Netflix updates movie list: 'Wendell & Wild', 'Pinocchio', 'My Father's Dragon', 'Scrooge'
As the days get shorter, our list of must-see animations gets longer and longer as Netflix unveiled updates to its list of streaming and movie releases through the end of 2022. dates by Henry Selick Wendell & Wild, by Nora Twomey My father's dragon, Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio and Stephen Donnelly's Dickensian reinterpretation Scrooge: The Christmas Carol.
Wendell & Wild
On Netflix on October 28 | In some theaters: 21 October
From the delightfully evil minds of Henry Selick and Jordan Peele comes Wendell & Wild, an animated story about the intriguing demon brothers Wendell (Keegan-Michael Key) and Wild (Peele), who enlist the help of Kat Elliot (Lyric Ross), a tough teenager with a load of guilt, to summon them to Earth of Life. But what Kat asks in return leads to a brilliantly bizarre and comical adventure like no other, an animated fantasy that defies the law of life and death, all told through the artisan art of stop motion.
Directed by Selick, written by Selick and Peel, executive producer of Selick, Peele, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Win Rosenfeld, Wendell & Wild also features the voices of Angela Bassett, James Hong, Tamara Smart, Natalie Martinez, Tantoo Cardinal, Igal Naor, Gary Gatewood, Gabrielle Dennis, David Harewood, Maxine Peake, Ramona Young, Sam Zelaya, Seema Virdi and Ving Rhames.
My Father's Dragon
On Netflix November | In Select Theaters: November
From five-time Academy Award-nominated animation studio Cartoon Saloon (The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers) and Academy Award-nominated director Nora Twomey (The Breadwinner), comes an exquisite film inspired by the Newbery-honored children's book from author Ruth Stiles Gannett. Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother di lui, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer's adventures introduces him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.
Directed by Twomey and written by Meg LeFauve, who both executive produces alongside Tomm Moore, Gerry Shirren, Ruth Coady and Alan Maloney, My Father's Dragon voice stars Jacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo, Golshifteh Farahani, Dianne Wiest, Rita Moreno, Chris O'Dowd, Judy Greer, Alan Cumming, Yara Shahidi, Jackie Earle Haley, Mary Kay Place, Leighton Meester, Spence Moore II, Adam Brody, Charlyne Yi, Maggie Lincoln, Jack Smith, Whoopi Goldberg and Ian McShane.
Scrooge: A Christmas carol
On Netflix December | In some theaters: November 18
Produced by Timeless Films in association with Axis Studios and directed by Stephen Donnelly, the ageless legend of Charles Dickens is reborn in this supernatural, time-traveling musical adaptation of the ultimate Christmas story. With his very soul at stake, Scrooge only has one Christmas Eve to face his past and build a better future. Featuring reinvented songs by legendary and two-time Academy Award winner Leslie Bricusse OBE, Scrooge: A Christmas carol is one to sing for a new generation.
Directed by Donnelly and produced by Bricusse, Ralph Kamp and Andrew Pearce, tightfisted features the voices of Luke Evans, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Fra Fee, Giles Terera, Trevor Dion Nicholas, James Cosmo and Jonathan Pryce.
Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro
On Netflix on December 9 in selected theaters: to be announced
Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro and stop-motion film legend Mark Gustafson reinvent Carlo Collodi's classic story of the legendary wooden boy with an extravagant tour de force that finds Pinocchio on an enchanted adventure that transcends worlds and reveals the life. give strength of love.
Del Toro directs the project as director with Gustafson, screenwriter with Patrick McHale and producer with Lisa Henson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico. The voice cast includes Gregory Mann, Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson and Burn Gorman.
These titles join the Netflix animated films of 2022 Apollo 10 1/2: A childhood in the space age, The beast of the sea, Rise of the Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie e Bubblei.
