TagsFocus Features

Tag: Focus Features

Animated Titles Take 5 of the Top 10 Box Office Slots

It was an animated bonanza at the domestic box-office this weekend. While Cineverse's indie horror release Terrifier 3 rode the spooky season enthusiasm to a...

Critics Take a Happy Ride with Pharrell’s LEGO Life Story in ‘Piece By Piece’

Following its world premiere at Telluride and international premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, Piece By Piece is ready to bring its synesthetic vision to...

New ‘Piece By Piece’ Trailer Clicks Everything into Place for Pharrell’s Life in LEGO

This Friday (October 11), moviegoers will be able to experience a unique animated vision in Piece By Piece, the new feature film from Academy Award...

How Animation & Documentary Filmmakers Built Pharrell’s Musical Biopic ‘Piece By Piece’

To its core, Piece By Piece is totally ambitious. The acclaimed new biopic-documentary hybrid interprets the life story of hip-hop legend Pharrell Williams through...

New ‘Piece by Piece’ Poster Celebrates Pharrell’s Colorful Life

Focus Features today unveiled a new theatrical poster for Piece by Piece, the LEGO animation biopic about the life and career of music superstar Pharrell Williams....

Pharrell’s ‘Piece by Piece’ LEGO Biopic Will Close London Film Fest

Organizers of the 68th BFI London Film Festival have announced that this year's Closing Night Gala will present the U.K. Premiere of Piece by Piece, with Oscar-winning...

Pharell Williams’ LEGO Brick Biopic ‘Piece By Piece’ Sets October Release

Focus Features has partnered with Pharrell Williams' i am OTHER and The LEGO Group to release Piece By Piece, an innovative retelling of Williams' life...

Both Wes Anderson’s 2023 Movies Will Include Animation

Multiple Oscar-, BAFTA- and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Wes Anderson will be adding animated elements to his upcoming live-action movies Asteroid City and The Wonderful Story...

An Early Look at the VFX Oscar Race

***This article originally appeared in the January '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 316)*** With no magical crystal ball available and lacking the ability to...

Peacock to Stream Universal Films as Soon as 45 Days After Theaters

NBCUniversal today announced a new theatrical windowing model that will stream most titles from Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) exclusively on Peacock as early...

Universal Movies Will Speed to Peacock Streaming Starting in 2022

Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) and Peacock today announced a new licensing agreement where, beginning with the 2022 theatrical slate, all UFEG film content...

DreamWorks’ ‘The Boss Baby: Family Business’ Gets Day-and-Date Peacock Premiere

Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) and Peacock today announced DreamWorks Animation's The Boss Baby: Family Business, the sequel to the Oscar-nominated blockbuster comedy that...

Peacock to Stream All Eight ‘Harry Potter’ Films

Peacock today announced all eight Harry Potter films will be available to stream in windows over the next six months starting later this year...

Universal Talent Development Launches Animation Writers Program

Universal Filmed Entertainment Group’s (UFEG) Global Talent Development & Inclusion (GTDI) department announce the launch of the Universal Animation Writers Program, a first-of-its-kind animation...

‘Addams Family’ Snaps to $30.3M No. 2 Opening

MGM's mysterious and spooky animated outing The Addams Family (UAR) edged just over its predicted opening weekend take, debuting in the U.S. at No....

‘Abominable’ Hums to $20.8M Opening

Universal has scored another No. 1 box-office opening with the release of DreamWorks Animation/Pearl Studio's Abominable, which topped predictions with a $20.85 million domestic...

2019 Golden Trailer Awards Nominees Announced

The nominations for the 20th annual Golden Trailer Awards (goldentrailer.com) have been announced by GTA Executive Director Evelyn Watters. Honoring marketing executives and companies...

19th Annual Golden Trailer Award Nominees Announced

The Golden Trailer Awards -- celebrating outstanding achievement in motion picture and television marketing -- announced the nominees for the 19th annual competition. The...

Abhijay Prakash Named New DreamWorks Animation COO

DreamWorks Feature Animation has named Focus Features COO and Universal Pictures veteran Abhijay Prakash as Chief Operating Officer.  In this role, he will be...

Second Annual LAIKA Animation Fellowship Announced

Non-profit arts organization Film Independent (producers of the Spirit Awards and LA Film Festival) and Oscar-nominated studio LAIKA announce the second year of the...
ADVERTISEMENT

NEWSLETTER

CONTEST

ADVERTISEMENT