The L.A. Times reports that the Fox network has picked up two more animated comedies: The Cleveland Show, the much talked-about Family Guy spin-off centered on Peter Griffith’s accident-prone neighbor, Cleveland Brown; and Sit Down, Shut Up, about a group of mediocre high school teachers who work in a small Northeastern fishing town. Sit Down, […]

For those who can’t wait, head over to The Orlando Sentinel for a detailed breakdown of Toy Story Mania, the new Walt Disney World 3-D attraction which won’t officially open until May 31st but can be previewed until tomorrow by annual pass holders. And fear not, the Sentinel loved it!

GhibliWorld has an exclusive interview with Oga Kazuo, Ghibli background artist known for his work in films such as My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Only Yesterday, Pom Poko and Whisper of the Heart. Oga also speaks about how digitalization has not affected him and why he prefers painting his backgrounds manually even today.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced the DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Marjane Satrapi’s Academy award nominated film Persepolis on June 24. The DVD coverart, which can be viewed at DVDEmpire, also suggests that the disc will feature English dub alongwith the original French language track. Extras on the disc will include, The Hidden side […]

Coming Soon! alerts fans that they can now create their very own robot from Wall•E by visiting Wall-E.com and clicking on the “BUILD-A-BOT” icon! This interactive feature lets users customize their own robot by choosing various body types, mobility function, colors and audio. Afterwards, users can test out their bots by playing various games. New […]

THQ and DreamWorks have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement to produce video games based on the November 5, 2010 3D film MasterMind which is described in the recent joint press release as a “a satirical send-up of the superhero genre, built around the story of a super villain who must find a new motivation after […]

The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Sean Astin, Giovanni Ribisi, Ron Perlman and Anjelica Huston will lend their voices to Spirit of the Forest, an eco-fairy tale for Fantastic Films International and Spain-based Dygra Films (The Living Forest, Midsummer Dream). Astin and Ribisi play two gopher friends whose home is threatened when an evil businesswoman (Huston) […]

The theatrical trailer for Star Wars: The Clone Wars can now be viewed on the film’s official site. The new preview aired Thursday night at 7:58 P.M. on Cartoon Network, as well as several other Turner stations. Star Wars: The Clone Wars hits theaters on August 15th.

From over at the Animation Guild Blog comes word that DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda will open with a traditionally animated, hand-drawn scene, “and the DVD is going to have a bunch more of that older animation style that Jeffrey Katzenberg describes as being similar to a “‘nice, hand-written letter.’” For another example of hand-drawn […]

A new theatrical trailer for DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda has appeared online at Yahoo. For those wishing to experience the preview on the big screen, the trailer will be playing alongside Speed Racer, which opens this Friday. Kung Fu Panda hits theaters on June 6th.

A brand new teaser trailer for the upcoming CGI comedy Igor can be viewed at CanMag. The film focuses on a lab assistant who dreams of one day becoming a successful scientist. Igor opens in theaters on September 19th, 2008. Thanks to “CGIFanatic”: over at the Animated News & Views Forum for the heads up!

ComingSoon has in possession a new poster for the upcoming CGI flick, Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The official one-sheet features several characters from the movie, which will serve as a kick-start to a new animated series. Star Wars: The Clone Wars is due out in theaters on the 15th of August.

The fourth video in a series of vignettes for Disney/Pixar’s Wall•E can be viewed on MovieWeb. In the clip, the rusty robot encounters a pair of discarded headphones and curiously tries to discover what their purpose is. Wall•E hits theaters on June 27th.

According to Yahoo, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has just completed a new deal with 20th Century Fox that would make him the highest paid writer-producer currently working in television. The pact will keep MacFarlane at the studio through 2012, and is estimated to be worth over $100 million. “I get a lot of pleasure […]

According to Screamscape, “The Ultimate Guide to Disney Theme Parks,” a three-foot high Wall•E audioanimatronic may be roaming the streets of Disney theme parks in Anaheim, CA, and Orlando, FL, soon. No word yet on if he will be helping out with park janitorial duties.

Up now at Marvel.com is a trailer for the newupcoming animated series Wolverine and the X-Men, which will debut in 2009 on the Nicktoons Network. Wolverine and the X-Men begins as an explosive event shatters the lives of the X-Men and takes away their mentor, Professor X. The beaten heroes, including Beast, Storm, Cyclops and […]

Over at our sister site Animated Views, we share photos and coverage from the recent Roy Disney Presents event which helped to wind up this year’s Newport Beach Film Festival. Roy, accompanied by Don Hahn and Dave Bossert, presented a wide variety of rare Disney shorts, some of which have seldom seen the light of […]

An in-depth story on Gigaom features nine important lessons on fostering innovation in animation from renowned director Brad Bird, who helmed such hits as The Incredibles and Ratatouille. The article focuses on how Bird managed to encourage his crew on his various films to do their best work, and insists that the better the morale […]

An article on ComingSoon announces that David Silverman, co-director of Monsters Inc. and director of both The Simpsons Movie and The Road To El Dorado, is set to helm Disney’s live-action comedy The Pet. The science fiction family film centers on a man who is captured by aliens and kept as their pet. The Pet […]

Jeffery Katzenburg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, has been finding that the conversion to 3-D in movie theaters is taking longer than expected, reports IMDB. Commenting on the progress various cinemas have made, Katzenburg notes that the conversion has “dragged along, and it’s been pretty disappointing.” On a positive note for the company, first quarter profits […]