Month: February 2016 – page 3

Kung Fu Panda 3 is still holding on to second place at box office
via Box Office Prophets, posted by , February 21, 2016 | Category: News
Watch a new TV spot for The Jungle Book
via Animated Views, posted by , February 21, 2016 | Category: News

A new TV spot for The Jungle Book is now online for your viewing pleasure. The action adventure film roars into theaters on April 15th.
Watch 30-second preview of new and returning Disney XD animated shows
via Animated Views, posted by , February 20, 2016 | Category: News

Here is a 30-second preview that aired during the Gravity Falls series finale promoting new and returning animated shows to air on Disney XD in 2016. The returning shows highlighted are Star vs. The Forces of Evil and Future-Worm! The new shows highlighted are Monty Murphy’s Law starring “Weird Al” Yankovic and LEGO Star Wars: […]
Practically perfect casting? Emily Blunt in talks to be Mary Poppins
via EW, posted by , February 18, 2016 | Category: News
Ice Age Easter special to air on FOX in March
via ComingSoon, posted by , February 18, 2016 | Category: News
When Marnie Was There director reflects on his Oscar-nominated film
via The Japan Times, posted by , February 18, 2016 | Category: News
Charlie Kaufman is surprised that animation gets no respect
via Cartoon Brew, posted by , February 18, 2016 | Category: News
Shakira demanded a ‘curvier’ character in Zootopia
via BreakingNews.ie, posted by , February 18, 2016 | Category: News
Coding computer animation in 1964 looked a lot like it does in 2016
via Motherboard, posted by , February 18, 2016 | Category: News
Annecy hosts 4th Disney Art Challenge, Finding Dory preview
via Animation Magazine, posted by , February 18, 2016 | Category: News
Check out these radical new posters for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
via IMP Awards, posted by , February 17, 2016 | Category: News
Some cinematographers arguing for a second Oscar category for VFX-heavy films
via Hollywood Reporter, posted by , February 17, 2016 | Category: News
Brad Breeck talks about composing the music to Gravity Falls
via Comics Alliance, posted by , February 17, 2016 | Category: News
Homer will answer viewer questions live on The Simpsons
via CNN, posted by , February 17, 2016 | Category: News
Batman: Bad Blood
by Randall Cyrenne, February 17, 2016 | Category: Blu-ray

Following Batman’s disappearance, Dick Grayson dons the cowl of the Bat, and is joined by more members of an expanding Bat-family.
Watch the first LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises short Poe to the Rescue
via Animated Views, posted by , February 16, 2016 | Category: News

Disney has been kind enough to post in full the first LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises short Poe to the Rescue, which aired immediately after the Gravity Falls series finale on Disney XD.
Kristen Bell has a cameo that no one noticed in that Zootopia trailer
via Disney, posted by , February 16, 2016 | Category: News
Expanded Rescuers Down Under soundtrack announced
via Film Music Reporter, posted by , February 16, 2016 | Category: News
The Canadian animation behind The Little Prince
via Radio Canada International, posted by , February 16, 2016 | Category: News
Colorful (and crowded) new poster for Alice Through the Looking Glass now online
via IMP Awards, posted by , February 15, 2016 | Category: News
New theme song for The Powerpuff Girls revealed
via Animated Views, posted by , February 15, 2016 | Category: News

The new theme song for Cartoon Network’s reboot of The Powerpuff Girls is now online (which many will probably think isn’t quite as catchy or cute as the first show’s theme). The series is set to debut in March.
Watch the new trailer for Sing
via Animated Views, posted by , February 15, 2016 | Category: News

The first trailer for Illumination Animation’s Sing is now online. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Seth MacFarlane, and Reese Witherspoon, the musical comedy opens everywhere this Christmas.
Star Wars: Episode VIII production announcement video released
via Animated Views, posted by , February 15, 2016 | Category: News

A new production announcement video for Star Wars: Episode VIII has just been released, teasing the continuation of The Force Awakens’ closing scene. Directed by Rian Johnson (Looper), the highly anticipated movie opens everywhere Christmas 2017.
Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Walt Disney Signature Collection
by Ben Simon, February 14, 2016 | Category: Blu-ray

Disney’s first feature is back on Blu-ray in a decent, maybe even solid but certainly not spectacular edition that repeats as many extras as it drops more significant ones.

Kung Fu Panda 3 has solid hold even as Deadpool slices apart February records
via Box Office Prophets, posted by , February 14, 2016 | Category: News
Watch the “stunning animation” A Little Time Off Ahead
via Animated Views, posted by , February 14, 2016 | Category: News

Last week, NPR helped launch a new music video for Vandaveer’s A Little Time Off Ahead. For those who don’t know the “alternative folk group,” it’s said that if you’re at all familiar with deeper musical knowledge, when you consider Vandaveer, it should bring to mind Nigel Godrich pulling a T Bone Burnett with an […]