Hoppers Leaps to Number One, The Wild Robot gets a Sequel, and Cartoon Lagoon Has New Projects Coming (Ep. 349)

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🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Jim Hill and Drew Taylor are back together after Drew's birthday escape to Palm Springs, and they've got plenty of animation news to talk about. Pixar has its biggest ever box office for an original film opening, Pete Docter's Wall Street Journal interview takes an odd turn but at least they have a musical on the way, and of course there are the Old Spice marketing tie-ins to the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy movie that want you to smell like Bowser. HIGHLIGHTS • Disney Legend Floyd Norman's screening and Q&A at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC has been postponed with no rescheduled date available as of yet • Hoppers has the best opening for a Pixar original film yet with an 88 million dollar worldwide gross • The first 40,000 fans through the gates on March 31st at the L.A. Dodgers game against the Cleveland Guardians will get an exclusive Yoshi bobblehead • Drew drops an exclusive story about the upcoming sequel to The Wild Robot • Cartoon Lagoon has a new film, Kindred Spirits, coming in 2028 • Jim and Drew discuss Pete Docter's recent interview with the Wall Street Journal and the reactions to it HOSTS • Jim Hill - IG: @JimHillMedia | X: @JimHillMedia | Website: JimHillMedia.com• Drew Taylor - IG: @drewtailored | X: @DrewTailored | Website: drewtaylor.work FOLLOW • Facebook: JimHillMediaNews• Instagram: JimHillMedia• TikTok: JimHillMedia SUPPORT Support the show and access bonus episodes and additional content at Patreon.com/JimHillMedia. PRODUCTION CREDITS Edited by Dave GreyProduced by Eric Hersey - Strong Minded Agency SPONSOR Unlock MagicPlanning a Disney or Universal trip in 2026? Unlock Magic helps you secure the very best deals on theme park tickets, with expert support from people who truly know the parks. Visit unlockedmagic.com to start planning your next adventure. If you would like to sponsor a show on the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network, reach out today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to fine tuning with Drew Taylor, your one-stop shop when it comes to animation, news, and commentary.
0:06.0	I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill, and Mr. Taylor, whose writings on the industry you can regularly read over on the rap, and his musings on the Mission Impossible movies.
0:15.8	You can still listen to on Light the Fuse, the official Mission Impossible podcast.
0:21.3	He and I are recording this week's show on Sunday, March 8, 2006.
0:27.8	This time last week, though, you were in Palm Springs, right?
0:31.0	I was. I was. I hope I wasn't missed. I hope everybody had a good time.
0:35.7	Yeah, it was my birthday last Saturday,
0:38.4	or last Sunday, I should say. So that's where we were, we were hanging on Palm Springs,
0:42.1	me and my wife, and we had a great time. And then we had to go back to work, and then it all fell
0:46.6	apart. So, you know, that's, that's just how it happened. Oh, okay. Well, if it's a consolation, I'm actually celebrating my birthday later this week.
0:58.2	In fact, I will, I think I'll actually be at Universal Studios that day, checking out, well, something we'll actually be talking about later on in today's show, which is, there's a
1:12.7	Yoshi walk around about, I mean, literally coming into the park, I think, tomorrow.
1:18.3	But we'll get to that later on in today's show.
1:22.0	Oh, though, speaking of things that are coming up or were coming up, friend of the show, Floyd Norman, who, by the way, really for real Disney legend.
1:35.6	Have you ever gotten an interview, Floyd, Drew?
1:39.0	Well, yeah, I mean, and Floyd and I, you know, we worked at the same place for a little while, Jim.
1:43.0	That you do.
1:43.5	So I would always bump into him in the cafeteria and, you know, we worked at the same place for a little while, Jim. So I would always bump into him in the cafeteria and, you know, pepper him with obnoxious questions.
1:50.3	So, you know.
1:51.3	Yes.
1:52.2	Yeah.
1:52.6	Well, I mean, he actually became a really for real Disney legend almost two decades ago in 2007.
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