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Endless Animation’s The Un-Title-Able Squirrel Girl Sequel Studio: Endless Animation In Association with Marvel Genre: CG-2D Animation/Superhero/Comedy Director: Lauren MacMullan Producers: Amanda Rydna and Lara Breay, Daron Nefcy (executive), Xavier B Irving (executive), Meg LeFauve (executive) and Chris McKay (executive) Writers: Lauren MacMullan, Amanda Rydna, Seth Grahame-Smith and Ryan North Composers: Ludwig Göransson and Theodore Shapiro Loosely Based off of: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl comics (January-October 2019) The character of Squirrel Girl Marvel Comics Anna Kendrick as Doreen Green/Squirrel Girl Vanessa Morgan as Nancy Whitehead Kelly Hu as Melissa Morbeck Taissa Farmiga as Dana Smith Samantha Ireland as Tippy-Toe Lil’ Rel Howery as Monkey Joe Daniel Henney as Robbie Baldwin/Speedball Golshifteh Farahani as Azadeh Ahura/Alchemist with Brian Tee as the noises of Hit-Monkey and Michael C. Hall as Victor Von Doom/Doctor Doom Also starring: David Tennant as Bullseye Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Illouise Keith David as Galactus Justin Roiland as MODOK Sophia Taylor Ali as Ms. Marvel Seth MacFarlane as Howard The Duck Scott Menville as Nova Nathon Fillion as Wonder Man Chris Hemsworth as Beta Ray Bill Yara Shahidi as Riri Williams/Ironheart Ronda Rousey as She-Hulk Daniel Radcliffe as Captain Britain Ryan Potter as Amadeus Cho Katey Sagal as Dr. Blank Troy Baker as Morbeck Industries Chairman Release Date: December 20th, Y8 Theater Count: 4,320 (including 100 IMAX theaters) Format: 2D (2.39:1), 3D (2.39:1), and Dolby Cinema (2.39:1) and IMAX 2D (1.44:1) Budget: $135 million Tagline: “Nut Again” MPAA Rating: PG for frequent sequences of animated action violence, mild thematic elements and crude humor Previous Film: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (12/22/Y5) (3 Day OW/5 Day OW/DOM/WW) - $45,176,251/$79,041,512/$308,356,775/$754,626,574 Running Time: 116 minutes Original Song: “Our End Credits Rap” written by The Lonely Island, performed by the cast and The Lonely Island Animation: Done in house by Endless Animation. Worldmeander is used, like in Toons v Reality and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (which combines computer animation with hand-drawn animation similar to that of Paperman, Feast, Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive and Medusa) but is modeled to look more like Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse aesthetic but matches The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl comics, using a more cartoony style and more smooth in terms of animation. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B6ZK-KqYkZA69sbK5ve_uJ7PV4PMjjJnqOL6C0Hay30/edit?usp=sharing (14,968 words) Special thanks to @MCKillswitch123 @cookie and @4815162342 for pre-reading. I’d also like to thank @Reddroast for letting me use Doctor Doom and Mole Man. As well as @Spaghetti and @Wondy for bouncing an idea or two off them.

I want to apologize for the lack of activity during the week, I got distracted with some CAYOM projects I really wanted to finished and lost track of time, giving me not much to say on the other projects. The New Year Event will continue though Friday at 7:00 PM EST with more details and more of an in depth look.

Sorry some personal stuff happened yesterday I had to deal with. I’ll get some stuff up tonight.

Kay Cannon steps on the stage as the audience cheers. Cannon notes that Endless had been trying to get a Jump Street film of the ground joking that as a monopoly, they can only grow bigger. Cannon then notes that Irving is a huge fan of the series as they’re some of his favorite comedies and that they want to do it right, as she will now formally unveil Sisters of Jump Street. The cast is shown of one more time: Mandip Gill Kristen Stewart Jason Mantazoukas Donald Glover Tiffany Haddish Karl Urban Jillian Bell Nick Offerman Leslie Jones Anna Akana Gill and Stewart then head off on stage in police garb as they exchange witty banter, the audience loves and laughs. Gill notes that the film in a lot of ways follows the traditional Jump Street formula, as the now cancelled Ice Cube said “Infiltrate the dealer, find the damn supplier” but with a few new tricks. Stewart notes other than that the women are taking the lead now, the film is more satirical than the other films, as the new summary is shown. ”Detective Aalia Baig (Mandip Gill), is a reserved, highly successful but often under-appreciated forensics analyst as well as detective from the FBI. Aalia’s world is turned around as she finds herself downsized. Looking for work, Aalia is picked up by Jump Street who need her skills for a new case involving a potentially corrupt yet American-renowned police academy, where this time the police are actually the dealers, giving a new strain of drugs to minority dominated neighborhoods. Aalia soon partners up with lead undercover cop as well as uncontrollable hotshot Seraphine Jones (Kristen Stewart) as the two must learn to get along as they attempt to take down some corrupt pigs, and an even more corrupt plot.” Cannon goes into some more details about the casts as Nick Offerman and Jillian Bell will reprise their roles from the previous installments. Tiffany Haddish plays Captain Briggs, the new head of Jump Street who is known for her love of partying and being the most driven Captain in Jump Street history. Though she has come into work drunk a few times... Donald Glover plays an undisclosed role but is said to be a character that Aalia befriends who is a known activist as well as valuable source of help on the mission. Karl Urban plays Captain Steele, the head of the most prestigious police academy in the USA, the Shining Elite. Unfortunately, a clip isn’t ready but Sisters of Jump Street come to theaters May 10th, Y8.

We head back to the Endless Entertainment festival as CEO and founder Xavier B. Irving steps on the stage. Irving notes that Endless Entertainment has a lot of titles scheduled for Y8 and beyond, and as we know Endless makes a lot of films. For the Endless Entertainment Y8 slate, the studio has 5 hits the audience will see tonight being: Static Shock: The Metahuman Agenda, The Wild Thornberrys, Sisters of Jump Street, Total Drama and Green Arrow: The Ninth Circle. Irving says Y9/Y10 news will be pushed to tomorrow as New Years Day has been strenuous and people are celebrating today.

And the guy who ruined Voltron directing 😬

EAA also has two films for Y11. - Genndy Tartakovsky (the Imagine? trilogy) will be helming a sci-fi steampunk western titled Rust, which is about a cyborg cowboy who has a large bounty on his head winding up in the town of Rust. - Aaron McGruder (The Boondocks, Black Jesus) will make a social satire titled Coding. The project is unrelated to Agents of CHANGE, and is not an action film but more of a dramedy. That is it for EA and EAA’s slate, tomorrow we take a look at what Endless Entertainment is brewing.

For Spring Y11, Jorge R. Gutierrez (The Book of Life, Emmy Award winning El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera) is also returning with a new film. Gutierrez says he doesn’t have much new news but can give a little plot, explain that it takes place in Latin America where a fractured family of treasure hunters (Pedro Pascal (Wonder Woman 1984, The Mandalorian), Maria Canals-Barrera (Wizards of Waverly Place, Justice League), Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine Nine), Anthony Gonzalez (Coco)) are given a chance to find their lost heirloom of their family. The film is said to be a take on adventure movies such as Shrek was to fairy tales or Kung Fu Panda was to wuxia films. Holiday Y11, Ian-Jones Quartery has a special films that may delight fans of a certain franchise.

Summer Y10 brings us a new original from Josie Trinidad. Trinidad notes that this film is basically Endless Animation’s attempt at a Pixar like film, as she shows the title of the film: Dreamcatcher. Using a lavish, water colored themed traditional animation, Dreamcatcher invites us to a world where our dreams and nightmares exist in a separate plain of reality as Dreamcatchers act as vanguards of the dream dimensions, protecting us from dreams both good or bad that could seep into our reality. The twist is a sudden surge of people left without dreams or nightmare, as a Dreamcatcher must investigate the cause of this.

On March 27th, Y10, Endless Animation will end the Imagine? trilogy with the last film in the saga, Will You Imagine?. Genndy Tartakovsky returns to write and direct the film. While plot details are scarce, the film takes place in the traditionally animated “real” world mostly as the computer animated characters from Imagiland come to the real world. The film deals with an young adult Ethan (Timothee Chalamet) as he faces the cusp of adulthood as he is now in college attempting to find a new path for himself as suddenly the creatures from Imagiland start to leak into real life. The majority of the old cast will return for the film. Unfortunately there’s not much else to say about the project.

Back to the Endless Animation side, we now are getting a look at their Y10 slate as Jeniffer Yuh Nelson steps on the stage. Nelson notes while this film is third of the Endless Animation films set for Y10, this is the one we’re most excited about.

EAA also has a major surprise for Y10, as we see plethora of directors step on stage from Taylor K Shaw, Genndy Tartakovsky, Dana Terrace, Michaël Dudok de Wit, Christian Desmares, Pixote Hunt, Kemp Powers and Nora Twomey step on stage, Shaw reveals the next project is an interesting one, revealing it to be an anthology film with 8 segments titled Mind, Body and Soul. Inspired by the likes of Fantasia, especially Y5’s Fantasia: The Third Dimension, these shorts will all tell stories based on the human experience, some more realistic detailing a simple meet cute that lead to a new relationship to the more bizzare like having a clone of yourself. A key thing to note is that each one of the eight segments has a different set of music, a different genre for each short ranging from classical to rock to hip hop. Mind, Body and Soul will come to theaters early Y10.

The next EAA film is also for Y9, but is said to be much smaller scaled and more psychological engaging as Henry Selick steps on the stage. Selick notes it’s the third film of Endless Animation’s partnership with Laika and be the first film he has directed since 2009’s Coraline but he’s not doing the project alone. Jordan Peele steps on the stage as it’s revealed he’s producing the project through Monkeypaw Productions. Peele reveals that the film is an adaptation and reimagining of the classic story Sleepy Hollow. Selick reveals that the film is aiming for an R rating and takes place oddly enough during the modern day. Selick says that the lead is played by Michael B Jordan, as his character, an acclaimed book-writer, finds himself after a car accident, in the town of Sleepy Hollow, which is seemingly a slice of old school Americana but peaceful and almost utopia. seemingly out of place. Jordan’s character finds himself stuck there through some sort of curse as he finds himself both intrigued and terrified with the town as he struggles with his sanity. Sleepy Hollow aims for October Y9.

Now the spotlight take places for Endless Animation’s more mature sister division, Endless Animation Alternative who has two projects for Y9, as COO Genndy Tartakovsky, who is also a member of the Endless Animation Brain Trust stands on the stage. Tartakovsky notes the EAA will do a mix of high budgeted films to more lower budgeted indies as Tartakovsky expresses excitement over the company as adult animation is plentiful in CAYOM noting hits like The End of The Universe or To The Moon or Laika. EAA hopes to rest the boundaries of animation with multiple genres and different stories to tell. The first film for Y9 is My Hero Academia: One For All, with Peter Ramsey directing. Ramsey notes the film has a $200M budget, and uses the Award winning Worldmeander animation to replicate the art style of the anime. Ramsey noted this was the first film to be chosen under the branch due to the scope and action, as Ramsey notes while yes it’s a superhero film, he likens it more to a coming of age story or a sports story due to the subject. The plot and cast remain the same as Ramsey drops a clip: My Hero Academia comes to theaters August Y9.

The next project for Y9 is more interesting as Everett Downing and Brian Larsen walk on stage, as they note how unpredictable the future is, no CAYOM animated film has dealt with what they think the near future will be. Larsen notes Framework had some story problems but Downing and him have been working on a new version: They Call Me B.O.Y. Inspired by Pinocchio, Wall-E and Astro Boy, as well as drafts from the story Framework, the story takes place about 500 years into the future, two centuries after the end of the world in a now utopian society of Paradise Plaza. Our story takes place with our heroine, Ko (Ayo Edebiri), a struggling inventor and current technology thief trying to make her way in life, stumbles upon a state of the art robot that looks almost human and is capable of human emotions and thoughts dubbed Bio-Mechanical Operational Youth or B.O.Y. for short, who is lost both literally and an amnesiac. Seeing it as a way to make some cash, Ko decides to help B.O.Y. get home as they navigate the different districts of Paradise Plaza as well as help the young robot find his place in the world along the way. However, things aren’t always what they appear as B.O.Y. holds a dark secret that can change the face of society. While an actor is still being surveyed for B.O.Y., the cast of the film includes John Oliver, Nathan Fillion, Jeff Goldblum, Angela Bassett, Kelly Marie Tran, and Danny Pudi. They Call Me B.O.Y. comes to theaters July 11th, Y9.

As Y9 slate begins, Daniel Chong (We Bare Bears) and Kevin Lima (Tarzan, Enchanted) step on stage as they talk about their next film. Lima notes that Endless Animation has dying for a crack at another musical and they took inspiration from one of the most magical and chaotic places on Earth: New York City. Chong notes like Super Mario Bros, it also is a story about immigration. Chong reveals the title as Downtown. Lima says that New York City is not just home to humans but also is the dimensional platform between Earth and the magical realm home to all man made myths from pixies, mermaids, griffins, vampires, you name it. Rose (Eva Noblezada) is our main protagonist who family owns a restaurant for generations. Rose is an extremely talented chef but longs for a career on Broadway, singing and dancing. On a food delivery night, Rose finds herself in a part of downtown she never knew existed, a magical hotspot that has all sort of unimaginable creatures, as she finds herself singing in a magical nightclub. Rose soon bounds with the various creatures in the city as Rose helps them learn to enjoy New York. The cast has a wide range of actors and actresses - Tituss Burgress (Central Park, Ms. Blakk 4 President) plays a satyr who acts as sort of the tollbooth worker between the magical realm and New York City. - Madalen Mills (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey), who plays a youthful spirit who longs to be alive. - Melissa Barrera (In The Heights, Vida) plays the librarian of the secret town who is a green skinned witch - Patti Lupone (Steven Universe, American Horror Story) plays an undisclosed role - Gael Garcia Barnel (Bad Education, Coco) plays an undisclosed role - Keegan Michael Key (Key and Peele, Storks) as Screwslash, a sentient almost LEGO like action figure who longs for glorious battle - Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon, Once on This Island) plays Aiko, Rose’s mother and matriarch of the family - Andrew Rannelis (Big Mouth, Girls, The Book of Mormon) plays the main villain, a greedy landlord who aims to seize control of Rose’s family restaurant who holds a shocking secret. Chong says this is Endless Animation’s second musical after Medusa as John Legend and Phillip Lawrence will write the songs. Downtown heads into theaters, April 4th, Y9

Lauren MacMullan (The Simpsons Movie, Academy Award winning Get A Horse!) makes her directorial debut with The Untitle-able Squirrel Girl Sequel. MacMullan thanks the crowd for the applause as she notes the trouble production behind Squirrel Girl, noting the sequel was originally a musical focused on Dana but the plot was messy and too complicated. MacMullan noted the mixed reception of Should You Imagine? sent the crew scrambling to rewrite, and she was bought in to direct, and bought on the writer of the Squirrel Girl comics, Ryan North to help with the script. North noted the best idea was to angle it Squirrel Girl as MacMullan realized bigger and better would not work for the sequel, as they would risk telling a similar story and Squirrel Girl already accomplished her goals in the first film. Inspired by underrated superhero movies, the emotional Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and the surprisingly subversive spoof Megamind, MacMullan decided to have the sequel focus on Squirrel Girl’s slowly growing fatigue with the superhero work as well as the aspect of her human alter ego, Doreen Green as the film acts as a character analysis for the titular hero, and debates the values of a hero. MacMullan notes the film still has the same heart, humor and action of the first but is more reserved at times leading to a different beast of a film. MacMullan notes the new summary below: “After being a superhero for half her life, the now 30 year old Squirrel Girl (Academy Award winner Anna Kendrick) has it all. She’s gotten the respect she deserved, a plethora of friends such as Dana (Taissa Farmiga) and won the heart of her longtime crush Speedball (Daniel Henney) and most importantly, learned to love herself, warts and all, and the world is at 75% world peace. But like any sequel, Squirrel Girl has new trials to face, as she suddenly starts to grow weary of the superhero gig as she suffers an unexpected accident during a simple fire rescue. Squirrel Girl soon discovers a conspiracy behind Melissa Morbeck (Kelly Hu), beloved trillionaire and business empire owner, and the new energy source MoEnergy being used for weaponry to take over the world. In order to stop Melissa’s plot, Squirrel Girl must face her old desires and past, as she returns to her old campus, Empire State University, in disguise as her abandoned alter ego, Doreen Green, as she meets new allies such as the new heroine Alchemist (Golshifteh Farahani (Notorious, gen: LOCK)) who can take on attributes of any compound or element she touches and Nancy Whitehead (Vanessa Morgan) who shares Doreen’s passion for heroics and optimism, as she forms a team with them including Dana, Speedball and trusted squirrel friends Monkey Joe (Lil’ Rel Howery) and Tippy Toe (Samantha Ireland) to take down Melissa as Squirrel Girl attempts to figure out who she is.” MacMullan shows a new clip: The Untitle-able Squirrel Girl Sequel comes to theaters in 3D, Dolby Cinema and IMAX, December 20th, Y8

Thurop Van Orman steps on the stage, humorously wearing a school uniform that doesn’t fit him, as he announces the next project for Y8, Naughty Little Monsters which was formerly known as Naughty!, it’s the second film in Endless Animation’s partnership with Laika as well as stop motion animated. Tim Burton (The Nightmare Before Christmas) will executive produce as Dan Harmon (Community, Monster House) and Alex Hirsch (Starlight, Gravity Falls) will help write the script with Orman. Orman notes that production is going well, and said rewrites were done to make it even scarier, more so than his outfit. 11 year old Xavier Bitton (Keith L. Williams (Good Boys)) is pretty well mannered yet socially unremarkable. However, Xavier always had a plan for everything, whether it was his homework or his plan to go to Ivy League schools or his plan to wear down a date in five years in time for prom. Xavier has his eyes set on going to summer camp in order to make more friends. However, Xavier takes the wrong bus and winds up at Waylon’s Reform Camp for Wayward and Naughty Children, described as “Guantanamo Bay” mixed with the most evil element of all; a prep school, where “the worst of the worst” are sent to be reformed and punished until they’re cured, led by a fairly psychotic headmaster, Headmaster Waylon (Kelsey Grammar). Wanting to flee, Xavier forms an unlikely partnership with tweenage pickpocket and scam artist Roxxi (Ella Jay Basco), who has tried escaping the island multiple summers, as the two form a crew to do the ultimate prison break, while Xavier accidentally stumbles upon a deadly conspiracy that may endanger childhood all together. Xavier must learn to adapt as we all learn whether naughty or nice, kids will be kids. Orman shows a new clip. Naughty comes to theaters September 6th Y8.

Matthew A. Cherry steps onto the stage as he talks about the lack of diversity in Hollywood, and was glad that Endless Animation decided to take a chance on Meeka. Meeka is the first CAYOM animation with an all black cast and all black crew. Cherry notes that Meeka has an impressive crew of black filmmakers, including Everett Downing (Hotel Transylvania 2) as the co-director, and writing the script alongside Cherry is animated television guru Ian Jones-Quartey (Steven Universe, O.K. KO: Let’s Be Heroes) and Black Women Animate head, Taylor K. Shaw. Cherry notes all three have directing projects with either Endless Animation or Endless Animation Alternative which will be revealed later today. Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Creed, Space Jam: A New Legacy) and Cherry’s partner on Hair Love, Monica A. Young (Hair Love) will produce, as Disney veteran Bruce W Smith (The Proud Family, The Princess and The Frog), who Cherry argues is the best animated Disney Channel show designing the characters. Cherry notes that Meeka developed from The Neighborhood as his own terms, as Cherry notes it was sweet but generic, and didn’t really show as much black culture as they wanted so Cherry was inspired by works of unused Endless Animation scripts and made Meeka. Cherry notes the plot is still largely the same: In an alternate Earth, the Kisilan Peninsula was a lush set of four islands filled with lush jungles, breathtaking seas and like any good fantasy, brimming with magical energy and creatures. The people struggled to survive but the African Goddess Isis (Lupita Nyong’o) herself gifted the people with the gift to harness magic for societal good. Unfortunately, overtime, man got greedy for more power of magic, which attracted the worst in people, creating the four tribes (the warrior tribe Zuloji, the diplomatic and inventive Ufanolo, the spiritual Rohad, and the farming tribe Mu’ku) which lead to a tribal war that spawned decades. After the war, the tribes divided as the nefarious and powerful Hofu (Khary Payton), whose origins are said to be unknown, using the division and turmoil to his advantage, creating a powerful spell that stole the magic of others and to control the beasts. During Hofu’s reign, he slaughtered the Rohad tribe and ruled through fear. Isis returned, sacrificed herself to seal Hofu and herself away in the ethereal plane, causing a magical shockwave, causing the people’s ability to use magic to go dormant. 2,000 years later, the tribes are mostly coexisting but tension still is alive. Our story focuses on the headstrong and kind-hearted Meeka (Skai Jackson) is a 16 year old member of the Mu’ku, daughter to Prince Jomo (Mahershala Ali), the Mu’ku’s lead farmer. Meeka is the only person on the island who can harness magic, making her beloved by the people on her island. Meeka enjoys living the simple life with her pet of unknown origins: Kivu (who is the size of black housecat with eagle like wings) and her best friend, the boisterous heir prince and her cousin, the witty Jabari (Caleb McLaughlin), having fun and helping her island. However, during an accident, Meeka accidentally releases Hofu from his prison, as well as learn Isis is her ancestor. Meeka must assemble a team of different tribespeople to reach the burial grounds of Isis, said to have Isis in ancient slumber before Hofu can kill Isis. But Meeka must travel through a land of beasts and dangerous creatures, learn more about the past of the island, as well as struggling to keep tensions between her crew at a standstill and her newly changing ideals about her world and people. Meeka is said to portray themes such as religion, faith and class throughout the story, says Cherry, as well as pushing the boundaries of a PG rating, noting the Amulet series as an example. Cherry also notes the most interesting thing is that Meeka is different from other Endless Animation heroes and heroines as she is a very headstrong and beloved figure, as well as her impulsiveness is the key to her problems. Cherry shows a clip. Meeka arrives 5/31/Y8 in 3D and Dolby Cinema.

We start the presentations off with the updated Endless Entertainment logo. We start with the camera film coming out of a projector, each piece of film is a scene from a popular movie they made (Gateways, Green Lantern Corps: Home, Static Shock, Off-Road, Thirsty, Can You Imagine?, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Kingdom of The Sun and Lilo and Stitch) at fast speed. We see the camera film form an infinity symbol and bronze letters spelling Endless Entertainment below. The film turns to a pure black and we go inside the film. The crowd goes nuts for the logo. Cheers are heard in every corner of the room. CEO of Endless Entertainment, Xavier B. Irving, walks on stage shaking hands with some of the people up front. Xavier thanks everyone for coming and is visibly excited to show everyone the Y8 and beyond slate. Irving notes Y7 bought a lot of success with hits like Should You Imagine?, Green Lantern Corps: Home, Toons v Reality and Plastic-Man. Irving notes though that as a whole, reception was mixed but aims to alleviate that in coming years by keeping the traditions audiences love while breathing new exciting life into their projects. Irving will start their presentation with the crown jewel of the studios; their animation arm as Irving introduces the new members of Endless Animation’s Brain Trust. Matthew A. Cherry (Academy Award winning Hair Love, the upcoming Meeka) Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2, Spark: A Hero’s Promise, the upcoming Green Lantern Corps: Evolution and the upcoming The Valkyries vs The Galaxy) Jorge R. Gutierrez (Emmy Award winner El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, The Book of Life) Genndy Tartakovsky (the Can You Imagine trilogy) Josie Trinidad (Academy Award winning Zootopia, Wreck it Ralph) Meg LeFauve (Academy Award winning Inside Out, Medusa) Chris McKay (Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive, The Lego Batman Movie) McKay takes the lead and thanks the audience, as they’ll now be giving an in-depth look at the slates of Endless Animation and the upcoming adult branch in Y9, Endless Animation Alternative. Combined, the studios hope to make 3 films a year. Year 8 sneak peaks will arrive in a few minutes.

Psst. We’re doing some announcements today a bit earlier. 1:30 PM EST.

Not even in the CAYOM world does that seem feasible.

Celestials told them to stay out of it is my guess.

Hello, I’m back: Soul - I think some minor things are flawed but this is Pixar at its most intellectual. It is visually stunning, excellently scored, well written and probably my top 5 Pixar. I also appreciate the blackness of this as I’ve been waiting 16 years when I first became a Pixar fan where the lead yknow looks like me. A Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey: This is probably the best musical since Moana for me and probably one of the best modern Christmas classics. It’s familiar in terms of set up but from the score to the music to the characters wins me over. A- Wonder Woman 1984 - While I admire the films boldness and there’s some elements I like, like Pascal as Maxwell Lord, and Gadot as Diana and I think Jenkins probably does the best job at sincerity in a live action CBM since Guardians 2, I still think the film is really messy and overlong and a lot of problematic details drag it down for me. That said I’m glad they tried something. C+

12/31 at 7:00 PM EST - Endless Animation/Endless Animation Alternative - A look at Y8 through Y11 1/1 at 7:00 PM EST - Endless Entertainment Y8/Y9 Showcase 1/2 at 7:00 PM EST - Infinite Studios Y8/Y9 Showcase