TV Shows on DVD observes that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Fast Forward: Future Shellshock will hit stores on February 6, 2007. The 2-disc set will contain 13 episodes of the most recent series’ fifth season.

Touring the special effects facility of Industrial Light and Magic, JoBlo was treated to a behind-the-scenes look at how many of the most marvelous illusions in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest were created. The presentation included input from Animation Supervisor Hal Hickel, Senior Digital Modeler Supervisor Geoff Campbell and Visual Effects Art Director […]

Variety spotlights digital effects company Animal Logic, which is looking to move further into animated features after its success with Happy Feet. Transitioning into a studio similar to Pixar and DreamWorks Animation, Logic currently has 550 employees, as it continues relationships with such directors as George Miller, Baz Luhrmann and Phillip Noyce.

From producer Jordan Kerner, Coming Soon has discovered the inspiration for the future Smurfs computer-animated trilogy. According to Kerner, “This is coming out of Australia. They were all over me for that. Everybody was reading me in terms of Smurf movies, but we’re not anywhere near that yet. We’re just writing the script. There’s a […]

Moviehole provides an update on the status of a sequel to the 2001 hit Cats & Dogs. In an interview with Film Monthly, director John Whiteshell admitted to no longer being involved in the project. Nonetheless, visual effects house Tippett Studios’ supervisor, Todd LaBonte, recently disclosed, “There is a sequel, we did tests for it. […]

Previewing its lineup for next year, Sony Pictures has released a brand-new photo from Surf’s Up, as seen at Coming Soon. The upcoming computer-animated penguin tale is slated for a June 8 debut.

For Ain’t It Cool News, Sylvester Stallone answers a series of questions sent in by inquisitive minds. One of those queries asks, “Is it true you’d love to work with Pixar on the Incredibles sequel?” To this question, Stallone’s answers, “I thought The Incredibles was fantastic, and although I’ve never been asked, I would love […]

Suffering a brain aneurysm, composer Shirley Walker died Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, California. She was at the age of 61. In 1986, Walker scored Disney’s Fluppy Dogs, a pilot for a rejected television series. Later, she orchestrated music for the first live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film (1990). She also orchestrated and wrote music […]

At the age of 59 years old, Timothy Hayes Rooney, son of actor Mickey Rooney, died September 23 in Hemet, California. His death was the effect of a five-year battle with the muscle disease dermatomyositis. According to the World Entertainment News Network, Rooney “was chosen as one of the original Mouseketeers for the Mickey Mouse […]

Today, the Internet Movie Database asks the question, “Of the eligible contenders for this year’s Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, which is your favorite?” Registered members of the site may vote their choice here, or simply take a look at the current results here.

The casting sheet for Walt Disney Feature Animation’s upcoming The Frog Princess has been posted at the Manhattan Theater Source forum. The list includes the names and descriptions of all the main characters to be included in the traditionally-animated film. Thanks to “Kinoo” at the Animated News Forum for the scoop!

According to Premiere Magazine‘s list of “The 20 Most Overrated Movies of All Time,” Walt Disney’s Fantasia does not live up to the hype animation fans have granted it. The article writes, “This film is a mishmash of pedantic narration and erratic tone… and, frankly, some of the animated sequences now seem dangerously akin to […]

TV Shows on DVD spreads the word on the final seasons of Justice League: Unlimited and Batman Beyond. With both two-disc sets aiming for a store release date of March 20, the Justice League: Unlimited DVD package will be greeted by heavy marketing at Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s restaurants.

Actuacine.net offers the latest one-sheet for Arthur and the Minimoys, known as Arthur and the Invisibles in the U.S. Furthermore, the site contains several recent images for the forthcoming computer-animated/live-action adventure.

The Hollywood Reporter via Coming Soon reports that Ice Age: The Meltdown enjoyed a first-place finish on the national DVD sales chart, knocking The Da Vinci Code down to the second spot. Concurrently, on Home Media Magazine’s video rental chart, Meltdown debuted at #1 with approximately $10.3 million. In the meantime, Cars continued to have […]