Disney and Marvel have completed the deal that they announced last August, in which Disney revealed a plan to purchase the comic book entertainment company for $4.3 billion. The agreement was made final when Marvel’s shareholders approved the deal. The Walt Disney Company now has rights to over 5,000 characters from Marvel’s extensive comic history.

ComingSoon.net now has a brand new sneak peek at Disney/Pixar’s upcoming Toy Story 3.  The featurette introduces a new character, Mr. Pricklepants, a hedgehog voiced by former James Bond actor Timothy Dalton. The anticipated sequel hits theaters next summer.

20th Century Fox’s Avatar has become a blockbuster on an epic scale…and at a very fast rate, too. According to the studio, the movie has already earned a jaw-dropping $700 million worldwide, with $250 million of that number coming from the US. Things have also continued to be good for Fox at the box office […]

SlashFilm points to a new image from Disney’s upcoming animated fairy tale Rapunzel. It’s hard to tell if the image is an actual still from the film or just concept art, but it’s worth checking out either way. Rapunzel hits theaters next Thanksgiving.

A new trailer for DreamWorks’ upcoming animated comedy/adventure How to Train Your Dragon is now online and can be found here. The preview begins with a montage of footage from some of the studio’s previous hits before going on to show some new footage from the film. Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois of Lilo […]

With the movie not coming out until next summer, a third teaser trailer for the Steve Carell animated comedy Despicable Me has been released. The preview features characters not seen in previous ads for the film: jelly bean shaped minions who are in the service of Gru, Carell’s supervillain protagonist. The minions are also the focus of a new […]

Whether you love them or hate them, the Chipmunks proved yesterday that they still have plenty of box office power left in them, with their new movie Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel opening to an extremely impressive $19 million yesterday, according to studio estimates. Estimates regarding how Disney’s The Princess and the Frog was affected by […]

The teaser trailer for the live-action/animated family comedy Marmaduke is now online at Yahoo! Movies. Unlike the comic strip on which it’s based, the great dane Marmaduke–whose appearance will almost certainly remind some people of Scooby-Doo in CGI form–will be given a voice in the movie, provided by Owen Wilson. Distributed by 20th Century Fox, Marmaduke comes to […]

DreamWorks Animation is planning on going into the world of horror comedy in their recently announced upcoming movie Fright Diner. The movie, based on a novel by A. Lee Martinez, will center around a werewolf and a vampire who battle zombies and other mayhem, all within a diner in the desert where supernatural creatures gather. Written by […]

Avatar made a very solid $73 million during its opening weekend, according to studio estimates. Were it not for the massive snow storm that was sweeping part of America over the weekend, the James Cameron picture might’ve made even more. As things turned out, it fell about $6 million short of claiming the record for best December opening, which […]

Six new international posters for Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel are now online at the IMP Awards. The ads feature close-ups of the chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore, as well as the Chippettes, Britney, Eleonor and Jeanette. The Squeakuel opens in the US on Wednesday.

With virtually all eyes in the industry watching it, James Cameron’s Avatar kicked off its box office run yesterday with a gross of $27 million, according to EW.com. It was a strong start for the sci-fi extravaganza, and should probably be enough to confirm an opening weekend of around $55-65 million.

The King of Pop himself will be returning to Disneyland one last time, Disney Parks Blog reveals, in the park’s popular attraction Captain Eo. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas back in 1986, the 17-minute 3D movie hasn’t been seen since it’s closing in 1997. Its limited engagement in Tommorowland begins in February […]

It has just been announced that next summer’s Toy Story 3 will be getting the IMAX 3D treatment. It will be the first time that a movie from Pixar has ever been released in that format. Those who can’t wait for the June 18th release date to see some of the movie can tune into ABC […]

The cover art for South Park: Season 13 has been revealed at DVD Active. The DVD and Blu-Ray releases will include all 13 episodes from the season, along with mini-commentaries by show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. It hits store shelves on March 16th.

Continuing what has been a pretty big week for trailers on the internet, the treaser for DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek Forever After is now online at Apple.com. The site also has the brand new teaser poster for the film, which features the four main characters from the franchise. Shrek Forever After is set for release next summer.

Hoodwinked Too! Hood Vs. Evil, the sequel to 2006’s surprise animated hit, is apparently without a release date now, according to Box Office Mojo. The movie was originally set for release on Friday, January 15th, which would’ve put it against the Denzel Washington thriller The Book of Eli and the Jackie Chan family comedy The […]

The brand new trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland can now be found online at ComingSoon.net. The preview is also rumored to be playing before 3-D prints of Avatar this Friday. Alice in Wonderland opens in theaters and IMAX on March 5th.

Avatar, Coraline, Disney’s A Christmas Carol and G-Force are among the fifteen films being considered for the Oscar for Best Visual Effects this year. Three movies will be nominated for the prize when the Oscar nominations are announced on February 2nd.

With The Simpsons turning twenty on Thursday, CNN contemplates whether or not it’s time for the iconic animated TV series to finally come to an end. The article looks at how inventive the series was when it was new, and how other animated TV shows, such as Family Guy, might be more popular than it is now.

Perhaps the most beloved of Pixar’s films, the first two Toy Story movies are finally set to get the Blu-Ray treatment next spring. Both releases will feature brand new bonus features, including Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs, Studio Stories, Paths to Pixar and a tribute to deceased Pixar veteran Joe Ranft. Special sneak peeks at Toy […]

The Broadcast Film Critics Association has announced their full list of nominations for the 2010 Critics Choice Awards, with Avatar and Up both getting nods in the Best Picture category. Up was also included in the five nominations for Best Animated Feature, and will be going against Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Princess and the Frog […]

Both Henry Selick’s Coraline and Disney/Pixar’s Up made the AFI’s list of the Ten Most Outstanding Movies of 2009. The two animated films were listed among top Oscar contenders such as A Serious Man, Precious and Up in the Air.

It didn’t match some expectations, but the $7 million that The Princess and the Frog made yesterday was still enough to land it in first place. It is now expected to make $23-$25 milion for the weekend.

A brand new animated holiday special, entitled Yes, Virginia, airs tonight at 8Pm/7c on CBS. Based on a famous letter to the editor sent by a little girl in the 1890s, Yes, Virginia features the voice talents of Beatrice Miller, Alfred Molina and Michael Buscemi. USA Today gave the special a good short review, saying that […]

It may seem like a surprise to some, given the movie’s PG-13 rating, but McDonald’s is now selling 6 toys based off of Avatar in their Happy Meals. It’s the first time the resturaunt chain has had a Happy Meal promotion for a movie with that rating since 1992’s Batman Returns. Meanwhile, there will be Avatar […]

A brand new (and pretty cool looking) teaser poster for Disney’s upcoming Tron Legacy has just been released on the internet. Those who click on the link provided will also be treated to a new production still from the film. The anticipated sequel to 1982’s Tron jumps into theaters on December 17th, 2010.

ComingSoon.net now has a video interview with members of the cast and crew of The Princess and the Frog, including Anika Noni Rose, Terrence Howard and Randy Newman. The animated Disney movie, as you all probably know by now, goes nationwide on Friday.

Only days before the movie’s release, the final poster for Avatar has finally been revealed. Meanwhile, CBS News ponders whether or not the movie will be able to match the success of James Cameron’s last non-documentary film–a little movie called Titanic–at the box office, balancing out the pros and cons that will be facing it. Avatar opens worldwide […]

The Snow Queen, an animated feature from Disney that appeared to fall into production limbo years ago, is apparently back in the works…and in hand-drawn animation, too! Based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson, The Snow Queen is speculated to have a 2013 release date, which would follow Winnie the Pooh in 2011 […]