Year: 2010 – page 8

The Last Airbender coming home in November

Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies’ The Last Airbender is set to soar onto Blu-Ray and DVD on November 16th, ComingSoon.net is reporting. Although it got brutal reviews from the critics, the film was a reasonable commercial success, earning more than $280 million worldwide against a $150 million budget. Extras on the DVD/Blu-Ray combo will include […]

Toy Story‘s full specs and final artwork

Full specifications for the releases of Toy Story 3 as well as the contents of the Ultimate Toy Box DVD and Blu-ray Disc set and final cover art for them all, can be seen here:

Tokyo Film Fest gets 30 minutes of Tron: Legacy

Looking to build anticipation in the same way the extended teaser for Avatar did last year, Disney is to screen some 30 minutes of its upcoming Tron: Legacy at the Tokyo International Film Festival, which runs October 23-31. The film is set to be released in Japan and the US on December 17. THR Asia […]

Timmy Time

Aardman’s Shaun The Sheep spin-off, new to Playhouse Disney, is characteristic pre-school fare, but the visually strong storytelling and social lessons to be learned are wrapped up in a typically proficient and entertaining package.

Christmas goes Pink!

Rubicon Studios has announced that it will team with MGM to produce a new half-hour animated Christmas special featuring the original Pink Panther, set for distribution in time for the 2011 holiday period. Full details can be read here:

New MegaMind trailer and posters

A brand new trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming superhero comedy MegaMind can now be found online over at iTunes. Meanwhile, the Internet Movie Poster Awards has five new character posters for the film. Starring Will Ferrell, Tina Fey and Brad Pitt, MegaMind opens everywhere this November.

Disney teams with Sony again for home 3D

After arguably providing the strongest studio support for its fledgling Blu-ray format, Disney is again to team with electronics giant Sony, this time to provide “consumer and retail education, promotion and marketing support for in-home 3D devices and content”, according to TWICE.com. The initiative is to kick off this holiday season with bundles of the […]

Batman – The Brave And The Bold: Season One, Part One

After years of living in the shadows as a dark vigilante, Batman enjoys being a superhero again, joined by a league of friends in a show that celebrates the imagination of comic books – a ton of fun.

More Shrek and Panda from DreamWorks/NBC

The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reveals that DreamWorks will continue their small screen partnership with NBC to produce two new specials following success last year with Monsters Vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space and Merry Madagascar. The Halloween-themed Scared Shrekless will air on October 28, with a Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special being shown November […]

G.I. Joe: The Movie – Special Edition

Cobra and G.I. Joe meet up in the ultimate showdown when Cobra and their new allies from Cobra-La join forces to steal the Broadcast Energy Transmitter and conquer the Earth.

MAD magazine coming to Cartoon Network

The long-running humor magazine MAD is coming to Cartoon Network in the form of a new 15-minute TV series. The cartoon show will feature various new comedy sketches inspired by the magazine as well as old cartoons such as Spy. Vs. Spy. The LA Times has an interview with the show’s producers Mark Marek (Crank Yankers) and Kevin […]

Concept art for Newt revealed

Despite apparently being cancelled, Pixar has just revealed several pieces of concept art for the film Newt. The movie was originally supposed to come out in 2012, but the studio will now be releasing Brave and Monsters, Inc. 2 that year instead. Whether or not the project will ever see the light of day now remains […]

ASIFA-Hollywood calls for 2010 Annie entries

Despite Disney’s recent announcement that it would not be supporting the upcoming annual Annie Awards, the International Animated Film Society is progressing as normal with their call for entries for the 38th ceremony, to be held February 5, 2011, at UCLA’s Royce Hall in LA. Full details can be read here:

Aardman’s Timmy Time to premiere on Disney Channel

Aardman Animations’ new series Timmy Time, about Shaun The Sheep‘s little lamb pal, will make its North American debut on the Disney Channel’s Playhouse Disney on September 13, following a sneak peek on September 7. Full details can be read in this announcement:

Russian Legend of the Guardians banner

A  new Russian banner for Legend of the Guardians–which is much darker than previous ads that have been released for the film–has just been posted at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. The Warner Bros. release comes to theaters everywhere September 24th.

LA/NY set for Superman/Batman’s Apocalypse

Warner Bros. has announced that the next entry in their popular series of DC Animated Universe movies, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, will receive the big screen premiere treatment in Los Angeles on September 21 and New York on September 23, ahead of the video disc release on September 28. Full details can be read here:

Pirates Of Dark Water on DVD now

Added to the exclusive line of Warner Archive Collection titles available directly from the studio, Hanna-Barbera’s Pirates Of Dark Water has just arrived on DVD this week, becoming one of the fastest selling titles in the collection. A review of the two-disc set will feature here shortly, in the meantime, cover art and a clip […]

Fantasia will amaze ya: full details

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has now released the full and final specifications for their upcoming release of the Fantasia: 2-Movie Collection set on November 30, 2010. The announcement, alongside updated final cover art, can be seen here:

Tinker Bell picnics in the park

Details on Disney’s recent family premiere screening of Tinker Bell And The Great Fairy Rescue on the big screen in LA, ahead of its release on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, can be found here:

Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 DVD and Blu-ray in November

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has announced the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 for November 30th, 2010, reports DVDizzy. The musical animated features will be released as a 2 movie collection in a 4-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD Combo and a 2-Disc Special Edition DVD. Blu-ray exclusives will include the Oscar-nominated […]

Black Cauldron DVD details

Full details and cover art for Disney’s 25th anniversary edition of its 25th animated feature can be seen here:

Dan Aykroyd talks Yogi Bear

USA Today recently spoke with Dan Aykroyd about voicing the title character in Warner Bros.’ upcoming Yogi Bear film. “When I heard they were doing this project, I called my agent and said I would love to be a part of this, because it’s a part of me,” Aykroyd said, remembering his love of the cartoon […]

Buzz and Woody are billionaires

After recently becoming the highest grossing animated movie of all time worldwide, Toy Story 3 has now scored another victory by crossing the $1 billion mark, according to Entertainment Weekly. Thanks to this and Alice in Wonderland, Disney has become the first studio to ever release two $1 billion hits in the same year.

Avatar returns to theaters today

James Cameron’s Avatar–the highest grossing movie of all time–is being re-released on about 800 3-D and IMAX screens across the country today. According to USA Today, Cameron decided to re-release the film because he felt that Disney’s Alice in Wonderland stole some of his business when it was released in March. “I would say the […]

French Tangled poster now online

A new French poster for Tangled–which is very different from the US poster–has just been revealed over at ComingSoon.net. The Disney animated movie opens in the states this Thanksgiving.

Original Kermit the Frog donated to Smithsonian

The original version of Kermit the Frog, created by Jim Henson out of a green coat and pingpong balls, is being donated to the Smithsonian, USA Today is reporting. The puppet is one of ten characters from the 1950s TV show Sam and Friends that is being given to the museum by Jim’s widow Jane Henson. […]

New Legend of the Guardians TV spots

ComingSoon.net now has three new TV spots for Warner Bros.’ upcoming animated film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of  Ga’Hoole. The Zack Snyder adventure comes to theaters next month.

New Tron: Legacy poster

A new international poster for Disney’s Tron: Legacy is now online over at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. The sequel zooms into theaters and IMAX 3-D this Christmas.

ASIFA-Hollywood Student Award announced

ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the creation of a new Student Annie Award, to be handed out at the next Annie Awards ceremony. More details can be read here:

Day & Night

Teddy Newton’s bedtime storybook based on his wonderful short naturally can’t quite come alive on the printed page in the way the film did, but the delightful drawings do a sweet job of transposing one medium to another.