One of the most talked-about aspects of last night’s Oscars is the remarkable visual effects that allowed Ted the teddy bear to present, with Mark Wahlberg, Oscars for Sound Mixing and Sound Editing. Deadline.com and Coming Soon reveal how Tippet Studio integrated the CGI character into the live broadcast.

The rumors of Toy Story 4 are false, says Drew McWeeny at HitFix. Colombian radio host Jorge Luis Balaguera raised eyebrows on Monday when he “confirmed” via Twitter that Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack would return for Toy Story 4 in 2015. However, McWeeny’s source says the report is 100 percent inaccurate. Fortunately […]

It appears Mickey Mouse and Roger Rabbit are indeed teaming up, at least for a development proposal. On Sunday, Who Censored Roger Rabbit? author Gary K. Wolf, under pen name “Walter Windchill”, reported on his website that the animated characters would team for a reimagining of the 1952 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis movie The […]

Despite a fourth place finish for the Presidents Day weekend, Escape from Planet Earth jumped to the top of the box office on Monday, with $5.2 million, says Box Office Mojo. By comparison, weekend champ A Good Day to Die Hard took $3.8 million. Distributed by The Weinstein Company, Escape from Planet Earth has collected […]

Are Mickey Mouse and Roger Rabbit teaming for a remake of the 1952 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis movie The Stooge? That’s what an inside source has revealed to Who Censored Roger Rabbit? author Gary K. Wolf, who reports the news under pen name “Walter Windchill”. Mickey would take on Martin’s role of a failing […]

The Golden Reel Awards honored Wreck-It Ralph in the category of Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in an Animation Feature Film. The Walt Disney Animation Studios film beat competitors Brave, Rise of the Guardians, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, A Cat in Paris, Frankenweenie, ParaNorman and The Pirates! Band of Misfits. Deadline.com […]

Electric City picked up the award for Best Animated Series at the 3rd Annual Streamy Awards on Sunday, beating fellow nominees Dinosaur Office, Oishi High School Battle, Dick Figures and Red vs. Blue. Created by Tom Hanks, Electric City is the post-apocalyptic story of citizens who live in the title setting, a would-be utopia that […]

Over the weekend, Disney/Pixar’s Brave added two more awards to its collection: the Cinema Audio Society Award for outstanding sound mixing and the American Cinema Editor’s Eddie Award. Other CAS Award nominees included Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, Wreck-It Ralph, Frankenweenie and Rise of the Guardians, while the latter three were also nominated for the ACE […]

Coming Soon has the first clip from DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods. In the clip, Eep (Emma Stone) and Guy (Ryan Reynolds) try to trap a prehistoric beast by puppeteering a fake romantic interest for him. Directed by Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders, The Croods will open in theaters March 22.

Disney is preparing for the youngest audience members of Planes to continue the adventures of Dusty Crophopper at home. At the 110th annual American International Toy Fair last week, attendees caught a sneak peek at the much-hyped remote-controlled Dusty as well as the U-Command Dusty, as documented by Stitch Kingdom. On Twitter, DaDa Rocks! posted […]

Ice Age: Continental Drift was named the best family movie of 2012 at the 21st Annual Movieguide Faith & Values Awards Gala, beating other animated nominees Wreck-It Ralph, The Secret World of Arrietty and Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted. As for the best mature-audience film, The Avengers took the award over such nominees as The […]

Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive progression reel for Disney’s Annie-winning short Paperman, showing how animators placed hand-drawn layers upon computer animated imagery to achieve the film’s stunning look. One might wish to view Paperman on the upcoming Wreck-It Ralph Blu-ray – the short has been removed from YouTube – before delving too far into the […]

Both DisneyToon Studios’ Planes and DreamWorks Animation’s Turbo are receiving praise following recent test screenings. At WDW Magic, regular forum member “M.rudolf” writes that Planes is testing “thru [sic] the roof,” better than the Cars movies and Wreck-It Ralph. This news likely explains why Planes was promoted to a theatrical release after being made as […]

Escape from Planet Earth opens in 3,288 theaters today, featuring the voices of Brendan Fraser, Rob Corddry, Ricky Gervais and Jessica Alba. Families eager to learn if the computer animated flick is worth a trip to the theater will have to rely on word-of-mouth rather than professional reviews, at least for the time being. According […]

Liam Neeson has signed on to voice Phango, a malevolent leopard, in Triggerfish Animation Studios’ Khumba, says Kidscreen. Also featuring the voices of AnnaSophia Robb and Jake T. Austin, the film tells the story of “a half-striped zebra who leaves his home in search of a magic waterhole where legend says the first zebras got […]

Rush Hour director Brett Ratner is teaming with Six Eleven Media to produce an animated television series based on the successful social media game FarmVille. “FarmVille is one of the most exciting brands out there today, and its cross-platform opportunities are endless. I am thrilled to be expanding the brand with existing fans and also […]

The end credit sequence for Wreck-It Ralph is now online, reports Cartoon Brew. Set to Owl City’s When Can I See You Again, the 8-bit styled video features Ralph and Vanellope von Schweetz exploring the worlds of numerous video games, from the movie’s own Sugar Rush and Hero’s Duty to real-life games Sonic the Hedgehog […]

For years, a rumor has circulated that Ghostbusters star Ernie Hudson auditioned to reprise his role as Winston Zeddemore in the film’s animated spin-off, The Real Ghostbusters – only to lose the role to Arsenio Hall. Now Hudson himself is confirming the rumor. The actor tells A.V. Club, “So I went in to read the […]

“Has animation A-lister Brad Bird left the medium … in part out of creative frustration?” asks The Hollywood Reporter, based on recent quotes from the filmmaker during a CalArts fundraising salon on Jan. 29. Appearing with Pixar colleague Mark Andrews, Bird allegedly questioned why mainstream animation studios won’t attempt films for older audiences. “Why does […]

Baby Sinclair from the hit ’90s TV series Dinosaurs has returned in a new fan-made CGI short, I’m the Baby, Gotta Love Me! Animator Davide Maugeri created the short as a tribute to the show’s production company, Jim Henson Television. “Since [Dinosaurs] was a big hit in the early ’90s and ended up forgotten, our […]

IMDb has added Keri Russell to the cast of DisneyToon Studios’ Planes. Until an official confirmation arrives, one should take this bit of casting news with a grain of salt, since IMDb also still has Jon Cryer as the voice of protagonist Dusty Crophopper. In December, sources revealed Cryer had left the project for reasons […]

Folks unable to attend today’s D23 expo are in luck. From Andrew Stanton’s John Carter to Pixar’s Monsters University, Disney has released an official breakdown of the presentations, complete with green room photos, concept artwork, and brand-new title treatments. View the press release and pics here: