Drew Taylor is a senior film reporter at TheWrap, writing broadly across topics including blockbuster films, production, animation and with a side passion for Hollywood’s theme parks. Before joining the site in 2021, Drew was a film journalist with a keen interest in animation and Disney history. Drew has been covering film, television and theme parks for 15 years, writing for the New York Times, the New York Daily News, Time Out New York, Collider, The Playlist, Polygon, Vulture, Box Office Magazine, AOL Travel and Syfy.
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Toluca Lake, California
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Drew received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Literary Studies from Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School in New York, New York.
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Why 2026 Is a High Stakes Year for Original Animated Films
Pixar, DreamWorks, LAIKA, Skydance and Walt Disney Animation Studios have all-new IP rolling out over the next few months — and they desperately need fresh franchises
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‘Stranger Things’ Series Finale: Yes, the Duffers Considered Adding More Monsters
The creators played coy on the press tour but the “One Last Adventure” documentary reveals the idea was very much in play
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‘Rental Family’: Watch Brendan Fraser in Pivotal Deleted Scene | Exclusive
The movie is available on digital Tuesday and on Blu-ray Feb. 17
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‘Primal’ Season 3: Spear’s Undead Return Explained
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Emmy-winning primeval adventure has returned from the grave
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Paramount Beats Down ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Lawsuit From Screenwriter’s Cousin
A judge also cleared the way for the studio’s countersuit against Shaun Gray for copyright infringement and fraud
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Why the Most Powerful Scene From ‘The Bad Guys 2’ Was Also Its Quietest
TheWrap magazine: “I wanted to play with whatever is not said in between the lines of dialogue,” director Pierre Perifel says
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Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Scarlet,’ a Riff on ‘Hamlet,’ Takes Audiences to Another World
TheWrap magazine: “I wanted to explore the other side of revenge,” says the director of his latest animated epic
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Why Natalie Portman Threw Her Weight Behind the French Animated Adventure ‘Arco’
TheWrap magazine: “The story was so profound and meaningful and important for our moment in history,” the actress and producer says of the Ugo Bienvenu film
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How ‘A Magnificent Life’ Went From Straightforward Biopic to Animated Marvel
TheWrap magazine: Director Sylvain Chomet takes us inside his first animated feature in 15 years, about French novelist and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol
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‘Edge of Tomorrow’ Goes Anime in ‘All You Need Is Kill’ Clip | Exclusive
The animated feature hits theaters next week courtesy of GKids
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Tom Cruise Served as a Camera Operator for a ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Scene
“Last week, Steven Spielberg was here. And now Tom Cruise is wielding a camera, ruining his very nice shoes,” director Shawn Levy reveals
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GKids Sets 3rd ‘Shaun the Sheep’ Movie for Halloween 2026 Theatrical Release
“Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom” follows 2019’s “Farmageddon”
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How ‘In Your Dreams’ Crafted Its Dream Montage Set to Eurythmics Classic
TheWrap magazine: “There’s so much energy and this hard-driving momentum to that song,” director Alex Woo says of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”
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How ‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’ Turned a Toddler Into a God
TheWrap magazine: “It made so much sense to do it as an animation, because you have those moments where, for example, she walks on the sea,” director Liane-Cho Han says of adapting a novel filled with magic
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Cineverse Acquires Global Media Services Provider Giant Worldwide
Giant will be folded into Matchpoint, an “award-winning, AI-powered media supply chain solution”
