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With The Willoughbys, writer/director Kris Pearn adapted a beloved children's book of the same name by Lois Lowry, looking to be as faithful as possible to the "subversive" nature of her story, while bringing to it his own personal touch. Pearn's second feature, following 2013's Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2…

BRON Media, leveraging its expertise in producing CGI-animated titles like Netflix’s The Willoughbys and acknowledging the pressure to explore new business models during COVID-19, has launched a digital division. Jason Chen will lead production and technology as Head of Digital. He will oversee the virtual production…

Netflix is claiming that 37.6 million households watched The Willoughbys animated film in its first month of release via the streamer. The family feature, narrated and executive produced by Ricky Gervais, tells the story of a family of children convinced they'd be better off raising themselves. Thus, the Willoughby…

With just about anything he does, Ricky Gervais makes me laugh, and that is a key reason I warmed right away to the loony high jinks of the latest attempt by Netflix to crash the animation market.  As the chatty tabby who guides us as narrator of The Willoughbys, a film version of the children’s book by Lois Lowry…

Netflix has dropped the first look at its forthcoming highly stylized CG animated film, The Willoughbys, which features the voices of Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Alessia Cara, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, Séan Cullen, and Ricky Gervais. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 helmer Kris Pearn wrote and…

Netflix has added six diverse and global perspectives to their forthcoming slate of animated programming. The lineup includes both feature films and original series suited for kids and families. From the CG of Kris Pearn’s The Willoughbys to the 2D style of Nora Twomey’s My Father’s Dragon, the slate includes a…

Maya Rudolph, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski and Sean Cullen have joined the voice cast of Bron Animation’s The Willoughbys which is based on Lois Lowry’s 2010 popular children's book of the same name. Ricky Gervais is the film’s narrator and one of the executive producers. Rudolph will be the voice of…