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The same year it was unofficially reported that the film moved to Universal Studios' owned Illumination Entertainment, along with the studio's founders, Meledandri and Cohen. [19] In September 2010, Universal Studios acquired the rights to the comic, and the actress Chloë Grace Moretz was cast in the role of Emily. [ 20 ]
The Lorax is the fourth feature film based on a book by Dr. Seuss, the second fully computer-animated adaptation (the first one being Horton Hears a Who! in 2008), and the first to be released in 3D. The Lorax was also Illumination Entertainment's first film presented in IMAX 3D (known as "IMAX Tree-D" in publicity for the film). [13]
Illumination, formerly known as Illumination Entertainment, is an American animation studio founded by Chris Meledandri on January 17, 2007, and is a division of Universal Pictures, [5] [6] [7] a division of Comcast through its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal; Meledandri produces the films, while Universal finances and distributes them. [6]
This is a list of unmade and unreleased animated projects by Universal Pictures.Some of these projects were, or still are, in development limbo.These also include the co-productions the studio collaborated with in the past (i.e. Amblimation, Universal Animation Studios, Illumination Entertainment, and DreamWorks Animation) as well as sequels to their franchises.
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment released a 3D CGI film based upon the book. The Lorax was released on March 2, 2012; the release coincided with the 108th birthday of Seuss, who died at the age of 87 in 1991. The cast includes Danny DeVito as the Lorax, Zac Efron as Ted (the boy in the book), and Ed Helms as the Once-ler.
Based on Dr. Seuss' classic children's book, The Lorax is the most underrated animated film of the last 20 years. Don't @ me. Don't @ me. Efron plays the boy at the center of the story, who ...
Chris Renaud (born December 1966) is an American filmmaker, designer, storyboard artist, and voice actor. He is best known for his work at Illumination, including directing the company's animated films such as the first, second, and fourth films in the Despicable Me franchise (2010–present), the first two of which he co-directed with Pierre Coffin, The Lorax (2012), The Secret Life of Pets ...
[1] [2] [3] Other studio units have also released films theatrically, including Universal Animation Studios, which now focuses mainly on animating television shows and direct-to-video films. The studio's distribution unit acquires film rights from outside animation studios to release films under the Universal Pictures or Focus Features film labels.