IMDB now lists some of the voice actors for the English version of Hayao Miyazaki’s film Ponyo on the Cliff. Nausicaa reports that it is likely from their ages that Noah Cyrus will be Ponyo, and Frankie Jonas will be Sosuke. Madison Davenport will be playing Kumiko, the only other child character in the film […]

OregonLive shares some artwork from Ari Folman’s acclaimed animated feature Waltz with Bashir. Based on Folman’s memoirs of the Lebanon War, Waltz with Bashir features artwork by award-winning Israeli illustrator and cartoonist Tomer Hanuka. David Polonsky has served as art director on the film.

Eartha Kitt, singer, dancer and actress, died of colon cancer on Thursday at 81, reports Big Cartoon Forum. Kitt, who successfully played Catwoman in the Batman television series in the 1960s, was also the voice of Yzma in Disney’s 2000 feature film The Emperor’s New Groove which won her an Annie for Outstanding Individual Achievement […]

Variety reports that DreamWorks’ animated sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa remained robust in the top weekend slot at the international box office with $31 million at 6,211 playdates in 58 markets, bringing its foreign take to $278 million. The Madagascar sequel has now become the eighth biggest foreign grosser of 2008, tying it with The […]

BBC and Variety report that Nick park’s Wallace and Gromit have topped the Christmas Day TV ratings with their latest adventure A Matter of Loaf and Death. The 30-minute show, which premniered on BBC1, secured the biggest Christmas Day TV audience for five years attracting a peak audience of 14.4 million. Wallace and Gromit enjoyed […]

Creative Screenwriting Magazine has shared an exclusive podcast interview with Pixar director Andrew Stanton. In this over an hour long interview, Stanton shares his views on WALL-E, early shorts and commercials, and also his forthcoming film, John Carter of Mars. Thanks to PixarPlanet for sharing the link.

DVDActive reports that Warner Home Video has announced Max Fleischer’s Superman for the 7th April. This release will feature all 17 theatrical shorts totalling 170 minutes, spread over two discs. Extras will include two retrospective featurettes, “The Man, The Myth Superman”, and “First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series.”

Apple shares an exclusive trailer for the forthcoming animated fantasy-adventure 9 in various formats including HD. Produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov and directed by Shane Acker, 9 features the voices of Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau and Christopher Plummer. 9 opens in theatres on 9-9-09.

COLLIDER has posted an exclusive video interview with Ari Folman, the man behind the acclaimed animated feature Waltz with Bashir, wherein he talks about his film, life and upcoming projects. In addition, the website also shares six clips from the film on the same page. Waltz with Bashir will see a limited theatrical run in […]

UltimateDisney reports that a two-disc set of Disney’s traditionally animated film Lilo & Stitch will resurface on March 24, 2009. Extras on this release will include Deleted Scenes, Music Videos by A*Teens and The Hawaiian Chorus, Lilo & Stitch Island Adventure Games, DisneyPedia: Hawaii, A Stitch in Time, and much more. Cover art for the […]

MTV Movies Blog reports that Keanu Reeves is eager to bring the classic anime series Cowboy Bebop, to the big screen as a live-action movie. Reeves hopes to play Spike Spiegel, 27-year-old bounty hunter, who leaves Red Dragons, the Chinese Mafia group, and teams up with Jet Black to roam the solar system in search […]

Chicago Film Critics Association has named WALL-E the Best Picture of 2008. In addition to the top honor, the movie also won the awards for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score and Best Animated Film. The awards, voted on by the 55 members of the organization, covering print, radio, television and the Internet, were announced […]

Coinciding with the release of the film, COLLIDER shares six movie clips, two featurettes and more from Universal’s upcoming animated feature The Tale of Despereaux. Directed by Sam Fell and featuring the voices of Matthew Broderick, Ben Falcone, Emma Watson, Tony Hale and Dustin Hoffman, Despereaux tells the tale of a tiny mouse with oversized […]

IMPAWARDS shares the links to Twenty-six different websites, premiering twenty-six different posters for Coraline, one for each letter of the alphabet. Directed by Henry Selick, Coraline opens in theaters on February 6, 2009.

DVDActive shares the artwork and other details on the upcoming remastered deluxe edition of Peanuts: Snoopy’s Reunion. Besides the main feature, the single disc release will also include a bonus “Peanuts TV special”, and a “Together Again: The Peanuts Voice-Cast Reunion” featurette. Peanuts: Snoopy’s Reunion will be out in stores on April 7, 2009.

DVDTimes reports that Paramount Home Entertainment have announced the US DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of South Park: Season 12 on 10th March 2009. Uncensored versions of all 14 episodes will be included in this release. Extras on the disc will include, “Six Days to South Park – A Day-by-Day Making of South Park (Super […]

Pixar’s Upcoming film has been generating some early positive buzz, following the 45 minutes screening at Butt-Numb-A-Thon. According to CHUD, “What we saw was sometimes fully rendered and finished, sometimes flat and undone and often just sketches and storyboards with a temp music track and voices dubbed over, but it was completely engaging and often […]

Variety reports that Toho, boosted by the strong box office performance of Hayao Miyazaki’s latest feature Ponyo on a Cliff, has set a new company record for annual box office earnings in Japan. Toho’s biggest hit, Ponyo which was released in July, has made $171 million to date.

Fathom Studios’ animated feature Delgo failed to make a mark as it opened in 2,160 theaters over the weekend. The animated fantasy could make just $916,000, a disastrous $424 per theater, reports ComingSoon. The movie has not gone down too well with most of the critics either. With only 16% positive reviews on their Tomatometer, […]

Pixar’s WALL-E shared the Best Picture honor with Slumdog Millionaire at the Boston Critics award on Sunday. Wall-E also received the Boston scribes’ inaugural award for animated feature, reports Variety. Ari Folman’s animated war feature Waltz with Bashir was the runner-up in the documentary category. Also, WALL-E was named Best Animated Feature at the New […]

Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the nominations for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards today. WALL-E, Bolt and Kung Fu Panda have been nominated in the Best Animated Feature category. The Israeli war documentary Waltz with Bashir has received a nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category. WALL-E and Bolt, both have also […]

New York Film Critics Circle have named WALL-E the Best Animated Film of 2008. Full list of winners can be seen here.

RottenTomatoes report that starting Friday, 3D Bolt screenings will be preceded by Pixar’s first digital 3D short called Tokyo Mater. Directed by John lasseter and based on Pixar’s 2006 feature Cars, Tokyo Mater is the fourth in a series of Cars shorts. According to the article, Tokyo Mater tells a fanciful tale of how Tow […]

Anime News Network reports that Mamoru Oshii’s The Sky Crawlers is being screened in Los Angeles since December 5, a full week before the official New York premiere of the film this Friday. According to the report, Sony Pictures is co-hosting the New York premiere with Stage 6 Films, Production I.G, New York–Tokyo, and the […]

Thirty-second Bunnies are up with their version of Christmas Vacation which can be watched here.

Variety reports that Dreamworks’ Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa dominated weekend’s international box office with $50.2 million at 5,129 playdates in 35 markets. The weekend international gross of the toon was more than the combined total of the next four entries – Quantum of Solace, Twilight, Bolt and WALL-E. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa performed strongly in […]

Variety reports that The Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) named WALL-E the Best Animated Film of 2008. The Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association is comprised of 46 film critics from television, radio, print and the Internet.

Movie-List has posted links to a trailer for the upcoming stop-motion animated feature $9.99. Based on the Short Stories of Etgar Keret and directed by Tatia Rosenthal, $9.99 opens in theatres on December 12.

Variety reports that Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir tied with Man on Wire for Distinguished Feature honors at the International Documentary Association Awards on friday. Based on the haunting dreamscapes and harrowing memories of the early 1980s Lebanon war in which Folman fought as an Israeli soldier, Waltz with Bashir opens in theatres on December […]

PixarPlanet, via BoxOfficeMojo, reports that Pixar’s upcoming sequel Cars 2 will be released on June 24, 2011. Cars 2 follows Mater and McQueen as they find themselves in a new world of intrigue, thrills and fast-paced comedic escapades around the globe.