainment, Ridley voices princess of France Marguerite in The Inventor alongside The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy star and all-around legend Stephen Fry as Leonardo da Vinci. Check out our exclusive new clip from The Inventor below.

The official synopsis for The Inventor reads as follows:

“The Inventor tells the story of the insatiably curious and headstrong inventor and artist Leonardo da Vinci (Stephen Fry) as he leaves Italy to join the French court where he can freely experiment, invent flying contraptions and incredible machines, and study the human body. Joined in his adventure by the audacious Princess Marguerite (Daisy Ridley), Leonardo attempts to uncover the answer to the ultimate question: “What is the meaning of life?"

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A prequel to the hit musical Grease, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies features a talented young cast telling the origin story of the infamous titular girl gang. Created by Annabel Oakes, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies releases on Paramount+ on April 6, 2023. While the 1978 musical film starring John Travolta and the late Olivia Newton-John took place in 1958, the prequel show begins four years earlier in 1954. Boasting similar great costumes and catchy songs, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies centers on four underdog teenage girls coming together to live life on their own terms and rule the school.

Many elements of Grease haven't aged well, from its lack of diverse characters to its sexist ideals, none more prominent than the film's climax in which Sandy (Newton-John) transforms her entire look and personality to make her relationship with Danny (Travolta) work. However, the musical also had elements of progressiveness, as the Pink Ladies,...

As the end of summer approaches, so does a slew of new movies and TV coming to Netflix this month.

This month, Netflix is serving up a documentary on the chaos of the ’99 Woodstock revival, Netflix’s take on “13: The Musical” and a juicy series expanding “Selling Sunset” into Orange County, California. Favorite returning Netflix series include “Never Have I Ever: Season 3,” “Queer Eye: Brazil” and the third season of “Locke and Key.”

As for library titles, the streaming service will add the “Spider-Man” trilogy, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Miss Congeniality” and “Space Jam,” as well as hallmarks of the beloved “Men in Black” and “Bridget Jones” series.

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The Age of Adaline

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When Oscar-winning animation director Mark Andrews (“Brave”) called his old Pixar pal Alex Mandel about his latest gig, “Super Giant Robot Brothers,” Mandel was 6,700 miles away in New Zealand managing projects for visual effects house Weta Digital.

Mandel, whose other creative side happens to be classically trained composer, dove into Andrews’ new project and created more than three hours of music for the series now airing on Netflix.

“Super Giant Robot Brothers” is a 3D animated action-comedy from Reel FX about massive metal robots destined to save the world from invading kaiju – giant monsters from space – while trying to overcome their own sibling rivalry. Andrews, a drummer who used to jam with guitarist Mandel at Pixar events, suggested the musical style: synthwave.

Synthwave combines heavy metal with ’80s synthpop, adding ’90s production elements for a retro-meets-modern approach that reminded Andrews of the Japanese animated series he watched as a kid.

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First up, we have an exclusive clip from Reel FX Animation Studios' new series "Super Giant Robot Brothers," which premieres on Netflix on August 4, 2022. The 3D animated action-comedy is about giant robots that must save the world from invading kaiju while overcoming their own sibling rivalry.

Here is an official quote about the series from executive producer Steve O'Brien, the CEO of Reel FX:

"It's an exciting time...

The post Clips Round-Up: Netflix's Super Giant Robot Brothers Squabble, Jim Gaffigan Gets Serious In Collide & More [Exclusive] appeared first on /Film.

“Super Giant Robot Brothers” is a new 3D animated action-comedy coming to Netflix in days, and TheWrap has an exclusive sneak peek at a scene from the series.

In the clip, which you can watch below, Shiny (the red one) accuses Thunder (the silver one) of stealing his, well, “thunder.”

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The series will find the robot siblings working together to defend Earth when space monsters attack.

Marisa Davila, Chris Diamantopoulos and Delbert Hunt voice the main characters in the series.

“Super Giant Robot Brothers” hails from creators Victor Maldonado and Alfredo Torres.

All episodes of the new animated series drop Aug. 4 on Netflix.

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Just a few months ago, Netflix appeared to be on a very rough track. Then Stranger Things season 4 came around and led to a less-apocalyptic-than-expected Q2 earnings report for the streamer. With its new releases for August 2022, however, Netflix is going to have to find another hit to keep the good vibes rolling. Here are some of their best options.

Perhaps the biggest breakout candidate for Netflix this month is The Sandman on Aug. 5. Though Neil Gaiman’s classic comic has long been thought to be unadaptable, the folks behind 10-episode series are betting they’re the ones for the job. Get ready to meet Morpheus, the king of dreams and the ruler of The Dreaming.

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