Addendum: And that isn't going to be for a while, it appears. It's been weeks since D23 and the only "Good Dinosaur" tidbits we have been given since are some concept art and some not-terribly-encouraging news.
Anyway, here are the current animated trailers:
Well, first off, New Miyazaki Film! New Miyazaki Film! New Miyazaki Film!
For those of you who think there aren't any good animated films centering on feathered theropods lately (except, you know, that one), behold "Leafy: a Hen Into the Wild". Sadly, there's no news of an American release but I'm holding out hope.
There's a sizable "Legend of Korra"-shaped hole in my life right now, but this incredibly evocative teaser for season two promises to finally fill it in September.
One of the best surprises among recent animated features was "How to Train Your Dragon". Fans of the film went rightfully nuts over the friendship between Toothless and Hiccup and their acrobatic (if somewhat familiar) flights together. The teaser for the sequel very wisely promises more of exactly that.
Blue Sky is sparing us "Ice Age 5: Why Are These Even Set During The Ice Age Anymore" for the moment, but giving us a sequel to the underwhelming "Rio" instead. The teasers throw yet more characters into the overloaded cast, so hooray for that? This particular teaser starts by briefly giving us 80's kids bad flashbacks to the "Somewhere Out There" scene in "American Tail"...
...but then...😨
...but THEN...😱
Then you get to the part where they reveal the title and... yeah, these are all interesting visuals for an animated teaser.
A lot of people loved the hell out of "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs". Enough to make me wonder what I missed, since I kind of hated it. The inevitable sequel at least promises some very cool plant-animal designs, along with more awesome food/scenery, more puns, and more insufferable little sidekick characters who scream a whole lot. I'm such a big fan of that last thing, you have no idea.
And speaking of things that are insufferable, behold the trailer for "Turkeys". I mean "Free Birds". I mean, I don't even give a s**t, because look at this thing. It's like they had five or six plot ideas centered around the general pitch, "Blargh, somethin' about turkeys, I guess, whatever." And instead of picking just one of them like a sane person would have -- and not even a sane person! Because "South Park" already did "angry turkeys attack humans on Thanksgiving" way-ass back in 1997!?! Anyway, instead of picking one plot to focus on and develop properly, they mashed together all of them. Every last God-damn one of them, because that approach always ends well for animated holiday feature films with goofy animals. In other news, "From the producer/director/studio/whatever of 'Shrek'!" doesn't even look like a real phrase made up of real words anymore.
One of the more unusual features coming soon is "Walking With Dinosaurs 3D". Which will hopefully not end up being "Spirit: Ceratopsian of the Cimmaron," even though this bored-narrator-heavy trailer is discouraging.
"Box Trolls" is the new Laika joint. Based on the high concept, gorgeous animation, and "Hey, people who walked out after that one offhand line of dialogue during the finale of 'Paranorman'? Deal with it." attitude, they're obviously remaining as awesome as ever.
The announcement of the "LEGO Movie" a while back made me skeptical, but this trailer got me looking forward to it. And then there's the awkward moment when I realized this is what it took to finally get Wonder Woman into a theatrical movie...
Here' is what I am assured is an impressively misleading teaser for "Frozen" and... actually, forget this. Have the Japanese teaser instead:
So... pretty...
BONUS: "The Muppets: Most Wanted" trailer just dropped this morning!
-----
Sketch of the Day!
