There's a famous scene in "The Lion King" in which feline prince Simba, still learning of the responsibilities he will take on once he becomes ruler of the Pride Lands, listens as his wise father ...

During a quarterly earnings call in May of 2025, Disney CEO Bob Iger stressed that its feature animation divisions will prioritize sequels over original films (per Cartoon Brew). "I just think that ...

Just when I start to count Pixar out, they pull me right back in. It is no secret that the studio’s track record over the past decade has been mostly hit or miss; I found their last film, Elio, ...

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Hoppers opens with the story of Mabel (voice of Lila Liu, early on) and her grandma, Tanaka (Karen Hule). Mabel takes a turtle, a snake and some other animals from her school and puts them in her ...

For the longest time, Pixar has set the benchmark when it comes to animated movies. Rival studios have certainly given them a run for their money in recent years, whether it's Sony Pictures ...

‘Hoppers’ is the most purely Pixar movie in a long time, lovely to look at, filled with heart, and breezily paced, even if parts of it don’t quite gel. Pixar has had a rough go of it for a few years, ...

A nature-loving teenage girl fights a narcissistic mayor’s plans to build a freeway overpass that will displace a habitat by disguising herself as a beaver to lead an animal rebellion in “Hoppers,” ...

“Hoppers” isn’t afraid to get a bit weird, the latest offering from Disney-owned Pixar Animation Studios sporting an irreverent streak we’ve not seen in a while from a major-studio animated release.

Hoppers is in theaters now. It’s not exactly a new observation to say that Pixar’s once golden reputation is not what it used to be. The 3D animation studio has never disappeared from the cultural ...

At one point in time, Pixar was on top of the world with the Toy Story franchise, Ratatouille, and Up. In recent years, their momentum has cooled (did anyone realize Elio came out last year?), and ...