Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group president Mark Zoradi is leaving the company after 29 years, according to the LA Times. Following what many considered a surprise ousting of Dick Cook earlier this year (and the less reported leaving of Miramax Films President Daniel Battsek last month) it appears a major shakeup is going down at […]

Universal’s acclaimed stop-motion animated movie Coraline is set to be re-released this holiday season as a special edition gift set. The Coraline Gift Set will be available on both Blu-ray and DVD and include the same 2-disc editions that were released earlier this year, along with new collector’s packaging, postcards and a limited edition book. DVD Active has […]

DreamWorks is readying an online virtual world based on the Kung Fu Panda franchise, according to USA Today. Launching next year, the browser based Kung Fu Panda World is aimed at 8-12 year olds and will feature games and activities. Rick Rekedal, head of production of DreamWorks Animation Online, said, “Just like Po the Panda […]

BrandRepublic reports that Aardman’s Wallace and Gromit will be coming to the iPhone in a new comic series. Digital comic editor Ned Hartley said, “It’s really exciting to see Wallace and Gromit at the forefront of such a cracking new technology. Although I secretly suspect that Wallace would be more comfortable with the type of […]

Jim Hill, who is always good for a different perspective on the news, says lower than expected box office numbers for A Christmas Carol aren’t going to bother Disney executives today. Hill says that Disney is taking the long view with the film, looking at what they can make not only in theatres and disc […]

The Anime News Network reports that a work by the late manga and anime creator Shotaro Ishinomori will be made into a live-action and CGI (computer graphics imagery) motion picture in 2012.

Although Disney and Robert Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol won the US box-office this weekend, the tally was less than expected, coming in at just $31 million. Opening to mixed reviews, Disney is hoping another seven weeks until Christmas will give the motion-capture movie a festive boost in takings.

Boxofficemojo.com has updated their release schedule with new release dates for two upcoming movies. Disney’s Rapunzel, the studio’s first computer-animated fairy tale, is set to come out on November 24, 2010, just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Meanwhile, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Sqeakuel has been bumped up slightly with a December 23, 2009 release […]

A second teaser trailer for Universal Pictures’ upcoming animated comedy Despicable Me can now be found online over at Apple.com. Me tells the story of Gru, a supervillain voiced by Steve Carell who plots to steal the moon. Also starring Jason Segal, Russell Brand and Julie Andrews, Despicable Me is set to strike theaters on […]

Disney and ImageMovers Digital’s A Christmas Carol opens today, in 3,683 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The film is getting mixed reviews, garnering a 57% Tomatometer rating from Rotten Tomatoes — though only a 40% Top Critics score. BoxOffice.com projects it should easily win the weekend with $42 million.

Disney has posted a feature on the music of The Princess and the Frog, hosted by the voice of Princess Tiana, Anika Noni Rose. Check out the full video here:

Variety reports that on several actors that are in negotiations to join the cast of the live-action/CG animated Yogi Bear. Dan Aykroyd is reportedly up for the voice of Yogi with Justin Timberlake voicing Boo-Boo. Anna Faris would play a documentary filmmaker.

Fortune Magazine has named Steve Jobs the CEO of the Decade. The Apple (and former Pixar) CEO is lauded for his part in redefining four distinct industries — personal computers, films, music, and phones — three of which occurred in just the last ten years. “Remaking any one business is a career-defining achievement; four is […]

Loose Moose Productions’ Caroline Attia has directed an animated homage to the Gong Man, the iconic trademark of the UK’s Rank Films used as the intro to all their films, to promote Odeon Cinemas’ new initiative of specially scheduled Mother and Baby screenings in England.

According to the Anime News Network, Funimation Productions has confirmed that Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone, a reboot of animator Hideaki Anno’s giant robot anime, has been disqualified from competition for the 2010 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

In addition to the previously mentioned Merry Madagascar, airing November 17th on NBC, at least two more new animated holiday specials will premiere this season. Disney will bring Prep & Landing to ABC this December 1st. “The half-hour holiday special reveals the never-before-told tale of an elite unit of Elves known as Prep & Landing. […]

DVD and Blu-ray cover art is included in a press release, for Halo Legends, an all-new anthology of seven stories that expands the universe of one of the world’s most popular video games, which can be read here:

Robert Zemeckis told MTV that the Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel will feature motion-capture performances, an animation process he has used extensively over the past several years (and in tomorrow’s A Christmas Carol). “I wouldn’t use it for the cartoon characters, because I think they should stay two-dimensional because that’s what — I wouldn’t dimensonalize […]

USA Today reports that the popular children book series, “The Berenstain Bears”, are being made into a full-length movie. The movie will contain a mixture of both live-action and computer animation. It is prompted for a 2011 release date.