Pixar’s ‘Elio’ Overhauled: Rewrites, Director Swap, and a $300M Budget https://archive.fo/KoKE4 >Back in 2023, a source revealed that the studio had serious concerns about the film during production, indicating it needed substantial reworking. Initially slated for a March 2024 release, “Elio” was delayed to June 2025. The release delay seems to confirm those struggles. >“Elio” was initially directed by Adrian Molina, but in 2024, he was replaced due to a “scheduling conflict,” which absolutely nobody believes. Despite his departure, Molina still holds a co-directing credit. The film is now being led by Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian (“Turning Red”). >Behind the scenes, “Elio” has experienced major upheaval throughout its lengthy development, to the point where the budget tipped toward the $300M mark. A significant portion of the creative team was replaced midway through production—which, if you’ve seen both the 2023 and 2025 trailers, explains the dramatic shift in tone and style. While most of the character designs have remained intact, the latest trailer, released last month, revealed that some heroes and villains swapped roles entirely. >Alongside the director change, the film underwent extensive revisions in both its narrative and character development. The trailer also confirmed that Zoe Saldaña was now voicing Elio’s aunt, Olga Solis, replacing America Ferrera, who was originally cast as his mother but exited due to—wait for it—scheduling issues. >The earlier trailer leaned into a more somber sci-fi, highlighting Elio’s emotional distance from his hardworking mother. Although comedic elements were present later in the trailer, the overall portrayal of the protagonist was notably gloomier. That contrasts sharply with the lighter, more upbeat tone seen in the updated footage—and that’s all Domee Shi’s doing, as she was tasked with making it a more comedic affair. >A good film might still emerge when “Elio” premieres next month, but cautious optimism is warranted given the considerable drama surrounding the production since it began in the summer of 2022.

DreamWorks Animation has announced that “Shrek 5″ is officially in development, with a far, far away release date of July 1, 2026. Original “Shrek” stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz are all confirmed to return. Antonio Banderas’ return as the feisty feline Puss in Boots is not yet confirmed. “Shrek 5” will be directed by Walt Dohrn, who served as a writer and artist on “Shrek 2” and “Shrek the Third,” and as head of story on “Shrek Forever After,” in which he also voiced Rumpelstiltskin. “Shrek 5” will be produced by franchise returner Gina Shay and Illumination founder Chris Meledandri; Brad Ableson serves as co-director. Basically kino is back on the menu

S4 is here. Is it any good?

Let's discuss everyone's favorite character Harley Quinn. DC and WB have been shilling this character for a decade, but she seems to be having a really rough year. Her ongoing comic is cancelled, her movie flopped, and her cartoon hasn't been renewed. What steps will the take next to shill this character.

Full fledged TV series is finally out How is it?

This is a series of shorts and comics about a "cool" cat and a dumb and silly squirrel. It's set in the early to mid 2000's and tries to replicate the look and feel of the cartoons of that time. It's been slowly gaining traction over the years, from what I can see. I'd say they're pretty good, especially compared to the industry slop of the current year.

The French cartoon show Les Sisters renewed to Season 3 last November 2024. People are less interesting in the show so, we'll do that anyway. New episodes aired weekly on Sunday mornings in France.

What if Xavier: Renegade Angel ended up in the Hazbin Hotel

‘Grimsburg’, ‘Krapopolis’ & ‘Universal Basic Guys’ Renewed At Fox https://archive.fo/z9rOo >This follows its bumper deal to renew long-running hits The Simpsons, Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers, as well as returning series American Dad, for four more seasons. >Grimsburg, which stars Jon Hamm, is returning for Season 3, Krapopolis returns for Season 5 and Universal Basic Guys is back for Season 3. >The only animated series on Fox that has not yet been picked up is The Great North. The series, which stars Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate and Will Forte, premiered its fifth season in December >President Eric Schrier recently told Deadline that it was “still under consideration” at Fox. “I don’t think Fox has made a final determination on it; it’s another show that we really love. It’d be great for it to continue, but I understand if they’re not able to,” he said.

>15.-what? Basically some dev decided to make a program to mimic popular voices, just feed it enough of one voice and it'll slowly learn how to mimic it. Its mostly being used by a bunch of horsefuckers after their show ended explaining why there's so many mlp voices but its been getting popular as the dev adds more non-horse shit. It recently came back online after the dev did some work making the more popular voices sound even better, while adding around 100 more voices. At certain points ai.15 is a flatout deadringer and its only going to get better from here. At this rate the typical "voice actor" may go the way of the dinosaur.

“Starring Seth Rogan” When put together, the three most damning words in the English language.

As if the market wasn't saturated enough, Viacom has decided it wants a slice of the pie. Honestly who cares Because we're all going to pirate it, people are just here for the shows and what original content are they going to have? >A CGI Rugrats Reboot/Continuation >Beavis and Butt-Head getting another movie >Some crappy Nu-Star Trek show >The abomination of Kamp Koral And something involving Avatar even though Netflix already owns some of its production rights.

GET READY FOR AN UPPERCUT, YOU DYKE!

"If parents and educators could magically beam messages into kids' heads telling them to stay in school and not use drugs we wouldn't have shows like Arthur and Franklin. If toy companies could beam messages into kids' heads telling them to buy their products there wouldn't be shows like He-Man and Ninja Turtles. If TV writers were clever enough to be stand-up comedians we wouldn't have shows like the Simpsons and South Park."

What series would you like to see adapted into film or animated series? I will start first: I would like to see Invasion and it's successor Savage adapted. For those who do not know, Savage is set in an alternate history wherein a nationalist movement took hold in Russia after the death of Stalin, turning it into the Volgan Republic. The Volgan Republic then implemented a super-blitzkrieg that combined nuclear weapons and areal and ground troops. Bill Savage, an East End lorry driver suffered personally, not only the supposed death of his brother but the loss of his wife and children via a stray DU (depleted uranium) round. Months later, the Volgan Republic has installed a puppet prime minister (after killing the old one on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral) and is implementing its unique brand of authoritarianism. Bill Savage quickly becomes a key figure in the resistance and the story begins there. Imagine a combination of SS GB and 1984 with robots and experimental tech and you are there. The story has a gritty and unflinching tone that I feel would be perfect.

‘Invincible Fight Girl’ Creator Explains How This Original Series Survived Cartoon Network’s Internal Drama https://archive.fo/TvhT9 >If you’ve ever wondered why Western animation hasn’t done an action-anime series set in a fictional world of obsessed wrestling fans, then wonder no more because writer/director/creator Juston Gordon-Montgomery has birthed that idea into existence with his original Adult Swim series, Invincible Fight Girl (debuting Saturday, November 2, at 12:00am ET/PT, and the following day available on Max streaming). >It’s Gordon-Montgomery’s first animated series creation, after years of working in the industry in other capacities. Some of those other roles include directing episodes of DC Super Hero Girls, writing on My Dad the Bounty Hunter,, and storyboarding on films like The Smurfs: The Lost Village, Ferdinand, and Smallfoot. >Invincible Fight Girl is his long-gestating passion project centered on Andy (voiced by Sydney Mikayla), a life-long wrestling obsessive residing in the fictional land of Wrestling World. Despite her aspirations to get inside the ring (and show off her self taught moves), Andy has respected her parent’s wishes and played it safe by pursuing a boring accounting degree. But when she’s assigned to do the taxes of a trio of famous wrestlers, Andy’s world changes in ways that she, nor the audience, could ever imagine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3FEwip-Rh8&t=283s Another Cartoon Network original series being dumped into the Adult Swim/Toonami lineup because executives have no idea what to do with the content they make.