ANNECY — “·Hello, I’m Margie Cohn, and I am president of DreamWorks….” By that time, as she walked onto the stage at Annecy on Tuesday for a DreamWorks Animation presentation of upcoming ti…
ANNECY — “·Hello, I’m Margie Cohn, and I am president of DreamWorks….”presentation of upcoming titles, DWA president Cohn’s self introduction had been drowned by a barrage of applause and yelps of approbation.
Pretty well half the presentation went to “Abominable,” a co-production of DWA and Pearl Studios co-directed by Todd Wilderman and DWA’s next upcoming feature which Universal Pictures releases on Sept. 27. The 25 minutes of never before seen footage included some of the most spectacular beats in the early part of the movie: young teen Yi odd jobbing in Shanghai to go on a trip across China; her escape from an overwhelming grandmother and mother to her apartment building rooftop where, in a spectacular sequence, she plays her violin as the camera swoops around here revealing the stunning skyscraper-scape of the modern city; then her discovery of a young Yeti, whom she soon calls Everest, still...
Said Culton: “It’s very exciting and emotional footage where our main character shows that she is strong willed, that she is determined. I really want her to be an inspiration for all kids that grow up in general, a kind of more independent spirit who makes bold choices.” Conducted by “Trolls World Tour” director Walt Dohrn, a co-director on the original, the Annecy first look, often of rough animation, took in an opening scene at a techno troll rave disrupted by the arrival of rock trolls, answering to Queen Barb, who want to destroy the other strains of music. Poppy and Branch decide to fight back but, in one of the funniest scenes in the movie, fall under the tranquilizing effect of the king troll of cool jazz.
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