The award-winning Dreamworks Animation TV series "Abominable and the Invisible City", Season Two, directed by Jill Culton, streams 10 new episodes March 29, 2023 on Hulu and Peacock:
"...get ready for more 'yeti', as the world of 'Yi', 'Jin' and 'Peng' is forever changed when the public finds out about the existence of magical creatures. With the help of 'Everest', the friends form a 'Creature Brigade' in order to help the mystical beings find a safe haven while protecting them from prying eyes. It’s not always going to be easy for humans and creatures to peacefully coexist, especially when Yi is being watched by a mysterious force..."
Voice cast includes Chloe Bennet as 'Yi', Tenzing Norgay Trainor as 'Jin', Ethan Loh as 'Peng', Michelle Wong as 'Mei', Karen Huie as 'Nai Nai', Darin De Paul as 'Everest' and Alan Cumming as 'Burnish'.
"...get ready for more 'yeti', as the world of 'Yi', 'Jin' and 'Peng' is forever changed when the public finds out about the existence of magical creatures. With the help of 'Everest', the friends form a 'Creature Brigade' in order to help the mystical beings find a safe haven while protecting them from prying eyes. It’s not always going to be easy for humans and creatures to peacefully coexist, especially when Yi is being watched by a mysterious force..."
Voice cast includes Chloe Bennet as 'Yi', Tenzing Norgay Trainor as 'Jin', Ethan Loh as 'Peng', Michelle Wong as 'Mei', Karen Huie as 'Nai Nai', Darin De Paul as 'Everest' and Alan Cumming as 'Burnish'.
- 3/18/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
We already knew Michelle Yeoh was a great actress, but her recent performance as Evelyn Wong in "Everything Everywhere All At Once" was a milestone highlight in an already impressive career. Yeoh portrays the unassuming laundromat owner as she discovers the concept of the multiverse and her place in it. The audience gets to watch as her character transforms from a somewhat narrow-minded, stressed-out woman into quite possibly the most powerful person in existence. Evelyn goes through an overwhelming range of emotions, not to mention an eclectic range of personas, and Yeoh nails it every step of the way.
But before she could begin working on the movie, Yeoh had one demand. In the script, written by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (aka Daniels), Evelyn was originally named Michelle. "The only thing I said to them was the character cannot be called Michelle Wong," Yeoh explained in a recent edition...
But before she could begin working on the movie, Yeoh had one demand. In the script, written by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (aka Daniels), Evelyn was originally named Michelle. "The only thing I said to them was the character cannot be called Michelle Wong," Yeoh explained in a recent edition...
- 12/8/2022
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
The new DreamWorks Animation 10-episode TV series "Abominable and The Invisible City", stars Alan Cumming, Chloe Bennet, Tenzing Trainor, Michelle Wong, Ethan Loh, Karen Huie and Darin De Paul, now streaming on Peacock and Hulu:
"... 'Abominable and The Invisible City' is a comedy adventure series that continues the wild and wooly fun of DreamWorks Animation’s 'Abominable'. Through 'Everest' the 'yeti', 'Yi', 'Jin' and 'Peng' know there’s a whole magical world out there, and now it’s even closer than they think!
"When they discover their surroundings are teeming with magical creatures in need of help, the kids will set out on extraordinary and heartfelt adventures throughout their city and beyond.."
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"... 'Abominable and The Invisible City' is a comedy adventure series that continues the wild and wooly fun of DreamWorks Animation’s 'Abominable'. Through 'Everest' the 'yeti', 'Yi', 'Jin' and 'Peng' know there’s a whole magical world out there, and now it’s even closer than they think!
"When they discover their surroundings are teeming with magical creatures in need of help, the kids will set out on extraordinary and heartfelt adventures throughout their city and beyond.."
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- 10/7/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The new DreamWorks Animation 10-episode TV series "Abominable and The Invisible City", stars Alan Cumming, Chloe Bennet, Tenzing Trainor, Michelle Wong, Ethan Loh, Karen Huie and Darin De Paul, streaming October 5, 2022 on Peacock and Hulu:
"... 'Abominable and The Invisible City' is a comedy adventure series that continues the wild and wooly fun of DreamWorks Animation’s 'Abominable'. Through 'Everest' the 'yeti', 'Yi', 'Jin' and 'Peng' know there’s a whole magical world out there, and now it’s even closer than they think!
"When they discover their surroundings are teeming with magical creatures in need of help, the kids will set out on extraordinary and heartfelt adventures throughout their city and beyond.."
Click the images to enlarge...
"... 'Abominable and The Invisible City' is a comedy adventure series that continues the wild and wooly fun of DreamWorks Animation’s 'Abominable'. Through 'Everest' the 'yeti', 'Yi', 'Jin' and 'Peng' know there’s a whole magical world out there, and now it’s even closer than they think!
"When they discover their surroundings are teeming with magical creatures in need of help, the kids will set out on extraordinary and heartfelt adventures throughout their city and beyond.."
Click the images to enlarge...
- 9/17/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
DreamWorks Animation has announced the cast, set the premiere date and unveiled the trailer for Abominable and The Invisible City, the 10-episode series inspired by the 2019 film Abominable. Alan Cumming (The Good Wife) joins Abominable alums Chloe Bennet (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Tenzing Trainor (Liv and Maddie) and Michelle Wong. All 10 episodes of Abominable and The Invisible City will premiere on Peacock and Hulu on October 5.
Bennet reprises her role as Yi and Trainor as Jin, with Cumming joining as Burnish. In addition to Wong, the voice cast also includes Ethan Loh, Karen Huie and Darin De Paul.
Abominable and The Invisible City is a comedy adventure series that continues the wild and wooly fun of DreamWorks Animation’s Abominable. Through Everest the yeti, Yi, Jin, and Peng know that there’s a whole magical world out there, and now it’s even closer than they think!
Bennet reprises her role as Yi and Trainor as Jin, with Cumming joining as Burnish. In addition to Wong, the voice cast also includes Ethan Loh, Karen Huie and Darin De Paul.
Abominable and The Invisible City is a comedy adventure series that continues the wild and wooly fun of DreamWorks Animation’s Abominable. Through Everest the yeti, Yi, Jin, and Peng know that there’s a whole magical world out there, and now it’s even closer than they think!
- 9/7/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Lin-Manuel Miranda in the animated musical “Vivo” plays an adorable-looking kinkajou, or a “honey bear” native to the rain forest. And he’s been tasked with delivering a song and a love letter to a music superstar played by Gloria Estefan.
This first trailer for “Vivo” comes from Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation, and the film features new songs from the “Hamilton” creator as the kinkajou also named Vivo as he travels across the world. He teams up with an energetic tween girl to help him get to Estefan’s character and deliver a song that will change the world and help reconnect two former partners.
“Vivo” also stars in its voice cast Zoe Saldaña, Juan de Marcos, Brian Tyree Henry, Michael Rooker, Nicole Byer and newcomer Ynairaly Simo as Vivo’s plucky young travel companion.
Kirk DeMicco (“The Croods”) directs “Vivo,” which is co-directed by Brandon Jeffords and written...
This first trailer for “Vivo” comes from Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation, and the film features new songs from the “Hamilton” creator as the kinkajou also named Vivo as he travels across the world. He teams up with an energetic tween girl to help him get to Estefan’s character and deliver a song that will change the world and help reconnect two former partners.
“Vivo” also stars in its voice cast Zoe Saldaña, Juan de Marcos, Brian Tyree Henry, Michael Rooker, Nicole Byer and newcomer Ynairaly Simo as Vivo’s plucky young travel companion.
Kirk DeMicco (“The Croods”) directs “Vivo,” which is co-directed by Brandon Jeffords and written...
- 7/29/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Netflix dropped the full trailer Thursday for “Vivo,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s love letter to Cuba and his first starring animated musical, made at Sony Pictures Animation (streaming August 6th). In addition to conceiving the idea a decade ago and writing eight original songs, Miranda voices the title character: a singer-musician kinkajou (a rainforest “honey bear”), who plays music in a lively Havana square with his beloved owner Andrés (Juan de Marcos of the Buena Vista Social Club). That is, until tragedy strikes, and Vivo journeys to Miami to deliver a love song to retiring superstar, Marta (Gloria Estefan) with the help of energetic tween Gabi (newcomer Ynairaly Simo).
“It’s taken so many turns, but at the heart of this story is this incredible friendship between Andrés and Vivo, and how it launches Vivo on an incredible journey from Cuba to Florida, where he does a lot of growing up,...
“It’s taken so many turns, but at the heart of this story is this incredible friendship between Andrés and Vivo, and how it launches Vivo on an incredible journey from Cuba to Florida, where he does a lot of growing up,...
- 7/29/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Netflix has licensed all global rights, sans China, to Sony Pictures Animation’s Vivo. The movie, directed by Oscar nominee Kirk DeMicco (The Croods) and co-directed by Brandon Jeffords (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2) with new songs written and performed by Tony-winning Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, was recently scheduled for a theatrical release on June 4. The new drop date on Netflix is still to be determined.
I understand this is a similar deal to Netflix’s pickup of Sony’s Kevin Hart movie Fatherhood whereby Netflix gets the first window, which is streaming, and Sony will retain home entertainment and linear TV rights to all other territories, including China theatrical, after the pic’s exclusive run on the streamer.
Note the recent licensing of Sony’s Vivo by Netflix is outside the streamer’s new multi-year $1 billion deal with the Culver City studio. That deal commences in 2022, as previously reported,...
I understand this is a similar deal to Netflix’s pickup of Sony’s Kevin Hart movie Fatherhood whereby Netflix gets the first window, which is streaming, and Sony will retain home entertainment and linear TV rights to all other territories, including China theatrical, after the pic’s exclusive run on the streamer.
Note the recent licensing of Sony’s Vivo by Netflix is outside the streamer’s new multi-year $1 billion deal with the Culver City studio. That deal commences in 2022, as previously reported,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Created by film producer Huang Junxiang in collaboration with playwright and comedian Luke Somasundram, “AI Love K-Drama” is a Viddsee Original series that premiered on February 5 on Viddsee.com. The 5 episodes of the series are directed by author Huang Junxiang and other young Singaporean filmmakers such as Tan Wei Ting, and brothers Wong Zhen Jiang and Wong Zhen Hai.
“When there are humans, there are errors. Less humans… less errors”. The fierce boss of a TV / Film production is briefing her frightened employees. Between a verbal abuse and a physical one, she explains the Company must be saved from bankruptcy at all costs, but to avoid human mistakes, she has ordered the innovative AI SANGW00 from the Korean HANGSANGW00 Corp. The robot-like computer will cover the role of director of a new revolutionary K-Drama, inspired and informed by the sea of data generated by all the previous existing Korean series.
“When there are humans, there are errors. Less humans… less errors”. The fierce boss of a TV / Film production is briefing her frightened employees. Between a verbal abuse and a physical one, she explains the Company must be saved from bankruptcy at all costs, but to avoid human mistakes, she has ordered the innovative AI SANGW00 from the Korean HANGSANGW00 Corp. The robot-like computer will cover the role of director of a new revolutionary K-Drama, inspired and informed by the sea of data generated by all the previous existing Korean series.
- 2/25/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Viddsee today debuts ‘AI Love K-Drama’, a five-part comedy series that centres around a failing studio who buys a state-of-the-art AI, nicknamed SANGW00, to write and direct the ultimate K-drama. Although its lead actress Tia Tan, thinks the whole idea is terrible, she goes along with it as a way to cope with a devastating failure from her past.
As the series unfolds, SANGW00 and Tia often end up clashing over their fundamental beliefs: Tia believes that her art comes from the heart, while SANGW00 trusts in algorithms and data. Eventually their difference of opinions causes the production to spiral into chaos, creating a
show unlike anything anyone has ever seen.
The series is produced by Viddsee Studios and Zhao Wei Films, and written by film producer Huang Junxiang together with playwright and improv-comedian Luke Somasundram. This is the first collaboration between Junxiang and Luke, who
both share a common love for social satire,...
As the series unfolds, SANGW00 and Tia often end up clashing over their fundamental beliefs: Tia believes that her art comes from the heart, while SANGW00 trusts in algorithms and data. Eventually their difference of opinions causes the production to spiral into chaos, creating a
show unlike anything anyone has ever seen.
The series is produced by Viddsee Studios and Zhao Wei Films, and written by film producer Huang Junxiang together with playwright and improv-comedian Luke Somasundram. This is the first collaboration between Junxiang and Luke, who
both share a common love for social satire,...
- 2/10/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
In today’s Global Bulletin, Amazon begins filling 1,000 apprenticeships coming to the U.K. in 2021, ViacomCBS Networks International appoints Anna Priest as senior VP and chief marketing officer in the U.K., Nl Film fills out its leadership teams and Viddsee begins streaming spoof series “AI Love K-Drama” in Singapore.
Apprenticeship
Amazon has launched a recruitment drive to fill 1,000 new full-time apprenticeship positions across the U.K. over the coming year. Paid apprenticeships will be available in 25 fields including engineering, broadcast production, creative design, It, heal, safety and the environment. Two new broadcast production assistants will be recruited as part of the apprentices scheme and will join the Amazon Prime Video U.K. Originals team, working with Dan Grabiner on unscripted and Johnny Lewsley and Lydia Hampson on scripted.
Of the 1,000 positions, 100 are degree-level with 500 more going to current Amazon employees to both retrain in their current position and teach...
Apprenticeship
Amazon has launched a recruitment drive to fill 1,000 new full-time apprenticeship positions across the U.K. over the coming year. Paid apprenticeships will be available in 25 fields including engineering, broadcast production, creative design, It, heal, safety and the environment. Two new broadcast production assistants will be recruited as part of the apprentices scheme and will join the Amazon Prime Video U.K. Originals team, working with Dan Grabiner on unscripted and Johnny Lewsley and Lydia Hampson on scripted.
Of the 1,000 positions, 100 are degree-level with 500 more going to current Amazon employees to both retrain in their current position and teach...
- 2/5/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Abominable has been frozen out of theaters in Vietnam.
The animated adventure from DreamWorks Animation and Shanghai-based Pearl Studios ran afoul of the Vietnamese government because of a map in the film illustrating China’s claims to a vast portion of the South China Sea, the BBC reported Monday.
The scene that touched off the controversy shows what’s known as China’s “nine dash line” in the background.
Journalist Mike Tatarski tweeted a picture of the scene.
'Abominable,' the animated movie produced by Dreamworks & Shanghai-based Pearl Studio, has been pulled from theaters in Vietnam after viewers noticed a map apparently depicting China's 9-dash line in the East Sea. (Screenshot & 'X' via Zing.) pic.twitter.com/S2OUR6xyu2
— Mike Tatarski (@miketatarski) October 14, 2019
China and Vietnam have been locked in a dispute over the sea, and tensions escalated in July when the Chinese conducted an energy survey in waters Vietnam claims.
The animated adventure from DreamWorks Animation and Shanghai-based Pearl Studios ran afoul of the Vietnamese government because of a map in the film illustrating China’s claims to a vast portion of the South China Sea, the BBC reported Monday.
The scene that touched off the controversy shows what’s known as China’s “nine dash line” in the background.
Journalist Mike Tatarski tweeted a picture of the scene.
'Abominable,' the animated movie produced by Dreamworks & Shanghai-based Pearl Studio, has been pulled from theaters in Vietnam after viewers noticed a map apparently depicting China's 9-dash line in the East Sea. (Screenshot & 'X' via Zing.) pic.twitter.com/S2OUR6xyu2
— Mike Tatarski (@miketatarski) October 14, 2019
China and Vietnam have been locked in a dispute over the sea, and tensions escalated in July when the Chinese conducted an energy survey in waters Vietnam claims.
- 10/15/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – The changing view on yetis goes to show just how different my childhood was from kids growing up today. Back in my day, yeti’s were elusive creatures meant to be feared, much like Big Foot or Loch Ness. Films like “Smallfoot” and “Abominable” are paving the way towards acceptance were we ever to encounter a yeti, but the latter is more of a step back than forwards.
Rating: 2.5/2.5
It is impossible to completely dislike something that is so morally good and good-hearted. “Abominable” should be stomping into our hearts, but it feels more like it tip-toes past us. The story follows young Yi (Chloe Bennet) as she deals with the grief over the loss of her father by working constantly so that she can save enough money to take the trip they had been planning to take together. Her self-imposed isolation brings her in contact with an escaped...
Rating: 2.5/2.5
It is impossible to completely dislike something that is so morally good and good-hearted. “Abominable” should be stomping into our hearts, but it feels more like it tip-toes past us. The story follows young Yi (Chloe Bennet) as she deals with the grief over the loss of her father by working constantly so that she can save enough money to take the trip they had been planning to take together. Her self-imposed isolation brings her in contact with an escaped...
- 9/29/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
“Abominable” is edging out its box office competition, following $5.69 million in Friday’s domestic ticket sales.
If estimates hold, the DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio’s co-production should take home around $20 million come Sunday — the biggest opening for an original animated film this year and only the third original film to open at No. 1 in the North American box office (Universal’s “Us” and “Good Boys” also opened in first place).
Written and directed by Jill Culton, “Abominable” follows Chinese teenage Yi who embarks on a journey to the Himalayas after discovering a lost Yeti named Everest on the roof of her apartment building. Chloe Bennet voices Yi alongside fellow cast members Joseph Izzo, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Albert Tsai, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, Tsai Chin and Michelle Wong.
Coming in second place is last weekend’s winner “Downton Abbey,” which continues to hold strong in its sophomore outing with $4.3 million in Friday’s ticket sales.
If estimates hold, the DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio’s co-production should take home around $20 million come Sunday — the biggest opening for an original animated film this year and only the third original film to open at No. 1 in the North American box office (Universal’s “Us” and “Good Boys” also opened in first place).
Written and directed by Jill Culton, “Abominable” follows Chinese teenage Yi who embarks on a journey to the Himalayas after discovering a lost Yeti named Everest on the roof of her apartment building. Chloe Bennet voices Yi alongside fellow cast members Joseph Izzo, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Albert Tsai, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, Tsai Chin and Michelle Wong.
Coming in second place is last weekend’s winner “Downton Abbey,” which continues to hold strong in its sophomore outing with $4.3 million in Friday’s ticket sales.
- 9/28/2019
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
Animated adventure film “Abominable” is heading for a moderate but dominant $18 million opening weekend at 4,242 North American sites, early estimates showed on Friday.
The second weekend of Focus Features’ “Downton Abbey” is leading the rest of the pack with about $14 million, which will give the big-screen version of the British TV drama around $58 million in its first 10 days. A trio of holdovers are battling for third place in the $9 million to $11 million range: Stx’s third weekend of “Hustlers,” Disney-Fox’s second frame of Brad Pitt’s “Ad Astra” and Warner Bros.’ fourth session of horror sequel “It: Chapter Two,” which will finish the weekend with about $192 million domestically in its first 24 days.
“Abominable,” produced by Universal’s DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studios, is coming at the middle of the range of pre-release forecasts. The film centers on the relationship between a modern Chinese teenager and a Yeti...
The second weekend of Focus Features’ “Downton Abbey” is leading the rest of the pack with about $14 million, which will give the big-screen version of the British TV drama around $58 million in its first 10 days. A trio of holdovers are battling for third place in the $9 million to $11 million range: Stx’s third weekend of “Hustlers,” Disney-Fox’s second frame of Brad Pitt’s “Ad Astra” and Warner Bros.’ fourth session of horror sequel “It: Chapter Two,” which will finish the weekend with about $192 million domestically in its first 24 days.
“Abominable,” produced by Universal’s DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studios, is coming at the middle of the range of pre-release forecasts. The film centers on the relationship between a modern Chinese teenager and a Yeti...
- 9/27/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Animated adventure film “Abominable” has launched with a moderate $650,000 in Thursday night preview showings at 2,950 North American sites.
“Abominable,” produced by Universal’s DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studios, has been forecast to take in as much as $20 million this weekend when it expands to 4,242 locations. The film centers on the relationship between a modern Chinese teenager and a Yeti named Everest as they embark on an epic journey to reunite with his family in the Himalayas. The U.S. voice cast includes Chloe Bennet, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Albert Tsai, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, Tsai Chin and Michelle Wong.
Jill Culton wrote and directed “Abominable” and is the first woman to independently make an animated movie for a major studio. The film carries a $75 million budget. Critical reception has been positive with a current 76% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Universal is also releasing the film this weekend in 27 international markets, including Brazil,...
“Abominable,” produced by Universal’s DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studios, has been forecast to take in as much as $20 million this weekend when it expands to 4,242 locations. The film centers on the relationship between a modern Chinese teenager and a Yeti named Everest as they embark on an epic journey to reunite with his family in the Himalayas. The U.S. voice cast includes Chloe Bennet, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Albert Tsai, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, Tsai Chin and Michelle Wong.
Jill Culton wrote and directed “Abominable” and is the first woman to independently make an animated movie for a major studio. The film carries a $75 million budget. Critical reception has been positive with a current 76% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Universal is also releasing the film this weekend in 27 international markets, including Brazil,...
- 9/27/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Animation can be a tough venture for filmmakers: The target audience tends to be young children, who simultaneously have a limited attention span while still demanding entertainment at every corner. But then if the story is too juvenile or too preachy, or if the animation itself isn’t eye-catching, then you lose the parents, the all-important keepers of the wallet. And even when an animated film becomes an exquisite piece of cinema, their audiences aren’t necessarily going to run out and buy a stuffed yeti plush afterward.
Writer-director Jill Culton (“Open Season”) understands this mix of priorities, and her latest film “Abominable” falls somewhere in the middle of it all, with a story that’s sweet but formulaic, jokes that are juvenile but not annoying, and the use of gorgeous colors and textures. Nothing here truly changes animation, and yet, you can’t help but walk out of the...
Writer-director Jill Culton (“Open Season”) understands this mix of priorities, and her latest film “Abominable” falls somewhere in the middle of it all, with a story that’s sweet but formulaic, jokes that are juvenile but not annoying, and the use of gorgeous colors and textures. Nothing here truly changes animation, and yet, you can’t help but walk out of the...
- 9/26/2019
- by Yolanda Machado
- The Wrap
There is something soothing, subtle and lovable about this 3D animated film. Despite being predictable and entertaining, it delicately swoons you into the life of a young, aloof teenager Yi (Chloe Bennet), gently leading you into an exciting adventure from Shanghai to the Everest.
Yi is a resourceful teen residing in Shanghai, who is yet come to terms with the loss of her father. She misses him terribly and spends her spare moments, alone on the rooftop of her apartment building. It's her summer vacation and so, in order to escape from her concerned mother (Michelle Wong) and feisty grandmother (Tsai Chin), she takes up odd jobs in the neighbourhood. With the money she earns, she plans on taking a trip across China.
But that's not how her trip begins. The cause celebre of her adventure is a young Yeti who lands up on her terrace after escaping from the...
Yi is a resourceful teen residing in Shanghai, who is yet come to terms with the loss of her father. She misses him terribly and spends her spare moments, alone on the rooftop of her apartment building. It's her summer vacation and so, in order to escape from her concerned mother (Michelle Wong) and feisty grandmother (Tsai Chin), she takes up odd jobs in the neighbourhood. With the money she earns, she plans on taking a trip across China.
But that's not how her trip begins. The cause celebre of her adventure is a young Yeti who lands up on her terrace after escaping from the...
- 9/25/2019
- GlamSham
The first major co-production between DreamWorks and China’s Pearl Studio, Abominable — a warm and fuzzy animated guide book they could have titled How to Train Your Yeti — is good family fun as far it goes. It also could have gone further. The Chinese setting and characters are welcome and beautifully rendered, as is the film’s human protagonist, Yi (scrappily voiced by Chloe Bennett), a teen girl who’s been hit hard by the death of her father. It’s not that her strict mother (Michelle Wong) and dumpling-making...
- 9/25/2019
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
In today’s film news roundup, “Abominable” gets a Chinese-language version, “The Mandela Effect” gets a home, Buffalo 8 expands its post-production services and “Miracle on Grass” is becoming a movie.
Special Release
Universal Pictures has partnered with audio tech company TheaterEars to offer a Mandarin-language version of “Abominable” for Chinese-speaking moviegoers.
“Abominable,” produced by DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio, centers on the relationship between a modern Chinese teenager and a Yeti. By using the TheaterEars app, users will be able to listen to a Mandarin audio track at any of the 4,000 U.S. theaters showing the animated adventure.
The partnership marks the first time that a nationally released Hollywood movie has offered a Chinese audio option. Additionally, Universal and TheaterEars will also offer Spanish audio for the film. The film’s U.S. voice cast includes Chloe Bennet, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Albert Tsai, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, Tsai Chin and Michelle Wong.
Special Release
Universal Pictures has partnered with audio tech company TheaterEars to offer a Mandarin-language version of “Abominable” for Chinese-speaking moviegoers.
“Abominable,” produced by DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio, centers on the relationship between a modern Chinese teenager and a Yeti. By using the TheaterEars app, users will be able to listen to a Mandarin audio track at any of the 4,000 U.S. theaters showing the animated adventure.
The partnership marks the first time that a nationally released Hollywood movie has offered a Chinese audio option. Additionally, Universal and TheaterEars will also offer Spanish audio for the film. The film’s U.S. voice cast includes Chloe Bennet, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Albert Tsai, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, Tsai Chin and Michelle Wong.
- 9/24/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“Abominable” may feel boilerplate: Plucky loner finds an unexpected friend, a wild journey ensues with the help of a motley crew, and it ends with a buffet of lessons about the power of friendship, family, and self-respect. Also included: one incredibly cute magical yeti, all the better to incite both warm and squishy sentiments and encourage the inevitable purchase of a wide range of branded merchandise.
However, director Jill Culton adds unique touches to the formula including frequently stunning animation and goofy diversions of all stripe, along with at least two worrying soundtrack choices (kids like Coldplay?). The winning, warm nature of this China-set family film can’t be denied, and for all its predictable elements, “Abominable” is still well worth the trip.
Resourceful teen Yi (Chloe Bennett) is deep in the “denial and isolation” stage of her grief over her beloved father’s recent death. Instead of turning to...
However, director Jill Culton adds unique touches to the formula including frequently stunning animation and goofy diversions of all stripe, along with at least two worrying soundtrack choices (kids like Coldplay?). The winning, warm nature of this China-set family film can’t be denied, and for all its predictable elements, “Abominable” is still well worth the trip.
Resourceful teen Yi (Chloe Bennett) is deep in the “denial and isolation” stage of her grief over her beloved father’s recent death. Instead of turning to...
- 9/8/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
After descending Mt. Everest in 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary received worldwide acclaim as the first westerner to reach the top — and also snickers for alleging to spot yeti footprints and hair in the snow. Seven years later, Hillary returned to the Himalayas to prove his claim. He saw nothing — but he’d see himself in writer-director Jill Culton’s “Abominable,” a serviceable cartoon about aged ice-pick-brandishing explorer Burnish (voiced by Eddie Izzard) determined to catch and display the mythical creature for no better reason than to silence the jeers.
The latest offering from DreamWorks Animation gently alights on the fragile male ego. Yet its main interests are twofold: flog a new beast to supplant the successful “How to Train Your Dragon” franchise and satisfy its Chinese financiers with
The adventure is all part of quest by three youngsters — Yi (Chloe Bennet of TV’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”), Peng (Albert Tsai) and...
The latest offering from DreamWorks Animation gently alights on the fragile male ego. Yet its main interests are twofold: flog a new beast to supplant the successful “How to Train Your Dragon” franchise and satisfy its Chinese financiers with
The adventure is all part of quest by three youngsters — Yi (Chloe Bennet of TV’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”), Peng (Albert Tsai) and...
- 9/8/2019
- by Amy Nicholson
- Variety Film + TV
Universal Pictures has released a trailer for the DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio’s co-production ‘Abominable’.
Directed by Jill Culton (Open Season) and produced by Suzanne Buirgy, the voice cast consists of Chloe Bennet, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Albert Tsai, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, Tsai Chin and Michelle Wong.
Also in trailers – It’s playtime for Woody and friends in new trailer for ‘Toy Story 4’
The animation hits cinemas October 11th
Abominable Synopsis
When teenage Yi encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building in Shanghai, she and her mischievous friends, Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor) and Peng (Albert Tsai), name him “Everest” and embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth.
But the trio of friends will have to stay one-step ahead of Burnish (Eddie Izzard), a wealthy man intent on capturing a Yeti, and zoologist Dr.
Directed by Jill Culton (Open Season) and produced by Suzanne Buirgy, the voice cast consists of Chloe Bennet, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Albert Tsai, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, Tsai Chin and Michelle Wong.
Also in trailers – It’s playtime for Woody and friends in new trailer for ‘Toy Story 4’
The animation hits cinemas October 11th
Abominable Synopsis
When teenage Yi encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building in Shanghai, she and her mischievous friends, Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor) and Peng (Albert Tsai), name him “Everest” and embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth.
But the trio of friends will have to stay one-step ahead of Burnish (Eddie Izzard), a wealthy man intent on capturing a Yeti, and zoologist Dr.
- 5/23/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The third issue of Idw Publishing's Goosebumps: Download & Die headlines today's Comics Corner, which also includes Daredevil #602, Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Blood-Suckers #1, Bloodshot Salvation #9, Curse Words #14, Grimm Fairy Tales #15, Moonshine #10, and the first issue of The Rot.
Goosebumps: Download & Die #3: "Power cords and lifelines get tangled as Mitra, Kyra, and Flips unravel the monsters’ mess. Is it too late to save their friend and their town from the curse of the haunted phone? Ring, ring—who’s calling? Your Doom.
Available: May 2018
Diamond Code: FEB180354
Creators:
Jen Vaughn • Michelle Wong • Triona Tree Farrell (Colorist)
Imprint: Idw
Page Count: 32
Color: Fc
Categories: Download and Die, Goosebumps
Tags: Action-Adventure, All Ages, goosebumps, Horror Comics, Jen Vaughn, Kids Comics, Michelle Wong, Sci-Fi."
For more information, head on over to Idw Publishing's website.
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Daredevil #602: "The fallout from the shocking conclusion of Daredevil #600 continues as Matt Murdock and Daredevil both...
Goosebumps: Download & Die #3: "Power cords and lifelines get tangled as Mitra, Kyra, and Flips unravel the monsters’ mess. Is it too late to save their friend and their town from the curse of the haunted phone? Ring, ring—who’s calling? Your Doom.
Available: May 2018
Diamond Code: FEB180354
Creators:
Jen Vaughn • Michelle Wong • Triona Tree Farrell (Colorist)
Imprint: Idw
Page Count: 32
Color: Fc
Categories: Download and Die, Goosebumps
Tags: Action-Adventure, All Ages, goosebumps, Horror Comics, Jen Vaughn, Kids Comics, Michelle Wong, Sci-Fi."
For more information, head on over to Idw Publishing's website.
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Daredevil #602: "The fallout from the shocking conclusion of Daredevil #600 continues as Matt Murdock and Daredevil both...
- 5/16/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Ashy Slashy, Ashy Slashy! The Kiss / Army of Darkness mashup is back for another round in Kiss / Army of Darkness #2! Keep reading for more awesome horror0related comics in today's Comics Corner, including Goosebumps: Download and Die! #2, The Wicked and the Divine #35, The Walking Dead #178, Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose #109, Moon Knight #193, and Redneck #11.
Kiss / Army of Darkness #2: "Ash Williams is late to the party. And by party, we mean traveling back in time to fight the Army of Darkness. Things look pretty bleak for the Chosen One until he finds out he has some new allies...the rock'n'roll warriors known as Kiss!
Price: $3.99
Shipping: In-Stock!
Sku: C72513026477002011
Rating: Teen +
Cover A: Kyle Strahm
Upc: 725130264770 02011
Cover B: Goi Montes "Starchild Necronomicon"
Upc: 725130264770 02021
Cover C: Ken Haeser "Demon Ash"
Upc: 725130264770 02031
Writer: Chad Bowers, Chris Sims
Art: Ruair Coleman
Genre: Science Fiction/Horror
Publication Date: March 2018
Format: Comic Book
Page Count: 32 Pages.
Kiss / Army of Darkness #2: "Ash Williams is late to the party. And by party, we mean traveling back in time to fight the Army of Darkness. Things look pretty bleak for the Chosen One until he finds out he has some new allies...the rock'n'roll warriors known as Kiss!
Price: $3.99
Shipping: In-Stock!
Sku: C72513026477002011
Rating: Teen +
Cover A: Kyle Strahm
Upc: 725130264770 02011
Cover B: Goi Montes "Starchild Necronomicon"
Upc: 725130264770 02021
Cover C: Ken Haeser "Demon Ash"
Upc: 725130264770 02031
Writer: Chad Bowers, Chris Sims
Art: Ruair Coleman
Genre: Science Fiction/Horror
Publication Date: March 2018
Format: Comic Book
Page Count: 32 Pages.
- 4/4/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
It's the first Comics Corner of the new year! If you are new here or if you are returning, welcome! Kicking things off today is an interview I got to do with the very illustrious and rad Jeremy Lambert, writer of Goosebumps: Monsters at Midnight. Also, we have details on part six of Spawn #281, The Gravediggers Union #3, Extremity #10, Hatchet #2, Paper Girls #19, and the "New World Order" of The Walking Dead #175.
Goosebumps: Monsters at Midnight Q&A with Writer Jeremy Lambert: On December 23rd, I got a chance to speak with Jeremy Lambert, author of the latest iteration of the Goosebumps comic series titled Goosebumps: Monsters at Midnight, at his signing of issue #1 at Third Eye Comics in Annapolis, MD. We discussed how he got started in a career writing comics, how he got involved with Idw Publishing, and, of course, all things Goosebumps and R.L. Stine!
Thank you so much...
Goosebumps: Monsters at Midnight Q&A with Writer Jeremy Lambert: On December 23rd, I got a chance to speak with Jeremy Lambert, author of the latest iteration of the Goosebumps comic series titled Goosebumps: Monsters at Midnight, at his signing of issue #1 at Third Eye Comics in Annapolis, MD. We discussed how he got started in a career writing comics, how he got involved with Idw Publishing, and, of course, all things Goosebumps and R.L. Stine!
Thank you so much...
- 1/3/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
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