Variety reports that a 19 year old from the Czech village in south Bohemia has been charged with producing and uploading a pirate copy of The Simpsons Movie. If convicted, the unnamed youth faces up to five years in prison and a fine of nearly $250,000.

IGN has an exclusive in-depth interview with Seth Green, the creator,writer and star of Robot Chicken which recently received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program. Green talks about the new season of the show and also discusses Family Guy, Buffy, and several other film projects he is involved in.

GhibliWorld and Nausicaa report that last month Japan Airlines (JAL) and Studio Ghibli announced “Sora wo Tobu”, a joint project in which Miyazaki’s Porco Rosso will be screened next month on some of JAL’s international flights. In addition to this, JAL will also show Miyazaki’s short film Kuso no Sora Tobu Kikai-tachi (Fancy Flying Machines) […]

Blu-Ray reports that Sleeping Beauty and Finding Nemo will be part of Disney’s Blu-Ray line up for 2008. Sleeping Beauty will thus become the studio’s first ever Platinum Blu-ray release. The report suggests that the release of Sleeping Beauty will also get BD-Live treatment, and the extras will include a virtual castle and multi-player games. […]

GhibliWorld has an extensive interview with Gualtiero Cannarsi, the director behind the Italian versions of Studio Ghibli films such as Howl’s Moving Castle, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, My Neighbour Totoro, Porco Rosso and Whisper of the Heart. Cannarsi has also worked as a scriptwriter and a dubbing supervisor on the Italian versions […]

UltimateDisney reports about many upcoming and highly anticipated Disney-Pixar dvds this November including the critically acclaimed Ratatouille which according to the site has been scheduled for a November 6 release. Unlike most of Pixar’s earlier two-disc sets, Ratatouille will be a single disc release. Extras will include deleted scenes, a documentary, and the all-new short […]

SIGGRAPH 2007 officials, along with DreamWorks Animation, HP, and AMD, just announced the winners of the world’s first international FJORG! Competition – an “iron animator” event in which 16 competing teams from around the world had 32 hours to create the most impressive character-driven animation of at least 15 seconds in length adhering to at […]

GhibliWorld has a link to an interview with Studio Ghibli’s Background Artist Kazuo Oga whose work includes films such as My Neighbor Totoro, Only Yesterday, Pompoko, Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away. Oga’s background pictures are being exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo until Sept 30. A direct link to the interview can be […]

DVDTalk reviews the recently released CGI turtles film on DVD and gives it their high recommendation. According to the reviewer, the CGI adaptation turned out to be more faithful than the live-action installments. The review also calls TMNT the best animated/comic book film of 2007 thus far and a great treat for Turtle fans.

AWN reports that The Chubbchubbs Save Xmas, a new short featuring the characters from the Academy Award winning Chubbchubbs, will debut on August 8, 2007, before TriStar Pictures’ Daddy Day Camp. Directed by Cody Cameron and produced by Kirk Bodyfelt for Sony Pictures Animation, The Chubbchubbs Save Xmas will also be included as a bonus […]

DVD Active reports that Paramount and DreamWorks have announced the DVD release date for Shrek The Third as November 13th. The disc will feature the movie in anamorphic widescreen along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 surround track. Extras will include a commentary, three additional scenes, Shrek’s Guide to Parenthood, a featurette, two music videos […]

AWN reports that the release date for Shrek 4 has been set by DreamWorks Animation and Paramount as May 21, 2010. DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg said during an earnings call earlier this week that there will be a Shrek 5 as well. Shrek The Third turned out to be a big moneyspinner for Dreamworks, […]

DVDTimes reports that Buena Vista Home Entertainment have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 on 8th October 2007. For the very first time, thirteen of the best Pixar Shorts, including the most recent short Lifted, will be made available on one DVD and Blu-Ray disc. The disc […]

ComingSoon talked to director Andrew Stanton about his next film, Disney/Pixar’s WALL•E. Set in the year 2700, WALL•E is the story of one robot’s comic adventures as he chases his dream across the galaxy.

DVDActive reports that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Surf’s Up on 9th October 2007. Directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck, the movie will be available in a 2-disc special edition. DVD extras include Filmmaker Commentary, “Not A Drop of Real Water” – Three-part behind-the-scenes documentary, The ChubbChubbs […]

Entertainment Weekly reports that The Simpsons Movie opened at No. 1 with a $71.9 million gross, far exceeding industry expectations and breaking all sorts of box office records along the way. It scored the best opening ever for a non-CG animated movie and the third-biggest opening ever for an animated movie of any kind, behind […]

Nausicaa.net reports about the Official UK site of Studio Ghibli’s film Tales from Earthsea. The website contains a Quick Time trailer, synopsis, picture gallery, and a list of cinemas screening the film. Tales from Eathsea opens in cinemas across UK on August 3.

The first trailer of the upcoming film Beowulf is available to view or download on Apple. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the CGI-motion capture film is based on one of the oldest existing poems in the English language of the same name which is considered a literary masterpiece. Beowulf opens in theatres on November 16. More […]

DVD Active has posted the cover art for the upcoming UK DVD of Satoshi Kon’s latest Anime film Paprika. According to the website, the disc will feature an anamorphic widescreen transfer, Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and a filmmaker’s commentary. The DVD will be released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on September 24.

Slate has an interesting article which talks and argues about Disney’s direct-to-DVD sequels and why Disney should not kill them. Disney has announced that there will be no more straight-to-DVD sequels of classic animated films like Bambi and Cinderella. The company’s straight-to-DVD sequels have been some of their most criticized products, with Pixar co-founder Steve […]

LA Weekly has a long and in-depth interview with Matt Groening wherein he talks about his career, dreams and of course, The Simpsons Movie. The article also covers Groening’s journey from being a 23-year-old Portland native, who drove to Los Angeles to write and draw, to becoming the creator of the most subversive network show […]

DVD Beaver has the cover art and other details on Tekkon Kinkreet dvd which will be out on 25th September. From the makers of The Animatrix, the movie is based on a popular Japanese manga written by Taiyo Matsumoto. Tekkon Kinkreet will also be available on Blu-Ray.

Upcoming Pixar with Hollywood In Hi-Def reports that Cars is all set to make its debut on Blu-Ray on Nov 6, this year. In addition to all the extras from the last year’s DVD release, Blu-Ray disc will feature few other extras too including the interactive feature “Car Finder,” allowing users to search for the […]

Jim Hill Media shares some news on the cast members of Disney/ImageMovers’ CG-and-live-action feature A Christmas Carol directed by Robert Zemeckis. The article also talks about the impact this feature may have on the upcoming Disney film The Princess and the Frog.

CNN Money reports that Aardman and AtomFilms have announced the debut of Pib and Pog, an original broadband animated series. The series debuted on AtomFilms site and will also be available to download later this month on the AtomFilms Channel on xBox Live. Pib and Pog series and its characters are based on a short […]

Cartoon Network will host a number of panels and special events, including signings, during Comic-Con International, to be held in San Diego, California, Thursday, July 26 – Sunday, July 29, 2007. Follow the link for all the details.

Disney Interactive has released a trailer for the video game Enchanted, based on the upcoming Disney movie of the same name. FileFront has made the trailer available to view or download.

AWN reports that the North American version of the animated film Persepolis will feature the voices of Sean Penn and Iggy Pop. Based on Iranian author Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel of the same name, Perspolis tells the true story of a girl and her upbringing during Islamic revolution in Iran. Winner of jury prize at […]

Vanity Fair has come up with a list featuring the ten best Simpsons episodes ever. The oldest episode featured in the list is from Season 3, 1991. The list was compiled by a contributing editorial associate with help from a few of their other editors.

Reuters reports that the US town of Springfield, Vermont, has beaten 13 rivals and will host the premiere of The Simpsons Movie. The Vermont town, won an online vote with a video showing a Homer Simpson look-alike chasing a giant, pink doughnut through the town.