Bill Plympton’s independent animated feature film Hair High is ending its Oscar-qualifying run today, Thursday, April 19 at Laemmle’s Sunset in West Hollywood so L.A. residents have only one day left to catch the critics favorite! Hair High received a flawless 100% score of positive reviews from the Cream of the Crop at Rotten Tomatoes; […]

In celebration of 20 years of The Simpsons, Parade.com sat down with The Simpsons‘ executive producer, Al Jean, to talk about some of his favourite moments and experiences he had while working on the longest-running sitcom on television.

Aardman Animations is bringing their popular British stop-motion TV series, Creature Comforts, to American Primetime Television. The US version of Creature Comforts is set to premier on the CBS Television Network on Monday, June 4th. The series employs a unique format that uses actual interviews and places them in the mouths of a wide variety […]

From BCI, Hero High: The Complete Series will fly into stores on May 22. Originally part of the Kid Superpower Hour with Shazam! (1981-82), the animated show presents “the exploits of Punk Rock, Dirty Trixie, and sunny surfer Captain California as they muddle through the classes at outrageous Hero High.” Similar to Sky High and […]

TV Shows on DVD writes that VCI Home Video is attempting to place Space Angel on DVD. Unfortunately, the company is having trouble locating all of the show’s episodes. Thus, VCI is reaching out to fans, hoping that some of them will have the needed Angel adventures. Meanwhile, the site also notes that A Pup […]

Co-Produced by AOL, DreamWorks Animation and Mark Burnett Productions, an exciting online interactive game based on the Shrek franchise is set to begin on April 26. Similar to last year’s Flushed Away Underground Adventure, Ye Olde Shrek the Third Royal Tournament will present 25 individual challenges over the course of six weeks. At the end […]

As discovered at the Ultimate Disney Forum, the online spot Laughing Place reports that Dean Wellins will co-direct Rapunzel with Glean Keane for Walt Disney Animation Studios. Having worked with Keane on the character John Silver for Treasure Planet, Wellins was named Head of Story on American Dog, a post he then left to help […]

The popular Pixar: 20 Years of Animation exhibition is coming to the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Opening June 28, the event will present over 500 original works of art, including paintings, sketches and sculptures, from the acclaimed animation house. Upcoming Pixar has the press release for this announcement.

AWN reports that Nickelodeon has partnered with media content company, Chorion, to present Olivia, a new children’s animated television series based on the best-selling books by acclaimed author & illustrator Ian Falconer. The new CGI series will be animated by Academy Award-nominated Irish animation studio Brown Bag Films. Nick Jr. will present 26 half-hour episodes […]

At Amazon.com, the cover artwork for The Secret of Nimh: Family Fun Edition has been revealed. Besides receiving a slightly changed logo, the cover artwork has remained pretty much the same since its previous MGM Kids release. The DVD’s extras have not yet been revealed to this date, while the currently listed specs state that […]

DVDactive reveals the specs and cover artwork for the R2 release of Stan Lee Presents: Mosaic and Stan Lee Presents: The Condor.The covers seem to have a very different look compared to the R1-versions wich you can find here and here. Both titles are set for a May 14th release.

Today AOL announced that it will launch an online interactive game based on the popular Shrek franchise on April 26, Titled: Ye Olde Shrek the Third Royal Tournament. The game will offer a series of online challenges over a six week period involving characters and settings from the movie. All together, 25 individual games will […]

JV Pixar News points to Disney.com wich now showcases a new Ratatouille Podcast named: Ratatouille – Cooking 101. The behind-the-scenes featurette mainly focuses on how the Pixar-crew handled the cooking-aspect of the movie, and how they went about in creating a digital Gourmet kitchen. The featurette also shows some previously unseen footage, as well as […]

A DisneyDVD advertisement found in Home Media Magazine displays a small version of the revised artwork for The Jungle Book: 40th anniversary edition. The 2-disc DVD is scheduled for release on October 2nd. A big thanks to “Daniel” at the Animated News & Views forum for the notice of this news.

Reuters via Yahoo! News reports that Disney is looking to produce character-inspired bridal gowns, with templates arriving from such Disney Princesses as Aurora and Belle. Designed by Kirstie Kelly, the 34 gowns are priced from $1,500 to $3,000, below high fashion prices but above the average wedding dress price of $1,000.

In an summarization of recent toy sales, MSNBC notes that with her Fairytopia line, including computer animated films, Barbie found her domestic popularity down 21 percent in the first quarter. That drop contrasts to the 2 percent growth seen internationally for the brand. In the meantime, Disney Princesses continued its steady stream of success, while […]

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo: 3) Meet the Robinsons with $12,467,155, averaging $3,850 over 3,238 theaters ($72,367,907 total; 3rd week) 14) Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters with $3,005,175, averaging $3,426 over 877 theaters (1st week) 15) TMNT with $2,259,322, averaging $1,217 over 1,855 theaters ($50,819,085 total; 4th week) 48) Happy Feet […]

TV Shows on DVD premieres the cover artwork for Underdog: The ultimate DVD collection, The Best of Casper and The first season of Silverwing. The site also displays the revised artwork for the new adventures of both Batman and Superman.

Just a reminder that Bill Plympton’s Hair High is playing until this Thursday at Laemmle’s Sunset in West Hollywood. The following are links to some new interviews with Bill Plympton and reviews of his film: Movie Hole The Animated Films LA City Beat LA Weekly Rotten Tomatoes

The cover of Broadcast magazine reveals that The Transformers are scheduled to reappear on TV with a new series in 2008. The new show, called Transformers: animated, will consist of 26 Episodes and a 90 minute special. The Colin Warhurst Website has the exclusive on the Broadcast cover wich also showcases the new shows’ logo. […]

Manchester Evening News and DigitalSpy report that Nick Jr. has acquired the rights to create a new CGI series based on the classic children’s TV show,The Magic Roundabout. The new series will be animated in France and will use the same character models as the recent 2006 movie. Nickelodeon UK managing director Howard Litton stated: […]

DVDActive displays the cover art of Hellboy Animated: Blood & Iron, as well as giving the titles’ specs and list of bonus features. As with the previous Hellboy: Animated release, a special 32 page comic will be included with the first 300,000 DVDs.

The popular animated series Bobby’s World (1990-1998) is arriving on DVD, thanks to Taffy Entertainment. “Created by and featuring the talent of actor and comedian Howie Mandel, Bobby’s World follows a four-year old boy by the name Bobby Generic… as he grows up in suburbia dealing with all of the highs, lows and in-betweens of […]

The Monterey County Herald takes a look at Maddy, the 19-year-old heroine in Disney’s highly anticipated The Frog Princess. Specifically, the article summarizes most of what is known thus far about the Disney princess, underlining the acclaim and even concerns surrounding the film.

A press release at PR Newswire reveals that American Greetings Properties and DIC Entertainment are bringing more educational and informational programming to the Saturday morning line-up on CBS. Coming to the block are brand-new adventures of Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake and Sushi Pack. All three series are scheduled to launch this September.