UltimateDisney reports that the upcoming Platinum Edition blu-ray release of Sleeping Beauty will now carry 3 discs, two the previously announced Blu-ray presentation and third being a bonus standard DVD of the film. Sleeping Beauty Platinum Edition will be in stores on October 8.

GhibliWorld brings an English summary of a radio interview with Mamoru Oshii, director of Ghost in the Shell wherein Oshii shares his thoughts on Hayao Miyazaki’s latest feature film Ponyo on the Cliff and also talks about his long friendship with Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki.

With its seven burning questions about the upcoming animated feature Star Wars: The Clone Wars, TheDeadBolt analyzes if fans of the Star Wars movies will find enough drama to keep them engaged in the Clone Wars movie. Star Wars: The Clone Wars opens in theatres on August 15.

RottenTomatoes shares an exclusive video on director Henry Selick’s latest stop-motion project Coraline, featuring clips, behind-the-scenes footage, and interviews with the cast and crew, including Selick, novelist Neil Gaiman, and Ian McShane. The movie, which tells the tale of a young girl named Coraline and her descent into a fantastical alternate reality, will be out […]

Apple has made available a new trailer for Lucasfilms’ upcoming animated flick Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Directed by Dave Filoni, Star Wars: The Clone Wars opens in theatres on August 15. In addition, DVDTimes shares two online featurettes on the film.

MTV.com has posted an interview with Pete Docter, director of Pixar’s Upcoming film wherein he describes his new film as a ‘coming of old age’ story. Pixar’s Up, which will be presented in 3-D, is scheduled for a May 2009 release.

HollywoodReporter has posted an interview with James Cameron, director of the upcoming sci-fi epic Avatar. The article suggest that Cameron expects Avatar to be about 60% CG animation, based on characters created using a newly developed performance capture-based process, and 40% live action, with a lot of VFX in the imagery. Avatar is slated to […]

DVDActive reports that Fox Home Entertainment has announced Futurama: Bender’s Game for release on the 4th November. Extras on the disc will include commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Billy West, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, Michael Rowe, Claudia Katz and Dwayne Carey-Hill, featurettes (Dungeons & Dragons & Futurama, 3D Models With Animator Discussion, How […]

GhibliWorld has an exclusive interview with Pixar Storyboard artist Enrico Casarosa about Totoro Forest project, an international charity effort to preserve Sayama forest. Sayama is an endangered sanctuary on the outskirts of Tokyo where Miyazaki got the inspiration for his much loved character Totoro from the film My Neighbor Totoro. Over 200 top international artists […]

MTVMoviesBlog reports that in an interview to MTV, director Pete Docter hinted at the possibility for a sequel to Pixar’s hit Monsters, Inc. UpcomingPixar’s take on the story can be found here.

ContactMusic reports that Fox is planning to spend $25 million to promote the dvd release of Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! in December. Horton will be released as a single disc, a two-disc special edition and a Blu-ray special edition on December 9.

Movie-list has posted links to the full trailer for Dreamworks’ upcoming feature Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, the film opens on November 7, 2008.

Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo on the Cliff and Mamoru Oshii’s The Sky Crawlers are among the films which will compete for the best film at 65th Venice Film Festival. Two animated features are among the 21 films competing for the Golden Lion at the festival which will take place from August 27 to September 6 at […]

UpcomingPixar reports about two Pete Docter interviews, available at Aint It Cool News and MovieWeb, wherein he talks about upcoming Pixar film UP, some inspiration and Pixar’s writing process.

DVDTimes reports that Fox Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! on 9th December. Available in Single Disc, Two-Disc Special Edition and Two-Disc Gift Set releases, extras on Two-Disc Special Edition will include “Deleted Footage and Animation Screen Tests”, “That’s One Big Elephant: Animating Horton”, “Bringing […]

The first teaser for the Disney/Pixar’s upcoming feature film UP is now online and can be watched at the official UP site. Up hits theatres on May 29, 2009.

Variety reports that Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea grossed $14.8 million over the three-day weekend of July 19-21 in Japan. Studio Ghibli’s last feature Tales from Earthsea had grossed $8.4 million in its opening frame in 2006. Ponyo‘s opening box-office gross was 96.6 percent of the similar three-day holiday […]

Turner Classic Movies have come up with their list of “Top movies not currently available on dvd in the United States”, wherein Studio Ghibli’s film Only Yesterday features at no 14. The list which is the result of TCM’s ongoing poll of the most requested classic movies not currently on dvd, is used to encourage […]

SlashFilm reports about a lawsuit filed by a Chinese artist Zhao Bandi against Dreamworks and Paramount Pictures for the offensive grotesqueries depicted in Kung Fu Panda. Zhao demanded a public apology but no monetary compensation in the lawsuit which has been accepted and allowed to proceed by Beijing Chaoyang District People’s Court.

A brand new and final trailer for Hayao Miyazaki”s upcoming film Ponyo on the Cliff was shown on Japanese television just one day before its theatrical release. FPSMagazine has made available the trailer online. Ponyo on the Cliff tells the tale of Ponyo, a goldfish princess who wishes to become human and in the process, […]

GhibliWorld has posted an English summary of an interview with Studio Ghibli veteran Kondo Katsuya, one of their top animators. Starting his career with Castle in the Sky in 1986, Kondo has worked on many Ghibli films, most recent being the Hayao Miyazaki’s upcoming film Ponyo on the Cliff. In the interview, Kondo shares his […]

RottenTomatoes has an exclusive interview with story artist Derek Thompson, who joined Pixar in January 2005 to work as a Story Artist on WALL-E. In the exclusive article, Thompson explains the process of the story department and presents a look at some of the storyboards from WALL-E. In its another exclusive article The World Of […]

As mentioned earlier in an interview with Pixar storyboard artist Enrico Casarosa, GhibliWorld now brings details on the Totoro Forest Project, an international charity effort to preserve Sayama forest which is also known as Totoro’s forest. Sayama is an endangered sanctuary on the outskirts of Tokyo where Miyazaki got the inspiration for his much loved […]

UpcomingPixar shares a video of a real Remy the Rat cooking at Disneyland Paris, a part of Disney’s Imagineering.

NPR.org shares a long podcast interview with Andrew Stanton, director of Pixar’s latest film Wall-E.

Marvel has made available the very first trailer for their upcoming direct-to-DVD/Blu-Ray release Hulk vs Wolverine. According to the site, two of the most famous battles in Marvel’s comic book history are finally being brought to life in the sixth Marvel/Lionsgate direct-to-DVD/Blu-Ray release in January 2009. More info on the films included in this release […]

Collider brings an exclusive interview with the director David Bowers and producer Maryann Garger of Imagi Entertainment’s upcoming feature film Astro Boy. The duo talk about adapting Osamu Tezuka’s classic and bringing it to the big screen, the story and the cast, and the fans response so far. Astro Boy is slated for a 2009 […]

WSJ has posted an interview with Lindsey Collins, producer of the latest Pixar film Wall•E, wherein she talks about dressing for Pixar, pregnancy and red-carpet premieres. Thanks to UpcomingPixar for the story.

GhibliWorld has posted an early cover art for the book Art of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, based on the upcoming Studio Ghibli film of the same name. According to the site, just like any other Studio Ghibli “Art of” series book, Art of Ponyo will also feature a variety of sketches, storyboards, […]

ContactMusic reports that the box-office success of Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda in China, has led to a debate in the country about why a film with many Chinese symbols and settings could not have been made in China itself. Ever since its release in late June, Kung Fu Panda has earned $20 million in China.