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having ignited an explosion of African-influenced pop culture in Western markets, there’s never been a more opportune time to get kids hooked on their new favorite hero, Kirikou! Super-fast, super-smart, super-tiny, and super-naked, he may not be the most physically imposing specimen, but he can save the day with the best of them. Not to mention that he’s got a theme song to rival Spider-Man’s, courtesy of Senegalese great Youssou N’Dour.
In Michel Ocelot’s gorgeously line-drawn fantasia
Kirikou And The Sorceress, our hero begins his exploits as a fetus demanding to be freed from his mother’s womb, possessed of a hunger for life before he’s even begun his. He carries that indefatigable spirit into his self-assigned calling to return bounty and serenity to his once-lush village, now plagued by a drought and the malevolent, magnificent witch Karaba. This quest plays out like an episodic series of herculean tasks, accomplished throug
Peter Rabbit 2 Hops Into Theaters Earlier Than Expected
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In a sign of optimism, Sony Pictures plans to release “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway” on the big screen earlier than anticipated.
The animated sequel, which was originally scheduled for June, will now arrive in movie theaters on May 14.
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Though the U.S. box office has been slow to return amid the pandemic, films geared toward family audiences have been among the most commercially successful. “Tom and Jerry,” an animated kids movie from Warner Bros., debuted to $14 million last weekend, ranking as the second-best opening of the coronavirus era. Universal’s “The Croods: A New Age” has also been a popular draw, generating $52 million to date. Disney is unveiling “Raya and the Last Dragon,” a cartooned fantasy adventure, in theaters and on Disney Plus for a premium price on March 5.
Cats Don’t Dance.
Technically,
Cats Don’t Dance was only
distributed by Warner Bros.; it was the sole full feature produced by Turner Animation before a merger absorbed the nascent studio into its new corporate parent. But it’s extremely compatible with Warner’s history, not least because it features at least a dozen caricatures of the types of Old Hollywood celebrities that used to dot classic Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. It’s even set in 1939, right around the creation of Bugs and Daffy, in an alternate Hollywood where talking animals intermingle with human stars, though they aren’t ever given leading roles. Danny (Scott Bakula) isn’t aware of this limitation, so he takes the bus from his Indiana hometown all the way to Hollywood with visions of becoming a feline movie star.
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Godzilla vs. Kong Sets China Release Date Ahead of U.S. Debut
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Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment’s “Godzilla vs. Kong” has set a China release date of March 26, five days ahead of its U.S. debut in theaters and on streaming.
The past two installments of the franchise have made more money in China than in North America, and with U.S. cinemas still closed in much of the country and taking a continuous beating from the COVID-19 pandemic, the same can be expected for the latest Adam Wingard-directed title.
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Its China release, which will almost assuredly be its largest theatrical outing globally, comes amid beef between Legendary, a subsidiary of China’s Wanda Group, and Warner Bros., its U.S. distributor. The former threatened legal action against the latter over its decision to release all of its 2021 films on HBO Max day-and-date with their theatrical debut. Warner Bros. had exacerbating bad blood b