Hoppers Leaps to Number One, The Wild Robot gets a Sequel, and Cartoon Lagoon Has New Projects Coming (Ep. 349)

Jim Hill and Drew Taylor are back together after Drew's birthday escape to Palm Springs, and they've got plenty of animation news to talk about. Pixar has its biggest ever box office for an original film opening, Pete Docter's Wall Street Journal interview takes an odd turn but at least they have a musical on the way, and of course there are the Old Spice marketing tie-ins to the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy movie that want you to smell like Bowser.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Disney Legend Floyd Norman's screening and Q&A at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC has been postponed with no rescheduled date available as of yet

• Hoppers has the best opening for a Pixar original film yet with an 88 million dollar worldwide gross

• The first 40,000 fans through the gates on March 31st at the L.A. Dodgers game against the Cleveland Guardians will get an exclusive Yoshi bobblehead

• Drew drops an exclusive story about the upcoming sequel to The Wild Robot

• Cartoon Lagoon has a new film, Kindred Spirits, coming in 2028 

• Jim and Drew discuss Pete Docter's recent interview with the Wall Street Journal and the reactions to it

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Edited by Dave Grey
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