Jordan Peele and Henry Selick’s ‘Wendell & Wild’ to Open Animation Is Film Festival
variety.comMichaela Zee editor The U.S. premiere of Jordan Peele and Henry Selick’s “Wendell & Wild” will kick off the fifth edition of Animation Is Film (AIF) on Oct.
21. The screening of the forthcoming Netflix feature will be followed by an in-person Q&A with Selick. “I’m delighted my new film ‘Wendell & Wild’ — co-written and produced with Jordan Peele — will have its U.S.
premiere at Animation Is Film, a festival that celebrates the non-traditional and ground-breaking in animated movies,” Selick said in a statement. “Our made-in-the-USA stop-motion feature is many things: scary, funny, creepy, sad, and empowering, but most of all, it’s very very original so I can’t think of a better place for its U.S.
premiere than Animation Is Film. Hope you enjoy the show. AIF will be expanding to a second weekend for the first time in the festival’s history, and will conclude with an awards ceremony on Oct.
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