DVDActive shares some early details on 1-disc, 2-disc, and Blu-ray releases of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa which will be out in stores on 6th February. The 2-disc release will include an exclusive all-new Penguin Adventure The Penguins of Madagascar. Full details are yet to be announced.

The Producers Guild of America has announced the nominations for their annual awards. Bolt, Kung Fu Panda, and WALL-E will compete for the Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures.

The Associated Press reports that a 3D advertisement for DreamWork’s upcoming Monsters Vs Aliens will be aired during the Super Bowl. The 90-second sneak preview will have the largest audience of any 3D telecast, with Jeffery Katzenberg pegging it as “perhaps the biggest media-advertising event in history.” About 150 million pairs of 3D glasses will […]

Variety reports that Ari Folman’s animated war documentary Waltz with Bashir won the 43rd annual best picture prize from the National Society of Film Critics, edging out the runner-ups WALL-E and Happy-Go-Lucky.

Following-up on this story from Saturday where it was revealed that one of the names of a character in Pixar’s upcoming film Up was “Dug the Talking Dog”, here’s a reminder that you can actually see what he looks like in this Animated News post from July.

Several new images from the big screen adaption of Astro Boy can be viewed at Latino Review. Several characters shots are featured on the site, as well as a small handful of concept art. Astro Boy blasts into theaters on October 23rd, 2009.

PixarBlog shares some details on the new characters from Pixar’s forthcoming feature Up which includes the characters “Dug the talking dog”, a female bird named “Kevin” and “Muntz”, the likely villain. Additionally, the Blogsite also shares a new still which appeared in Entertainment Weekly in their exclusive first look at 12 big movies coming in […]

IMDB now lists some of the voice actors for the English version of Hayao Miyazaki’s film Ponyo on the Cliff. Nausicaa reports that it is likely from their ages that Noah Cyrus will be Ponyo, and Frankie Jonas will be Sosuke. Madison Davenport will be playing Kumiko, the only other child character in the film […]