Raya and the Last Dragon helmer Carlos López Estrada is set to direct the live-action remake remake of Makoto Shinkai’s acclaimed animated feature Your Name, and will rewrite the script based on an initial version from Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Eric Heisserer. López Estrada is an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker best known for his films Blindspotting, Summertime, […]
Live-action Your Name movie finds new director
Last year it was announced that Paramount Pictures, Bad Robot Productions and Toho are teaming for a live-action adaptation of Makoto Shinkai’s hit 2016 anime feature Your Name, and now THR is reporting that filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) has signed on to direct. The film follows “a young woman living in a rural area […]
Marc Webb to direct live-action anime adaptation Your Name
Deadline is reporting that (500) Days of Summer and The Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb has signed on to direct a live-action reimagining of the 2016 Japanese anime feature Your Name for Paramount Pictures, Bad Robot and Toho. According to the site, the new film is being scripted by Eric Heisserer (Bird Box) and will […]
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot to adapt hit anime Your Name as live-action feature
Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot have announced that they are teaming up with Toho Co. Ltd to produce a live-action version of the hit Japanese anime feature Your Name, tapping Oscar-nominated screenwriter Eric Heisserer (Arrival) to pen the script. Created, written, and directed by Makoto Shinkai, Your Name tells the story of a teenage […]
When Will Animation Get the Respect It Deserves?
Henry Bevan wants to know when animation will get the respect it deserves… With the live-action Beauty and the Beast breaking records this weekend, it appears Disney’s animated classics are still cherished. Yet, as the original was the first animated film nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award, the remake’s success also highlights how Hollywood, and the […]
Movie Review – Your Name (2016)
Your Name, 2016. Directed by Makoto Shinkai. Featuring the voice talents of Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi and Madami Nagasawa. SYNOPSIS: A teenage boy and girl from different parts of Japan randomly wake up in each other’s bodies, with no idea why. Before watching Your Name, the only other Makoto Shinkai film I was familiar with […]
A record 27 films submitted for the Best Animated Feature Oscar
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced that a record 27 movies have been submitted for consideration for the Best Animated Feature Oscar at the 89th Academy Awards: The Angry Birds Movie April and the Extraordinary World Bilal Finding Dory Ice Age: Collision Course Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV Kubo and the Two […]
