Rubicon Studios has announced that it will team with MGM to produce a new half-hour animated Christmas special featuring the original Pink Panther, set for distribution in time for the 2011 holiday period. Full details can be read here:

After arguably providing the strongest studio support for its fledgling Blu-ray format, Disney is again to team with electronics giant Sony, this time to provide “consumer and retail education, promotion and marketing support for in-home 3D devices and content”, according to TWICE.com. The initiative is to kick off this holiday season with bundles of the […]

The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reveals that DreamWorks will continue their small screen partnership with NBC to produce two new specials following success last year with Monsters Vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space and Merry Madagascar. The Halloween-themed Scared Shrekless will air on October 28, with a Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special being shown November […]

Despite Disney’s recent announcement that it would not be supporting the upcoming annual Annie Awards, the International Animated Film Society is progressing as normal with their call for entries for the 38th ceremony, to be held February 5, 2011, at UCLA’s Royce Hall in LA. Full details can be read here:

Aardman Animations’ new series Timmy Time, about Shaun The Sheep‘s little lamb pal, will make its North American debut on the Disney Channel’s Playhouse Disney on September 13, following a sneak peek on September 7. Full details can be read in this announcement:

Warner Bros. has announced that the next entry in their popular series of DC Animated Universe movies, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, will receive the big screen premiere treatment in Los Angeles on September 21 and New York on September 23, ahead of the video disc release on September 28. Full details can be read here:

Added to the exclusive line of Warner Archive Collection titles available directly from the studio, Hanna-Barbera’s Pirates Of Dark Water has just arrived on DVD this week, becoming one of the fastest selling titles in the collection. A review of the two-disc set will feature here shortly, in the meantime, cover art and a clip […]

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has now released the full and final specifications for their upcoming release of the Fantasia: 2-Movie Collection set on November 30, 2010. The announcement, alongside updated final cover art, can be seen here:

Details on Disney’s recent family premiere screening of Tinker Bell And The Great Fairy Rescue on the big screen in LA, ahead of its release on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, can be found here:

Full details and cover art for Disney’s 25th anniversary edition of its 25th animated feature can be seen here:

ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the creation of a new Student Annie Award, to be handed out at the next Annie Awards ceremony. More details can be read here:

A press release for the upcoming release of Batman Beyond on DVD from Warner Home Video on November 23 can be read in full here alongside cover art for the set:

The Hollywood Reporter has announced that David L. Wolper, the producer of the original Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory feature film, among many other achievements, has died in Hollywood. He was 82.

A press announcement and cover art for Warner Home Video’s November 9 documentary Secret Origin: The Story Of DC Comics, which reveals the history behind some of the world’s greatest super hero characters, can be seen here:

A little off our beaten track but too exciting to pass over: the specialist film and entertainment arm of auctioneer Bonhams is set to welcome bids on an ultra-rare ape-man costume, created for the filming of Stanley Kubrick’s seminal sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, at the upcoming Pioneers Of Popular Culture vintage auction, to […]

The Hollywood Reporter has stated that Gnomeo And Juliet, the Elton John-produced animated feature that was being made under the Miramax banner and was at one stage destined to remain at Disney even after their sale of the independent film company, is actually to be included in the sale, alongside three other completed pictures. Actor […]

It seems Disney is leaning on Pixar for a little more than just their own animation department: as well as reports of the CG studio offering notes for a round of Tron: Legacy reshoots, The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Pixar’s Brain Trust has been involved in how to successfully revive Jim Henson’s Muppets, with […]

The Guardian online version of its G2 supplement today looks into the way Pixar and its feature debut Toy Story revitalized the animation industry, as the third film gets ready for its European release. Elsewhere, G2 includes Pixar’s The Incredibles in a discussion about proper superhero costume etiquette, to coincide with DC Comics’ revealing of […]

Animation Legend Bill Plympton is set to spread his wings over at the Chuck Jones Gallery in San Diego, where a reception and exhibition will be held to celebrate his latest animated feature, Idiots And Angels, on Friday, July 23, from 7pm. Full details can be read here:

Smith Micro has launched new versions of its popular 3D character solution Poser, the intuitive 3D character solution for hobbyists exploring 3D graphics for personal entertainment, as well as experienced digital artists and creative professionals, in German, French and Japanese. A press release can be read here:

Hot on the heels that Peter Jackson is to direct his long gestating The Hobbit movies comes news that another character he brought to the screen, in 2005’s Oscar-winning King Kong, has returned for more. Unveiled yesterday at Universal Studios Hollywood, the theme park’s latest attraction, King Kong 360 3D has been produced by Jackson […]

Heat Vision reports that Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have been tapped by Warner Bros. and the Lego company to helm a feature-length movie based around the plastic bricks. The plot, under wraps for now, is expected to mix live action with Lego animation.

As perhaps inevitably expected, helmer Peter Jackson is in negotiations to sit in the director’s chair for the two upcoming Hobbit movies being made by New Line and MGM. Although Jackson was still heavily involved as co-writer and producer, Guillermo del Toro was to direct the films until he left under “scheduling conflicts” coming from […]

Trevor Hogg, at the Flickering Myth blog, has just posted the fifth and final part in an epic profile on Academy Award-winning Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki. For those that want to start at the beginning, the first part can be read here.