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The Book of Life
Directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez
The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears. From TMDB
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The Book of Life is a 2014 animation family fantasy film, directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez, starring Diego Luna, Zoe Saldaña and Channing Tatum.
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60 of 152 · most liked firstA Speedy Gonzales animated movie is in the works at Warner Bros Jorge R. Gutiérrez (‘The Book of Life’) is set to direct. (Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
neutral · AI labelView post →After being previously teased, a Speedy Gonzales film is officially in the works at Warner Bros. Animation. ‘El Tigre’ creator and ‘The Book of Life’ director Jorge R. Gutierrez is set to direct.
neutral · AI labelView post →"Speedy Gonzales" animated feature in the works, directed by Jorge R. Gutiérrez (The Book of Life, Maya And The Three...) for Warner Bros. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →‘El Tigre’ and ‘The Book of Life’ creator Jorge R. Gutierrez teases a Speedy Gonzales film in development at Warner Bros. Pictures Animation.
neutral · AI labelView post →This weekend at @cudenver.bsky.social, the wonderful @mexopolis.bsky.social joins us to talk THE BOOK OF LIFE, Maya and the Three, and being true to your voice and your culture with our film students. What an extraordinary honor.
neutral · AI labelView post →This one actually hurt. When I was finishing film school Jorge screened The Book of Life and spoke with such passion about its importance and influence. Squandering all that good will to make AI slop for Amazon of all places feels like such a betrayal.
negative · AI labelView post →And now, #LaMuerte from the Animation Movie #TheBookOfLife (by Jorge R. Gutierrez ) ! #JapanExpoParis #Cosplay
neutral · AI labelView post →Gutierrez is the person behind "The Book of Life" and co-created Nickelodeon's "El Tigre." So guessing this film will reflect those? Given the current state of things, a film about a heroic Mexican character who fought obnoxious Americans (Sylvester, Daffy) should be interesting...
neutral · AI labelView post →Grandma @greydelisle.bsky.social Movie: The Book of Life Year: 2014 Grey DeLisle joined Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Kate del Castillo, Ice Cube, Ron Perlman, and Cheech Marin in the voice cast for @mexopolis.bsky.social's Book of Life. #TheBookofLife
neutral · AI labelView post →10 Year Anniversary screening for "The Book of Life" with an opening panel with composer Paul Williams, director and creator we all know and love @mexopolis.bsky.social , and voice of Xibalba Ron Pearlman. This movie can still kick me in the feels! 😭
positive · AI labelView post →yes, it's a bit obscure without the reference which is not exactly obvious for the GO audience - being a kids movie - but perfectly positioned for The Book of Life. delightful mashup
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's my did you know, DID YOU KNOW DIEGO LUNA CAN SING? HE SINGS IN THIS MOVIE DISNEY RIPPED OFF, called The Book of Life youtu.be/QdctyhdJ1YA?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Now that I've watched them all, my Hal Hartley film ranking: 13. The Girl from Monday 12. No Such Thing 11. The Book of Life 10. Fay Grim 9. Meanwhile 8. Flirt 7. Ned Rifle 6. Surviving Desire 5. The Unbelievable Truth 4. Amateur 3. Simple Men 2. Trust 1. Henry Fool
neutral · AI labelView post →#ReadAndPlay #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 623 "Disaster, disaster I'm breathing I'm breathing I'm breathing I'm breathing" "The Faster I Breathe the Further I Go" by P.J. Harvey ("The Book of Life: A Film by Hal Hartley", 1999) #AlternativeRock #PunkBlues #Soundtrack
neutral · AI labelView post →The Book of Life holds a special place in my heart as a film I got to watch early during my brief stint in animation school, and the bull scene remains the ONLY thing i can remember making literally breaktaking use of subtle, effective 3D along with its sound design. This fucking sucks, man
positive · AI labelView post →The fact that I didn’t even see The Book of Life and yet i remember how the characters looked His style was so fucking distinct that a movie from several years ago is still recognizable to me AND FOR WHAT This man had all the talent, and none of the integrity.
negative · AI labelView post →We always watch “The Book of Life” on Dia de Muertos. It’s such an amazing, cute movie! If you haven’t seen it, I couldn’t recommend it more~! 🧡🧡🧡
positive · AI labelView post →HAPPY TEN YEARS TO #TheBookofLife ! I may be more active in other things these days but I often think about this film. It's one of my favorites of all time and I'm so so glad that I went to see it in theaters. Here's some thematic art of my favorite ot3 of all time.
positive · AI labelView post →Kinda makes me sick that this dude went from directing a movie like The Book of Life to generating AI Slop...
negative · AI labelView post →10 movies to get to know me: 1. Everything Everywhere All At Once 2. Scooby Doo on Zombie Island 3. Kiki’s Delivery Service 4. Hercules 5. Legally Blonde 6. The Book of Life 7. Cloverfield 8. Coraline 9. Little Shop of Horrors 10. The Bob’s Burgers Movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with: One book - The Book of Life (ed: Stephen Jay Gould) One movie: The Last Samurai One album: Budapest Live by Manfred Mann's Earth Band One TV show: ... uh. I genuinely don't know! One game: Warcraft III
neutral · AI labelView post →Jorge R. Gutiérez, a Mexican animator, writer, & more; best known for El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (cartoon) & The Book of Life (movie). He was initially openly against AI, but is now suddenly supportive of it with his new AI generated cartoon, Punky Duck. People are not happy about it.
neutral · AI labelView post →I like the movie Coco but something about it feels soulless and seeing it get a sequel and all this Disney IP connection just feels lame. In contrast something like the Book of Life is a bit messier but something I actually look back on fondly and enjoy more overall.
positive · AI labelView post →Wait, THE Book of Life movie? Dammit, I loved that movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Celebrating the Day of the Dead in one of the best ways possible. Watching The Book of Life...again.
positive · AI labelView post →I really do regress significantly when I'm sick. Just watched A Goofy Movie and it cured my soul a bit. Now onto The Book of Life.
positive · AI labelView post →Just the other day I was thinking my movie watchlist is way too big. Glad I can take off The Book of Life
positive · AI labelView post →Anyone remember the Book of Life? I remember watching the movie for the first time and found the animation style really charming and I thought it was super good My favorite part of it is when the apology song plays such a good song imo The movie is currently free on YouTube
positive · AI labelView post →Tell me your favorite movie not many people know. Hal Hartley’s The Book of Life (1998). Set on New Year’s Eve 1999, Jesus arrives for the Second Coming but is conflicted about ending the world because he loves humanity. The biblical book of life is a MacBook. PJ Harvey as Magdalena.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Book of Life is obviously not a Rosh Hashanah movie, it’s a Día de los Muertos one, and yet I still feel like it’s the right holiday/movie pairing. Anyway! L’shana tovah, have some apples and honey, and please be understanding as your Jewish friends’ calendars get confusing for a while.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Book of Life was one of those movies I saw when I needed it most. “This is our work, this is what we do” is a tattoo I’ve wanted since that day in the theater. I’d just quit my job to start on my art degree and I was so scared for my future, but that movie reminded me why I wanted to do this.
positive · AI labelView post →I feel that it's too late. More or less this is all I gotta say Entire situation also really stings too, considering that The Book of Life was a film I really liked growing up.
positive · AI labelView post →"Eager to use AI to bring jobs back" Bro doesn't understand that AI is replacing all these jobs. Also I'm deeply disappointed, and hurt. The Book of Life was a fantastic movie, to see its creator now suck the teat of creative and moral bankruptcy is painful
positive · AI labelView post →In more detail, the Book of life was the last film I watched with my mom before she passed 10 years ago. It was a film we both enjoyed, celebrated, and felt seen on the screen. The Book of Life is an important film that represents the love and creativeness of telling the story of dia de los muertos💗
positive · AI labelView post →I also saw The Book of Life with my friend in an empty theatre. And that movie is fucking amazing as is but we get to treat that theatre like a living room and just react.
positive · AI labelView post →Fuck AI so much, seriously... Worse is that the creator of the Book of Life is in those news and I love that movie... Oh well...
positive · AI labelView post →I’ve only seen The Book of Life (amazing film btw), but after reading this… I don’t think I wanna see whatever he makes next
positive · AI labelView post →So post Jesus.. I have to come back to PJ Harvey. Let's not forget she played Mary Magdalene in the indie film The Book of Life In my mind, there is a sequel to Jesus Christ Superstar.. another rock opera, in the style of PJ as Mary.. I can't be the only one thinking this🤔 youtu.be/ATFzSAJ4mhA?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Some old CSS Art for Día de Muertos: codepen.io/alvaromontor... All coded in HTML and CSS, the drawing was inspired by an illustration from the movie The Book of Life. The source code on CodePen includes a link to a video of how it was coded. #css #cssArt #DiaDeMuertos #DayOfTheDead
neutral · AI labelView post →Man, the thing with Jorge R Gutiérrez hurts quite a lot... I loved The Book of Life as a kid and that movie was part of why I started posting in the first place... I'll still love the old stuff. But I'm not planning to watch AI slop and not planning to support anything new from him tbh
positive · AI labelView post →I made this The Book Of Life fanart at the start of the pandemic, the movie was one of the few i kept coming back to for it's artstyle alone. I planned to someday give it it's full-fledged post, but with these news i'd rather trow it out there without grace or glory. Manolo Sánchez fanart i guess.
positive · AI labelView post →The Book of Life is such a special film to me and now I'm going to have this sour taste in the back of my throat any time I watch it I'm devastated.
positive · AI labelView post →87th Oscars: Andy Serkis - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Bradley Cooper - Guardians of the Galaxy Chris Pratt - The Lego Movie Scott Adsit - Big Hero 6 Zoë Saldaña - The Book of Life Winner: Chris Pratt
neutral · AI labelView post →And in the case here, it’s Coco vs the 2014 film by Jorge R. Gutierrez, The Book of Life. And the latter is brought up because of the teaser of Coco…and name it, you guess it. “Book of life wannabe” “Book of life Rip-off” “Book of life copy cat” All of these tiresome stereotypes.
neutral · AI labelView post →ooh The Book of Life is free on YouTube. It's SUCH a D&D movie, I haven't seen it in years!
positive · AI labelView post →I only know Ice Cube from The Book of Life and I kinda wanna watch that shitty new War of the Worlds movie because he's there lol
neutral · AI labelView post →@mexopolis.bsky.social also happens to be an openly Autistic animator, writer, producer, director, & voice actor! His works include: El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, The Book of Life, Son of Jaguar, and Maya and the Three.
neutral · AI labelView post →Animated movies that should be #Broadwaymusicals Coco Encanto The Emperor's New Groove Cats Don't Dance The Book of Life Rango Hercules James And The Giant Peach KPop Demon Hunters Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island Vivo Jetsons: The Movie Meet The Robinsons
neutral · AI labelView post →The Book of Life is up on iPlayer until Tuesday evening. It's a really sweet animated film set around the Day Of The Dead with a gorgeous aesthetic. IMHO it's way better than Coco, which is far more known. www.imdb.com/title/tt2262...
positive · AI labelView post →Now is the time we pivot to the soundtrack for the 1998 Hal Hartley film “The Book of Life” wife Jesus (played by Martin Donovan) returning to NYC and with PJ Harvey as Mary Magdalene. Film not as good as the concept but the soundtrack was solid
neutral · AI labelView post →Still livid that they had the audacity to drop the Book of Life in that movie.
negative · AI labelView post →Diego Luna and Zoe Saldaña are also a couple in “The Book of Life” director Jorge Gutierrez’s “Maya and The Three” #RetroView #TheBookOfLife
neutral · AI labelView post →How to Train Your Dragon Iron Man 2&3 Kung Fu Panda 2 Wreck-It Ralph Ernest and Celestine The Lego Movie Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 1&2 The Book of Life Song of the Sea Inside Out Zootopia Spider-Man: Homecoming Kong: Skull Island Coco Black Panther Isle of Dogs Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
neutral · AI labelView post →Jorge R. Gutierrez having probably one of my favorite artstyles/one of my favorite shows growing up with El Tigre and having a great movie like the Book of Life (still need to watch it) only for him to piss it all away with an AI Gen show is insanely disappointing. Fucking christ man
positive · AI labelView post →The Book of Life is actually a very cute movie with really fun animation. It's tarnishing is sad.
positive · AI labelView post →I didn't spend 3 years going to bat for The Book of Life to have this be the eventual result, like... come on. That movie and fandom was a LIFELINE for me.
positive · AI labelView post →Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, Diego Luna, Stephanie Beatriz and Ron Perlman are set to voice family animated film 'I, Chihuahua' from filmmaker Jorge R. Gutiérrez ('The Book of Life') deadline.com/2026/05/gabr...
neutral · AI labelView post →What a nice thrift store find ~ haven’t seen the Book of Life Funko POPs! In a while ~ very fun film! Thanks @WasatchPop ~ #BookOfLife #FunkoPOPNews #Funko #FunkoPOP
positive · AI labelView post →...a scoop via the Heat Vision newsletter: A SPEEDY GONZALES movie is in the works from the filmmaker behind THE BOOK OF LIFE...Plus, what's next for Lucasfilm & Star Wars? Plus a whole lot more. view.email.hollywoodreporter.com?qs=709c5eb10...
neutral · AI labelView post →Last nights Monday Night Movie was “The Book of Life” with homemade quesabirria tacos #homecooking #homecook #foodsky
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