DVDTimes reports that Universal Studios Home Entertainment have announced the DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Coraline on 21st July 2009. Available on single-disc DVD, two-disc Collector’s Edition DVD and Blu-ray Disc, all include both the 2D and 3D version of the main feature and come packaged with 4 pairs of 3D glasses. Features on […]

IESB has shared a new clip called “Pursuit” from Disney/Pixar’s feature Up. The site has also posted a production featurette and also an interview with the director Pete Docter. Beware of the possible spoilers. Up opens in theatres on May 29.

A new poster for Disney’s motion-captured adaption of The Christmas Carol can now be seen on Yahoo! Movies. The one-sheet gives us a look at the character of Scrooge, who is portrayed by Jim Carry. The retelling of the classic story is set to hit theaters on November 6th, 2009.

Apple has shared an exclusive new clip called “Tepui Landing” from Disney-Pixar’s forthcoming feature Up in various formats including HD. Directed by Pete Docter, Up opens in theatres May 29.

A new one-sheet advertising Disney’s upcoming traditionally animated feature The Princess And The Frog has appeared online and can now be seen on Cinematical. The poster showcases several of the starring characters in the movie against a swamp backdrop. The New Orleans-set film will hit theaters on December 11th of this year.

In an interview to Wired, Seth MacFarlane has revealed that he is moving ahead with plans for a Family Guy movie. The announcement came at a special event this week to celebrate the 100th episode of American Dad. MacFarlane adds, “Fox wants it. We know what we want to do with it. It’s just a […]

Variety reports that the 3-D versions of Pixar’s Toy Story and Toy Story 2 will premiere at the 66th Venice Film Festival in September marking the festival’s lifetime award to John Lasseter and the Pixar directors. The Venice film festival will run September 2-12.

Apple has made available a new trailer for Disney’s upcoming feature The Princess and the Frog. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, film marks Disney’s return to hand-drawn animation. The Princess and the Frog opens in theaters on December 11, 2009.

Pixar will be opening a second studio in Vancouver according to the Vancouver Sun. The 20,000 square foot facility will employ 75-100 people and will be tasked with making the company’s short films. “Amir Nasrabadi, who will run the Vancouver operation as studio general manager, said Vancouver was attractive to Pixar for a number of […]

Thirty-six students from 20 colleges and universities have been selected as finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 36th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. Nine films will compete in the animation category for Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards. The ceremony will be held on Saturday, June 13, at 6pm at the […]

Animation Magazine reports that Steven Soderbergh will be animating a character in his upcoming live action baseball film Moneyball. “We have this sort of oracle character that appears throughout and declaims various issue… He’s your host in a way… The background will be real but the person who is supposed to be him will be […]

Before the first season has even premiered, Fox has decided to order up a second seaon of Cleveland according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Family Guy spinoff, which should debut this fall, already had an order for a 22 episode first season. The network has now picked up 13 more for a sophomore season.

Disney/Pixar has announced that they will be bringing 3D versions of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 to theatres starting October 2, 2009, in a special limited engagement double feature. President of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group Mark Zoradi said, “This fantastic double feature will let moviegoers see two of their all-time favorite films […]

The New York Times reports that Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim has ordered a new show from the creators of the stop-motion animated series Robot Chicken. The new show will be called Titan Maximum and will use stop-motion to “satirize Japanese cartoons of the 1980s”.

Ultimate Disney reports that Disney has set August 4th as the street date for The Tigger Movie: 2-Disc 10th Anniversary Edition. The DVD will include 2 new-to-DVD episodes of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, extras from the original DVD like Kenny Loggins music video “Your Heart Will Lead You Home” and a “Round […]

Aint It Cool News has the one-sheet for Miyazaki’s upcoming feature Ponyo. The site also shares an exclusive still from the film. Featuring the voices of Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Cloris Leachman, Liam Nesson, Lily Tomlin, Betty White, Frankie Jonas and Noah Cyrus, Ponyo opens in theatres on August 14.

After “horror stories” spread around the internet about the state of the images reproduced in a new Blu-ray edition of Max Fleischer’s 1939 animated feature Gulliver’s Travels, Animated Views takes a look at the disc itself, and finds that it does indeed present the film in questionable form and not at all as originally intended. […]

The once-popular but long dead animation on DVD domain DVDtoons has found itself of the selling block again, after recent attempts to jump start the page failed. Although the asked for fee is a whopping $7500, the minimum price that could be accepted is a lower but still substantial $2500. Details on what the buyer […]

UGO Movie Blog shares a new featurette for Up which features director Pete Docter and producer Jonas Rivera and focuses on Dug: The Talking Dog, voiced by Bob Peterson. A few new clips from the film have also been included in the featurette. Up hits theaters on May 29.