Intended for mature audiences.
Synopsis: Under a moonlit sky, a bus speeds along the coast when a panicky scream shatters the night silence: a necklace is stolen. A fatal accident follows as the story unfolds with love, hatred and vengeance.
Written and directed by Joe Hsieh.
Release date: July 11, 2024 on Prime Video.
Synopsis: Based off the 2016 animated feature Sausage Party, the series Sausage Party: Foodtopia follows Frank, Brenda, Barry, and Sammy as they try to build their own food society.
Voice cast:
Seth Rogen as Frank Frankfurter
Kristen Wig as Brenda Bunson
Michael Cera as Barry
David Krumholtz as Kareem Abdul-Lavash
Edward Norton as Sammy Bagel Jr.
Will Forte as Jack
Sam Richardson as Julius
Natasha Rothwell as Rutabaga Ginsberg
Yassir Lester as Iced Tea
Release date: July 5, 2024 on Netflix.
Synopsis: Studio Ponoc’s The Imaginary portrays the depths of humanity and creativity through the eyes of young Amanda and her imaginary companion, Rudger.
Their fantastical adventures launched from her attic lead them to discover a magical world of creatures and places never before seen. But their joy is interrupted when a sinister force threatens to destroy their imaginary world and the friendship within it.
Voice cast:
(Character – Actor)
Rudger – Louie Rudge-Buchanan
Amanda – Evie Kiszel
Lizzie – Hayley Atwell
Emily – Sky Katz
Mr. Bunting – Jeremy Swift
Zinzan – Kal Penn
The Old Dog – LeVar Burton
Granny Downbeat – Jane Singer
Aurora – Ruby Barnhill
Snowflake – Roger Craig Smith
Cruncher-of-Bones – Courtenay Taylor
John – Miles Nibbe
Additional Voice Cast:
Ian James Corlett
A.F. Harrold
Cassandra Lee Morris
Colleen O’Shaughnessey
Christopher Swindle
Fred Tatasciore
Kari Wahlgren
Directed by Yoshiyuki Momose. Written by Yoshiaki Nishimura. Based on the book written by A. F. Harrold and illustrated by Emily Gravett.
Release date: Weekly beginning November 9, 2024 on Netflix.
Synopsis: Arcane is set in the universe of the video game League of Legends. The series follows the origins of League champions Vi and Jinx, as they become caught in the power struggle between the utopian city of Piltover and the oppressed underground city of Zaun.
In the second and final season of Arcane, Jinx’s attack on the Council sets the stage for a dire escalation of the conflict between Piltover and Zaun.
Created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee.
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.
Written and directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Adam Elliot (Mary and Max).
Release date: October 17, 2024 in Australia. October 25, 2024 in the United States.
Voice cast: Sarah Snook, Jacki Weaver, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Dominique Pinon, Magda Szubanski and Eric Bana.
Synopsis: In 1970s Australia, Grace’s life is troubled by misfortune and loss. After their mother dies during pregnancy, she and her twin brother, Gilbert, are raised by their paraplegic-alcoholic former juggler father, Percy.
Despite a life filled with love, tragedy strikes anew when Percy passes away in his sleep. The siblings are forcibly separated and thrust into separate homes. Gilbert finds himself in the care of a cruel evangelical family, while Grace, grappling with intense loneliness, gradually withdraws into her shell, much like the snails she adopts.
As the years pass, and despite new disappointments and sorrows, a glimmer of hope emerges when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman called Pinky.
If you enjoyed the trailer, then you’ll love Adam Elliot’s short films.
Synopsis: From Far Away tells the story of Saoussan, a young girl struggling to adjust to life in Canada after being uprooted from her wartorn homeland.
She has come to seek a quieter and safer life, although memories of war and death linger, memories that are awakened when the children at her new school prepare for a scary Halloween.
Directed by Shira Avni and Serene El-haj Daoud.
Release date: August 9, 2024 on Paramount+.
Synopsis: From the universe of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new series Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC.
Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple.
Voice cast: Reprising their roles from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem are Micah Abbey as Donatello, Shamon Brown Jr. as Michelangelo, Nicolas Cantu as Leonardo, Brady Noon as Raphael and Ayo Edebiri as April O’Neil.
Synopsis: What does it mean to be brave? Kona, a teenage forest cat decides to face her fears and search for her missing mother, who was kidnapped by the circus long ago.
Along with Colin, an abandoned guard dog pup, and Bernard, a runaway old circus bear, the three unexpected companions will embark on a cross country search for their lost families.
Directed by Punkrobot co-founder Gabriel Osorio, winner (with Pato Escala) of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (2015) for Bear Story.
A release date has not been announced.
Release date: October 11, 2024.
Piece by Piece, directed by Academy Award winner Morgan Neville, tells the story of musician Pharrell Williams with the use of Lego.
The film features appearances by Gwen Stefani, Kendrick Lamar, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg.
Synopsis: On a hot August afternoon, a family gathers at the dinner table. Their memories intersect to tell the story of uncle Botão — from the dictatorship to the emigration to France, where he worked as a garbage man, and when he arrived with a van filled with “garbage,” later transformed into treasures.
A short film by Laura Gonçalves.
Release date: June 14, 2024.
Synopsis: Inside Out 2 returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety, Envy, Ennui and Embarrassment show up.
Voice cast: Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Kensington Tallman, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale, Lewis Black, Phyllis Smith, Ayo Edebiri, Lilimar, Grace Lu, Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan, Paul Walter Hauser and Yvette Nicole Brown.
Directed by Kelsey Mann. Written by Meg LeFauve, Dave Holstein and Kelsey Mann.
Release date: June 28, 2024 on Apple TV+.
Synopsis: Eva is a curious, enthusiastic and spirited teenager being raised in a state-of-the-art underground bunker by Muthr, a robot caretaker.
On her 16th birthday, an attack on Eva’s bunker forces her onto the Earth’s surface, which is now inhabited by aliens and covered with otherworldly fauna, and there are no other humans to be found. In fact, it’s no longer called Earth, but Orbona.
Otto, a lovable giant waterbear with whom Eva shares telepathic powers, and Rovender, a cantankerous alien with a troubled past, join Eva as she leads the team on a dangerous quest to find humans, her home and her true destiny.
Voice cast:
Jeanine Mason as Eva
Teri Hatcher as Muthr
Brad Garrett as Otto
Gary Anthony Williams as Rovender
Chiké Okonkwo as Besteel
D.C. Douglas as Omnipod
Alan Tudyk as Cadmus Pryde
WondLa is based on the books by Tony DiTerlizzi. The first season consists of seven episodes. Bobs Gannaway is the showrunner and executive producer.
Release date: October 10, 2024 on Netflix.
Synopsis: Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft continues right after the events of the Survivor Trilogy of video games (Tomb Raider, Rise of the Tomb Raider and Shadow of the Tomb Raider) and finds Lara abandoning her friends to embark on increasingly more perilous solo adventures.
However, Lara must return home when a dangerous and powerful Chinese artifact is stolen from Croft Manor by a thief with an uncanny personal connection.
Her daring pursuit will take her on an adventure around the world and to the depths of forgotten tombs, where she will be forced to confront her true self and decide just what kind of hero she wants to become.
Voice cast: Hayley Atwell as Lara Croft, Allen Maldonado as Zip and Earl Baylon reprising his role as Jonah Maiava from the video games.
Netflix today announced that they’re working on an animated series based on the popular Minecraft video game franchise.
Depending on who you ask, Minecraft is considered the best-selling video game of all time with over 300 million copies sold. (Some say Tetris is actually #1 with over 520 million copies sold.)
Not much information is known at the moment, except that the series will tell an original story with new characters and that WildBrain (Sonic Prime, Ninjago: Dragons Rising, Carmen Sandiego) is the animation studio responsible for bringing this new series to life.
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