Meet the Small Potatoes, the 45-minute “movie” based on the popular short TV series featuring singing potatoes, comes to DVD today…but only as a Wal-Mart exclusive. The mock documentary tells the story of the Small Potatoes’ rise to fame, and features the voice of Malcolm McDowell as the band’s manager. The film aired on Disney […]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars may have been cancelled by Disney, but fans will still have some stuff to look forward to…although when and where still has yet to be revealed. USA Today has an article discussing what’s to come in the show’s few remaining storylines, including one involving the fate of the mysterious Jedi Master […]

A first trailer for Walking With Dinosaurs is now online and can be viewed over at MSN. The preview–which will no doubt remind many of Disney’s Dinosaur–shows off the movie’s blend of live-action and CGI animation. The story, according to the film’s plot summary, follows “two brothers looking to follow in their fathers footsteps, which […]

As part of his eagerness to release more movies that will be financially successful in China, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffery Katzenberg announced that he plans to bring The Tibet Code to the big screen, Deadline is reporting. Described as an “Indiana Jones-style adventure,” the movie is based on a series of Chinese novels set in 9th […]

In news that may be seen as somewhat surprising by many, the upcoming Walt Disney biopic Saving Mr. Banks has been rated PG-13 for “thematic elements including some unsettling images,” ComingSoon.net is reporting. The movie–which is apparently finished now, given that it has an MPAA rating–chroncles Disney’s efforts to coax  P.L. Travers into letting him adapt her […]

The latest entry in the long-running Anime series, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, topped the box office in Japan last weekend, with the movie earning about $7 million in US dollars. It was enough to beat Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph–which is called Sugar Rush! in Japan–during its second week playing in the country. Although highly popular […]

Although the news was more or less expected, TV Line is reporting that The Office’s Ellie Kemper will be doing a guest appearance on American Dad during its next season…more or less confirming that the series has been greenlit for another round by FOX. In addition, Rachael MacFarlane–the voice of Hayley on the show–recently posted on […]

DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods had no trouble topping the box office charts this weekend, earning a healthy $44 million in America, THR is reporting. More good news for the film could be found overseas, where the movie made $63 million over 47 markets, giving the comedy a worldwide total of $108 million. Even better, the Chris […]

Following the release of its final theatrical trailer a few days ago, 20th Century Fox has released two new posters for their upcoming adventure movie Epic, both of which can be seen over at the IMP Awards. The first one features Beyonce’s character, Queen Tara, while the second one showcases…a toad. Epic opens everywhere this Memorial Day.

Two new TV spots for ucoming animated movies made their debut during the Kids Choice Awards on Nick last Friday, and both can be found online at ComingSoon.net. The first is a look at Pixar’s Monsters University while the second is a brief ad for Despicable Me 2. Monsters opens everywhere on June 21st, while […]

As they did last year with The Avengers, Disney is celebrating the release of Iron Man 3 this summer with a special decorated monorail, Orlando Attractions is reporting. The site has early pics and also a video regarding the “Stark Industries” monorail’s debut. Iron Man 3 opens everywhere this May.

Continuing Disney’s trend of rushing their animated features/direct-to-DVD sequels to Blu-Ray in the form of “2-Movie Collections,” the studio will continue that trend this summer with three releases on June 11th, Blu-Ray.Com is reporting. The Emperor’s New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Lilo & Stitch will all come out for the first time in the […]

DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods–the studio’s first film to be distributed by 20th Century Fox–opens today on a massive 4,000+ screens, Box Office Mojo is reporting. The site is also predicting the movie to easily win the weekend with an opening of $38 million, while Box Office Prophets is slightly more optimistic with an expected debut of $40 […]

In news that will surprise many–given that a sixth season had already been put into production–, Lucasfilm and Disney have announced that Star Wars: The Clone Wars has been cancelled, the HD Room is reporting. The series was expected to air on Disney XD in the future, but in an effort to put a focus on […]

Last week’s episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars was not just the conclusion to the show’s fifth season, but it was also the first to feature veteran actor Tim Curry as the evil Palpatine. Giant Freaking Robot is reporting that the reason for this is that Ian Abercrombie, who had been voicing the character since 2008, […]

Yahoo! Movies has your first look at a new clip from The Croods, in which the title characters do battle with a small army of monkeys. The Chris Sanders film comes to the big screen in 3-D on March 22nd.

A new poster for Turbo has been revealed over at Yahoo! Movies. The DreamWorks Animation action film zooms into theaters everywhere this July.

Disney’s Oz The Great And Powerful is apparently on its way to a massive opening weekend, Deadline is reporting. The site is saying that tracking has Oz opening to $80 million or more, which would far and away give it the biggest opening weekend of 2013 so far. Even better are the film’s chances of being […]

Fox’s animated Simpsons short film Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare is now online for your viewing pleasure over on the studio’s official YouTube page. The Oscar-nominated cartoon features Maggie trapped in the dreaded Ayn Rand school for tots. It was shown in theaters before Ice Age 4 last summer.

Turkeys–the obscure-sounding animated feature from Relativity Media about turkeys who travel back in time to the first Thanksgiving to change the course of history–is going to be coming out a lot sooner than expecting, Cinema Blend is reporting. The site is saying that the reason behind the bump was a possitive response to early test footage, and […]

USA Today has an extensive look at the five nominations for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars, with various intverviews with people behind the scenes of the year’s contenders. Stating that there is no clear frontrunner for the prize this year, the article goes into the individual movies’ chances of victory, as well as the filmmakers […]

In an extensive interview with the LA Times, Tim Burton discusses the dissapointing box office results of Frankenweenie, his decision to shoot the movie in black and white, and stop-motion animation as a whole. “I do feel like people were scared of that concept of death,” Burton said of the movie’s heavy themes. “There is […]

New posters for Monsters University–although not in English, they appear to have a Chinese New Year theme–have made their way online and can be seen at the IMP Awards. And in case you missed it, here’s a recent domestic poster for the film which can also be viewed on the site. The Monsters, Inc. prequel enrolls […]

Pixar’s upcoming Pete Doctor film that takes place “inside the human brain” has finally gotten a confirmed title, ComingSoon.net is reporting. The site is saying that the movie will be called Inside Out, and will supposedly be “told from the emotions taking place inside the mind of a little girl.” Inside Out is currently set to invade […]

Variety is reporting that Illumination Entertainment, the studio responsible for last year’s blockbuster The Lorax, is now planning to adapt another Dr. Seuss classic, but this time it will be one more familier to most audiences. The site is saying that plans for an animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas movie are being made, with Pete […]

The long-reported Night at the Museum 3 has finally been given an official greenlight from Fox, ComingSoon.net is reporting. As with the first two films in the franchise, the movie will be helmed by family friendly director Shawn Levy and star Ben Stiller as wisecracking security guard Larry Daley. No details on the plot are available, but […]

Thunderbirds, the campy British TV series featuring puppets which inspired both a live-action movie in 2004 and Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s raunchy Team America: World Police, is making a comeback, Screen Rant is reporting. The reboot will come from WETA Workshop, the special effects powerhouse behind The Lord of the Rings, Rise of the Planet […]

Family Guy vet Steve Callaghan is taking over Fox’s well-reviewed American Dad!, Deadline is reporting. This marks the first time in the show’s eight year history that such a change has been made in the series’ production. Until now, Dad was managed by series creators Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman, who will remain involved as executive producers. The […]