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New Muppets poster

A new one sheet for The Muppets has just been posted at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. Unlike previous posters for the Thanksgiving weekend release, this one features not just the Muppets, but also their human co-stars Amy Adams and Jason Segal. And in case you missed it, here’s a hilarious parody poster that casts the ultra-patriotic Sam Eagle […]

South Park not ending after all

Despite rumors that the show’s 15th season would be its last one, South Park has been greenlit two more seasons, Screen Rant is reporting. The adult cartoon series has been seeing a ratings drop over the years, but its still been able to keep its hardcore fans tuning it. The two upcoming seasons confirm that the South […]

MacFarlene: “There will be a Family Guy movie”

While presenting at Comic-Con today, Seth MacFarlene said that there are indeed plans to make a Family Guy movie, something that has been speculated about for years. On the show’s official Twitter page, Macfarlene is quoted as saying that “Yes, there will be a Family Guy movie. We know what it’s going to be, but we […]

The Pirates! Band of Misfits trailer sails online

The first trailer for Aardman Animation’s The Piartes! Band of Misfits is now online at IMDB.com. The film marks the first feature film from the animation studio since 2006’s Flushed Away. Starring Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson and Imelda Staunton, The Pirates! come ashore in theaters next March.

Avada Kedavra! Harry Potter gives Winnie the Pooh the killing curse at the box office

As was expected by almost everyone, Disney’s Winnie the Pooh ended up being no match for Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part II this weekend, ComingSoon.Net is reporting. While the final Harry Potter film saw the biggest opening weekend of all time with $168 million (beating 2008’s The Dark Knight), Pooh saw one of the lowest […]

John Carter teaser trailer now online

A facininating teaser trailer for Disney’s upcoming live-action film John Carter has been posted online this week on the studio’s official YouTube page. Originally called John Carter of Mars, the sci-fi adventure from Pixar director Andrew Stanton comes to theaters everywhere next spring.

New Arthur Christmas teaser

A second teaser trailer for Sony and Aardman’s upcoming animated comedy Arthur Christmas has just been revealed over at Yahoo! Movies. As was the case with the first preview, it uses a “shaky camera” effect to show Santa’s son Arthur showing us top secret things about his father’s business. Starring James McAvoy as Arthur and Jim […]

New Muppets poster

A new promotional poster for The Muppets–which is absolutely loaded with characters–has been posted online today over at CinemaBlend. Starring Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and a lot of human beings as well, the movie comes to theaters this Thanksgiving.

New international Tintin trailer

A brand new international trailer for The Adventures of Tintin has been posted online over at ComingSoon.net. The preview reveals lots more footage than the teaser trailer did, offering more details regarding the film’s plot and characters. From Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, Tintin begins having his adventures this Christmas.

Paramount Pictures to Launch its Own Animation Studio

Paramount Pictures has just announced that it is going to launch its first in-house animation studio: Paramount Animation. Beginning in 2014, the studio plans to release one family-friendly animated film per year, with budgets not exceeding $100 million a picture. It is unknown whether or not this will have any impact on the studio’s distribution deal […]

Adam Sandler to voice Dracula in Hotel Transylvania

Adam Sandler is set to sink his teeth into the role of none other than Dracula himself in Sony’s upcoming animated comedy Hotel Transylvania, ComingSoon.net is reporting. To be directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Lab, the original 2-D animated version of Star Wars: The Clone Wars), the story will involve Dracula as the head of a lavish […]

Arrrrrr! Pirates IV crosses $1 billion mark

Despite being by far the lowest grossing film in the franchise on the domestic front, strong international ticket sales have helped Disney’s Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides cross the $1 billion mark, making it only the eighth movie in film history to do so. Although it got a general “meh” from critics, the […]

Brave poster revealed

The first poster for Disney & Pixar’s upcoming Brave has made its way online today at EW.com. A teaser trailer for the film is supposed to play in theaters this weekend with Cars 2. The first ever fairy tale from Pixar, Brave comes to theaters everywhere on June 22, 2012.

Puss in Boots trailer debuts online

As was announced earlier today, an action-packed new trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s Puss in Boots has just been posted at Yahoo! Movies. The preview offers several glimpses at the new characters in the film, including mastermind Humpty Dumpty and the sneaky Kitty Softpaws. The Shrek spinoff opens in theaters and IMAX 3D this November.

Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 teaser trailer spoofs Titanic

“I won’t let go, Alvin. I won’t let go…” A very short teaser trailer for Fox’s next Chipmunks flick has just been posted on YouTube via VisoTrailers. The preview begins as though its an ad for James Cameron’s Titanic, only to have Alvin rather predictably shout that he’s “the king of the world” at the end of […]

New Puss in Boots poster

A brand new (and pretty cool-looking) poster for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming Puss in Boots movie has been revealed over at Yahoo! Movies. The site also announces that a new trailer for the film will premiere online later on today. Starring Antonio Bandaras, Puss in Boots kicks butt in theaters this November.

Green Lantern flies to decent start

After months of intense marketing from Warner Bros., the studio’s big-budget superhero movie Green Lantern flew off to a solid start with $52 million, Box Office Mojo is reporting. Unfortunately, the movie got very negative reviews for the most part, so it might be hard for the film to display strong legs. Meanwhile, Kung Fu Panda […]

Cars 2 rolling well with critics so far

Early reviews for Cars 2 are now appearing on the internet, and since this a release from Pixar, it is no surprise that they are strong. Variety calls it “the rare sequel that not only improves on but retroactively justifies its predecessor, this lightning-paced caper-comedy shifts the franchise into high gear with international intrigue, spy-movie spoofery […]

UPDATED: Promo images for Despicable Me 2, other animated movies revealed

Even though it’s apparently not coming to theaters until the summer of 2013, an early promotional image for Universal’s Despicable Me 2 has been revealed at this year’s Licensing International Expo, and can be seen at ComingSoon.net. Nothing is known about the sequel’s plot at this point, but if the poster is any indication, the popular […]

More Smurfs images

Three Smurfy new images from Sony’s upcoming The Smurfs have just been posted at Cinema Blend. The much-marketed film based off of the popular blue characters comes to theaters in 3D this July.

Ben 10 is coming to the big screen

Cartoon Network’s popular sci-fi adventure series Ben 10 is set to get the big screen treatment. ComingSoon.net is reporting that producer Joel Silver has plans to turn the animated franchise into a live-action motion picture. “In ‘Ben 10,’ Cartoon Network has built a property that is loved across the world,” he said. “It has a fun […]

Andrew Adamson producing Beasts of Burden movie

Screen Rant is reporting that Shrek director Andrew Adamson is set to produce an edgy computer animated movie called Beasts of Burden. Based off of a Dark Horse Comics book, the plot will involve a band of dogs (and one cat) who defend their land from dark forces such as cannibalistic frogs, witches and an evil society […]

Planes teaser flies online

The first trailer for Disney’s upcoming Planes film has just been posted on their official YouTube page. Taking place in the same world as Pixar’s Cars, the film comes from Disney Toon Studios, which is also responsible for the company’s current Tinker Bell series. Planes is the first movie in what Disney hopes will become a new […]

Reboot Ralph gets new title, cast and plot summary

Disney announced today via ComingSoon.net that their up-until-now top secret animated movie Reboot Ralph has been given a new title, the more destructive sounding Wreck-It Ralph. The plot involves an arcade game villain who’s not content with his place in life, wanting to be loved like his hero enemy instead of hated like the bad guy that […]

Another Smurfs poster

Another international poster for The Smurfs has just made its way to the Internet Movie Poster Awards. The live-action/animated comedy comes to theaters on July 29th.

Kung Fu Panda 2 showing decent legs

Perhaps due to strong word-of-mouth among audiences or most children being out of school for the summer now, DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 saw a pretty good hold this weekend, dropping only 30% from last weekend’s numbers for a take of $16.6 million, Box Office Mojo is reporting. It now has a domestic total of […]

Shane Acker to direct Thomas the Tank Engine movie

When you take the director of a post-apocalyptic animated movie about talking ragdolls and pair him with the special effects company responsible for James Cameron’s Avatar, you don’t necessarily expect them to come up with a Thomas the Tank Engine movie as a result. And yet that’s exactly what’s happening. Deadline is reporting that 9 director Shane […]

Ninja Turtles reboot still happening?

Cowabunga! According to Deadline, new writers have officially been hired to write the script for the long in development Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot. Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec, who recently penned the upcoming Mission Impossible IV, will be writing the next adventure for the hard-shelled green fighting machines. It is unknown whether the film […]

More theatrical Looney Tunes shorts greenlit by Warner Bros.

Following the three computer-animated shorts from last year, Warner Bros. has officially announced that the Looney Tunes characters will continue to be seen on the big screen in the near future. Unlike the last three cartoons, though, which only featured Wile E. Coyote and his nemesis the Road Runner, the new shorts will feature other characters […]

Lone Ranger gets a release date

Disney’s upcoming live-action movie The Lone Ranger will ride off into the sunset just before the Christmas of 2012, Deadline is reporting. That currently puts it up against such high profile releases as Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot and Peter Jackson’s first Hobbit movie. The update of the classic TV series will star The Social Network’s Armie Hammer as […]