Final Frozen trailer now online
A brand new trailer for Frozen has made its way online and can be seen on Collider. Unlike other previews for the film, which focused mainly on jokes, this trailer is extremely heavy on plot (and may be considered too loaded with spoilers for some). The preview also makes no secret about Disney’s ambitions for […] |
New promo art for Star Wars: Rebels
Star Wars: Rebels is a year away, but that doesn’t mean that Disney hasn’t started releasing very early promotional material for the film. Following a very short teaser earlier this week, the studio revealed propaganda-style featuring Stormtroopers and can be seen on Collider. Taking place between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, the […] |
Steve Martin is going Home for DreamWorks Animation
Steve Martin is going to lend his voice to the commander of an alien race that has taken over the world in DreamWorks Animation’s Home, the studio said in an official press release. Martin will play Captain Smek, who orders the relocation of the human race so his people can settle in more easily. Also […] |
Reese Witherspoon to live Happily Ever After
Reese Witherspoon will play the lead in Disney’s upcoming live-action comedy Happily Ever After, THR is reporting. Stemmed from an idea from American Dad! writer and Don’t Trust the B____ in Apartment 23 creator Nahnatchka Khan, the film will catch up with a princess and a prince 10 years after their marriage as they find […] |
New Rio 2 posters
Following the debut of a new trailer earlier this week, two character posters for Rio 2 have made their way online over at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. The sequel to the 2011 hit comes to theaters next spring. |
Full Rio 2 trailer
A full trailer for Rio 2 is now online and can be seen on Collider. The animated sequel opens everywhere on April 11th. |
Ted 2 confirmed for summer 2015
Adding to what is already shaping up to be a very busy summer, Universal Pictures just announced that Ted 2 will open on June 26th, 2015, five days before the Terminator reboot bursts onto the big screen. Seth MacFarlane is set to return as a writer, director and voice of the film’s title character, while […] |
Doh’! Death is returning to Springfield
Possibly to help spice things up after 25 seasons on the air, The Simpsons is going to kill off a regular character this season, Yahoo! TV is reporting. “I’ll give you a clue that the actor playing the character won an Emmy for playing that character, but I won’t say who it is,” executive producer Al […] |
Still more Free Birds posters
The always dependable Internet Movie Poster Awards has four new character posters for Free Birds. As with previous ads for the film, the marketing here is once again focused on puns and bird jokes. Free Birds opens everywhere this November. |
Planes flying home sooner than expected
Although it was originally reported that the movie wouldn’t come to DVD and Blu-Ray until December, Blu-Ray.com is reporting that Planes will soar home on November 19th instead. Extras on the Blu-Ray include a deleted musical number, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and a “fast-paced 8-minute countdown of the greatest aviators in history.” A 3-D edition will also […] |
Crood talk with Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco
ComingSoon.Net has an exclusive interview with Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco in which they talk working together on The Croods, the process of the bringing the story to the screen, and creating the look of the film’s many fantastic creatures. A box office hit, The Croods comes to DVD and Blu-Ray tomorrow. |
New Walking With Dinosaurs trailer
Rounding out what has been a big week for new previews for animated movies is what could be the final trailer for Walking With Dinosaurs, which is available at ComingSoon.net. Although previous ads for the film indicated that it would be told by a narrator, this joke-filled trailer reveals that the dinosaurs in the film […] |
The full trailer for Free Birds debuts
The full trailer for Free Birds made its debut a few days ago, and it can be seen at Collider. Starring Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson and Amy Poehler, the animated comedy kicks off the holiday movie season on November 1st. |
The Nut Job trailer now online
The first trailer for Open Road’s upcoming animated movie The Nut Job is now online and can be seen at MovieFone. The film stars Will Arnett as the voice of a squirrel who plots an elaborate heist of a nut store. Also starring Liam Neeson and Brendon Fraser, The Nut Job cracks its way into theaters […] |
Cloudy with a chance of box office success
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 easily lead the box office this weekend, with a take of $35 million, Box Office Mojo is reporting. Although it made less than some were expecting–tracking indicated the movie might reach the $40 million mark–, it still beat the 2009 opening of the original. The bad news for […] |
New Frozen trailer chills its way online
The full trailer for Frozen is finally online and can be seen on Disney’s official YouTube page. The preview is also expected to be seen on the big screen at 3-D showings of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 this weekend. A much-anticipated release, Frozen opens everywhere this Thanksgiving. |
New posters for Free Birds, Walking With Dinosaurs revealed
New posters for two upcoming animated movies have made their way online, and can be seen via The Internet Movie Poster Awards. First up is a new one sheet for Free Birds, which continues the marketing campaign’s focus on bad bird puns. Then there’s a poster for Walking With Dinosaurs, which rather than featuring imagery from […] |
First look at Rio 2
USA Today has an exclusive sneak peek at Rio 2, offering early details about the film’s plot. It turns out that Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) and Jewel (Anne Hathaway) aren’t the last of their kind after all, and go on a search for their relatives. Unfortunately, they aren’t trusting of humans, and led by a “radical […] |
The Minions are coming in the summer of 2015
Originally slated for a Christmas 2014 release, Universal’s Minions is now going to scramble into theaters during the increasingly busy-looking summer 2015 movie season. Box Office Mojo is reporting that the Despicable Me spin-off will open on July 10th of that year, just one week before a little movie called Batman Vs. Superman. That shouldn’t matter […] |
Good Dinosaur, Finding Dory both pushed back
Almost certainly due to a number of reported production problems surrounding the film–including the hunt for a new director after Bob Peterson was fired by John Lasseter–, Disney has pushed Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur back more than a year, with the movie now coming out on November 25th, 2015 instead of its planned May 30th, […] |
New Frozen poster
A new poster for Disney’s upcoming Frozen has been revealed on the film’s official Facebook page. The site also reveals that a brand new trailer for the movie can expected online in ten days. Frozen opens everywhere this Thanksgiving. |
The Wind Rises to open in states early for Oscar-qualifying run
Disney has decided to release Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises for a brief run in LA and New York this November, Collider is reporting. The reason for the week-long release? To give the film the chance to qualify for next year’s Oscars before it has its actual US release in February. The Wind Rises will play […] |
Stone, Cage and Reynolds all ready for more Crood humor
Chris Sanders confirmed to ComingSoon.Net that Emma Stone, Nicolas Cage and Ryan Reynolds are all confirmed to return for The Croods 2. The director also hinted that more colorful creatures can be expected in the sequel, including some rejected ideas from the original. As for the plot, Sanders just said that “There’s not much to […] |
A preview of Disney’s Wander Over Yonder
Among the many things previewed at Disney’s D23 last weekend was Disney Channel’s upcoming Wander Over Yonder, a cartoon show that focuses on an overly optimistic space traveler going across the galaxy and facing off against the appropriately named Lord Hater. The show comes from Craig McCracken and his co-producer wife Lauren Faust, with the […] |
Dawn Taubin new head of DreamWorks Animation marketing
Perhaps it happened because of the disappointing returns from Turbo, or perhaps it was going to happen regardless, but Dawn Taubin is the new head of marketing at DreamWorks Animation, Deadline is reporting. Taubin has a pretty strong track record going for her, including a number of the Harry Potter movies, Happy Feet, The Help, […] |
Disney D23 live-action panel recap
Although Friday’s animation panel took most of the attention regarding Disney’s D23 convention, the event still had plenty to offer yesterday from their upcoming slate of live-action movies as well. Collider has a full recap of the event, with descriptions of the footage shown and official film logos for Maleficent, Tomorrowland and more. Readers should […] |
Season premieres for Aqua TV Show Show and Squidbillies to air tonight
Two of Adult Swim’s most popular cartoon shows “for big kids” have season premieres tonight. First up is the latest version of Aqua Teen Hunger Force–this time titled Aqua TV Show Show–at midnight EST. Then comes the channel’s almost as bizarre Squidbillies at 12:15 EST. Judging from promos, Aqua TV‘s premiere episode will involve Shake […] |
Planes doesn’t lead weekend after all, but still has strong debut
Despite early reports that indicated otherwise, Planes didn’t open on top this weekend, or even cross the $30 million mark. Still, the $22 million debut it saw was a good one, and the film received an A- from film goers, although that is more or less common for family films. Noting that there are no […] |
The Great Muppet Caper/Muppet Treasure Island two-movie collection coming in December
Blu-Ray.Com is reporting that The Great Muppet Caper and Muppet Treasure Island will be coming to Blu-Ray for the very first time as a two-movie combo pack. Extras at the moment have yet to be announced, but a sneak peek of the next Muppet movie seems likely enough. The Of Pigs & Pirates Collection (really?) […] |
Full Disney D23 panel recap; Mickey Mouse in Get a Horse! to be shown before Frozen
A full official recap of today’s Disney D23 animation panel has been released by Walt Disney Pictures via ComingSoon.Net. The report features a number of new images and plot information from the batch of movies, TV specials and shorts covered during the day, and the news that Mickey Mouse in Get a Horse! will be […] |