Skydance Animation Discussion

[Rainberry]

Hopefully soon. I think the latest sketches I posted were these, but rest assured I have a lot of content,  in various forms of completion, banked away.

That was four years ago.  You really need to start putting new stuff up.  Essentially to the public, your series has been over with all this time.

[MasterXtreme]

Looks like Skydance's latest film has come out on Netflix.  SPELLBOUND.

Another female lead. This one isn't as curvy.

[Wolfwood]

^ Looks good to me.  Fun for kids.

[Wolfwood]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 45% of 40 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "Spellbound makes for harmless viewing thanks to its colorful animation and clever moral, but this fairy tale can't quite summon any real charm." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 54 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

During the November 18–24 viewing window, Spellbound secured its #3 position in Netflix's top series, accumulating 8.5 million views within its first three days. It went up to the #2 position, garnering 15.3 million views the following week (November 25–December 1).

According to Luminate Film & TV Streaming Viewership, the film ranked as the #2 and #3 most-watched streaming original film in the U.S. for the weeks of November 22–28 and November 29–December 5, respectively.

[Wolfwood]

The next film they are working on is called Pookoo by Nathan Greno, American film director, story artist, and writer best known as the co-director of Walt Disney Animation Studios' film, Tangled (2010).  He joined Skydance in 2018.

[FoxTail]

New film announced to be made by Skydance Animation called, "Ray Gunn."  At this point no other info has been released. It is an original story and idea by Brad Bird.

He is the man behind cult classics like The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille.

[Silverwing]

He has good ideas.  I hope it's good. Three of my most favorite movie's happen to all be written by him. 

[Bumble]

He is a good writer.  Hopefully it's a success.

[FoxTail]

I'm guessing a space sci-fy based on the name,

[Sniffles]

I'm guessing a space sci-fy based on the name,

It really does.  it makes me think of like 80's stuff and RoboCop.

[MasterXtreme]

A single photo of the new film POOKOO has been revealed.  It is on IMDB and other movie websites.  It will be a Netflix original by Nathan Greno.

https://www.movieinsider.com/m18635/pookoo

[Bumble]

Skydance is in talks with a possible merger with Paramount.

[Wolfwood]

Wow, seems like they might become a major huge company if they merge.  That happened fast.  Their animation certainly is good.

[Silverwing]

Paramount made a better offer over Netflix to buy Warner Brothers-Discovery. With Netflix gone from negotiations, the stage is officially set for a gargantuan merger of some of Hollywood's biggest companies ever at $110 billion! What can we expect from Paramount Warner Bros Discovery? This would probably mean a lot of cost cutting and Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon would actually no longer be competitors as they would be under the same company!

Thoughts?

[Anyponedrawn]

Ray Gunn looks like a fun action noir science fiction film at the moment.  Because of that genre, it won't be popular.  'Boy's' films never seem to succeed.  But I wish them the best. We know the budget is big.  At $150 million and it will release on Netflix.  Shame it won't have a feature release.

The film is set to be previewed at the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 24.