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Twentieth Century Fox has moved Ice Age: Collision Course, the newly christened fifth chapter of its Blue Sky animated franchise, from July 15 to July 22, 2016. This will shift Sid, Manny, Ellie and company off their previous collision course with Sony’s Ghostbusters and two other pictures, the musical La La Land from…

EXCLUSIVE: The Weinstein Company is moving its soccer-centric animated film Underdogs from April 10 to August 14. The film, directed by Juan Jose Campanella and featuring the voices of Ariana Grande, John Leguizamo, Bobby Moynihan and Bella Thorne, is about a shy kid (Matthew Morrison) who’s a foosball wizard and…

The Weinstein Co acquired rights to Argentine/Spanish animated feature Underdogs in March last year and has now dropped the first trailer (see above). The film, directed by Oscar winning The Secret In Their Eyes helmer Juan José Campanella, was a huge hit in Argentina and Latin America in 2013 where it went by the…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney Channel star Bella Thorne has joined the voice cast of Underdogs, the animated Weinstein Co. release hitting theaters April 10, 2015. The Argentine-Spanish family flick from director Juan J. Campanella tracks a shy but talented foosball player who defends his town and his girl from a nefarious soccer…

The Weinstein Company has quietly pushed back its CG-animated holiday flick Paddington yet again — this time off the Christmas frame altogether. The big-screen adaptation of the beloved UK children’s book character was primed to rake in holiday bucks by opening on Christmas Day but will now open on January 16…

The Weinstein Company made one of the biggest purchase of last month’s Cannes Film Festival when it scooped up The Coup, the John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle international thriller that stars Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan and Lake Bell. The deal for U.S. distribution rights topped a bidding battle that topped out at $5…

Bryan Greenberg (How To Make It In America) has signed on to star in Vice alongside Bruce Willis, Thomas Jane and Ambyr Childers. Director Brian A. Miller's film is set in a futuristic resort where the rich can live out their darkest fantasies and the lifelike staff are actually synthetic beings. Greenberg plays Evan…