Tucked in the closing credits of “Playmobil: The Movie” is a dedication to Horst Brandstätter, the German entrepreneur whose company began production of the now-iconic Playmobil toys in the 1970s — ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Tom Ortenberg, CEO of Open Road Films, today announced the acquisition of all U.S.

DiSalvo, who had been with Paramount Animation as creative director since 2014, is taking over the helms from Bob Persichetti, who had been slated to both write and direct Playmobil when it was ...

ON Entertainment is developing an animated Playmobil film. Wild Bunch and Pathe are teaming on the project based on the iconic kids brand, reports Variety. The film follows the critical and commercial ...

Young Marla (Anya Taylor-Joy) dreams of the big wide world, but reality catches up with her when both her parents die in an accident. Now she must find a way to earn money so that she and her younger ...

'Playmobil: The Movie' was a pop quiz that went horribly wrong, scoring one of the worst wide openings of all time at the U.S. box office. By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer Think of Playmobil: ...

Although it was announced a while back, the forthcoming Playmobil movie now has a director in Lino Di Silvo. The latest in a rash of toyetic animated films to be put into production, there has to be ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Goldbergs star Wendi McLendon-Covey will lend her voice in Open Road Films‘ Playmobil, the live-action/animated hybrid film based on the classic toy series. Frozen animator Lino DiSalvo ...

As yet another Disney animated film inched closer to a $1 billion box office total this weekend, a very different story for another animated movie lay at the other end of the chart. Playmobil: The ...

Open Road Films has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to the animated feature film “Playmobil,” based on the German toy line, and set a Jan. 18, 2019, release date. “Playmobil” will be directed by ...

Tucked in the closing credits of “Playmobil: The Movie” is a dedication to Horst Brandstätter, the German entrepreneur whose company began production of the now-iconic Playmobil toys in the 1970s — ...