Sing | Dec. 21, 2016 | Illumination | Beats Moana domestic. The McConaissance Continues

[MinaTakla]

Love it! 

 

[MinaTakla]

Chris Meledandri to Get Venice Film Fest Tribute

 

The founder of Illumination Entertainment will be feted on the Lido for his contribution to animated films.

Chris Meledandri is slated to receive a special tribute at the upcoming Venice International Film Festival in September, organizers announced Wednesday. The Academy Award-nominated founder and CEO of Illumination Entertainment will be recognized for his contribution to the world of animated films.

Meledandri is responsible for the Despicable Me, Ice Age and animated Dr. Seuss franchises, which have collectively grossed almost $6 billion worldwide. With Illumination, he has an exclusive financing and distribution partnership with Universal Pictures.

The Venice tribute will kick off with the Italian premiere of Illumination’s latest picture, The Secret Life of Pets. The global box-office hit is set to open Oct. 6 in Italy.

Meledandri will participate in a public conversation with festival attendees, which will end with exclusive footage from Illumination’s upcoming movie Sing. A dapper koala (voiced by Matthew McConaughey) who has fallen on hard times must restore his once-grand theater in a world entirely inhabited by animals. Sing is set to bow Dec. 21 in the U.S. and also stars Scarlett Johansson, Leslie Jones and Reese Witherspoon.

[RandomCat]

Not gonna lie...I'm really looking forward to this movie. It looks like fun.

[cannastop]

11 minutes ago, MinaTakla said:

Chris Meledandri to Get Venice Film Fest Tribute

 

OK, now this surprises me. I never thought the highbrow Venice Film Festival would acknowledge Chris Meledandri.

[MinaTakla]

Just now, cannastop said:

OK, now this surprises me. I never thought the highbrow Venice Film Festival would acknowledge Chris Meledandri.

He deserves it imo. One of the animation genuises today. Apparently they will screen Pets and several exclusive clips from SING before it hits TIFF. 

[cannastop]

4 hours ago, Baumer said:

 

 

Sing seriously looks good to me .

If you end up liking Sing, I know of another talking animal cartoon that might interest you.

[ShinyDave]

1 minute ago, MinaTakla said:

He deserves it imo. One of the animation genuises today. Apparently they will screen Pets and several exclusive clips from SING before it hits TIFF. 

He's certainly one of the most important figures in animated film history. I think his importance is primarily commercial though - not even in terms of "his films aren't that good but they make megabucks" (there's definitely arguments either way on his films' quality!), but the fact he's managed to create hit after hit without a massive budget. DM, DM2, and Minions cost only slightly more combined than the average recent Pixar movie!

[MinaTakla]

I forgot to mention I may be attending Venice this year. So if that happens, I'll report on Chris' session and the first look at SING for this lovely forum

Oh and on ARRIVAL too:)

[cannastop]

Randomly saw a commercial for this on the Olympics. They're advertising really early.

[Morieris]

If the advertising is as thorough and persistent as it was for SLOP, I will actually be hyped instead of deeply annoyed. The singing so far sounds wonderful - don't really care if it's the actual actors or not.

[WrathOfHan]

45 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Randomly saw a commercial for this on the Olympics. They're advertising really early.

That's what happens when a studio and network are owned by the same company

[AniNate]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

That's what happens when a studio and network are owned by the same company

 

Irrespective of the network they'd be advertising this early. That's what Illumination does.

 

Anyway, the ads have had more of a charm to them than the trailers. But the animal conceit still feels pointless

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, tribefan695 said:

 

Irrespective of the network they'd be advertising this early. That's what Illumination does.

 

Anyway, the ads have had more of a charm to them than the trailers. But the animal conceit still feels pointless

These ads have done nothing for me, the movie still looks like trash. These TIFF reviews better prove me wrong.

[AniNate]

Maybe it's just because I like Victorious better than any of the previous songs they'd been using

[cannastop]

16 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

That's what happens when a studio and network are owned by the same company

It would be cool to see Moana ads on ESPN.

[AniNate]

1 minute ago, cannastop said:

It would be cool to see Moana ads on ESPN.

 

Careful what you wish for

 

 

[cannastop]

I now officially like this movie because it introduced me to this song:

 

 

 

It's not actually a well-known song from M.I.A. as it appeared on The Partysquad Summer Mixtape 2014.

[cannastop]

OK, but this seriously looks a lot like Zootopia. If there was a fox in this movie, Disney would probably sue. In fact, they probably purposely avoided foxes because they knew about Zootopia.

[MovieMan89]

28 minutes ago, cannastop said:

OK, but this seriously looks a lot like Zootopia. If there was a fox in this movie, Disney would probably sue. In fact, they probably purposely avoided foxes because they knew about Zootopia.

This looks absolutely nothing like Zootopia to me, unless you're gonna argue every talking animal movies looks like Zootopia. Has a way different look, tone, and plot from the looks of the trailers. If A Bug's Life and Antz could co-exist in similar release windows, Sing and Zootopia surely can. 

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

This looks absolutely nothing like Zootopia to me, unless you're gonna argue every talking animal movies looks like Zootopia. Has a way different look, tone, and plot from the looks of the trailers. If A Bug's Life and Antz could co-exist in similar release windows, Sing and Zootopia surely can. 

The Hippo, Bull, Pig and Elephant characters all have a striking resemblance to each other in both movies. Plus, they're all living in a city, so you can find a lot of superficial similarities right there.

Edited August 12, 2016 by cannastop