Jamie Lang Organizers of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the world’s oldest and most important animation festival, revealed Thursday that all the big U.S.
studio animation players will be in attendance this year to preview some of their most exciting upcoming titles. Annecy has long been a launch point for global and indie animation, but over the past several years, it has become an increasingly important platform for big studios as well.
This year, that trend continues and, indeed, ramps up. Disney will host sneak peeks of its 2024 animated feature releases: Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Moana 2.” Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Animation Studio will offer a preview of “Transformers One,” a new animated feature coming to theaters on Sept.
20 this year. Illumination will host a sneak preview of “Despicable Me 4” in its entirety. The three previous “Despicable” films and the “Minions: The Rise of Gru” spinoff all screened at Annecy, several of them making their world premieres there.
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