Animated Features 2013
2012 was a great year for animated features, especially stop-motion where we saw 3 films hit the screens. 2013 has a tough act to follow, and personally I don’t think it quite lives up to the year just gone. Let us know what you think in the comments, what are you most looking forward to?
All release dates are for the UK.
Wreck it Ralph
Dir: Rich Moore
Release: Feb 8th
Disney
Wreck-It Ralph longs to be as beloved as his game’s perfect Good Guy, Fix-It Felix. Problem is, nobody loves a Bad Guy. But they do love heroes so when a modern, first-person shooter game arrives featuring tough-as-nails Sergeant Calhoun, Ralph sees it as his ticket to heroism and happiness. He sneaks into the game with a simple planwin a medalbut soon wrecks everything, and accidently unleashes a deadly enemy that threatens every game in the arcade. Ralph’s only hope? Vanellope von Schweetz, a young troublemaking glitch from a candy-coated cart racing game who might just be the one to teach Ralph what it means to be a Good Guy. But will he realize he is good enough to become a hero before it’s Game Over for the entire arcade?
Escape from Planet Earth
Dir: Callan Brunker
Release: Feb 14th
Rainmaker Entertainment
The Croods
Dir: Chris Sanders and Kirk De Micco
Release: March 22nd
Dreamworks
A comedy adventure that takes us back to the beginning – to a previously undiscovered era known as the Croodacious – a time when Mother Nature was still experimenting and the flora and fauna we know today hasn’t evolved yet.
Epic
Dir: Chris Wedge
Release: May 24th
Blue Sky Studios
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world — and ours.
Despicable Me 2
Dir: Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin
Release: 28th June
Universal
Gru, the girls, the unpredictably hilarious minions and a host of new characters return.
Monsters University
Dir: Dan Scanlon
Release: 12th July
Pixar
A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at the University of Fear – when they weren’t necessarily the best of friends.
Smurfs 2
Dir: Raja Gosnell
Release: 31st July
Sony
The Smurfs team up with their human friends to rescue Smurfette, who has been kidnapped by Gargamel since she knows a secret spell that can turn the evil sorcerer’s newest creation – creatures called the Naughties – into real Smurfs.
Planes
Dir: Klay Hall
Release: 16th August
Disney
“From high above the world of “Cars,” flies “Planes,” Disney’s upcoming animated action-packed comedic adventure starring Dusty, a big-hearted, fast-flying crop duster who dreams of competing in the most exhilarating around-the-world air race in history.
Turbo
Dir: David Soren
Release: 18th October
Dreamworks
A garden snail with dreams of becoming the fastest snail in the world experiences a freak accident that might just allow him to realize his goal.
Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers
Dir: Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn
Release: 25th October
Sony
Flint Lockwood now works at The Live Corp Company for his idol Chester V. But he’s forced to leave his post when he learns that his most infamous machine is still operational and is churning out menacing food-animal hybrids.
Mr Peabody & Sherman
Dir: Rob Minkoff
Release: 29th November
Dreamworks
A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-travel machine is stolen and moments in history begin to be changed.
Frozen
Dir: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Release: 20th December
Disney
In “Frozen,” a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, so Anna (voice of Bell) must team up with Kristoff, a daring mountain man, on the grandest of journeys to find the Snow Queen (voice of Menzel) and put an end to the icy spell. Encountering Everest-like extremes, mystical creatures and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom from destruction.
Dorothy Of Oz
Dir: Dan St. Pierre
Release: TBA
Prana Studios
Summertime Entertainment
Back in Kansas, Dorothy Gale decides to return to Oz in order to help her friends.
The Wind is Rising
Dir: Hayao Miyazaki
Release: TBA
Ghibli
A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Dir: Isao Takahata
Release: TBA
Ghibli
A princess named Kaguya is discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.
