The latest animated offering from the Wayans, Thugaboo, will make its DVD premiere this August 29, with Sneaker Madness. DVDtoons has the details and cover artwork for the children’s comedy.

Reuters reports The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian has been postponed until summer 2008. The follow-up to last December’s $740 million smash hit was scheduled for December 14, 2007, until the similar fantasy The Water Horse, from Columbia Pictures and Walden Media, entered the December 8th slot.

IDT Entertainment, the studio behind the upcoming Everyone’s Hero and Space Chimps, has been bought by Liberty Media Corp, whose assets include the OVC home shopping network and Expedia.com. According to the Associated Press, “Under the deal, Englewood, Colo.-based Liberty Media will pay $186 million in cash and all of its equity interest in IDT […]

Through CNN Money, Fortune presents two noteworthy articles, focusing on Disney’s acquisition of Pixar. In the first piece, “How Disney knew it needed Pixar,” Disney CEO Bob Iger explains why he felt the $7.4 billion purchase was necessary. Meanwhile, in “Pixar’s magic man,” John Lasseter refers to his career history while also examining what he […]

CGCHAR reports that CORE Digital Pictures, the studio behind Walt Disney Pictures’ The Wild, is on a quest for box office success as it develops four in-house computer animated projects. While the movies’ plots are unknown at this time, the first of the films will likely hit theaters by 2010. Responding to worries that the […]

The Journal Gazette, via FortWayne.com, gives the lowdown on where recent and upcoming superhero-themed animated undertakings currently stand. Titles include The Fantastic Four, Teen Titans, Ultimate Avengers, Iron Man, The Batman, The Legion of Superheroes, and Justice League.

A Reuters press release for Brother Bear 2 has been set up at Yahoo! News. The announcement notices the film’s cast, including Melissa Etheridge, who penned three original songs for the sequel. Toward the end of the composition, it is revealed that the new Playhouse Disney series Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is getting its first DTV […]

Oscar-nominated actress Amy Adams has enlisted in the cast of Disney/Spyglass’ Underdog, taking on the leading female role. The news comes courtesy of Variety, via Coming Soon. Underdog will fly into theaters on August 3, 2007, shortly before Disney’s November 3rd release of Enchanted, also starring Adams.

Set to enter theaters nationwide this Friday, Over the Hedge continues its promotional push, finding itself as the subject of numerous articles. Sci Fi Wire, for instance, presents three different pieces on the film, speaking with co-directors Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick, Garry Shandling, and Bruce Willis. Likewise, Willis also speaks to The Winnipeg Sun […]

Calling the movie an “instant classic,” Richard Corliss of Time Magazine looks at Disney/Pixar’s Cars, in addition to interviewing John Lasseter. Interestingly, traditional animation is one subject the director/Chief Creative Officer of Pixar and Walt Disney Feature Animation touches on, stating, “Of all studios that should be doing 2-D animation, it should be Disney.” Lasseter […]

A new and improved website for Flatboy Productions has opened, offering previews of the company’s work in animation and visual effects. Furthermore, the site showcases a demo for Flatboy, lending insight into the talent the business possesses.

IGN showcases four videos from the E3 2006: Nintendo Conference preview of the Cars video game. In other Cars news, an official press release from Energizer Holdings, Inc., posted at Yahoo! Finance, reveals the company’s plans to help promote the anticipated auto pic.

Whereas the trailer on the Bambi II DVD featured Jason Marsden (The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride) in the role, Kenai will be voiced by Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey in Brother Bear 2. The character was voiced by Joaquin Phoenix in the first film. In addition to this news, Ultimate Disney has acquired the […]

The press release, including cover artwork, for the all-new movie Tom & Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers has been added to DVDtoons. Likewise, TV Shows on DVD has the cover artwork for Pinky and the Brain – Volume 1, Animaniacs – Volume 1, and The Flintstones – The Complete Sixth Season. Speaking of the latter title, […]

A few new pictures from Sony Pictures’ Monster House are available at Latino Review. Monster House will open on July 21st.

In a close race, Hoodwinked beat The Family Stone to claim the top spot on the DVD sales chart for the week ending May 7. In comparison, The Family Stone collected $60.1 million at the box office, while Hoodwinked earned $51.2 million. On Home Media Retailing’s rental chart, The Family Stone came in first place […]

With Dark Horizons, Variety spreads the word that Vanguard Animation and Nash Entertainment have adopted Santa Paws, an idea from producer Bruce Nash. The pitch regards “a stray dog that accidentally hitches a ride to the North Pole on Santa’s sleigh.” Set to write the script is Damian Dibben, while IDT Entertainment will have rights […]

The Walt Disney Company has released its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended April 1, 2006. “Diluted earnings per share (EPS) for the second quarter increased 19% to $0.37, compared to $0.31 in the prior-year quarter. For the six-month period, diluted EPS increased 16% to $0.74, compared to $0.64 in the […]

Reuters and Yahoo! Movies team to tell the effect Pixar may be having on Walt Disney Feature Animation. From the cancellation of DTV projects to the creation of a “brain trust,” Disney’s animation unit is undergoing changes, in an effort for the division to reclaim some of its luster from earlier years. The article likewise […]

Comics2Film reports that according to producer Jason Netter, the first group of scripts for the upcoming X-Men animated series is currently being worked on by Greg Johnson. Prior to this job, Johnson helped with X-Men: Evolution, along with writing all four films in Marvel’s recent DTV animated movie line. Netter further noted that the show […]

Another one sheet for the star-studded computer animated comedy has appeared at The Internet Movie Poster Awards. The Warner Bros. picture will open in cinemas on August 4th.

It may come as a pleasant surprise to animation fans that Paul Simon’s newest project, Surprise, includes his Oscar-nominated ballad “Father and Daughter,” as heard in The Wild Thornberrys Movie. The song, along with the rest of the CD, is available to hear for free legally at AOL Music.

The Muppet Newsflash points to Brian Henson, who offers the lowdown on Fraggle Rock: The Movie. Apparently, the film will be more of a “revisiting” of the characters, rather than a continuation of the television series. In other words, the movie will not precisely fit the show’s timeline or cannon. With pre-planning and script writing […]

At DVD Active, presented in high resolution is the DVD cover artwork for the re-release of Lady & the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure. The sequel will re-enter stores on June 20th.

With “Can We Get Bruce Willis for the Raccoon,” The New York Times accounts the journey Over the Hedge took to get from its comic strip incarnation to its DreamWorks Animation film form. Interestingly, the article notes that the project once belonged to Twentieth Century Fox, before the studio lost interest.

Jim Hill Media provides a rundown of the minutes from last Friday’s short meeting at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art, where Pixar stockholders approved Disney’s merge with the computer animation powerhouse. The site likewise notices Disney’s turn from junk food, a resource which the company has used to help attract younger audiences for its […]

With a four-page article, titled “The Man Who Could Save Animation,” Entertainment Weekly places the spotlight on John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer of both Pixar and Disney animation studios, and Principal Creative Advisor at Walt Disney Imagineering. Explaining his past, present, and future responsibilities, the article also notices Lasseter’s love of cars, details, and quality.

Reuters, via Yahoo! Movies, breaks down the characteristics certain films must carry in order to interest toy companies. Movies mentioned in the composition include the Star Wars saga, The Da Vinci Code, Superman Returns, Cars, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, and Mission: Impossible III.

Yahoo! Movies presents three storyboard slideshows, along with one design art slideshow, featuring work from DreamWorks Animation’s Over the Hedge. Meanwhile, IGN FilmForce applauds the Nintendo DS adaptation of Over the Hedge, granting it an overall score of 8.2/10. Commenting that the game is “like a furry Tomb Raider and Metal Gear Solid,” the critique […]

Cruising onto the information superhighway, two more Cars featurettes, “Meet the Cast of Cars” and “Life-Size McQueen and Sally,” may be viewed exclusively at iFilm.