Pixar Vet Headed to Sony for Animated Flick
Doug Sweetland has signed on to helm “The Familiars” for Sony Pictures Animation. Sam Raimi and Josh Donen will exec produce the pic, based on scribes Adam J. Epstein and Andrew Jacobson’s novel of the same name. “The Familiars,” published by HarperCollins, is a magical adventure about wizards in training and their animal companions. Sweetland joins Sony after 16 years at Pixar where he worked on animated features including “Toy Story,” “Monsters, Inc.” and “Finding Nemo.”
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