It’s considered a busy year when a movie studio is able to release two animated movies. So what are we going to call 2013 for the Weinstein Company now that it’s been announced that the studio will be releasing four, yes FOUR animated films next year.
We already knew about “Escape From Planet Earth”, a CGI comedy due out next February, which includes the voice work of Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jessica Alba. It’s about an astronaut (Scorch Supernova) who gets into trouble when he responds to an SOS call from a mysterious planet.
But we can now add to that list:
– “Leo the Lion” – Aug. 30 – about a young vegetarian lion
– “The Trick or Treaters” – Oct. 25 – a Halloween tale about a young orphan girl
– “Santapprentice” – Dec. 6 – a Christmas story about a young orphan boy who is chosen to replace Santa
How is TWC putting-out so many animated films in such a short period of time? Empireonline.com reminds us:
Way back in the summer of 2007, The Weinstein Company announced a new deal between itself, The Gotham Group (“The Spiderwick Chronicles”)
and the Chungcheongnam-do Government of South Korea, to develop a new
slate of animated movies. These would appear to be the result.
Four animated films from the same studio in one year will be amazing, as long as they’re good. Let’s hope this isn’t a case of quantity over quality.