Skydance Animation's first feature film Luck is getting a big change behind the scenes. The picture is currently in production but will see a swap in the director's chair. Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) was primed to go from co-director to solo director on the pic, but creative differences have brought about a change. Now, Peggy Holmes (Secret of the Wings) will take over as director, per THR. Luck, described as "a comedy that pulls back the curtain on the millenia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly affects our …

Emma Thompson is making great use of her voice and standing in Hollywood to call out a troubling development. Last week, news broke that the Oscar-winning writer and actress had quietly exited her voice role in Skydance Animation’s Luck. She had reportedly already been through a few recording sessions when Skydance Animation hired ousted Disney/Pixar head John Lasseter to run its studio, despite allegations of sexual misconduct from Lasseter’s long tenure at the Mouse House. As a result of Lasseter’s hiring, Thompson opted to leave the project, and now she’s penned a letter to …

It appears the controversial hiring of former Pixar and Walt Disney Animation head John Lasseter to spearhead Skydance Animation’s studio has resulted in at least one significant departure. Skydance made the surprising decision to hire Lasseter earlier this year following the Toy Story and Cars filmmaker’s ousting from Disney. Lasseter came under fire last year for years of alleged sexual misconduct, and while he admitted “missteps” when he took a leave of absence from his post heading up Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney opted not to renew his contract when it ran out last December. Now …