Take a deeper look at ‘Flow,’ ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Memoir of a Snail,’ ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,’ and ‘The Wild Robot,’ all vying for the Best Animated Feature Oscar on March 2, 2025.
Dig into the roster of animated feature films, TV shows, and shorts vying for wins in 36 different categories on February 8 at ASIFA-Hollywood’s 52nd annual ceremony recognizing the best in animation from the past year.
The trio of films each took home four awards at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror’s Sunday evening ceremony.
Oscar nominees named this morning for Best Animated Feature and Best Animated Short share their reactions to the great news.
‘Flow,’ ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Memoir of a Snail,’ ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,’ and ‘The Wild Robot’ nab noms for Best Animated Feature, while ‘Alien: Romulus,’ ‘Better Man,’ ‘Dune: Part Two,’ ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,’ and ‘Wicked’ take the top spots for Best Visual Effects.
‘Flow,’ ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Moana 2,’ ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ and ‘The Wild Robot’ get the nod in the animated movie category, while ‘Dune: Part Two,’ ‘Shōgun,’ ‘The Penguin’ and ‘Wicked’ are also among the Outstanding Producer nominees.
‘Flow,’ ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,’ and ‘The Wild Robot’ get the nod for Animated Film with ‘Better Man,’ ‘Dune: Part Two,’ ‘Gladiator II,’ ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,’ and ‘Wicked’ selected for Special Visual Effects.
‘Despicable Me 4,’ ‘Flow,’ ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Memoir of a Snail,’ ‘Moana 2,’ ‘That Christmas,’ ‘Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,’ and ‘The Wild Robot’ advance in the Best Animated Film category as voting begins for the coveted British film awards; nominations announced January 15, with awards revealed at February 16 ceremony.
Best Animated Feature nominees ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Kung Fu Panda 4,’ ‘That Christmas,’ ‘The Wild Robot,’ ‘Ultraman: Rising,’ and ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ top the expansive list of category nominations; animation’s biggest awards ceremony is scheduled to return live on Saturday, February 8 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
‘Flow,’ ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Moana 2,’ ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,’ and ‘The Wild Robot’ are nominated in the best edited animated features category; winners for outstanding editing will be announced at the January 18 awards ceremony.
This year’s Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films ceremony will be held on Sunday, February 2, 2025 in Los Angeles; will stream live on ElectricNOW and The Roku Channel for free.
‘The Wild Robot’ scores nods in best animated motion picture, best original score, best original song, and best cinematic achievement, while ‘Flow,’ ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Memoir of a Snail,’ ‘Moana 2,’ and ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ are also nominated for best animated motion picture; winners will be announced at an awards ceremony January 5, 2025 live on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
Academy members will vote to determine five nominees for best animated feature film award at the 97th Oscars; films also qualify for other categories including best picture.
Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, and Lewis Black are among the stars returning to the frenetic, fun world of Oscar-winning ‘Inside Out’ for this all-new series about how when Riley’s memories need some extra processing, Joy calls upon the Hollywood-ish studio that’s always looking for the next hit dream; debuts December 11 on Disney+.
Gintz Zilbalodis' feature takes home the Grand Prize, while Adam Eliot's takes the Special Jury Prize along with the Audience Award in a tie with ‘The Colors Within;’ in shorts, ‘Wander to Wonder’ won the Grand Prize and ‘A Crab in the Pool’ earned the Special Jury Prize.
The ‘Inside Out 2’ mockumentary-style limited spinoff series ‘Dream Productions’ premieres December 11, while ‘Win or Lose’ hits the streamer February 19, 2025.
The highest-grossing animated film of all time, which takes audiences back into the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is making room for new Emotions, streams September 25.
The highest-grossing animated movie of all time comes to digital August 20 and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on September 10; film returns to Riley’s now teenage mind, where HQ must make room for unexpected new emotions: Anxiety, Envy, Ennui, and Embarrassment.
Now standing at a global cume of just over $1.46 billion, Kelsey Mann’s sequel to Pete Docter’s Oscar-winning 2015 ‘Inside Out’ takes us back inside the mind of newly minted teenager Riley as a new set of emotions, led by Anxiety, arrive to take over operations.
For story artist Rebecca McVeigh and lead editor Maurissa Horwitz, staying focused on the film’s emotional rhythm and character arcs means countless iterations, tough choices, and frequent cuts that are essential to getting the best version of the director’s vision up on screen.
For production designer Jason Deamer and animation supervisors Dovi Anderson and Evan Bonifacio, finding the right look, and energy level, for a frenetic character in constant motion was a considerable challenge; the highly anticipated sequel to Pete Docter’s Oscar-winning 2015 ‘Inside Out’ hits theaters June 14.
Hitting theaters in just 10 days, it’s the feel good / sad / angry / anxious movie of the summer; the highly anticipated sequel to Pete Docter’s Oscar-winning 2015 ‘Inside Out’ stars Maya Hawke as Anxiety and Ayo Edebiri as Envy, with Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith and Lewis Black returning as Joy, Sadness and Anger.
The studio just confirmed to AWN that Disney’s ongoing cost-cutting moves have finally hit the venerable animation studio in a big way, as roughly 14% of its employees are being let go.
Kelsey Mann and Josh Cooley will present their upcoming animated features in-person at the special, 25th Anniversary Edition of the conference that’s taking place October 14-19, 2024, in Turin, Italy.
The director and producer discuss their new film, the feel good / sad / angry / anxious movie of the summer, Pixar’s highly anticipated sequel to Pete Docter’s Oscar-winning 2015 ‘Inside Out;’ the emotions are back… with new digs and unexpected guests, coming to theaters June 14.
