Release date: August 1, 2025.
Synopsis: The now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.
Digital release date: October 15, 2024.
4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray release date: December 3, 2024.
Synopsis: Based on Peter Brown’s #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot follows the journey of a robot named Roz that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
Written and directed by Chris Sanders (How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods).
Release date: October 4, 2024 on Apple TV+.
Synopsis: Curses! follows Pandora, Russ and Sky Vanderhouven, a family cursed by their ancestors’ pillaging of ancient artifacts from across the globe in which the father, Alex, was turned to stone.
After reversing the curse on an adventure of a lifetime, the second season picks up with Alex rejoining the family as they continue working to undo the damage done by their greedy ancestors.
But when something about Alex doesn’t seem quite right, the family must band together to solve the mysteries that confront them, both on the road and within the walls of Briarstone Manor.
Release date: October 14, 2024 on Netflix.
Synopsis: In the all-vehicle town of Motorvania, a team of half-monster, half-rescue vehicle heroes called the Mighty Monsterwheelies whiz around doing everything in their power to protect their community.
No challenge is too big, or too small as the wheeled champions supercharge their way through stopping fires, floods, meteors, and the devious plans of troublemakers like Phantom Freeze and Invisible Van, proving even monsters can be heroes.
Release date: January 31, 2025.
Synopsis: When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born.
As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief, he must stop the evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat. Petey’s latest plan is to clone himself, creating the kitten Lil Petey, to double his ability to cause havoc.
Things get complicated, though, when Lil Petey forges an unexpected bond with Dog Man. When Lil Petey falls into the clutches of a common enemy, Dog Man and Petey reluctantly join forces in a race against time to rescue the young kitten.
Release date: September 27, 2024.
Synopsis: Based on Peter Brown’s #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot follows the journey of a robot named Roz that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
Voice cast:
Lupita Nyong’o as robot Roz
Pedro Pascal as fox Fink
Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail
Bill Nighy as goose Longneck
Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill
Stephanie Hsu as robot Vontra
Mark Hamill as grizzly bear Thorn
Matt Berry as beaver Paddler
Ving Rhames as falcon Thunderbolt
Written and directed by three-time Oscar nominee Chris Sanders, the writer-director of Lilo & Stitch, The Croods and How to Train Your Dragon.
Release date: October 3, 2024 on Netflix.
Synopsis: The Bad Guys set off on the ultimate Halloween heist, absconding with legendary deceased crook Reginald E. Scary’s prized stolen amulet.
While on their mission in Scary’s haunted mansion, Wolf has a few tricks up his sleeve to spook his crew.
But when Wolf ends up being haunted the Bad Guys must revisit the mansion to return the cursed loot.
Release date: September 27, 2024.
Synopsis: Based on Peter Brown’s #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot follows the journey of a robot named Roz that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
The Wild Robot stars Lupita Nyong’o as robot Roz; Pedro Pascal as fox Fink; Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail; Bill Nighy as goose Longneck; Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill and Stephanie Hsu as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island.
The film also features the voice talents of Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Ving Rhames.
The Wild Robot is written and directed by three-time Oscar nominee Chris Sanders, the writer-director of How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, and Lilo & Stitch.
The second season of Fright Krewe premieres March 29, 2024 on Hulu and Peacock.
Synopsis: It all started during detention in a graveyard, when Soleil Le Claire, a girl who lives for horror, accidentally broke a spell on the Tree of Life and unleashed an ancient evil into this world. The spirit of Marie Laveau, voodoo queen of New Orleans, put her and four other kids in charge of saving the city from Belial, an ancient demon who feeds on fear.
Luckily they’re not alone as each kid gets a special gift from voodoo spirits called Loa. Super strength is given to Missy, Maybe gets the ability to disappear into the realm of the dead, Pat can understand any language or creature, Stanley gets knowledge about anything he touches, and Soleil can summon fire.
The ward they live in, the 13th and a Third, is known for fright tourism and Soleil’s always loved all the scary legends about her creepy little ward. So she’s beyond excited to find out the town’s biggest secret that vampires, rougarous, ghosts, monsters and demons are in fact very real.
The creatures have been secretly living amongst the humans for decades… but tensions between the rougarous and vampires have been high lately, and when Missy has to turn into a rougarou to survive a life-threatening injury, the kids can’t help but get mixed up in all of it.
Our Krewe will have to hone their powers, figure out what Belial’s up to, keep the peace between vampires and the rougarous, and figure out how to be a team because there’s no way they’d all hang out otherwise. But going up against local legends like the Feu Follet, swamp monsters, and demon hounds from the underworld is kind of a weird bonding experience, and our Krewe will realize there’s more to each other than they thought.
The animated classic Shrek 2 will return to U.S. theaters nationwide on April 12, 2024 in celebration of the film’s 20th anniversary.
Tickets for the re-release of Shrek 2 are available for purchase on Fandango and through theater ticketing sites nationwide.
Shrek 2 is directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon.
The film’s cast includes Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett and Jennifer Saunders.
Release date: September 27, 2024.
Synopsis: Based on Peter Brown’s #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot follows the journey of a robot named Roz that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
The Wild Robot stars Lupita Nyong’o as robot Roz; Pedro Pascal as fox Fink; Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail; Bill Nighy as goose Longneck; Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill and Stephanie Hsu as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island.
The film also features the voice talents of Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Ving Rhames.
The Wild Robot is written and directed by three-time Oscar nominee Chris Sanders, the writer-director of How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, and Lilo & Stitch.
Jack Black returns as Po in DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 4, in theaters March 8, 2024.
Synopsis: After many death-defying adventures, Po, the Dragon Warrior, has been chosen to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, but before that can happen, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior.
Seems simple enough. However, there’s been a recent sighting of a wicked, powerful sorceress named Chameleon (Viola Davis), a tiny lizard who can shapeshift into any creature. And Chameleon has her eyes on Po’s Staff of Wisdom, which would give her the power to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm.
And so the adventure begins…
Kung Fu Panda 4 stars Dustin Hoffman as Kung Fu master, Shifu; James Hong as Po’s adoptive father, Mr. Ping; Bryan Cranston as Po’s birth father, Li, Ian McShane as Tai Lung, Shifu’s former student and arch-nemesis; Ke Huy Quan as Han, the leader of the Den of Thieves; and Awkwafina as Zhen, a quick-witted thief and Po’s new sidekick.
Kung Fu Panda 4 is directed by Mike Mitchell, co-directed by Stephanie Ma Stine and written by Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger and Darren Lemke.
Po is back! Watch Kung Fu Panda 4 in theaters March 8, 2024.
Premieres February 2, 2024 on Netflix.
Premieres December 4, 2023 on Netflix.
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