Director Daniel Chong has been in the Pixar orbit for a while, getting his start as a storyboard artist on films like “Cars 2 ...
Nowadays, the entertainment world seems like it is getting smaller. With Warner Bros and Paramount set to merge, following Netflix’s failure to score the former, more studio crossovers are taking ...
You’ve seen the trend. Everyone’s asking AI to turn them into a cartoon character, a video game avatar, a Pixar version of themselves. Cute. Fun. I get it. But I kept thinking: What if you asked AI ...
The Masters of the Universe action figures and cartoon shows were weird from the get-go. From the first wave of toys in 1982, ...
However, just because some cartoons were good when fans were kids doesn't mean they have aged perfectly, such as Johnny Bravo and The Smurfs. On the other hand, some cartoons not only retained their ...
The London-based artist-designer on his two middle names, his strongest childhood memory, and why his ‘parents are still very much alive in my head’ ...
Not in the insidious, rubbing-your-hands-together way. Instead, he’s trying to figure out his next move – or, to be more specific, moves, in the increasingly pothole-filled world of animation. The ...
Chong and producer Nicole Grindle talk shifting from TV to features, the film's visual language, and making beavers the ...
A spikey-haired rebel, loyal dog and plenty of pranks helped make Dennis the Menace a comic legend and now the iconic ...
Games of Thrones' "The Rains of Castamere" and Better Call Saul's "Plan and Execution" have reached that rare, almost perfect ...
The Last Airbender’ has captivated audiences across the globe with its richly drawn characters, breathtaking action sequences, and a deeply layered narrative that tackled themes rarely seen in ...
Following the film's Berlinale premiere, the director talked with us about blending formats, restrained emotion, and first-feature risks.