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  • [NEWS] Apple TV+ deal with Skydance Animation - two movies and a series

    From Your Name@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 18 11:24:29 2021
    From ComingSoon.net ...


    Apple Acquires Luck & Spellbound
    in Overall Deal With Skydance Animation
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    In a new overall deal with Skydance Animation, Apple has
    acquired the upcoming animated movies Luck and Skydance,
    according to The Hollywood Reporter. The deal covers
    feature films and TV series for the company's streaming
    service, Apple TV+.

    The multi-year pact promises more movies and series to
    come, including Apple Original Films now being set to
    debut Luck and Spellbound in addition to a two-season
    order given for The Search for WondLa series. The
    animated features were originally set up at Paramount.
    The outlet reports the deal with the studio allows
    Skydance "to move the films" at the discretion of CEO
    David Ellison.

    Spellbound is an animated musical that follows the story
    of a young who must break the spell that has split her
    kingdom in two. The film will be directed by Vicky
    Jenson (Shrek) from a script co-written by Mulan's
    Lauren Hynek and Elizabeth Martin along with Linda
    Woolverton (The Lion King).

    It will feature music from Academy Award-winning
    composer Alan Menken which will reunite him with
    long-time collaborators and fellow Grammy-winners,
    lyricist Glenn Slater and former Walt Disney Music
    President Chris Montan, who have all worked together on 
    The Little Mermaid and Tangled.

    Directed by Peggy Holmes and written by Kiel Murray, 
    Luck centers around the unluckiest girl alive who
    stumbles upon the never-before-seen world of good and
    bad luck and must join with magical creatures to
    uncover a force more powerful than even luck itself.
    The project hails from John Lasseter and Holly Edwards.

    The Search for WondLa is an original animated TV series
    based on Tony DiTerlizzi's book series. The Apple
    Original series will be written and executive produced
    by showrunner Lauren Montgomery. Chad Quant, DiTerlizzi,
    and Gotham Group will also executive produce.


    <https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1164040-apple-acquires-luck-spellbound-in-overall-deal-with-skydance-animation>

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