Rogen Backs 'Tangles' Animated Approach for Oscar Run — SkimNews
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- Seth Rogen produced "Tangles," a hand-drawn, black-and-white animated film about a woman returning to her conservative hometown to care for her Alzheimer's-stricken mother, and defended the unconventional approach at the Middleburg Film Festival
- Rogen credited director Leah Nelson and co-screenwriters Sarah Leavitt and Trev Renney for the specific creative vision, arguing that artistic specificity — not technical ambition — is what makes work resonate
- The film adapts Sarah Leavitt's graphic novel "Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother and Me," which Rogen and his wife Lauren Miller Rogen encountered through their Alzheimer's research advocacy work
- "Tangles" premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, featuring voice performances by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Abbi Jacobson, Bryan Cranston, Beanie Feldstein, and Rogen himself
- IFC acquired "Tangles" in August, timing the deal to mount a Best Animated Feature Oscar campaign
Why it matters: IFC's August acquisition of "Tangles" — just months after its Cannes premiere — positions a hand-drawn, black-and-white Alzheimer's drama in the Best Animated Feature race. Rogen's producer credit, tied to his real-world Alzheimer's advocacy, brings both name recognition and thematic credibility to a subject rarely given the animated treatment.
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