IMPAWARDS shares a poster for the stop-motion animated feature $9.99. Based on the Short Stories of Etgar Keret, in $9.99, an ad alters the life of Dave Peck, an unemployed, 28 years old and still living at home.

DVDActive reports that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced DVD and Blu-ray releases of Open Season 2 for the 27th January. Extras on this release will include “How to Draw: Boog, Elliot & Fifi feature”, “deleted scenes”, “Who Let the Dogs Out music video”, “Going WILD! With the Voice Cast of Open Season 2 featurette”, […]

TheAge reports that the sequel to Academy award winning Happy Feet will be made at a new digital production facility in Sydney which will employ an average of 438 people over three years, including some 230 computer-generated imaging artists. The new digital production facility is also expected to provide a significant boost to the local […]

SlashFilm shares a batch of concept art and production photos from Wall-E to promote the release of the film on DVD and Blu-Ray. The article includes sketches of Wall-E and Eve, storyboards, and concept art for Trash Planet. Thanks to PixarPlanet for sharing the story.

Variety reports that a stop-motion animated version of Pinocchio is on its way to the big screen. Being made by the Jim Henson Co., the new adaptation will be co-directed by acclaimed children’s book illustrator Gris Grimly and executive produced by Guillermo Del Toro. The article suggests that the new stop-motion version will be a […]

Best Animated feature category gets a boost with 20 toons slated to receive qualifying runs in Los Angeles theaters by year’s end, encouraging the studios to enter more than one entry per Oscar season, reports Variety. While Disney has Wall-E and Bolt in contention, DreamWorks’ plans to launch campaigns that focus on the individual strengths […]

Variety reports that Steve Carell will voice the title character in Universal’s Despicable Me, an upcoming 3D animated film about a deplorable man Groo who masterminds the mother of all heists when he plots to steal the moon. Despicable reteams Carell, who voiced one of the characters for Horton Hears a Who, with the producer […]

UpcomingPixar has posted an interview with Ben Burtt, sound designer for Wall-E, best known for his works in Star Wars and Indiana Jones films. Burtt talks about heading the sound on Wall-E, the work process and also how he uses everything that comes into his life as part of the sounds he creates.

PixarPlanet shares four new publicity shots from the upcoming Pixar short, Burn•E which will be available as a bonus feature on the upcoming Wall•E dvd and blu-ray.

In an exclusive update, MTV.com reports that Leonardo DiCaprio would not star in the live action remakes of Akira and Ninja scroll and will only stay behind the scenes as a producer for the films. DiCaprio adds, “We’re waiting for the final draft of the script for Akira and Ninja Scroll. I know there a […]

IMPAWARDS shares a new poster for Coraline. Based on Neil Gaiman’s novella of the same name, the animated stop-motion fantasy is slated for a February 6, 2009 release.

AnimationMagazine reports that Fox has moved the premiere of The Cleveland Show from late spring of this season to fall of 2009. The show which features the African American character from Family Guy as the central character, has been voiced by Mike Henry who also serves as a writer and executive producer on the animated […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 14 films have been submitted for consideration in the Best Animated Feature category for the 81st Academy Awards: Bolt, Delgo, Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!, Dragon Hunters, Fly Me to the Moon, Igor, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, $9.99, The Sky […]