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Buried Treasure: The ill-fated voyage to Treasure Planet 2
Director Jun Falkenstein maps out the story and artwork for the canceled Treasure Planet 2, in which Jim Hawkins and Silver would have taken on the villainous Ironbeard. |
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Exclusive! Legends Of Oz producer talks franchise’s future after box office disappoints
Legends Of Oz: Dorothy’s Return got off to a rough start last weekend: The movie collected a mere $3.7 million from 2,575 theaters, the worst opening ever for an animated movie in more than 2,500 theaters. The small opening followed a low-key marketing campaign from Clarius Entertainment – distributing their first feature – and negative […] |
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Wizart’s Snow Queen 2 gets new poster, images
Courtesy of Wizart Animation, Animated Views has the first look at the latest poster for The Snow Queen 2. Directed by Alexey Tsitsilin, the sequel will be released in Russia, where Wizart is based, this December, shortly before its international release. A U.S. date has yet to be announced. Snow Queen 2 is produced by […] |
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Postman Pat: The Movie trailer arrives
Postman Pat is making a special delivery: the trailer for his first computer animated feature. In Postman Pat: The Movie, the beloved British postal worker becomes famous when performing on a televised talent show – thanks to singing vocals by Ronan Keating – and is replaced by the evil Patbot 3000 to deliver mail throughout […] |
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Lava – Pixar’s newest short revealed?
One particular highlight of seeing a Pixar film in theaters is catching the short that precedes it. Now the newest theatrical short from the animation powerhouse may have been discovered: Lava. Scheduled for 2015, the short is listed among Pixar’s upcoming projects in the LinkedIn.com profile of animator Shaun Seong-Young Kim. Time will tell whether […] |
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Is there Room On The Broom for the Best Animated Short Oscar?
Directors Max Lang and Jan Lachauer revisit the making of Room On The Broom, as the short flies into awards season already with Annie and BAFTA recognition. |
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O Brother Bear, Where Art Thou?: Why Disney Channel turned down Brother Bear: The Series
With Brother Bear hitting its 10th anniversary, director Pete Michels and writer Bart Jennett recall making the ultimately-rejected pilot for its TV series spinoff. |
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Director Jimmy Hayward talks turkey about Free Birds
Hayward takes Animated Views behind-the-scenes of Reel FX’s first animated feature, from its conception as Turkeys to the casting of Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson. |
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Snowman and the Snowdog nominated for Children’s BAFTA
The Snowman and the Snowdog has been announced as among the animation nominees for the British Academy Children’s Awards. The short film was created to honor the 30th anniversary of its Oscar-nominated predecessor, The Snowman, which won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Children’s Programme in 1983. For its own BAFTA, The Snowman and the […] |
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Marvel Comics to release Muppets Omnibus
USA Today reports that Marvel Comics will publish The Muppets Omnibus, a hardcover collection of four series – originally released by Boom! Studios – by cartoonist Roger Langridge. The featured series include The Muppet Show, The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson, The Muppet Show Comic Book and The Muppets. The Muppets […] |
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Planes Blu-ray artwork unveiled
Blu-ray.com has the artwork for the standard and 3D Blu-ray packages for DisneyToons’ Planes. The covers are similar to the film’s theatrical posters, although the character Rochelle is no longer shown. Bonus features for the sets have yet to be announced. With a domestic gross of $59.6 million thus far, Planes will arrive in stores […] |
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Disney to close Toontown, Pixie Hollow
On the heels of Disney Infinity arriving in stores, Disney has announced more news concerning its interactive unit: On September 19, it will close its 10-year-old Toontown virtual world. In addition, the company will close Pirates of the Caribbean Online and Disney Fairies Pixie Hollow, to focus more on Club Penguin and mobile gaming. Bloomberg.com […] |
