How to Train Your Dragon’s Live-Action Leap and The Race for Best Animated Feature (Ep. 294)

In this episode of Fine Tooning, Jim Hill and Drew Taylor dive into the biggest stories in animation, including:

• The live-action How to Train Your Dragon – Drew shares behind-the-scenes details from his visit to the Universal lot, where he sat in the editing bay with director Dean DeBlois.
• The Academy Awards race heats up! With the Oscars just two weeks away, The Wild Robot and Flow battle for Best Animated Feature.
• Box office updates: Ne Zha 2 smashes records in China, surpassing Frozen 2’s worldwide gross in just 18 days.
• The return of Feathers McGraw! Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl wins big at the BAFTAs, and Drew uncovers how Aardman revived the iconic villain.
• Disney blinks! Elio moves its release date after the first How to Train Your Dragon trailer drops.

Tune in for exclusive industry insights, awards buzz, and deep dives into animation’s biggest stories!

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