House of Cool Studios (Canada): 3

Watership Down (2018) is a CGI-animated series directed by Noam Murro and based on the 1972 novel by Richard Adams, adapted by Tom Bidwell. The story takes place in the serene countryside of southern England and follows a group of rabbits on their escape from man’s intrusion and the imminent destruction of their home. Led by two brave brothers, they travel from Sandleford Warren through treacherous obstacles and foes, in pursuit of a promised land and a better society. One rabbit, Fiver, has a vision of impending ...

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (2016) is an animated television special created by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Ricardo Curtis. Set five years after the fourth film and four months before the fifth, it follows Manny and his group as they prepare for Easter. While Ellie struggles to decorate on her own, Manny and Diego try to catch glimpses of hawk fights. Meanwhile, Crash and Eddie’s April Fools’ prank on Peaches proves unsuccessful. Peaches, eager to spend time with her friends, requests to celebrate Easter with them instead. Scrat’s latest dig leads him to his beloved acorn once again, but it ...

An American animated fantasy action-adventure film, titled Epic (2013), is loosely based on William Joyce’s 1996 children’s book The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. Following the death of her mother, 17-year-old Mary Katherine (M.K.) moves in with her eccentric scientist father Professor Bomba in Danbury, Connecticut. Bomba has dedicated his life to researching the Leafmen, small humanoid soldiers who defend the nearby forest from dangerous creatures known as Boggans. Despite her irritation with her father’s work, M.K. believes his theories to be nonsense. At the same time, Nod, a rebellious ...