Locksmith Animation (Ron’s Gone Wrong) has optioned Marissa Meyer’s New York Times bestselling novel series The Lunar Chronicles for film, the London-based CG animation producer announced today.
The series published by Feiwel & Friends is comprised of titles including Cinder (2012), Scarlet (2013), Cress (2014) and Winter (2015), which reimagine the stories of classic fairy tale heroines.
The books are set in a futuristic world, beset by a pandemic, where Earth and its former colony Luna exist in a perpetual state of unrest and tension. In the first book, Cinder, a teenage cyborg of the same name (modeled after Cinderella) deals with her wicked step-mother, finds love and discovers secrets about herself. As the series continues, she forges an alliance with spaceship pilot, Scarlet; imprisoned computer hacker, Cress; and the Lunar princess, Winter. Along with a diverse crew that includes a soldier, a criminal and a royal guard, they must work together to...
The series published by Feiwel & Friends is comprised of titles including Cinder (2012), Scarlet (2013), Cress (2014) and Winter (2015), which reimagine the stories of classic fairy tale heroines.
The books are set in a futuristic world, beset by a pandemic, where Earth and its former colony Luna exist in a perpetual state of unrest and tension. In the first book, Cinder, a teenage cyborg of the same name (modeled after Cinderella) deals with her wicked step-mother, finds love and discovers secrets about herself. As the series continues, she forges an alliance with spaceship pilot, Scarlet; imprisoned computer hacker, Cress; and the Lunar princess, Winter. Along with a diverse crew that includes a soldier, a criminal and a royal guard, they must work together to...
- 1/25/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Every year the same question is asked about the Best Animated Feature category: can anyone beat Disney? Walt Disney Studios, along with subsidiary Pixar, has won 14 Oscars in the Best Animated Feature category since the category began two decades ago, followed in a distant second by DreamWorks Animation’s two wins. 26 animated features are eligible to be nominated this year, and with only five slots, who will make the final cut?
Walt Disney Studios is coming on strong again with their competitors this year, including Pixar’s Luca. Enrico Casarosa makes his feature-length directorial debut with this coming-of-age story inspired by his childhood in Genoa, Italy. Although the theatrical release of the film was canned due to the ongoing pandemic, that didn’t hinder the film’s popularity. It tells the story of Luca Paguro (Jacob Tremblay), a young sea monster boy who has been living a sheltered life under...
Walt Disney Studios is coming on strong again with their competitors this year, including Pixar’s Luca. Enrico Casarosa makes his feature-length directorial debut with this coming-of-age story inspired by his childhood in Genoa, Italy. Although the theatrical release of the film was canned due to the ongoing pandemic, that didn’t hinder the film’s popularity. It tells the story of Luca Paguro (Jacob Tremblay), a young sea monster boy who has been living a sheltered life under...
- 1/21/2022
- by Ryan Fleming
- Deadline Film + TV
In a world where technology has so much influence in the lives of children, there’s always going to be an underlying fear for parents that their kids will struggle to make real connections. As parents themselves, it was important for Ron’s Gone Wrong writer-director Sarah Smith (alongside director Jean-Philippe Vine) and writer Peter Baynham to demonstrate a balance between that fear and the reality that this technology is not inherently a bad thing.
The film follows Barney Pudowski (Jack Dylan Grazer), a lonely middle-schooler who has trouble connecting with his classmates who all have B*Bots, a robot companion that claims to be “your best friend out of the box.” After a disappointing birthday, his father surprises him with a B*Bot named Ron (Zach Galifianakis). Even though Ron turns out to be defective, the two quickly connect as Barney tries to teach Ron everything there is to...
The film follows Barney Pudowski (Jack Dylan Grazer), a lonely middle-schooler who has trouble connecting with his classmates who all have B*Bots, a robot companion that claims to be “your best friend out of the box.” After a disappointing birthday, his father surprises him with a B*Bot named Ron (Zach Galifianakis). Even though Ron turns out to be defective, the two quickly connect as Barney tries to teach Ron everything there is to...
- 12/29/2021
- by Ryan Fleming
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO Max will get its hands on Fox’s film slate for one final year — under an unusual deal to share streaming windows with Disney Plus and Hulu for half the studio’s titles, starting with animated family comedy “Ron’s Gone Wrong” next month.
Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution and WarnerMedia amended their current output agreement for films from Fox (renamed 20th Century Studios) on HBO/HBO Max, which runs through the 2022 release year.
It’s a last hurrah for the partnership: The deal is not expected to get renewed, as Disney going forward will keep all 20th Century Studios movies exclusively on its own streaming outlets.
Under the tweaked pact, HBO/HBO Max will share co-exclusive rights with Disney Plus and Hulu to a selection of titles from 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures. HBO/HBO Max will retain pay-one TV window exclusivity on approximately half the slate through 2022.
In addition,...
Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution and WarnerMedia amended their current output agreement for films from Fox (renamed 20th Century Studios) on HBO/HBO Max, which runs through the 2022 release year.
It’s a last hurrah for the partnership: The deal is not expected to get renewed, as Disney going forward will keep all 20th Century Studios movies exclusively on its own streaming outlets.
Under the tweaked pact, HBO/HBO Max will share co-exclusive rights with Disney Plus and Hulu to a selection of titles from 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures. HBO/HBO Max will retain pay-one TV window exclusivity on approximately half the slate through 2022.
In addition,...
- 11/22/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
For fledgling animation studios, the first impression is always the most important. Pixar managed to cement their brand of heartfelt, pop culture-inflected storytelling straight out the gate with Toy Story; Aardman captured their highly specific Britishness with the Wallace and Gromit series; Laika showed their horror-inspired bonafides through the Henry Selick-directed Coraline. It may seem crass to reduce the work of several singular filmmakers to an overriding house style, but this simplification is often key to why these studios have managed to have longevity in the public imagination.
And while filmmaking should not be seen as a branding exercise, Ron’s Gone Wrong is a film that is perhaps only possible to view in the context of being one. The debut film produced by London-based animation studio Locksmith is, as the audience was told by producers at its recent UK premiere, a British film “with global ambition.” Unsurprisingly, the film...
And while filmmaking should not be seen as a branding exercise, Ron’s Gone Wrong is a film that is perhaps only possible to view in the context of being one. The debut film produced by London-based animation studio Locksmith is, as the audience was told by producers at its recent UK premiere, a British film “with global ambition.” Unsurprisingly, the film...
- 10/18/2021
- by Alistair Ryder
- The Film Stage
“Ron’s Gone Wrong” is a movie for everybody who ever felt as a child like they had to settle for the janky, knockoff version of the toy they really wanted. Perhaps all your friends got the new iPhone, while you were stuck with an older sibling’s hand-me-down flip phone. Or, in my case, I can recall a time when it seemed the whole world had Super Nintendos, but I somehow wound up with a Sega: The console didn’t have “Duck Hunt,” “Super Mario Bros.” or any of the cool games, and nobody wanted to come over and play. Clearly, I survived, but the chip on my shoulder never fully healed.
“Ron’s Gone Wrong” recognizes that sense of disappointment, transforming it into comedy. Its misfit main character, Barney Pudowski (voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer), feels similarly deprived. A jug-eared, knobby-featured seventh grader who goes to school with chicken feet in his lunchbox,...
“Ron’s Gone Wrong” recognizes that sense of disappointment, transforming it into comedy. Its misfit main character, Barney Pudowski (voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer), feels similarly deprived. A jug-eared, knobby-featured seventh grader who goes to school with chicken feet in his lunchbox,...
- 10/9/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Ron’s Gone Wrong Trailer — Sarah Smith, Jean-Philippe Vine, and Octavio E. Rodriguez‘s Ron’s Gone Wrong (2021) movie trailer has been released by 20th Century Studios. The Ron’s Gone Wrong trailer stars Zach Galifianakis, Jack Dylan Grazer, Olivia Colman, Ed Helms, Justice Smith, Rob Delaney, Kylie Cantrall, Ricardo Hurtado, Marcus Scribner, and Thomas Barbusca. Crew Peter [...]
Continue reading: Ron’S Gone Wrong (2021) Movie Trailer: A Boy & His Robot Discover True Friendship in the Social Media Age...
Continue reading: Ron’S Gone Wrong (2021) Movie Trailer: A Boy & His Robot Discover True Friendship in the Social Media Age...
- 9/12/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Disney/20th Century Studios dropped the latest trailer Thursday for “Ron’s Gone Wrong” (October 22 in theaters), which centers on the friendship between the titular malfunctioning robot (voiced by Zach Galifianakis) and socially awkward middle-schooler Barney (voiced by Jack Dylan Graze). It marks the first animated feature from UK-based Locksmith Animation, directed by co-founder Sarah Smith (“Arthur Christmas”) and former Pixar story artist Jean-Philippe Vine (“Cars 3”). Peter Baynham (the “Borat” movies and “Arthur Christmas”) and Smith co-wrote the script with an emphasis on tech frustration and unhealthy dependence on social media.
“Coco” story artist Octavio Rodriguez served as co-director, Julie Lockhart (co-founder and president of Locksmith) produced with Lara Breay (“Penguins of Madagascar”), VFX studio Dneg (“Dune”) made its first animated feature, and the voice cast also includes Olivia Colman (“The Crown”), Ed Helms (“The Office”), Justice Smith (“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”), Rob Delaney (“Deadpool 2“), Kylie Cantrall (“Gabby Duran...
“Coco” story artist Octavio Rodriguez served as co-director, Julie Lockhart (co-founder and president of Locksmith) produced with Lara Breay (“Penguins of Madagascar”), VFX studio Dneg (“Dune”) made its first animated feature, and the voice cast also includes Olivia Colman (“The Crown”), Ed Helms (“The Office”), Justice Smith (“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”), Rob Delaney (“Deadpool 2“), Kylie Cantrall (“Gabby Duran...
- 9/9/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Natalie Fischer–a former COO of Illumination Entertainment–has been named CEO of UK-based Locksmith Animation, succeeding co-founder Sarah Smith, director (alongside Jean-Philippe Vine) and co-writer of Locksmith’s first animated feature, Ron’s Gone Wrong. Smith has stepped down from her role at the studio to “concentrate on developing her own creative projects,” according to Thursday’s announcement.
Additionally, co-founder and Ron’s Gone Wrong producer Julie Lockhart has been named president of production at Locksmith.
Ron’s Gone Wrong–which follows awkward teen Barney, voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer, and his talking, digitally-connected device voiced by Zack Galifianakis–is scheduled to ...
Additionally, co-founder and Ron’s Gone Wrong producer Julie Lockhart has been named president of production at Locksmith.
Ron’s Gone Wrong–which follows awkward teen Barney, voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer, and his talking, digitally-connected device voiced by Zack Galifianakis–is scheduled to ...
- 6/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Natalie Fischer–a former COO of Illumination Entertainment–has been named CEO of UK-based Locksmith Animation, succeeding co-founder Sarah Smith, director (alongside Jean-Philippe Vine) and co-writer of Locksmith’s first animated feature, Ron’s Gone Wrong. Smith has stepped down from her role at the studio to “concentrate on developing her own creative projects,” according to Thursday’s announcement.
Additionally, co-founder and Ron’s Gone Wrong producer Julie Lockhart has been named president of production at Locksmith.
Ron’s Gone Wrong–which follows awkward teen Barney, voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer, and his talking, digitally-connected device voiced by Zack Galifianakis–is scheduled to ...
Additionally, co-founder and Ron’s Gone Wrong producer Julie Lockhart has been named president of production at Locksmith.
Ron’s Gone Wrong–which follows awkward teen Barney, voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer, and his talking, digitally-connected device voiced by Zack Galifianakis–is scheduled to ...
- 6/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
20th Century Studios has dropped the first trailer for animation ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ featuring the voices of Zach Galifianakis, Jack Dylan Grazer and Olivia Colman.
The story of Barney, a socially awkward middle-schooler, and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally connected device, which is supposed to be his “Best Friend out of the Box.” Ron’s hilarious malfunctions, set against the backdrop of the social media age, launch them into an action-packed journey in which boy and robot come to terms with the wonderful messiness of true friendship.
Directed by Pixar veteran Jean-Philippe Vine, the animation features a voice cast of Zach Galifianakis, Jack Dylan Grazer, Olivia Colman, Ed Helms and Justice Smith. Rob Delaney (“Deadpool 2“), Kylie Cantrall (“Gabby Duran and the Unsittables”), Ricardo Hurtado (“The Goldbergs”), Marcus Scribner (“Black-ish”), and Thomas Barbusca (“Chad”) also star.
Also in trailers – Full trailer lands for Steven Soderbergh’s ‘No Sudden Move...
The story of Barney, a socially awkward middle-schooler, and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally connected device, which is supposed to be his “Best Friend out of the Box.” Ron’s hilarious malfunctions, set against the backdrop of the social media age, launch them into an action-packed journey in which boy and robot come to terms with the wonderful messiness of true friendship.
Directed by Pixar veteran Jean-Philippe Vine, the animation features a voice cast of Zach Galifianakis, Jack Dylan Grazer, Olivia Colman, Ed Helms and Justice Smith. Rob Delaney (“Deadpool 2“), Kylie Cantrall (“Gabby Duran and the Unsittables”), Ricardo Hurtado (“The Goldbergs”), Marcus Scribner (“Black-ish”), and Thomas Barbusca (“Chad”) also star.
Also in trailers – Full trailer lands for Steven Soderbergh’s ‘No Sudden Move...
- 6/8/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
20th Century Studios just dropped the trailer for its new animated feature “Ron’s Gone Wrong,” and you might think at first you’re watching a preroll advertisement.
That’s because the trailer opens with a commercial for B*Bot, a digital sidekick that can seemingly do anything. Young Barney (voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer) is thrilled when he thinks he gets a B*Bot as a belated birthday gift. But he ends up with a faulty version named Ron.
Ron is voiced by Zach Galifianakis and looks like a cross between Baymax from “Big Hero 6” and a Minion from “Despicable Me.” He’s anything but despicable though; his flaws — including a glitchy display and occasional strangling of chickens (you have to watch) — make him utterly adorable.
The official description of the film reads: “Ron’s Gone Wrong” is the story of Barney, a socially awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking,...
That’s because the trailer opens with a commercial for B*Bot, a digital sidekick that can seemingly do anything. Young Barney (voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer) is thrilled when he thinks he gets a B*Bot as a belated birthday gift. But he ends up with a faulty version named Ron.
Ron is voiced by Zach Galifianakis and looks like a cross between Baymax from “Big Hero 6” and a Minion from “Despicable Me.” He’s anything but despicable though; his flaws — including a glitchy display and occasional strangling of chickens (you have to watch) — make him utterly adorable.
The official description of the film reads: “Ron’s Gone Wrong” is the story of Barney, a socially awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking,...
- 6/8/2021
- by Lawrence Yee
- The Wrap
In the wake of MGM, Universal and Sony making major Q1 release date changes to their theatrical schedule yesterday, Disney is pushing a few of its 20th Century Studios releases to deeper in the calendar.
It’s much delayed Matthew Vaughn directed period action feature The King’s Man is no longer going on March 12, rather Aug. 20 this year.
The big screen take on Bob’s Burgers on April 9 is now unset. That obviously raises questions about the TV animated piece of IP heading to Disney+ or even sister Hulu, though no word from Disney.
Also the Locksmith Animation movie Ron’s Gone Wrong, about an 11-year-old boy who finds that his robot buddy doesn’t quite work, goes from April 23 to Oct. 22. Pic is directed by Sarah Smith, Jean-Philippe Vine and Octavio E. Rodriguez.
Sticking on the Q1 calendar for Disney is Searchlight’s awards season release of Nomadland on Feb. 19, Disney...
It’s much delayed Matthew Vaughn directed period action feature The King’s Man is no longer going on March 12, rather Aug. 20 this year.
The big screen take on Bob’s Burgers on April 9 is now unset. That obviously raises questions about the TV animated piece of IP heading to Disney+ or even sister Hulu, though no word from Disney.
Also the Locksmith Animation movie Ron’s Gone Wrong, about an 11-year-old boy who finds that his robot buddy doesn’t quite work, goes from April 23 to Oct. 22. Pic is directed by Sarah Smith, Jean-Philippe Vine and Octavio E. Rodriguez.
Sticking on the Q1 calendar for Disney is Searchlight’s awards season release of Nomadland on Feb. 19, Disney...
- 1/22/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
20th Century Fox and UK-based animation studio Locksmith Animation have set Ron’s Gone Wrong as their inaugural animated feature since announcing the multi-year production partnership deal, which is expected to deliver one film every 12-18 months From directors Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and Pixar Story vet J.P. Vine (Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur), the film’s release is slated for November 2020. It tells the story of the wonderful walking, talking, digitally…...
- 10/12/2017
- Deadline
The first fruits of 20th Century Fox's new long-term co-production and development deal with new U.K. CG animation studio Locksmith Animation, unveiled last month, have been revealed.
Ron's Gone Wrong, being directed by Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and Pixar Story vet J.P. Vine (Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur) and officially announced Thursday, is set for a November 2020 release and will be produced from Locksmith's major new London facilities, due to open in the coming weeks, with partner Double Negative providing digital production.
Set in a world where walking, talking, digitally connected bots have become children's best friends,...
Ron's Gone Wrong, being directed by Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and Pixar Story vet J.P. Vine (Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur) and officially announced Thursday, is set for a November 2020 release and will be produced from Locksmith's major new London facilities, due to open in the coming weeks, with partner Double Negative providing digital production.
Set in a world where walking, talking, digitally connected bots have become children's best friends,...
- 10/12/2017
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The International Animated Film Society, Asifa-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 43rd Annual Annie Awards and "Inside Out" and "The Good Dinosaur," both Pixar movies, led the pack! "Inside Out" received fourteen nominations while "The Good Dinosaur" got nine.
My pick of the year for best animated feature is "Inside Out" but I love Charlie Kaufman's "Anomalisa" as well which picked five noms.
We'll find out the winners of the Annie Awards on February 6th!
Here is the full list of nominees in all categories of the 43rd Annie Awards:
Best Animated Feature
Anomalisa
Paramount Pictures
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Shaun the Sheep The Movie
Aardman Animations
The Good Dinosaur
Pixar Animation Studios
The Peanuts Movie
Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation
Best Animated Special Production
Elf: Buddy.s Musical Christmas
Warner Bros. Animation
He Named Me Malala
Parkes-MacDonald / Little Door
I Am A Witness
Moonbot...
My pick of the year for best animated feature is "Inside Out" but I love Charlie Kaufman's "Anomalisa" as well which picked five noms.
We'll find out the winners of the Annie Awards on February 6th!
Here is the full list of nominees in all categories of the 43rd Annie Awards:
Best Animated Feature
Anomalisa
Paramount Pictures
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Shaun the Sheep The Movie
Aardman Animations
The Good Dinosaur
Pixar Animation Studios
The Peanuts Movie
Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation
Best Animated Special Production
Elf: Buddy.s Musical Christmas
Warner Bros. Animation
He Named Me Malala
Parkes-MacDonald / Little Door
I Am A Witness
Moonbot...
- 12/2/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
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