The combination of Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and a classic story proved to be a big draw for audiences this weekend, with Disney’s Alice in Wonderland claiming a number of records during its opening. At an estimated $116 million, it easily…

ComingSoon.net has revealed casting news for Sony’s upcoming Smurfs movie, which is going to be a mix of live action and animation. Original Smurfs voice actor Jonathan Winters will be the pipes behind Papa Smurf, while Katy Perry, Alan Cumming and George Lopez…

Yahoo! Movies has just revealed a brand new poster for Disney/Pixar’s upcoming Toy Story 3. The poster seems to feature virtually every major character from the much anticipated sequel, due in theaters and IMAX 3D on June 18th.

USA Today has an exclusive first look at Warner Brothers’ upcoming animated movie Legend of the Guardians (not to be confused with The Guardians, a DreamWorks Animation movie currently in production). From director Zack Snyder of 300 and Watchmen fame, the movie centers around…

A short teaser trailer for Disney’s Tangled can now be seen on Trailer Addict. Formally titled Rapunzel, the upcoming CGI film will open in theaters on November 24th, 2010.

Avatar won a number of prizes at this year’s Visuel Effects Society Awards, including the biggest prize of the evening, Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture.  In addition, director James Cameron was honored with the VES Lifetime Achievement…

Collider reports that Shrek Forever After will be the opening night film at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21. Shrek Forever After will be the second animated film to open a major film festival after Pixar’s Up which was the opening night…

An early review of How To Train Your Dragon, in which the author describes a positive experience with the film, can be read at Filmonic. “…Overall I had a really fun time with this movie,” states the writer. “The characters…

Researching through the golden age of Walt Disney, starting from the first animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to the other 30s and 40s classics, such as Pinocchio, Fantasia and Bambi, Vanity Fair takes a look back at as…

Up director Pete Docter discusses the film’s emotional opening montage with The Envelope. The largely silent sequence takes Carl and his beloved, Ellie, from childhood to old age, giving him a reason to fly his entire house to South America.
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Variety has one of the very first reviews for Disney’s much anticipated Alice in Wonderland movie. The response, however, is lukewarm at best, with the critic saying that the film “has its moments of delight, humor and bedazzlement. But it also becomes…

The final trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon can now be found online over at Yahoo! Movies. The animated adventure comedy, featuring the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerald Butler and America Ferrera, is set to breath fire in…

Caractacus Potts’ father has gone off for his last cup of tea with the maharajah: British actor and director Lionel Jeffries has died aged 83. Most remembered on screen for portraying Dick Van Dyke’s dad in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,…

New Line has announced, via The Hollywood Reporter, that George Lopez is set to voice a contemporary Speedy Gonzales in a new CG/live-action hybrid written by the Garfield duo of Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen. Story details, which point to a…

From western to pirate villain: British actor Ian McShane, who has also provided voices for Shrek The Third, Kung Fu Panda and Coraline, will step into Edward Teach’s shoes to play the legendary scalawag of the seven seas, better known as…

Up won Best Animated Feature and Michael Giacchino picked up the Best Score trophy at the British Academy Film Awards. Avatar had a mildly disappointing night, losing in six of the eight categories it was up for, but taking home the Best…

20th Century Fox’s Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel will be coming to single disc DVD, 2-disc DVD and Blu-Ray on March 30th, according to DVD Active. The single disc DVD will include only two featurettes, but the 2-disc DVD and…

LATimes has an exclusive interview with Steven Spielberg wherein the director talks about the making of The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn and his love for the art of Hergé. Produced by Peter Jackson, with the animation done…

The trailer for Waking Sleeping Beauty is now online at Apple. The documentary, which is financed and distributed by Disney, looks at the company during the turbulent period from the 1980s to early 1990s. But according to filmmakers and critics the…

Disney/Pixar’s Newt was scheduled for a 2012 release. Recently however, Disney veteran Floyd Norman commented that “Newt is dead” on The Animation Guild Blog. Pixar hasn’t said anything about it, so it’s still unconfirmed at this point.

Empire has the latest character poster and turn-around for Pixar’s Toy Story 3, which show-off a new plush-toy character, Buttercup. The site also sports a short synopsis for the Jeff Garlin-voiced character, which states “Saddle up for fun and let…

Two new one-sheets for How To Train Your Dragon have popped up over at Internet Movie Poster Awards. The first, in English, can be seen here, while the other can be viewed here. How To Train Your Dragon hits both IMAX and…

A new poster for The Secret of Kells can now be found online, thanks to the Internet Movie Poster Awards. A surprise nomination for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars this year, Kells is set to get a limited release in theaters…

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane talks candidly about his three shows now airing on FOX, why there are no boundaries he won’t cross, and even gets into his personal life and how he got into animation in a long piece over…

Aniboom and Sesame Street are sponsoring a contest to find talented animators who might get a chance to have their work air on the iconic children’s program. Entrants need to create a short preschool-aimed animation. Winners in five categories will get…

After watching the ten nominees in the Best Live-action Short and Best Animated Short Oscar categories, The Faster Times has a five-point hypothesis on what it takes to make an Oscar nominated short film. The tongue-in-cheek but funny-becasue-it’s-true “recommendations” range…

HBO will debut a new animated series starting February 19th based on the popular podcast The Ricky Gervais Show. Those unfamiliar with the podcast can get a more in-depth primer on it and the animated series from the Toronto Star,…

To help celebrate their 50th anniversary, the international animation festival Annecy has announced an online competition co-sponsored by YouTube. While open to everyone there are specific guidelines entries need to follow, which you can find on their website. The top…

Forbes has an interview with DreamWorks Animation Head of Worldwide Marketing & Consumer Products Anne Globe, where she discusses how the company markets their films.