All posts tagged "Illumination"
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North America
Cinesite Takes Majority Stake in ‘Cracké’ Studio Squeeze
August 2, 2022Animation & VFX studio Cinesite, which has recently marked its 30th anniversary, has announced it’s acquired...
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Features
‘DC League of Super-Pets’ Earns a $23M Box Office Treat
July 31, 2022The furred, hooved and shelled heroes of DC League of Super-Pets proved their mettle in spite of...
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Features
‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Becomes First $300M Toon Since COVID
July 26, 2022Illumination and Universal Picture’s fan-favorite fiends have accomplished another milestone! Minions: The Rise of Gru has...
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featured
Illumination’s ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Melts 4th-of-July B.O. Records
July 2, 2022C’est bananas! Universal/Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru proved to be a big triumph at the box...
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Digital Media
News Bytes: Marcel the Shell’s Movie Etiquette, Universal Bumps ‘Migration’, New ‘Paws of Fury’ Clips & More
June 29, 2022Cinema’s most adorable mollusk is lending an extra special touch to Alamo Drafthouse screenings of Marcel the...
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featured
Illumination’s Chris Meledandri on ‘Minions,’ Chris Pratt and the Toon Climate
June 20, 2022Illumination founder and producer of the upcoming Minions: The Rise of Gru discussed his new movie,...
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Features
Universal Pushes Back ‘Puss in Boots,’ ‘Super Mario’ Release Dates
April 26, 2022Shrek’s swashbuckling Cat-anova will be milking a few more months out of his ninth life, with...
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Festivals & Events
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards Honor ‘Encanto,’ ‘SpongeBob’ in Slimerrific Ceremony
April 10, 2022Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2022 was an epic night filled with a record-breaking 1,000 slimings on...
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Features
Three Cheers for Mini Boss! New ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Trailer, Poster Arrive
March 30, 2022This summer, from the biggest global animated franchise in history, comes the origin story of how...
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Festivals & Events
‘We the People’ Wins NAACP Award for Best Animated Show
February 24, 2022Netflix’s animated civics-lesson themed series We The People won the NAACP Image Award for Best Animated...
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Features
Illumination/Universal Set Dates for ‘Migration’ and ‘Despicable 4’
February 18, 2022Illumination and Universal have announced their release dates for their upcoming animated movies Migration (June 30,...
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Festivals & Events
Producers Guild and ACE Announce 2022 Nominees
January 27, 2022Awards season rolls on! Today, both the PGA and ACE award nominees were announced, perfectly mirroring...
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Features
Paramount Animation Picks Up Mel Brooks-Inspired ‘Blazing Samurai’
January 21, 2022The star-studded animated comedy feature Blazing Samurai has found a home with Paramount Animation, which has...
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People
People on the Move: New Paramount/Nick Toon Execs, Distinguished Honorees & More
January 20, 2022Ramsey Naito, President of Animation for Paramount and Nickelodeon, announced today two new creative leadership positions...
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Licensing
Stuff We Love: A Li’l Post-Holiday Retail Therapy
January 16, 2022Back in a Snap: Everyone’s favorite spooky family is back in a cursed cross-country adventure! MGM...
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Features
‘Sing 2’ Serenades Audiences as Top-Grossing Toon of the Pandemic
January 10, 2022Illumination has scored another franchise box-office hit in spite of Omicron spikes, as Sing 2 continues to...
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North America
‘Sing 2’ Takes to Streaming Stage in Vudu Family Movie Lineup
January 5, 2022Starting this Friday, January 7, Sing 2, the new chapter in Illumination’s smash animated franchise starring...
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Festivals & Events
Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges to Keynote 4th BRIC Summit
January 5, 2022The BRIC Foundation, dedicated to increasing representation in the entertainment and gaming industries, today announced the...
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Features
Sony’s ‘Spider-Man,’ and Disney’s ‘Encanto’ Top 2021’s Box Office Charts
December 30, 2021With only a couple of days left of 2021, we thought it was a good time...
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Features
‘Sing 2’ and ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Enliven Christmas Box Office
December 27, 2021The Christmas 2021 box-office proved to be a lucrative one for Sony’s blockbuster’s hit Spider-Man: No...
