Composer Hans Zimmer announced details for a concert titled “Hans Zimmer Revealed” to be played this October at the Eventim Hammersmith Apollo in London, according to Collider. “Performing a concert series like this is something that I have always wanted to do, and I am thrilled that that time has finally come. I am very […]

DreamWorks’ How To Train Your Dragon 2 opens today in 4,253 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The film is a hit with the critics, garnering a 92% rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Their critical consensus: “Exciting, emotionally resonant, and beautifully animated, How to Train Your Dragon 2 builds on its predecessor’s successes just the way […]

Details and footage from Pixar’s Inside Out were revealed by director Pete Docter at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival this week, according to Variety. The industry paper was extremely impressed with the presentation, calling it “stunning” and adding “At the risk of overstatement, the film could eventually prove to be as revolutionary as Dante’s […]

Early buzz around DreamWorks’ How To Train Your Dragon 2, opening tomorrow, is high, and the cast and crew have been out promoting the film. Jay Baruchel finds joy in voicing Hiccup; Gerald Butler says the movie brings him pride and moves him to tears; Kit Harington is fired up about the film; America Ferrera […]

The upcoming SpongeBob SquarePants movie finally has a name, a website, and a poster. The name for the followup to the 2004 film is The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water and the website is at www.spongebobmovie.com. ComingSoon.net has a first look at the poster, which appears to feature CG animation rather than the hand […]

Sega’s video game icon Sonic the Hedgehog is coming to the big screen according to The Wrap. Sony Pictures Entertainment and Marza Animation Planet are teaming up to create the hybrid CG-animated/live-action feature, written by Evan Susser and Van Robichaux and produced by Neal H. Moritz. Columbia Pictures’ president of production Hannah Minghella said, “There […]

In 2006, the newly launched AV started an MIA-DVD campaign to “compile the most concise listing we can of American and international feature films and cartoon short series as yet unavailable” on DVD. Den of Geek now asks why aren’t these 18 great animated films available on today’s HD disc format? “Sadly, there are some […]

The Disney Insider blog has revealed the title, concept, and some art from Disney Animation Studios’ latest short film. Titled Feast, and helmed by Paperman head of animation Patrick Osborne, the short “is the story of one man’s love life as seen through the eyes of his best friend and dog, Winston, and revealed bite […]

Variety looks at the career of composer John Powell. “Twenty of his 54 features have been animated. And with a resume that also includes a 2010 Oscar nomination for his soaring How to Train Your Dragon score and music for such hits as Happy Feet, three of the Ice Age movies, two Dr. Seuss entries, […]

Deadline reports that Sam Register has been promoted from EVP Creative Affairs to President of Warner Bros Animation. Peter Roth, Warner Bros Television Group President and Chief Content Officer said, “Sam has done an outstanding job shepherding Warner Bros Animation over the past six years, reinvigorating one of the most storied and accomplished animation production […]

The animated movie musical is back in vogue, according to the Los Angeles Times. The biggest sign of the change has been on the music charts. “For the first time in 20 years, a soundtrack from an animated film has been No. 1 on the Billboard charts for 10 weeks. This week, Disney’s fairy tale […]

Entertainment Weekly reports that Fox is ending its Saturday night animation block Animation Domination HD on June 28th. “Affiliates are not sorry to hear the block is going away. In addition to under-performing in the ratings, some stations have apparently received complaints about the risque content of the programming, which targeted young male viewers with […]