{"id":44576,"date":"2022-06-10T16:36:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=44576"},"modified":"2022-06-10T16:36:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:36:53","slug":"podcast-spring-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/podcast-spring-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: &#8220;Lightyear&#8221; and &#8220;The Bob&#8217;s Burgers Movie&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/1284373342-skwigly-skwigly-podcast-105.mp3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-44577 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SAP105_500-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>In our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/podcasts\/skwigly-animation-podcast-105\/\">latest episode<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/podcast_type\/skwigly-podcast\/\">Skwigly Animation Podcast<\/a> we&#8217;re delighted to welcome special guests Angus MacLane and Galyn Susman director and producer respectively of Disney\/Pixar&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/tag\/lightyear\/\"><i>Lightyear<\/i><\/a>. <span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear&#8221; stars Chris Evans and sees the beloved <em>Toy Story<\/em> character imagined in an entirely new light; the living, breathing hero on whom the toy is based, accompanied by a trio of ambitious recruits (Keke Palmer, Dale Soules and Taika Waititi) and a robot feline companion Sox (Peter Sohn).<\/span> The film will be released in cinemas June 17th.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lightyear | Official Trailer 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wHBBoUtJHhA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Also joining us for this episode are the filmmaking team behind the beloved, long-running series <i>Bob&#8217;s Burgers<\/i> and its recently-released feature length spinoff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/bobs-burgers-movie-interview\/\"><i>The Bob&#8217;s Burgers Movie<\/i><\/a> &#8211;<\/span> director\/writer Loren Bouchard, co-director Bernard Derriman and co-writer\/producer Nora Smith.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"><em>The Bob\u2019s Burgers Movie<\/em> is an animated, big-screen, musical comedy-mystery-adventure based on the long-running Emmy\u00ae-winning series. The story begins when a ruptured water main creates an enormous sinkhole right in front of Bob&#8217;s Burgers, blocking the entrance indefinitely and ruining the Belchers\u2019 plans for a successful summer. While Bob and Linda struggle to keep the business afloat, the kids try to solve a mystery that could save their family&#8217;s restaurant. As the dangers mount, these underdogs help each other find hope and fight to get back behind the counter, where they belong.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Official Trailer | The Bob&#039;s Burgers Movie | 20th Century Studios\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hbGXqUumtqg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Also discussed in this episode &#8211; reflections of ten years of the podcast, upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/tag\/annecy-international-animated-film-festival\/\">Annecy<\/a> highlights (including new work from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/tag\/signe-baumane\/\">Signe Baumane<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/tag\/alberto-vazquez\/\">Alberto V\u00e1zquez<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/tag\/nora-twomey\/\">Nora Twomey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/tag\/spela-cadez\/\">\u0160pela \u010cade\u017e<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/tag\/isabelle-favez\/\">Isabelle Favez<\/a>, Joseph Pierce, Jim Capobianco, Pierre-Luc Granjon and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/tag\/nfb\/\">NFB<\/a> talents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/tag\/lori-malepart-traversy\/\">Lori Mal\u00e9part-Traversy<\/a>, Terril Calder, Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby), the inexplicable <i>Better Call Saul<\/i> animated spinoff <i>Slippin&#8217; 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As a freelancer he has produced work for WildBrain, CBeebies, Channel 4, Shy Guys, Plymptoons, Animortal, Wonky Films, A Productions, Slurpy Studios and Rumpus to name a few. As an independent director he has produced six multi-award-winning short animated films that have been showcased at over 200 international film and animation festivals including Clermont-Ferrand, BFI London Film Festival, ITFS Stuttgart, Encounters, London International Animation Festival, Pictoplasma, London Short Film Festival and Anima Mundi. Alongside his work in animation production he is an active writer and researcher on the industry through such avenues as the leading UK animation resource Skwigly, for which he is Editor in Chief, and his books 'Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films' (2016, second edition published April 2023) and 'Intimate Animation' (2025, co-written with Dr. Laura-Beth Cowley). As an educator he has lectured and tutored at AUB Bournemouth, University of the West of England, University of Gloucestershire and UAL Central Saint Martins. 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