Film School Rejects has posted an exclusive first look at Sony’s upcoming animated feature, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. The site features a new still from the film, which shows two of the protagonists from the movie. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs hits theaters on September 18th, 2009.

Fathom Studios’ animated feature Delgo failed to make a mark as it opened in 2,160 theaters over the weekend. The animated fantasy could make just $916,000, a disastrous $424 per theater, reports ComingSoon. The movie has not gone down too well with most of the critics either. With only 16% positive reviews on their Tomatometer, […]

Pixar’s WALL-E shared the Best Picture honor with Slumdog Millionaire at the Boston Critics award on Sunday. Wall-E also received the Boston scribes’ inaugural award for animated feature, reports Variety. Ari Folman’s animated war feature Waltz with Bashir was the runner-up in the documentary category. Also, WALL-E was named Best Animated Feature at the New […]

Over at our Animated Views sister site, we’ve a packed update full of new and recent reviews and a contest to win The Tale Of Despereaux goodies! James R Whitson offers up his animated views on Disney’s Bolt and the independent feature Delgo, which hits theater screens today. Also on the front page’s Tooning In […]

Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the nominations for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards today. WALL-E, Bolt and Kung Fu Panda have been nominated in the Best Animated Feature category. The Israeli war documentary Waltz with Bashir has received a nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category. WALL-E and Bolt, both have also […]

New York Film Critics Circle have named WALL-E the Best Animated Film of 2008. Full list of winners can be seen here.

RottenTomatoes report that starting Friday, 3D Bolt screenings will be preceded by Pixar’s first digital 3D short called Tokyo Mater. Directed by John lasseter and based on Pixar’s 2006 feature Cars, Tokyo Mater is the fourth in a series of Cars shorts. According to the article, Tokyo Mater tells a fanciful tale of how Tow […]

Variety reports that the Los Angeles Film Critics Association has named WALL-E Best Picture. This is the first time the group has ever given the award to an animated film. Waltz With Bashir won the Animation award and was the runner up for the Documentary award.

Latino Review has posted a behind-the-scenes featurette with the cast of the upcoming sci-fi comedy, Monsters Vs Aliens. A spoof on B-movies of the 1950’s, the film includes the voice talents of Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Kiefer Sutherland, and Paul Rudd. Monsters Vs Aliens hits traditional and […]

Anime News Network reports that Mamoru Oshii’s The Sky Crawlers is being screened in Los Angeles since December 5, a full week before the official New York premiere of the film this Friday. According to the report, Sony Pictures is co-hosting the New York premiere with Stage 6 Films, Production I.G, New York–Tokyo, and the […]

Thirty-second Bunnies are up with their version of Christmas Vacation which can be watched here.

Variety reports that Dreamworks’ Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa dominated weekend’s international box office with $50.2 million at 5,129 playdates in 35 markets. The weekend international gross of the toon was more than the combined total of the next four entries – Quantum of Solace, Twilight, Bolt and WALL-E. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa performed strongly in […]

Variety reports that The Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) named WALL-E the Best Animated Film of 2008. The Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association is comprised of 46 film critics from television, radio, print and the Internet.

Movie-List has posted links to a trailer for the upcoming stop-motion animated feature $9.99. Based on the Short Stories of Etgar Keret and directed by Tatia Rosenthal, $9.99 opens in theatres on December 12.

Variety reports that Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir tied with Man on Wire for Distinguished Feature honors at the International Documentary Association Awards on friday. Based on the haunting dreamscapes and harrowing memories of the early 1980s Lebanon war in which Folman fought as an Israeli soldier, Waltz with Bashir opens in theatres on December […]

PixarPlanet, via BoxOfficeMojo, reports that Pixar’s upcoming sequel Cars 2 will be released on June 24, 2011. Cars 2 follows Mater and McQueen as they find themselves in a new world of intrigue, thrills and fast-paced comedic escapades around the globe.

Director Ari Folman attributed the cause of war to “small leaders with big egos” at the Variety Screening Series for his acclaimed film, Waltz With Bashir, reports Variety. Folman said, “It is a universal story in the end. Although it is very personal, it could have been told anywhere. It could have been told by […]

DVDActive has posted the cover art for the upcoming Wonder Woman dvd and Blu-ray. The new animated feature will be available to own from the 3rd March as a single disc, a 2-disc set, and a Blu-ray edition. The 2-disc and Blu-ray will include filmmaker commentaries, featurettes (Wonder Woman: A Subversive Dream, Wonder Woman: Daughter […]

The nominees for the 51st Grammy Awards have been annouced, and Disney has the only nominees from animated projects. While the Annie Award voters may not have thought WALL-E worthy, the Grammy Award voters thought differently with the film picking up three nominations. Enchanted received two nods while the musical version of The Little Mermaid […]

Awards season has started as the National Board of Review has announced the winners of its annual prizes. WALL-E won the award for Best Animated Feature and was also named one of the Top Ten Films of the year. Waltz with Bashir was named one of the Top Five Foreign Films of the year.