Thanksgiving has always been a big weekend for animated features. Even last year, during the first holiday season of the pandemic, DreamWorks’ “The Croods: A New Age” earned $14.3 million from Wednesday through Sunday in about half the number of theaters (2,200) it probably would’ve been in under normal circumstances. Pre-COVID, Disney often used the […]
The 60th Walt Disney Animation Studios feature “Encanto” opens in theaters on November 24th. I spoke with directors Byron Howard & Jared Bush (Oscar winners for “Zootopia”) and co-director Charise Castro Smith for this Animation Scoop Q&A. ——————————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at […]