Watch: 40-Minute Animation Roundtable With The Folks Behind 'Boxtrolls,' 'Big Hero 6,' 'The Lego Movie,' & More

In Hollywood’s headlong rush to hit all four quadrants, animated movies have proven to be fruitful for the bottom line. Last year three animated films—“Frozen,” “Despicable Me 2,” and “Monsters University”—were in the top ten at the box office, earning roughly $1 billion total domestically. With more animated films getting positive reviews and the lines blurring between those and live-action films, filmmakers from the animation world are looking for more respect, and what better way to get more recognition than by stopping by THR for a roundtable discussion? Yesterday the trade magazine posted a 41-minute-long discussion between Bonnie Arnold (producer of “How To Train Your Dragon 2”), Jorge Gutierrez (director of “The Book of Life”), Don Hall (director of “Big Hero 6”), Travis Knight (animator and producer on “The Boxtrolls”), Dan Lin (producer of “The Lego Movie”), and Tomm Moore (director of “Song of the...