Smallfoot | 14 SEPTEMBER 2018 | Warner Animation | About a Yeti who believes humans are real. Written by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra. Sergio Pablos (“Despicable Me”) directing. Channing Tatum, Zendaya, and Gina Rodriguez

[Neo]

Director: Sergio Pablos

Writer: John Requa and Glenn Ficarra

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NEWS

Warner Bros. revs up animation development

[Neo]

predicts

[Neo]

WB is planning one animated movie a year starting with Lego in 2014 and then Storks in 2015.

[CJohn]

Lego will breakout. The rest will bomb.

[Neo]

Lego will breakout. The rest will bomb.

Wow. Without even knowing the premise of the others one. Need to understand what a bomb is.

[CJohn]

Wow. Without even knowing the premise of the others one. Need to understand what a bomb is.

:lol:I said that based on WB track record with animations.

[Neo]

:lol:I said that based on WB track record with animations.

That was the past, the future looks bright.

[grim22]

http://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/annecy-warner-animation-group-smallfoot-1201795420/

 

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As it puts more touches to plans for the ambitious first animation slate at its Warner Animation Group, Warner Bros. has set a release date of Spring 2018 for “Smallfoot,” its awaited second original animated feature.

News of “Smallfoot’s” dating comes as producer Brad Lewis used France’s Annecy Festival on June 14 to unveil seven sequences from “Storks,” WAG’s second movie and first original animated feature which hits U.S. cinemas on Sept. 23.

“Smallfoot” and “Storks” are two of six WAG movies now in various stages of production which will hit U.S. theaters in the next four-and-a-half years. That slate looks set to be the weightiest new addition to Hollywood animation from any studio in what’s left of the decade.

Lewis’ Annecy presentation, by far the biggest unveil to date of never-seen excerpts from “Storks” – just two-to-three minutes have been seen before in public, Lewis said – also served to underscore WAG’s development of a budding house-style, a distinctive zaniness channelling in particular the tone of its legacy Warner Bros. “Looney Tunes” heritage.

Flipping the myth of the Yeti on its head – it is now the hero, a Yeti, who believes humans really do exist – “Smallfoot” is written by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (“Crazy, Stupid, Love,” “Cats & Dogs”). It was developed from an original idea by Sergio Pablos (“Despicable Me”), who is also set to direct.

WAG is a “front-end” studio based in Los Angeles, handling story boarding, character design, concept art, editorial, story building and voice recording, said Christopher deFaria, Warner Bros. Pictures’ president, animation, digital production, and VFX.

 

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Heh, sounds cute.

[Jonwo]

Wonder if WB will move it to February 2nd, January 26th or even April 20th so there is breathing room against other animated competition

[Jake Gittes]

There's probably a Kal joke to be made here but I'm too lazy/sleepy to think of one

[cannastop]

I wonder how it will turn out. Sergio Pablos is a highly respected animator and designer, but he's never directed an animated feature before.

[Scubasteve716]

Idk if this is news worthy enough to bump but with Lego Batman I've been thinking more about this movie and it was just announced Larrikins is canceled so I imagine Smallfoot just added another 20-50 million.

 

Good news for me since I've liked the WB animated movies and hope they do more original stuff.

[Jonwo]

2 hours ago, Scubasteve716 said:

Idk if this is news worthy enough to bump but with Lego Batman I've been thinking more about this movie and it was just announced Larrikins is canceled so I imagine Smallfoot just added another 20-50 million.

 

Good news for me since I've liked the WB animated movies and hope they do more original stuff.

 

Depends if Captain Underpant moves to Larrikins slot but Smallfoot for now can stay put. 

 

I do want original WAG films to succeed because it would easy for WB to just concentrate on Lego and films based on their animated libraries.

[franfar]

The premise of this is cute. I could see this movie doing well.

[Eric Atreides]

http://deadline.com/2017/05/godzilla-vs-kong-game-night-tag-scooby-warner-bros-release-date-changes-1202083542/

 

Now moved to September 14, 2018.

[Jonwo]

Smallfoot moving to September does give it breathing room.

[NickDisney13]

Channing Tatum, Zendaya, and Gina Rodriguez Lead Voice Cast for Yeti Tale 'Smallfoot'

[Jonwo]

I assume Zendaya is the title character, interesting they've gone for a female yeti.

[YM!]

Sony Pictures Imageworks is doing the animation for this.

http://www.imageworks.com/about.php