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Paramount Launching New Animated Division The business deal that sees Paramount distributing the films of DreamWorks Animation is getting more complicated. That pact is set to expire on June 22, 2025, and while Paramount offered a one-year extension to DreamWorks Animation, Jeffrey Katzenberg declined and is looking for a different partner, and perhaps a sale. But that’s OK, because Paramount is starting its own animation division,Paramount Animation, which will begin releasing one animated film per year beginning in 2014....

Paramount Wants To Release ‘Justin Bieber Never Say Never’ Director’s Cut ASAP When the positive reviews ofJustin Bieber Never Say Neverbegan to pour in last week, it probably caught most of us by surprise. And when the movie almost took the box office crown from an Adam Sandler romantic comedy, on Valentine’s weekend no less, the 3D documentary pretty much cemented itself as a must-see for anyone who fancies themselves a pop culture guru....

Pixar Supporting Characters Who Deserve Their Own Movie In the house of Pixar, character is key. For over 25 years,the most reliable studio in animationhas dazzled and devastated audiences with its profound understanding of character-driven storytelling. No one would care about these talking toys, blue-collar monsters, or middle-aged superheroes if they weren’t full of motivation, depth, and thematic growth. We don’t love Buzz Lightyear because he looks cool and has a famous catchphrase; we love him because he dwells in existential misery before learning to accept his identity as a child’s plaything, teaching all of us that it’s okay if it takes a while to discover who you truly are....

Pop Culture Imports: Have A Bong Joon-Ho Marathon With ‘Parasite,’ ‘The Host,’ And More (Welcome toPop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.)Bong Joon-ho’sParasitebroke streaming recordswhen it hit Hulu last week, making it just the latest achievement the blackly comic thriller has notched since won the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019, culminating in this year’s historic Best Picture win at the Oscars....

RANT: The Cloverfield Monster Is NOT A Spoiler Yesterday, weposted the first photosof the Cloverfield Monster Toy, which is being produced by Hasbro. We received a few angry comments, yelling at us for “Spoiling” Cloverfield for them. The whole concept of Spoilers has been something that has been on my mind for a few months now. Originally a Spoiler meant something from a film that gave away a twist or turning point in the story....

Ricky Gervais Confirms Cast For Netflix Comedy Series ‘After Life’ Ricky Gervais' new Netflix comedy series has revealed itsAfter Lifecast. Joining Gervais in the dark comedy series about a man who, after a tragedy, decides to start “saying and doing whatever he likes,” includeDownton Abbey’sPenelope Wilton,Game of Thrones’David Bradley,Extras’Ashley Jensen, and more. Created, directed, executive produced by, and starring Gervais,After Lifebegins its production this week, Netflix announced. With the beginning of production comes the reveal of the cast of the dark comedy series (viaComingSoon....

See Artist Eric Tan’s Posters Dedicated To Epcot’s Attractions Past, Present, And Future [D23] Eric Tanis an artist we’ve covered several times on /Film, and for good reason: he’s been a reliable producer of incredible pop culture artwork for years – I still think aboutthe awesome poster he made celebratingLostback in 2009. He’s been a designer for the Disney Consumer Products team for more than fifteen years, and at this year’s D23 Expo, it was revealed that Tan and his wife, artistStacey Aoyama, created posters for all of the Epcot attractions which line the park’s pavilions....

Simu Liu Brings Plenty Of Confidence To Saturday Night Live’s Stuffed But Satisfying Thanksgiving Episode This weekend, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” star Simu Liu arrived on “Saturday Night Live” and proudly announced himself as the first Chinese host on the show to be the fourth Chinese host on the show (see what he did there?). It was actually a preview of one of the funniest sketches of the night with fellow Asian cast member Bowen Yang, but we’re getting ahead of ourselves....

Superhero Bits: Andrew Garfield Debunks Leaked Spider-Man Photo, Batman: Year One Comes To 4K & More (Superhero Bitsis a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits: How to Draw Batman If you’ve got some time to kill and you’re looking to stretch your artistic muscles,DC Kidshas a drawing lesson from DC Comics artist Scott Koblish where he shows you how to draw a cool version of The Dark Knight....

The Avatar Love Scene We’re Still Thinking About In 2009, James Cameron’s CGI epic “Avatar” was lauded as a monumental big-screen achievement. The film was heralded as a leap forward in motion capture technology, and it went on tomake more moneythan any other movie in history. Among its many accolades, critics praised the film’s expansive world-building. But even in the film’s early days, when the whole world seemed to be watching it through rose-colored glasses, some viewers were already caught up on a couple of inexplicable aspects of the “Avatar” mythology....

The Color Purple Musical Will Star In The Heights Stand-Out Corey Hawkins Corey Hawkins, who was — in my humble opinion — the best part of the “In the Heights” movie, has landed himself another musical role. Hawkins has joined the cast of “The Color Purple,” which will be helmed by “Black Is King” filmmaker Blitz Bazawle for Warner Bros. Based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker, its 1985 film adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg, and the Broadway adaptation with a book by Marsha Norman and music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray, the film follows a Black woman growing up in poverty in the American South....

The Daily Stream: Nothing Is As It Seems In The Documentary ‘Misha And The Wolves’ (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie:Misha and the WolvesWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: A Belgian immigrant named Misha Defonseca tells her harrowing story: when she was a child during World War II, her parents were arrested by the Nazis, and Misha was taken in by a Catholic family....

This Week In Trailers: See Girl Run, The Space Invaders, The Outer Edges, An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...