Animated Views presents a brand-new article featuring separate discussions with directors Chris Miller and Raman Hui, the creative duo behind this May’s animated blockbuster, Shrek the Third. In the conversations, Miller and Hui both lend insight into the making of Third, while also explaining how they each became involved with the picture. Furthermore, topics range […]

Among the latest titles in AOL Music’s Full CD Listening Parties section, the soundtrack to Shrek the Third is highlighted. Released last Tuesday, the album features tracks from such artists as Fergie, Eels, The Ramones, Led Zeppelin and Macy Gray, as well as the movie’s stars Antonio Banderas, Eddie Murphy, Rupert Everett and Maya Rudolph.

Disney is hoping that a little vegetable will have big business in China. In its first co-production with the state-run China Film Group, the company will release the Chinese-language The Magic Gourd this summer. Featuring computer animation and live-action, the movie tells the Zhang Tianyi tale of “a boy who discovers a gourd – a […]

Upcoming Pixar spreads the JV Pixar News word that Picasa Web Albums is currently hosting pictures from the Pixar: 20 Years of Animation exhibition. The photos were taken while the presentation was at the National Museum of Scotland, in Edinburgh. The earlier-mentioned site also relays the Luxo info that the book The Story of Pixar […]

The nominees for the 61st Annual Tony Awards have been announced. Among them, the Broadway incarnation of Mary Poppins scored seven nods, including: Best Musical, Best Leading Actor (Gavin Lee), Best Featured Actress (Rebecca Luker), Best Choreography (Matthew Bourne, Stephen Mear), Best Scenic Design (Bob Crowley), Best Costume Design (Gregg Barnes) and Best Lighting Design […]

NY Daily News and The Chicago Tribune elaborate on the 20 live-action shorts for Bee Movie that will air on NBC this fall. Lasting 1 – 2 minutes, each minisode will humorously expand upon Jerry Seinfeld’s work for the film. With the program deal, NBC also landed the rights to air Bee Movie.

SCI FI Wire writes that with its marketing campaign, Surf’s Up will try to show potential audiences that the film is a brand-new experience rather than a copy of March of the Penguins or Happy Feet. Nonetheless, the movie’s creators are hoping Surf’s Up has similar success to its penguin predecessors.

An international trailer for Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille may be viewed at Apple.jp. Meanwhile, JV Pixar News reports that two Ratatouille posters (1,2) have been discovered at eBay.

Los Angeles County High School for the Arts senior Kris Anka, set to enter California Institute of the Arts this fall, has been selected to receive the first Warner Bros. Animation/Hanna-Barbera Scholarship. In response to the honor, Anka said, “I’m honored to be the first recipient of this scholarship as I’ve been a lifelong fan […]

With SCI FI Wire, Surf’s Up animation layout supervisor James C.J. Williams explains the ways he and his crew captured a documentary feel for the Sony Pictures Animation release. “We literally bought a 20-year-old Sony camera on eBay and hooked it up so we could get the feel of the heavier, older camera when we’re […]

Ultimate Disney has the press releases for Darkwing Duck – Volume 2 and The Tick vs. Season 2, both arriving August 7. While Duck will contain 27 episodes, this new Tick release will only provide 12 of the 13 episodes from the show’s second season.

The Animation Guild Blog indicates that the American Dog story reels recently received a warm reception. “The whole picture was up on reels, and the notes were pretty positive,” said one story artist. “The crew worked lots of o.t. getting things up in a few months, and they’re pretty satisfied. They know they’ve got lots […]

TV Shows on DVD reports that Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Complete Book 2 Collection will hit stores this September 11. The five-disc DVD set will carry 20 episodes from the series’ second season.

Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are teaming to bring Tintin, Georges Remi’s Belgian comic-strip hero, to life with a trilogy of films to be released possibly by DreamWorks Animation. Spielberg and Jackson will each direct at least one of the movies, although it is unknown at this time who will direct the third picture. Kathleen […]

Superhero Hype! indicates that Industrial Light & Magic has been named as the principle visual effects house for Iron Man. Visual Effects Supervisor Ben Snow and Oscar-winning Animation Supervisor Hal Hickel will lead the film’s ILM team. Meanwhile, Wayne Billheimer will produce for ILM, with Gretchen Libby acting as the company’s Executive Producer.

It appears that Voltron: Defender of the Universe – Vol. 4: Red Lion will make its way to stores on September 25. The news was found in a catalogue included with Vol. 3: Green Lion, released last Tuesday, May 8. TV Shows on DVD has the cover artwork for the package.

Variety notices the production of Planet One, produced by Madrid’s Ilion Animation Studios and London’s Handmade Films. With a budget of $54 million, the picture is the largest film of any type to arrive from Spain. Planet One also marks the movie debut of Spain’s highly successful international entertainment company, videogame and cell-phone content specialist […]

Upcoming Pixar points out that in a list of the “The 25 Best Movie Sequels of All Time,” Moviefone places Toy Story 2 at #13. Meanwhile, Cinema Blend releases its picks for the top five computer animated movies of all time. Their choices include: 1) The Incredibles, 2) Toy Story, 3) Shrek, 4) Finding Nemo […]

According to the Los Angeles Times, Grizzly Flats Railroad is being disassembled. The 500-foot-long railroad sat next to the San Gabriel home of Disney Legend Ward Kimball and his wife, Betty, for around 70 years. Interestingly, the article notes that Grizzly Flats helped inspire Walt Disney to build the famous passenger train system that circles […]

Reuters/Yahoo! News writes that despite a Palestinian government request to shelve the program, Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV still scheduled Tomorrow’s Pioneers to air today. The show features a Mickey Mouse lookalike named Farfur, who “calls for Israel to be vanquished and Islam to ‘lead the world.’” While The Walt Disney Co. has declined to comment on […]

Available to hear for free at AOL Music is the new single from the Shrek the Third soundtrack, scheduled to be released on Tuesday. Sung by Fergie, the tune is a cover of the 1977 Heart hit Barracuda.

According to Jim Hill Media, Disney has already started doing damage control for The Princess and the Frog, hoping to calm certain allegations against the film. The article also suggests a scene from Frog might have been planned as a bonus feature for the Song of the South DVD. However, it now appears that idea […]

Business Week has the latest on Disney’s new shorts division. Interestingly, the article notes that The Ballad of Nessie, one of the six shorts being developed, is helping artists learn how to draw fabric in a naturalistic way. Meanwhile, it appears that anyone who is a member of the company’s “Shorts Club,” including secretaries and […]

One may now legally download a free episode of the new Playhouse Disney series My Friends Tigger & Pooh at iTunes. The episode includes the two adventures Rabbit’s Ruta-Wakening and Tigger’s Shadow of a Doubt.

SCI FI Wire indicates that Disney/Pixar’s Cars picked up the award for Best Animated Film at the 33rd annual Saturn Awards, held Thursday evening, May 10. Other nominees for the prize included Flushed Away, Happy Feet, Over the Hedge and A Scanner Darkly.

The Hollywood Reporter writes that Ed Jones, who recently served as an executive producer for Happy Feet, will produce Escape from Planet Earth for Rainmaker Animation. Directed by Steve Nichols, the comedy focuses on an alien prison break from Area 51. Planet Earth is being financed by The Weinstein Co., who will also handle the […]

Boomerang invites viewers to celebrate Mother’s Day this Sunday, May 13, with a seven-hour tribute to Wilma Flintstone (The Flintstones), the modern stone-age mama who set the tone for mothers in the 20th century.

A Shrek-themed web browser is on the way, courtesy of the Children’s Educational Network. At this time, one may sign up here to receive a notification of when the browser will be available.

The New York Times speculates on the trend of turning classic television series, particularly those of the animated variety, into theatrical films. With Underdog being the main example at hand, the article also recalls such movies as The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo and George of the Jungle.