Photos from the filming of Disney’s Enchanted are now popping up online, as noticed by the UltimateDisney.com Forum. Dressed in costumes by Mona May (The Haunted Mansion), Amy Adams sparkles in Times Square at People.com, while James Marsden enters the scene at Just Jared.

In celebration of today’s release of Dinosaurs – The Complete First and Second Seasons, IGN conducts a podcast interview with producer Brian Henson, who also performed directing and voice acting duties for the series.

Brandweek.com explains how Burger King, Pepperidge Farm, Doubletree Hotels, Perfectmatch.com, and Color Me Mine are looking to help Happy Feet dance its way to blockbuster status at the box office this November. “This movie will be targeted very broadly,” commented Gaetano Mastropasqua, svp-corporate global promotions and partner relations, global brand management, Warner Bros. Entertainment. “While […]

For its first product review, CGCHAR examines Fahrenheit Digital‘s first training DVD release, Rigging for Feature Animation. Featured as the project’s instructor is none other than Aaron Holly, who is currently acting as a Character Technical Director for Walt Disney Feature Animation’s American Dog. What is CGCHAR’s verdict on Rigging for Feature Animation? “I must […]

Variety, via Dark Horizons, indicates that screenwriter Travis Beacham (Killing on Carnival Row) will pen a remake of the 1981 cult classic Clash of the Titans, for Warner Bros. Pictures. The original film was the final project for which stop-motion legend Ray Harryhausen served as “special visual effects creator.”

Route 66 News relays the message that Jonathon Moran of Seven.com.au has an interview with John Lasseter, the director of Disney/Pixar’s Cars. “This movie is by far the most complex film we have ever made,” says Lasseter. “Really it is not about breaking records. Our films are driven by the needs of a story.” The […]

Between producing The Power of the Dark Crystal and directing Fraggle Rock: The Movie, Brian Henson speaks to Deseret News about the latest projects in the realms of Jim Henson Productions.

Through Yahoo! Finance, Buena Vista Games, Inc., The Walt Disney Company’s interactive entertainment division, announces that it is creating and publishing its first video game based on an original property, Spectrobes. “Based on BVG’s original concept and utilizing the creative style of Japanese anime, manga and traditional Japanese art, Spectrobes is an innovative game developed […]

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Trick or Treason is given the spotlight at DVDtoons, where details of the trio’s newest undertaking arrive. “Join Alvin and his brothers Simon and Theodore for this hilarious Halloween adventure. Alvin wants to be accepted into the Monster Club, but the Monster members seem to think its cool to be cruel. […]

Numerous photos from the Over the Hedge premiere are now available via Yahoo! News. The event took place on Sunday, April 30th, in Los Angeles, California. In the meantime, The Enquirer and Cincinnati.com are teaming up for a contest awarding pairs of passes to the Over the Hedge screening taking place on May 16th at […]

Animation historian Jerry Beck and Stephen Worth, director of the International Animated Film Society’s Hollywood chapter, lend their thoughts to The Mercury News, regarding the journey animation has taken since its beginning one hundred years ago.

Discovered at eBay is a trade advertisement presenting a peek at the main characters from Twentieth Century Fox/IDT Entertainment’s Everyone’s Hero. Due to the ad’s release date, the paper refers to the project by its former title, Yankee Irving.

Checking into the Cathedral Hill Hotel this August 4-6 is AOD 2006: The San Francisco Animation Convention. Including a splendid array of guest, industry, and fan panel programming, the convention will host an attractive range of festivities. For more information on AOD 2006, please click:

Computer Arts speaks with Pixar’s Jan Pinkava. In addition to animating, Pinkava has likewise directed for the studio, with his work seen in the short film Geri’s Game. In this interview, topics delved into include photorealistic CGI, Pixar’s string of success, and the company’s merge with Disney. At one point in the Q&A session, Pinkava […]

From Ben Folds comes three songs for DreamWorks Animation’s latest project, Over the Hedge, writes Undercover. A re-working of the artist’s “Rockin’ the Suburbs,” featuring William Shatner, and a cover of The Clash’s “Lost in the Supermarket” are just two of the tunes to be found on the film’s soundtrack. Meanwhile, another trailer for Over […]

Via a press release at Yahoo! Finance, Sun Microsystems Inc. announces its work for Barnyard, an upcoming computer animated venture from O Entertainment, Nickelodeon Movies, and Paramount Pictures. “Leveraging a rendering farm based on Sun Fire servers powered by high-performance AMD Opteron processors and Sun StorEdge data management systems, Barnyard artists were able to quickly […]

DVDtoons is giving away five copies of this year’s first animated hit, Hoodwinked. Specific details on the contest may be read at the site, with entries being submitted through an online form. The “Hoodwinked Giveaway” contest ends on May 5th.

Displayed at Toon Zone are the first promotional images from two shows set to debut this fall on Kids WB!: Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! and Tom & Jerry Tales. While Tom & Jerry maintains its duo’s classic portrayals, Shaggy & Scooby-Doo lends an interesting updated style to its popular pair.

As noticed by ‘Meg’ at the Animated-News Forum, the full trailer for Monster House has been added to Apple.com, in all sizes. Concurrently, a preview for the film’s Game Boy Advance adaptation is ready at IGN.

Latino Review presents a banquet of the latest promotional pictures for Over the Hedge, while also offering an image from Flushed Away.

The track listing for Disney/Pixar’s Cars may be examined at Route 66 News. In addition to Randy Newman, providing the film’s score, other artists featured include: Sheryl Crow, Chuck Berry, Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley, James Taylor, The Chords, John Mayer, and Hank Williams. In related news, two new Cars slideshows are now up at Yahoo! […]

Last Saturday, a report was posted regarding what appeared to be the Happy Feet poster in towel form, as discovered at eBay. As it turns out, the towel does, in fact, bear the image of the Happy Feet teaser poster. This confirmation comes from The Happy Feet Special, which offers the actual teaser poster.

A Reuters’ composition, home at Yahoo! Movies, speculates on how upcoming family films will fare internationally, as the World Cup comes into play. Movies in the study include Over the Hedge, Cars, Monster House, The Ant Bully, and Garfield’s A Tale of Two Kitties.

The latest international poster for Curious George may be found at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. On the domestic front, the mischievous monkey will enter stores on June 27th.

CGCHAR relays the thoughts of Steve “Spaz” Williams, as the director comments on his work for The Wild. Likewise, the article briefly focuses on some of Williams’ career highlights.

DVDtoons spreads the word that a 2-disc Collector’s Edition DVD set of She-Ra: Princess of Power is coming this July 18th. Along with five favorite episodes from the series, The Best of She-Ra: Princess of Power will likewise boast the addition of the feature film The Secret of the Sword.

“Wendy’s Jane” at the Animated-News Forum points to Coming Soon’s Film Database, where a page reveals that a 3-D version of The Nightmare Before Christmas is in the works. The special edition of the film is scheduled to arrive in theaters on October 20, 2006.

The third and fourth volumes of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo will arrive in stores on July 18th, says Toon Zone. Both DVDs will hold four 22-minute episodes from the series. Specifically, Volume 3 will contain “Scooby-Doo Dude,” “Ghost Who’s Coming to Dinner,” “The Story Stick” and “Robopup.” Concurrently, Volume 4 will present “Lights…Camera… Monster,” “The […]

Ice Age: The Meltdown continued its impressive run this past weekend, as recorded by Box Office Mojo. The sequel dropped an understandable 36.1%, falling to fourth place in its fourth weekend. Nonetheless, Meltdown pulled in approximately $12,800,000 from 3,540 theaters, bringing its total domestic gross to an estimated $167,863,000. Meanwhile, The Wild gathered $8,050,000, having […]

TV Shows on DVD provides a bundle of DVD news regarding some popular animated favorites from the past. First of all, the site has uncovered the press release for the first DVD volumes of Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain. Simultaneously, TV Shows on DVD reports that the second volume of DuckTales will enter stores […]