Through AWN, Variety reports that The Jim Henson Co. has obtained the rights to S.F. Said’s Varjak Paw and its sequel The Outlaw Varjak Paw. Varjak illustrator Dave McKean, who directed Henson’s MirrorMask, will direct the animated project, with Said adapting the screenplay.

Ultimate Disney writes that an anonymous source has revealed the Jungle Book Platinum Edition DVD will enter stores in February 2007, while the similar release of 101 Dalmatians will occur in October 2007. In other Disney DVD news, Tinker Bell (formerly known as The Tinker Bell Movie) and Cinderella III are still aiming for release […]

The third teaser trailer for Happy Feet is now online, at Yahoo! Movies. This time around, a lightheard penguin, voiced by Robin Williams, takes center stage, performing his version of the classic tune “My Way.”

The DreamWorks Animation SKG Fansite has acquired ten character profiles for Over the Hedge. Each card notes a character plus the actor voicing him or her.

According to Movehole, The Thundercats is rumored as being eyed by Warner Bros., for a potential live-action franchise. The project(s) would apparently be handled similarly to the X-Men films.

DVD Active has the cover artwork for Warner Bros. direct-to-video project Superman: Braniac Attacks. The DVD will fly into stores on June 20, ten days before the theatrical release of the live-action Superman Returns.

The Associated Press, in association with Yahoo! News, writes that brothers Keenen Ivory, Shawn and Marlon Wayans are preparing a new animated series of specials for Nickelodeon. Titled Thugaboo, the three-episode show focuses on the lives of nine kids growing up in the inner city. “It’s like hard meets soft,” explained Shawn Wayans. “The thug […]

AtomFilms has unveiled AtomFilms To Go, a new service allowing one to download shorts to a video-capable portable media device, such as an iPod or Sony PlayStation Portable. Having already begun, the service is currently offering ten free shorts, with live-action and animated titles in the mix. The news comes courtesy of Toon Zone, via […]

Tonight, starting at 7:40pm, Starz Kids & Family will present exclusive footage and trailers from Disney’s The Shaggy Dog, entering theaters tomorrow. The behind-the-scenes special On the Set: The Shaggy Dog will air also, joining Soccer Dog: European Cup and Air Bud.

Yahoo! Movies debuts the latest trailer for the DreamWorks Animation comedy Over the Hedge. In addition, four character posters for the movie, featuring R.J. the raccoon, Verne the turtle, Hammy the squirrel and Stella the skunk, are up at the site.

Pixar Animation Studios explains the financial results regarding its fourth quarter and fiscal year, which ended on December 31, 2005. The year, during which the company did not release a theatrical film, brought Pixar $152.9 million ($1.24 per fully diluted share) on revenues of $289.1 million. That compares to $141.7 million ($1.19 per fully diluted […]

Having recently acquired Steven Keslowitz’s popular book The Simpsons and Society, Sourcebooks, Inc. has changed the book’s title to The World According to The Simpsons: What Our Favorite TV Family Says About Life, Love, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Donut. In addition, Rick Miller, known for MacHomer, has written the book’s new foreward. Other […]

Promoting Sony Pictures’ Open Season, Moviefone, through Deep Focus, provides a behind-the-scenes look at the technology used to bring the film to life. Update: Coming Soon informs that Open Season will be released simultaneously in IMAX 3D and conventional theaters, on September 29, 2006. “The amazing immersive quality of IMAX 3D will give moviegoers an […]

Variety, via Coming Soon, indicates that Warner Brothers will release the PG-rated, computer animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in domestic theaters on March 30, 2007. Likewise, The Weinstein Company will handle the flick’s international rights. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles represents a brand that is widely recognized all around the world, and we think this new […]

Latino Review has a brand-new promotional pic for Disney/Pixar’s Cars. The image is the first in a series of four character pieces, with one premiering online each upcoming week. Concurrently, the site has also caught some new screen captures from DreamWorks Animation’s Over the Hedge.

A previously unseen clip from the Warner Bros. coming theatrical feature Ant Bully can be found at Cartoon Network. Coming Soon has an extensive summary of the film. A teaser poster image can be seen here.

DVD Exclusive has announced the winners of the 2006 DVD Exclusive Awards giving top prizes to a number of animated DVDs. Of the 26 awards presented, half were handed to the animation medium. The top winners of the night were The Incredibles with four wins including Overall DVD, New Movie and Family Guy Presents Stewie […]

While promoting The Shaggy Dog, Tim Allen was asked by Latino Review if he would be involved in Toy Story 3. “You bet. I’ve been looking forward to this,” Allen answered. “I think Pixar and Disney are made for each other. Pixar’s got certain qualities that Disney doesn’t have, and Disney has this wonderful ability […]

Coming Soon indicates that the second trailer for Disney/Pixar’s Cars will hit a wide variety of media outlets this Thursday, March 9, at 8pm. Anyone wishing to view the trailer may then do so through Disney Channel, Toon Disney, ABC Family, SOAPNet, Lifetime Television, Lifetime Movie Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, ESPNews, ESPNU, Starz, Starz […]

Just a week after its release, DVD Toons takes its customary {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/477 in-depth review}} format to Walt Disney’s Lady And The Tramp, with analysis on the film itself, extensive coverage of the disc’s bonus features and a commentary on the lack of the Academy ratio edition of the movie in the set, with accompanying […]

According to Yahoo! News, citizens of Bristol, England, are hoping for statues of Wallace and Gromit to be erected in their town in celebration of their multiple Oscar wins. “Matthew Symonds, a local councilor in Bristol where Nick Park and Aardman Animations created the now-famous pair, said it was time to recognize the contribution that […]

An industry insider tells us that DreamWorks Animation held a test screening of Over the Hedge last week and it received the highest scores ever for a DreamWorks animated film, even better than Shrek and Shrek 2. Over the Hedge opens in wide release on May 19th, 2006.

DreamWorks Animation has released an official announcement of celebration for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, which received the Best Animated Feature Oscar at the 78th Annual Academy Awards. To read the press release, please click “More.”

From Toon Zone and The Big Cartoon Database comes word that Robert “Tiger” West died on February 13th, at the age of 81 years old. West’s major contribution to animation was his development of Xerox equipment for the processing of animation. From 1950 to 1953, he was an employee of MGM, working as an assistant […]

As has been the case all too often recently, we have to report the passing of another light in animation’s rich legacy, with a report in today’s {{link http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/obituary/0,,1724498,00.html The Guardian}} newspaper, which has announced the death of Carmen Miranda’s sister Aurora. Ms Miranda did not achieved the global success that her older sister did, […]

The English language version of Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli film Howl’s Moving Castle is released tomorrow by Walt Disney Home Entertainment. Following are some images from the bonus features in which John Lasseter meets Miyazaki-san and in which Pete Docter discusses directing the English language dub (one image is not from the DVD):

The stars shone brightly last night at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, where the 78th Annual Academy Awards took place. Awards went to a very varied selection of movies, though when it came to animation, most will not be surprised to hear that \\Wallace and Gromit\\ won the Best Animated Feature trophy. Best Animated Short […]

Absolutely not animated but absolutely animation-related is this live action take on the famous intro to each episode of The Simpsons animated television series (as pointed out by Cartoon Brew). Can’t wait to see their take on Kang and Kodos.