UpcomingPixar shares some updates on the Pixar’s upcoming film WALL•E. According to the site, Disney/Pixar have updated the Official WALL•E website with some new animations and music from the film. In addition to this, the blogsite also shares a link featuring a new poster for WALL•E. A super-high res version of the poster can be […]

Filmthreat has an exclusive interview with Academy award winning Claymation pioneer Will Vinton wherein he reflects back on his early evolution as a filmmaker and animator. Vinton, who helped to perfect and commercialize the art, even holds a registered trademark on the term “Claymation.” In the interview, Vinton talks about various short films he worked […]

Despite a baffling announcement yesterday that the studio was stuck with HD DVD despite the disc’s recent demise, it seems DreamWorks will be dropping the format according to High Def Digest. The HD DVD version of Bee Movie, which was set for release in less than two weeks, has been cancelled. Whether a Blu-ray version […]

ComingSoon reports that Freddie Highmore, the young star of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and The Spiderwick Chronicles, is set to voice the title character in Imagi’s upcoming adaption of the classic manga series, Astro Boy. “I am very thrilled that Freddie has accepted this role,” producer Maryann Garg said concerning the news. “He is […]

Even though every other major Hollywood studio has come out in support of the Blu-ray high definition disc format Reuters is reporting that DreamWorks, for the time being, is sticking with HD DVD. This despite the fact that Toshiba, the primary hardware backer of the format, has all but killed it off. The Digital Bits […]

ComingSoon reports that the original release date of DreamWork’s CG flick How To Train Your Dragon has been changed from November 20, 2009 to March 26, 2010. The animated comedy follows the efforts of a boy named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III to capture and train a small dragon to pass an initiation.

ComingSoon reports that Hoodwinked director Cory Edwards has revealed the cast for the the upcoming sequel Hoodwinked 2: Red Vs Evil, which he is currently co-writing. While Glenn Close, Patrick Warburton, David Ogden Stiers, and Andy Dick are returning for part two, Anne Hathaway, who previously provided the voice for Red Riding Hood, will be […]

A handful of new posters from the upcoming CGI comedy, Horton Hears A Who!, have appeared at Internet Movie Poster Awards. The one-sheets feature individual character posters as well as group shots. Horton and the gang will be hitting theaters this March 14th.

Scans of a Wall-E centered article in Total Film Magazine can be found at First Showing. Several new images can be seen in the scans, including concept art, movie stills, and a photo of director Andrew Stanton. The article also includes and interview with Stanton, who gives information on both the creation and plot of […]

UltimateDisney has posted the cover art for the upcoming Sleeping Beauty Platinum Edition DVD which will hit the stores on October 7, 2008. A Blu-Ray release will also be made available, day-and-date with the new standard re-issue.

The Starz Bunnies are up with their “60-ish seconds” version of Grindhouse which summarizes both features and also includes a trailer medley. Bunnies’ version can be watched here.

Brad Bird picked up his second Academy Award as Ratatouille took the prize for Best Animated Feature. It is the third time a Pixar film has won the award. Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman won Best Animated Short Film for their stop motion version of Peter and the Wolf. Best Visual Effects went to Michael […]

A summarization of several panels at this year’s Wondercon has been posted at ComingSoon. Included in the article is a report of Wall•E‘s panel, which featured director Andrew Stanton as a speaker. He describes Wall•E as a love story that follows a cinematic style set by sci-fi movies of the 70’s, also mentioning a new […]

DVDActive reports that Warner Home Video has announced the release of Popeye the Sailor: 1938-1940 Volume Two on dvd. The 2-disc set will include 31 uncut and remastered shorts and will be available in stores from 17th June. Extras on the discs will include Commentaries, Popeye Popumentary featurettes, an “Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer […]

Gore Verbinski, director of all three Pirates Of The Caribbean films, and The Departed producer Graham King are teaming up to develop an animated feature, reports ComingSoon. John Logan, nominated for an Academy Award, is in talks with the two filmmakers to pen the script for the big-budget film. Though it is not mentioned in […]

The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Leonardo DiCaprio is developing a live-action take on the classic manga feature Akira. DiCaprio will produce the film, which will be distributed by Warner Bros.

The first teaser trailer for Henry Selick’s stop-motion Coraline has appeared on Cineplex. Due out in theaters in 3D on February 6th, 2009, Coraline is the dark tale of a girl who enters a parallel reality that appears to resemble a fantasy version of her own life. The film is an adaption of a best-selling […]