Migration (Illumination Entertainment) - December 22nd, 2023

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Migration is billed as a modern-day comedy following a family of ducks who convince their overprotective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime as they attempt to migrate from New England, through New York City, and ultimately down to the Bahamas. Oscar nominee Benjamin Renner (Ernest et Célestine, The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales) is directing the pic from an original screenplay by Mike White (School of Rock, The White Lotus). Illumination founder Chris Meledandri is serving as producer.

https://deadline.com/2022/06/univers...on-1235053847/

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Trailer has been rated by the Alberta Film Ratings board, is likely to be attached to the Mario movie

[Bubbles-11]

Looks like the trailer for this will be Exclusive to Movie Theaters in front of The Super Mario Bros Movie

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https://youtube.com/watch?v=m-4YnwBwaGk

[Foggy]

Illumination really does have the worst marketing department, most films just have a title card of other film’s they’re associated with, that trailer is over half clips of everything else they’ve worked on.

[BluBonnet]

Illumination’s ‘Migration’ Cast Includes Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key, Danny DeVito & More – CinemaCon

[Monterey Jack]

Awkwafina earns the "Please make her go away" award of 2023.

[BluBonnet]

Illumination to Bow New Footage of ‘Migration’ at Annecy Animation Festival

This year, the Annecy Animation Film Festival hosts a variety of first-looks and works-in-progress, including the anticipated “Migration,” from Illumination, to be released by Universal on Dec. 22.

On the heels of a presentation at CinemaCon in April, Illumination chief Chris Meledandri will present never-before-seen footage of the feature at Annecy June 13. Meledandri and “Migration” director Benjamin Renner (“Ernest and Celestine,” “The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales”) will also be in conversation about the film.

The film stars the voice talents of Kumail Nanjiani and Elizabeth Banks as duck parents who lead their family on an adventure. Rest of the cast is rounded out by Casper Jennings, Tresi Gazal, Awkwafina, Carol Kane, Keegan-Michael Key, David Mitchell and Danny DeVito.

Film is written by Mike White (“The White Lotus”) and Renner; “Migration” is co-directed by Guylo Homsy.

Illumination is riding high on the global success of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which recently crossed $1.3 billion in global box office. With that total, “Mario Bros.” became the second-biggest animated feature of all time, pushing Disney’s “Frozen,” with $1.28 billion at the global box office, into the third-place slot.

But Disney still owns the top spot on the animated film B.O. chart with sequel “Frozen II,” with $1.45 billion at the global wickets.

“The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” a collaboration between Universal, Illumination and Nintendo, features the hugely popular characters from the blockbuster Nintendo games.

Last summer, Illumination continued its “Minions” franchise with “Minions: The Rise of Gru.” That film took in $939 million worldwide.

[BluBonnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQfo0HJhCnE

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[Walter Kafka]

What's this one about

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by walter kafka

what's this one about

From the OP:

Migration is billed as a modern-day comedy following a family of ducks who convince their overprotective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime as they attempt to migrate from New England, through New York City, and ultimately down to the Bahamas. Oscar nominee Benjamin Renner (Ernest et Célestine, The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales) is directing the pic from an original screenplay by Mike White (School of Rock, The White Lotus). Illumination founder Chris Meledandri is serving as producer.

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Releases in China in advance of the US on December 8th

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Early audience word of mouth in France seems to be very good

[Dragon78]

I will more then likely see it....regardless if the French like it or not.

[Zivouhr]

This is one of those CGI animated movies I'd be interested in mostly because of the epic scenery probably in the film, showing a bird's eye view of things, but also the beauty of the wilderness. The Good Dinosaur by Pixar had photorealistic scenery many times, which was nice visually in 3D. Good that Migration will be in 3D too.

[BluGalaxy]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Awkwafina earns the "Please make her go away" award of 2023.

She was passable and even good in Raya. But the more I've seen of her the more I don't want to

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For those with Xfinity accounts (through Xfinity Rewards) . . .

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by BluGalaxy

She was passable and even good in Raya. But the more I've seen of her the more I don't want to

She didnt bother me much in Shang-Chi but I can see why she's like sand in your undies for a lot of people.

As for this Migration? I like this kind of stuff so Ill see it - but not likely at a theater. At home when the chance presents itself.