Animation Movies - SlashFilm

Pink Floyd — The Wall Is A Metaphorical Masterpiece Of The Abstract Animated Medium

By BJ Colangelo January 24th, 2023

The animated segments only cover 11 minutes of the film's runtime, but they contain the most memorable moments.

How Logan's Script Immediately Interested Patrick Stewart

By Witney Seibold January 23rd, 2023

The ninth X-Men movie offered something rarely seen in superhero stories: an ending.

The Avatar Ride At Walt Disney World Had An Avatar 2 Easter Egg The Whole Time

By Cameron Roy Hall January 23rd, 2023

Pandora - The World of Avatar, located in the Disney World theme park Animal Kingdom, features a ride with a sneaky The Way of Water Easter egg!

B.E.N. and Jim Hawkins in Treasure Planet

Treasure Planet's Animation Was Even More 3D Than It Seems

By Cameron Roy Hall January 21st, 2023

There's a lot more going on with the film's CGI than you might think.

Rupert Grint and Ron Perlman in Moonwalkers

Rupert Grint Was Terrified To Work With Ron Perlman On Moonwalkers

By Fatemeh Mirjalili January 20th, 2023

To be fair, meeting Hellboy would be intimidating for anyone.

Splash Came To Tom Hanks Because 'No One Wanted To Work For Disney'

By Travis Yates January 19th, 2023

Disney's lackluster 1980s reputation was Tom Hanks' professional gain.

Supervillains We Lost In 2022

By Margaret David January 19th, 2023

2022 will go down in history as the year we said goodbye to some major supervillains. We'll miss you, Gorr, Gargantos, Najma, Black Noir, and more.

Barry Fitzgerald Is The Only Person Nominated For Best Actor And Supporting Actor Oscars For The Same Film

By William Bibbiani January 19th, 2023

Barry Fitzgerald's nominations for Going My Way changed the Oscars rulebook.

The Skinamarink Team Came Up With A Clever Way Of Shooting Scenes In Pitch Black

By Quinn Bilodeau January 13th, 2023

How can you shoot a scene that's pitch black when you have almost no budget?

James Mason as Humbert Humbert in Lolita

Not Much Of Lolita's Screenplay Ended Up Making It To The Screen

By Joe Roberts January 13th, 2023

Stanley Kubrick and Vladimir Nabokov didn't exactly see eye-to-eye on the latter's novel.

S.S. Rajamouli Pulled A 'Coup' To Cast The Stars Of RRR

By Shae Sennett January 12th, 2023

RRR was made possible by the friendship between director S.S. Rajamouli and stars Ram Charan and NTR Jr.

Is The 1990 Best Original Screenplay Race The Most Competitive Oscars Category Of All Time? An Investigation

By Mike Shutt January 12th, 2023

Did the Academy do the right thing?

Anya Taylor-Joy Turned Down Being A Disney Channel Star To Join The Cast Of The Witch

By Michael Boyle January 10th, 2023

Taylor-Joy 'just had this really good feeling' about Robert Eggers' period horror film.

Bill Plympton's I Married A Strange Person! Is A Glorious, Grotesque, And Gutsy Display Of Alternative Animation

By BJ Colangelo January 10th, 2023

Bill Plympton's character designs look like the result of a Tex Avery cartoon crashing headfirst into the body horror of a Cronenberg film.

Cinderella in her pink dress in Cinderella

Without The Success Of Cinderella, Disney Would Have Likely Folded In The 1950s

By Jenna Busch January 8th, 2023

The Mouse House's animated film was a game-changer in more ways than one.

Bruce Timm Didn't Expect To Have So Much Creative Control Over Batman: The Animated Series

By Jamie Gerber January 7th, 2023

Batman: The Animated Series remains for many fans the definitive vision of the Caped Crusader.

Larry Roberts and Barbara Luddy in Lady and the Tramp

Walt Disney Tried To Remove The Famous Spaghetti Scene From Lady And The Tramp

By Quinn Bilodeau January 7th, 2023

What would romantic-comedies parody if Lady and the Tramp had lost the spaghetti kiss?

Christian Tafdrup Wanted Speak No Evil To Be The 'Most Disturbing' Danish Film Ever Made

By Joe Roberts January 7th, 2023

'I wanted the story to symbolize evil in the world and how we react to it.'

Aladdin 2: Everything We Know So Far About The Live-Action Disney Sequel

By Ben Pearson January 6th, 2023

Here's what we know about Disney's live-action Aladdin 2, including what the movie will *not* be about, who will be involved behind the scenes, and more.

Guillermo Del Toro Reveals Why He Made One Key Change To The Story Of Pinocchio

By BJ Colangelo January 5th, 2023

Who's the real puppet?

David Naughton in An American Werewolf in London

The Meaning Behind Those Weird Disney Shots In An American Werewolf In London

By Caroline Madden January 1st, 2023

Is the character Alex merely a Disney Adult or is there actually a deeper meaning behind this motif?

Disney Wasn't Convinced M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable Would Appeal To Audiences

By Witney Seibold December 30th, 2022

It's hard to imagine now that Unbreakable was thought of as unbankable because of its roots in comics.

Fedja van Huêt and Morten Burian in Speak No Evil

Christian Tafdrup Knew Speak No Evil Would Draw Comparisons To Funny Games

By BJ Colangelo December 30th, 2022

If you like Michael Haneke's crushing, realist treatment of horror, you're going to love Speak No Evil.

The Simpsons Movie Almost Made A Fan-Favorite Character The Villain Of The Film

By Michael Boyle December 30th, 2022

In theory, it would've made sense to add a character from the show's heyday.

Sony Pictures Animation Intentionally Avoided Having An In-House Animation Style

By Danielle Ryan December 29th, 2022

Pam Marsden, head of production at Sony Pictures Animation, says this is either "a key to our success or absolutely our undoing."

Flint Lockwood in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Phil Lord & Chris Miller Had No Idea How To Make A Movie When Joining Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs

By BJ Colangelo December 29th, 2022

'We didn't actually have any ideas.'

Genndy Tartakovsky's R-Rated Animated Movie Fixed Won't Rely On Pop Culture Humor

By BJ Colangelo December 29th, 2022

Everything is character-based for maximum impact (and longevity).