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New Puss in Boots poster

Another new poster for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming adventure movie Puss in Boots has recently been posted over at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. The Shrek spin-off comes to theaters everywhere this November.

First poster for Ice Age 4 now online

The first poster for 20th Century Fox’s upcoming Ice Age: Continental Drift has made its way online, and can be seen at ComingSoon.net. The poster features the franchise’s most popular character, Scrat, along with a new character who appears to be a skunk pirate of some sort. In addition to the poster, the site also […]

Eddie Murphy to host the Oscars

Apparently deciding that they should go with a comedian this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just announced that Eddie Murphy will be hosting the Oscars next year, ComingSoon.net is reporting. “Eddie is a comedic genius, one of the greatest and most influential live performers ever,” said film director Brett Ratner, one of […]

The Rocketeer soaring onto Blu-Ray in December

Disney’s cult classic The Rocketeer will finally make its long-awaited arrival on Blu-Ray in December, according to Amazon.com. No details on the release’s extras are currently available, but the disc’s cover art does reveal that it will be sold as a “20th Aniversary Edition.” It’s set to fly into stores on December 13th. Thanks to […]

Description of Wreck-It Ralph footage now online

The first four minutes of Disney’s upcoming animated movie Wreck-It Ralph were recently screened at the studio’s D23 Expo, and while the footage itself has yet to make it to the internet, a full description of it can be found over at Cinema Blend. Along with more information about the films’s plot, which centers around a video […]

New Star Wars: The Clone Wars trailer

An action-packed new trailer for the fourth season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars has just been revealed at ComingSoon.net. The one hour season premiere for the acclaimed animated series will air on Cartoon Network on September 16th at 8:00pm et/7:00pm ct.

New Puss in Boots viral video

A new promotional video for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming Puss in Boots movie has just been posted by the studio on YouTube. In it, Puss advertises his new line of pants…which, in his case, means wearing no pants at all. It’s funny, but hopefully it won’t inspire any public nudity from anyone. Starring Antonio Bandaras as […]

New Tintin poster

A new poster for The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn has made its way online this week, and can be seen over at Superhero Hype!. The much anticipated Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson project comes to theaters and IMAX 3D this Christmas.

Apes Rise at the box office

Despite fairly low expectations surrounding the project over the last few month’s, 20th Century Fox’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes conquered the box office last weekend, earning a strong $54.8 million. The franchise reboot won surprising critcial acclaim, thanks largely to the impressive digital animation used to create Ceaser and his hairy co-stars. […]

Sony smurfing forward with Smurfs sequel

Due to the success of the new movie The Smurfs, Sony Pictures is already making plans to send the little blue to the big screen a second time. ComingSoon.net is reporting that the studio not only has a sequel in the works, but also a release date for it, with the movie expected to smurf its […]

Phineas & Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension premieres tonight

Disney’s popular cartoon series Phineas & Fern gets its very first movie tonight with the feature film Phineas & Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension. The plot will involve the wacky boys entering an alternate reality, one in which the evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz has taken over the city with an army of destructive robots. The film premieres […]

Superman revealed

The movie’s not due for almost two years, but director Zack Snyder has treated us to our first image of Henry Cavill as Superman in The Man of Steel. The image shows the iconic superhero apparently in the middle of an action sequence, standing in front of a destroyed bank vault of some sort. Sadly, […]

New Muppets poster

A new one sheet for The Muppets has just been posted at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. Unlike previous posters for the Thanksgiving weekend release, this one features not just the Muppets, but also their human co-stars Amy Adams and Jason Segal. And in case you missed it, here’s a hilarious parody poster that casts the ultra-patriotic Sam Eagle […]

South Park not ending after all

Despite rumors that the show’s 15th season would be its last one, South Park has been greenlit two more seasons, Screen Rant is reporting. The adult cartoon series has been seeing a ratings drop over the years, but its still been able to keep its hardcore fans tuning it. The two upcoming seasons confirm that the South […]

MacFarlene: “There will be a Family Guy movie”

While presenting at Comic-Con today, Seth MacFarlene said that there are indeed plans to make a Family Guy movie, something that has been speculated about for years. On the show’s official Twitter page, Macfarlene is quoted as saying that “Yes, there will be a Family Guy movie. We know what it’s going to be, but we […]

The Pirates! Band of Misfits trailer sails online

The first trailer for Aardman Animation’s The Piartes! Band of Misfits is now online at IMDB.com. The film marks the first feature film from the animation studio since 2006’s Flushed Away. Starring Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson and Imelda Staunton, The Pirates! come ashore in theaters next March.

Avada Kedavra! Harry Potter gives Winnie the Pooh the killing curse at the box office

As was expected by almost everyone, Disney’s Winnie the Pooh ended up being no match for Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part II this weekend, ComingSoon.Net is reporting. While the final Harry Potter film saw the biggest opening weekend of all time with $168 million (beating 2008’s The Dark Knight), Pooh saw one of the lowest […]

John Carter teaser trailer now online

A facininating teaser trailer for Disney’s upcoming live-action film John Carter has been posted online this week on the studio’s official YouTube page. Originally called John Carter of Mars, the sci-fi adventure from Pixar director Andrew Stanton comes to theaters everywhere next spring.

New Arthur Christmas teaser

A second teaser trailer for Sony and Aardman’s upcoming animated comedy Arthur Christmas has just been revealed over at Yahoo! Movies. As was the case with the first preview, it uses a “shaky camera” effect to show Santa’s son Arthur showing us top secret things about his father’s business. Starring James McAvoy as Arthur and Jim […]

New Muppets poster

A new promotional poster for The Muppets–which is absolutely loaded with characters–has been posted online today over at CinemaBlend. Starring Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and a lot of human beings as well, the movie comes to theaters this Thanksgiving.

New international Tintin trailer

A brand new international trailer for The Adventures of Tintin has been posted online over at ComingSoon.net. The preview reveals lots more footage than the teaser trailer did, offering more details regarding the film’s plot and characters. From Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, Tintin begins having his adventures this Christmas.

Paramount Pictures to Launch its Own Animation Studio

Paramount Pictures has just announced that it is going to launch its first in-house animation studio: Paramount Animation. Beginning in 2014, the studio plans to release one family-friendly animated film per year, with budgets not exceeding $100 million a picture. It is unknown whether or not this will have any impact on the studio’s distribution deal […]

Adam Sandler to voice Dracula in Hotel Transylvania

Adam Sandler is set to sink his teeth into the role of none other than Dracula himself in Sony’s upcoming animated comedy Hotel Transylvania, ComingSoon.net is reporting. To be directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Lab, the original 2-D animated version of Star Wars: The Clone Wars), the story will involve Dracula as the head of a lavish […]

Arrrrrr! Pirates IV crosses $1 billion mark

Despite being by far the lowest grossing film in the franchise on the domestic front, strong international ticket sales have helped Disney’s Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides cross the $1 billion mark, making it only the eighth movie in film history to do so. Although it got a general “meh” from critics, the […]

Brave poster revealed

The first poster for Disney & Pixar’s upcoming Brave has made its way online today at EW.com. A teaser trailer for the film is supposed to play in theaters this weekend with Cars 2. The first ever fairy tale from Pixar, Brave comes to theaters everywhere on June 22, 2012.

Puss in Boots trailer debuts online

As was announced earlier today, an action-packed new trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s Puss in Boots has just been posted at Yahoo! Movies. The preview offers several glimpses at the new characters in the film, including mastermind Humpty Dumpty and the sneaky Kitty Softpaws. The Shrek spinoff opens in theaters and IMAX 3D this November.

Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 teaser trailer spoofs Titanic

“I won’t let go, Alvin. I won’t let go…” A very short teaser trailer for Fox’s next Chipmunks flick has just been posted on YouTube via VisoTrailers. The preview begins as though its an ad for James Cameron’s Titanic, only to have Alvin rather predictably shout that he’s “the king of the world” at the end of […]

New Puss in Boots poster

A brand new (and pretty cool-looking) poster for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming Puss in Boots movie has been revealed over at Yahoo! Movies. The site also announces that a new trailer for the film will premiere online later on today. Starring Antonio Bandaras, Puss in Boots kicks butt in theaters this November.

Green Lantern flies to decent start

After months of intense marketing from Warner Bros., the studio’s big-budget superhero movie Green Lantern flew off to a solid start with $52 million, Box Office Mojo is reporting. Unfortunately, the movie got very negative reviews for the most part, so it might be hard for the film to display strong legs. Meanwhile, Kung Fu Panda […]

Cars 2 rolling well with critics so far

Early reviews for Cars 2 are now appearing on the internet, and since this a release from Pixar, it is no surprise that they are strong. Variety calls it “the rare sequel that not only improves on but retroactively justifies its predecessor, this lightning-paced caper-comedy shifts the franchise into high gear with international intrigue, spy-movie spoofery […]