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How to Train Your Dragon 3 filmmakers detail bittersweet finale
Captain Marvel teaser trailer released

Marvel has finally released the first teaser trailer for their newest cinematic hero, Captain Marvel. Brie Larson stars along with Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Clark Gregg, and Jude Law. The film is set to debut March 8, 2019 — two months before she may make another appearance in the Avengers: […]

DC Universe launches
First full trailer for Mary Poppins Returns

The first full trailer for Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns has been released. The films opens December 19, 2018, and stars Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch inks deal with Netflix
Each state’s favorite animated Disney movie
Incredibles 2 crosses the $1 billion mark worldwide
Incredibles 2 opens

Pixar’s Incredibles 2 opens today in 4,410 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The film is doing super with the critics, earning a 93% score at Rotten Tomatoes. Their consensus: “Incredibles 2 reunites Pixar’s family crimefighting team for a long-awaited follow-up that may not quite live up to the original, but comes close enough to […]

Craig T. Nelson & Holly Hunter discuss Incredibles 2
WB Animation reviving Looney Tunes shorts
Edna Mode tours Parr residence in Incredibles 2 promo
Disney considers new role for possible Lasseter return
Blue Sky’s Chris Wedge talks animation directing challenges
Ten animators to watch in 2018
Comcast prepares to duel with Disney over Fox
The CG effects behind Infinity War’s Thanos
Chicken Run sequel in works at Aardman
Deadpool test animation revealed
Sherlock Gnomes opens

Paramount and Mikros Image’s Sherlock Gnomes opens today in 3,662 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. They predict a third place weekend finish for the film with $15 million. Rotten Tomatoes has yet to score the movie.

UPDATE: Isle of Dogs is getting a wide release in the coming weeks

Someone working with Fox Searchlight on Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs has confirmed that despite an earlier story we posted, the film will be getting a wide release. Like many independent, art-house, or foreign films, Isle of Dogs will open on a limited number of screens before going wide in later weeks. Beginning this weekend, […]