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New Avatar series greenlit by Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon has officially greenlit a new series based off of their popular cartoon show Avatar: The Last Airbender. The new storyline will take place 70 years after the events of the first show, and will focus on a new Avatar, a teenage girl named Korra. The original Avatar series was one of the most popular […]

New Tron: Legacy banner

A new character banner for Disney’s Tron: Legacy featuring Olivia Wilde can now be found over at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. Meanwhile, the sci-fi blog Giant Freakin Robot has a sneak peek at several upcoming toys for the film. The hotly anticipated sequel to 1982’s Tron comes to theaters and IMAX this Christmas.

Sorcerer’s Apprentice fails to cast a spell on audiences

Despite being marketed by the studio since last December, Disney’s special effects film The Sorcerer’s Apprentice has been pulling in ultimately underwhelming numbers since coming out on Wednesday. The expensive Nicolas Cage fantasy movie–budgeted at a reported $150 million–made only a modest $17 million during its opening weekend, giving it a five day total of $24 […]

Disney making live-action Tinker Bell movie

Disney is apparently making a live-action film based off of one of their most popular characters, according to ComingSoon.Net. The movie, currently titled Tink, will star Elizabeth Banks (The Uninvited, Fred Claus) as the most beloved of all of the Mouse House’s pixies. Nothing is known about the plot at this point, other than that it “will play […]

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III on the way

Cartoon Network’s popular series Robot Chicken is set to make another Star Wars special, the show’s creator Seth Green just announced. “We’re telling more of a linear story this time that covers the series from start to finish,” he said. “We’ll still flip around the universe but we’ll get a unique perspective from the bad guy […]

New Legend of the Guardians character posters

Eight brand new international character banners for the upcoming Warner Bros. release Legend of the Guardians have just been revealed at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. The animated adventure from director Zack Snyder comes to theaters everywhere this fall.

Theater listing for Tales from Earthsea

ComingSoon.net now has an exclusive theater listing for Studio Ghibli’s Tales from Earthsea, which gets a limited release in the US on August 13th. The site also has several new images from the film. Coming from Walt Disney Pictures, the English version of the Goro Miyazaki film features the voices of Timothy Dalton, Williem Dafoe and […]

Big weekend for Despicable Me

Universal Pictures had plenty to smile about this weekend with their Despicable Me easily claiming the top spot at the box office with a strong $60 million. It was the best opening that the studio has seen for any movie so far this year. Meanwhile, Toy Story 3 managed to have two accomplishments of its own. First, […]

A Despicable lead

After marketing the film for almost an entire year, Universal Pictures saw big bucks for their Despicable Me on opening day, according to Friday estimates. The $21 million it made yesterday should be enough to give the animated comedy an opening weekend of as much as $60 million.

New Alpha and Omega poster

A new poster for the animated Alpha & Omega has just been revealed at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. The Lionsgate release starring Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere and the late Dennis Hopper comes to theaters this September.

Avatar coming back to theaters this summer

The highest grossing movie of all time is set to make a return to the big screen next month. James Cameron’s Avatar will be re-released to theaters on August 27th with eight minutes of added footage, including new creatures and action scenes, USA Today is reporting. The relaunch will only take place in 3-D and IMAX […]

Five films to now be nominated for Best Visual Effects at the Oscars

Possibly because of the rising number of big budget films with impressive special effects released each year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just announced that they will now be nominating five films in the Best Visual Effects category at the Oscars next year. Previously, only three movies were allowed to be nominated […]

Behind the scenes of Despicable Me

USA Today has two new articles about Universal Pictures’ Despicable Me. The first one is an interview with Jason Segal, who voices the rival of Steve Carrell’s supervillain Gru. The second article goes into how this is the first animated feature film from the French-based Illumination Animation, and also offers more information about some of their upcoming […]

Despicable interviews

ComingSoon.net now has exclusive video interviews with members of the cast and crew of Despicable Me. The video features discussions with Steve Carrell, Julie Andrews, Jason Segal and Despicable producer Christopher Meledandri.

Monsters Vs. Aliens TV series in the works

The Hollywood Reporter reveals that DreamWorks Animation has ordered a pilot for a possible TV series based off of their blockbuster Monsters Vs. Aliens. The site also has news regarding the studio’s other plans for television, including confirmation that a Shrek Halloween special is currently in production, along with a Kung Fu Panda holiday special.

Is Toy Story 3 an early Oscar contender?

Arguing that many movies released this year haven’t been getting the greatest reviews from critics so far, Entertainment Weekly believes that Toy Story 3 should maybe be considered an early contender for a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards in 2011. On the subject of that possibly happening, Pixar Oscar campaign organizer Tony Angellotti said “I don’t […]

Last Airbender soars at box office

Despite being almost universally panned by critics, M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender managed to surpass many expectations this week at the box office. Although unable to beat The Twilight Saga: Eclipse for the top spot, the special effects film was still able to earn an estimated $40 million during its opening weekend, and has made […]

New Despicable Me images

A new batch of images from Universal’s animated Despicable Me can now be found at ComingSoon.net. The Steve Carrell comedy–currently 100% “fresh” over at RottenTomatoes.com–comes to theaters this Friday.

New MegaMind poster

A brand new poster for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming action comedy MegaMind can now be found over at SuperHeroHype. The new ad features Will Ferrell and Brad Pitt’s characters from the film, with the tagline “The superhero movie will never be the same.” Also starring Tina Fey and Jonah Hill, MegaMind opens everywhere this November.

The Last Airbender opens

M. Night Shyamalan’s live action version of Nickelodeon’s popular cartoon series Avatar: The Last Airbender opens in theaters everywhere across the US today. Although its been considered an anticipated movie on many fan sites for a while now, The Last Airbender (Avatar was removed from the picture’s title in order to avoid any confusion with a certain James […]

How to Train Your Dragon beats Kung Fu Panda

After 95 days in theaters, DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon has surpassed Kung Fu Panda’s final box office take with a gross of $215 million, Box Office Mojo is reporting. It is now the studio’s highest grossing non-Shrek film of all time.

New trailer for Rango now online

As was reported yesterday, a new trailer for the animated Rango has now appeared online over at iTunes Movie Trailers. Meanwhile, ComingSoon.net has an exclusive sneek peek of the film, revealing many more details about the plot, which is described as “a western with creatures of the desert.” The site has also been given an alternate trailer […]

First Rango poster revealed

Continuing something that could be called a mysterious marketing campaign, Paramount Pictures has just revealed the first poster for Rango, which can be viewed exclusively at ComingSoon.net. The site says that they’ve been given a sneek peek of footage of the film, stating that they were “impressed” by what they saw. They also say that a […]

Toy Story 3 wins again

In its second weekend of release, Toy Story 3 continued to rule the box office battlefield,  earning an estimated $59 million. It was enough to beat the strong opening of the Adam Sandler comedy Grown Ups and the smaller than anticipated debut of the Tom Cruise actioner Knight and Day. Currently standing with a total of […]

Gnomeo and Juliet gets more voices

According to ComingSoon.net, Michael Caine, Jason Statham, Maggie Smith and Patrick Stewart have all joined Disney’s upcoming Gnomeo and Juliet to lend their voices. The animated parody of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is set to come to theaters next spring.

New Tron Legacy poster

A new poster for Tron Legacy has just been revealed online. The anticipated Disney sequel comes to theaters and IMAX this Christmas.

Bringing Ken to life in Toy Story 3

Of all of the new characters in Toy Story 3, a fashion loving Ken doll seems to have made the biggest impact, becoming an instant hit with both critics and audiences. USA Today has two articles on how the character was brought to the screen, the first being an interview with Michael Keaton about how he went […]

DreamWorks bringing Good Luck Trolls to the big screen

The Good Luck Trolls, some of the most popular toys of all time, are set to become movie stars in a major motion picture. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that DreamWorks Animation has made a deal with Trolls owner Dam Things to bring the the fuzzy-headed dolls to the big screen. The project is currently without a release date.

The Lion King is going 3-D

Even though Beauty and the Beast in 3-D has not been released to theaters yet, longtime Disney produced Don Hahn has just announced that there are now plans to convert another animated classic into the format: The Lion King. In addition to this, Hahn also provided subtle hints on the status of other projects at […]

First look at Puss in Boots

DreamWorks Animation has just revealed the first official image from their upcoming movie Puss in Boots. The Shrek spin-off starring one of the franchise’s most popular characters will find its furry hero on a quest to steal the famous goose who lays the golden eggs from the Jack and the Beanstalk story. Antonio Banderas returns to voice the […]