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Animation Scoop: ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ Q&A

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“The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” is a new animated action drama feature in theaters nationwide starting Dec. 13. It’s directed by Kenji Kamiyama, who shares ‘precious’ details about making the film in this Animation Scoop Q&A. —————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment […]
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Warner Bros. Ready for Animation Restart

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Warner Bros. has a new President of Feature Animation. It’s former DreamWorks Animation CCO Bill Damaschke. And he’s determined to make WB as much of an animation powerhouse as DreamWorks, Disney, Pixar, Illumination and Sony. Warner Animation Group kicked-off in 2014 with blockbuster “The LEGO Movie” and found major success with spinoff “The LEGO Batman […]
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WAG Hits Milestone with “Super-Pets”

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“DC League of Super-Pets” (opening next Thursday July 28th) is the 10th release from Warner Animation Group. The studio kicked-off with a bang in February 2014 with blockbuster and critical and audience darling “The LEGO Movie”. WAG’s second film “Storks” arrived two and a half years later, in September 2016. It was a double dose […]
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‘An American Pickle’ Review

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The first major, narrative film to debut on HBO Max is an acquisition. Sony’s “An American Pickle” was originally set for a theatrical release. However, the studio decided to hand the distribution reigns over to Warner Bros. for an in-home, streaming premiere. This marks the second time this Summer (following “Greyhound”, which went to AppleTV+) […]
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Animation Scoop: Warner Bros. Cartoons Exhibit

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Check out my Animation Scoop piece on “The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons” exhibit. It’s at the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, MA through May 10th. ———————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews of new […]
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Coronavirus Won’t Impact WB Releases… Yet

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With “The Way Back” now in theaters, Warner Bros. Pictures has released their second film of 2020, following “Birds of Prey”… or rather “Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey”… or whatever it’s called now. But it also means we won’t be seeing the WB logo in theaters for more than two months. The studio’s next release […]
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Animation Scoop: WB ‘Get Animated’ Exhibit

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I recently visited the “Get Animated Invasion” pop-up store and exhibit in NYC which is dedicated to classic WB cartoons.   Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases. All together he has seen […]
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