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A third screen telling of Dr Seuss’ ‘The Grinch Who Stole Christmas’ was hardly atop many wish lists for the coming festive season but parents with hyper young tots should at least appreciate the distraction. Fiercely colourful, soft of heart and rather brilliantly animated, Illumination’s Grinch is ultimately forgettable fun and lacks the sharp edges warranted by its story. Put it this way, the Chuck Jones shorter take on the tale still tops the pile.
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Which came first: the short film or the feature? Either way, there’s a grander scheme to Jonathan and Josh Baker’s directorial debut than can be contained within either a fourteen nor hundred minute runtime. Based on the brothers’ own 2014 mini movie Bag Man, Kin expands the mythos of that first outing by answering and posing questions along the way. While a box office drubbing for the film stateside makes further exploration of the story unlikely, a future here isn’t an entirely unwelcome prospect.
Who saw that coming?! Out of nowhere, Disney dropped their brand new, first-look teaser trailer for Toy Story 4 this morning and it’s all about a fork.
Last seen in 2010’s Toy Story 3, Woody, Buzz and company are due to return to big screens for a fourth outing next Summer but they won’t be alone.
You’ll have to watch the trailer yourself to get a glimpse the new character in action but what we do know is that Toy Story 4 is to tell a story very much separate from the original trilogy.
For one thing, there’s no sign of Andy in the teaser, which you can watch here…
Toy Story 4 has been directed by Inside Out animator Josh Cooley and comes from the imaginations of John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich and scriptwriter Stephany Folsom.
Alongside Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, the film sees Annie Potts return to the role of Bo Peep for the first time since 1999. ‘Veep’ star Tony Hale joins the cast as Forky.
Toy Story 4 is out in the UK on 21 June 2019.
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