DVDActive reports that Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced the release of Happily N’Ever After 2 for the 24th March. The only extra material on the disc will be 3 interactive games, “Red Riding Hood Challenge”, “Bo Peep and the Sheep” and “Snow White and the Great Hall.”

AnimeNewsNetwork reports that a fire which broke out on Saturday night, destroyed the vacant Tokyo house best known as “Totoro’s Home.” Studio Ghibli co-founder and director of My Neighbor Totoro, Hayao Miyazaki described the house in the book Totoro no Sumu Ie (The Homes that Totoro Lives in) as a “home that Totoro would have […]

Movie-List has made available the trailer for Lionsgate’s upcoming animated flick Battle for Terra. Directed by Aristomenis Tsirbas, the animated adventure features the voices of Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, Justin Long, Amanda Peet, Chris Evans and Dennis Quaid. Battle for Terra tells the story from the perspective of the aliens whose peaceful planet is […]

THR reports that Pixar’s WALL-E made history by becoming the first animated feature film to win an Eddie, when its editor Stephen Schaffer claimed the prize for “Best Edited Feature Comedy/Musical” award Sunday night.

SlashFilm has posted a video interview with director Pete Docter and producer Jonas Rivera about Pixar’s new film Up. The duo talk about their inspirations for making the film, and more. Up hits theatres on May 29.

Peter Gabriel has withdrawn from performing at the Oscars after the Academy Award nominated singer was told he would perform his nominated track “Down to Earth” from Wall-E for only 65 seconds in a medley of the nominated songs, reports Variety. In a video on his website, Gabriel said, “It’s a bit unfortunate. The songwriters […]

Partly Cloudy is the name of Pixar’s latest short that will be showing in front of Up starting May 29, reports UpcomingPixar. The short is directed by Peter Sohn who voiced Emile in Pixar’s Ratatouille.

DVDTimes reports that Nick Park’s BAFTA winning short Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death will arrive on DVD and Blu-ray in UK on 23rd March. Extras on this release will include “When Wallace Met Harvey, A Day In The Life of Nick Park”, “Tell Tale Games” and “Making Of A Matter Of […]

Ari Folman’s animated war documentary Waltz with Bashir has won best foreign language film award at London Film Critics’ Circle, reports Variety. In the best picture category, Pixar’s WALL-E lost out to The Wrestler.

Brad Bird talks to LatinoReview about his upcoming live-action feature 1906, Toy Story 3, chances of Iron Giant seeing a theatrical re-release, and more.

DVDTimes reports that Funimation have announced the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Afro Samurai: Resurrection Director’s Cut on 3rd February. Extras on this release will include Unedited Dialogue and Picture , “Path of the Samurai: 24-Page Booklet” featuring forewords by Takashi “Bob” Okazaki, Fuminori Kizaki and the RZA, concept art, production art, promotional images and […]

Movie-List shares a trailer for the upcoming animated film The Secret of Kells. Written by Fabrice Ziolkowski and directed by Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey, The Secret of Kells tells the story of 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of […]

Collider has posted an exclusive interview with Neil Gaiman, author of Coraline wherein he talks about the book, its numerous adaptations, and the upcoming stop-motion feature directed by Henry Selick. Additionally, Henry Selick, director of Coraline, explains why he went 3D for Neil Gaiman Adaptation, in a New York Times article. Coraline opens in theatres […]

Eye On Springfield features a retrospective of Simpsons hilarity spanning from seasons 1 to 9, “when it was still funny”, as the site suggests.

3D Superbowl movie spots are beginning to arrive online and Movie-List shares the spots for Pixar’s Up and DreamWorks’ Monsters Vs. Aliens. Also Disney.com has shared the first Upisode from the series Adventures with Carl and Russell. The first Upisode titled “Animal Calling”, can be watched on the official Up website by clicking on the […]

DVDActive reports that Universal Home Video has announced DVD and Blu-ray releases of The Tale of Despereaux for the 17th March. Extras on this release will include a Tale of The Tale of Despereaux: A (Mostly) Non-Fictional Making-Of featurette, an interactive map of the Kingdom of Dor, the Top Ten Uses for Oversized Ears, games, […]

Thirty Second Bunnies have come up with their own version of the teenage vampire drama Twilight which can be watched here.

Collider shares a trailer and four clips from Mary and Max, a claymation feature film from Academy Award winning writer/director Adam Elliot and producer Melanie Coombs. Mary and Max tells the story of a pen-pal relationship between two very different people: Mary Dinkle, a chubby, lonely 8-year-old living in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia; and […]

John Lasseter will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 66th Venice International Film Festival. For the first time in the history of the Venice Film Festival, the award celebrates not only a single filmmaker, but also the contribution of all the directors of this visionary studio, Pixar. According to the official […]

Collider shares a new poster for Pixar’s Up along with an image from the film. Directed by Pete Docter, Up opens in theatres on May 29th.

IMPAWARDS has posted three new character posters for DreamWorks’ upcoming animated feature Monsters vs Aliens. Additionally, the site also shares a new poster for Pixar’s forthcoming film Up which can be seen here.

Collider shares some concept art from Robert Zemeckis’ upcoming 3D feature A Christmas Carol. The animated feature which is being made using 3D motion-capture technology will be out in theatres on November 6, 2009. In addition the website also shares a new image from Disney’s upcoming animated feature The Princess and the Frog. The film […]

Walt Disney Home Video has announced DVD and Blu-ray releases of their latest feature Bolt on March 24th, reports UltimateDisney. The film has been scheduled for three home video releases: A single-disc DVD which will include the all-new short Super Rhino, a 2-Disc Deluxe Edition which adds deleted scenes; the featurettes “Creating the World of […]

Collider has an exclusive video interview with Pixar producers Jim Morris and Lindsey Collins on the red carpet at Los Angeles Film Critics Awards ceremony. They share their views on WALL-E‘s award winning spree, watching Up, Pixar’s upcoming Blu-ray releases, and more.

Variety reports that WALL-E picked up honors for animated feature and Waltz with Bashir won top foreign language film at the 14th annual Critics’ Choice awards. Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner, nabbing five trophies.

Variety reports that Ari Folman’s animated war documentary Waltz with Bashir and Marjane Satrapi’s semi-autobiographical animated feature Persepolis are among the five shortlisted films which will compete for best foreign language film at BAFTA this year. The full list of nominations for the awards will be announced on January 15 and the awards ceremony will […]

DVDTimes reports that Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment have announced the DVD release of Disney’s first Chinese-language film The Secret of the Magic Gourd on 27th January. In addition to the English soundtrack, the DVD will also feature Mandarin and Cantonese language tracks. Extras will include “Too Many Toys” – Multi-level game, “Behind the Scenes” […]

DVDActive shares some early details on 1-disc, 2-disc, and Blu-ray releases of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa which will be out in stores on 6th February. The 2-disc release will include an exclusive all-new Penguin Adventure The Penguins of Madagascar. Full details are yet to be announced.

Variety reports that Ari Folman’s animated war documentary Waltz with Bashir won the 43rd annual best picture prize from the National Society of Film Critics, edging out the runner-ups WALL-E and Happy-Go-Lucky.

PixarBlog shares some details on the new characters from Pixar’s forthcoming feature Up which includes the characters “Dug the talking dog”, a female bird named “Kevin” and “Muntz”, the likely villain. Additionally, the Blogsite also shares a new still which appeared in Entertainment Weekly in their exclusive first look at 12 big movies coming in […]