Post Magazine reports that Brickyard VFX is venturing into computer animation with a new division. Recruiting Jay Lichtman and Yafei Wu, both from London’s Glassworks, and Robert Sethi, from UK-based feature film and television effects house Double Negative, this CGI department will thus provide Brickyard with the capabilities of character modeling, animation, and rendering. Concurrently, […]

Other actors have signed on to join Jack Black in the DreamWorks Animation comedy Kung Fu Panda, indicates Coming Soon. In addition to Black, who will voice the main character, Po, the cast now features Dustin Hoffman as Shifu, a conditioned kung fu master; Jackie Chan as Master Monkey, a model kung fu warrior; and […]

Nick.com exclusively has the trailer for the Weinstein Company and Kanbar Entertainment’s Hoodwinked, the CGI movie which tells the “true” story of Little Red Riding Hood. Hoodwinked will be released in theaters on December 23, 2005.

In a report on the box office of Chicken Little and the upcoming slate from Walt Disney Feature Animation, the Internet Movie Database indicates that American Dog has been pushed to the summer of 2008, as Rapunzel Unbraided has been moved to sometime in 2009.

Though bonus features have yet to be announced for the package, DVD Anwers has the cover artwork for the Corpse Bride DVD. Furthermore, the site also has revised cover art for the Madagascar DVD, now having a banner proclaiming its inclusion of the Madagascar Penguin’s short film, A Christmas Caper. Lastly, DVDtoons has the artwork […]

Toon Zone has the schedule of animated movies appearing on the Disney Channel this month. Included in the lineup are: Alice In Wonderland, The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh, Mulan, Mulan II, Pocahontas II: Journey To A New World, Recess: School’s Out, Kim Possible Movie: A Sitch In Time, and Kim Possible Movie: So […]

Opening with $40.1 million ($10,961 per theater), Chicken Little surpassed the box office expectations of many critics and prediction websites. Box Office Guru provides a commentary on Chicken Little’s weekend, while Jim Hill Media shows how the film’s debut stacks up with the openings of other computer animated flicks.

According to DVDtoons, two more editions of Golden Age Cartoons are on the way, focusing on Felix the Cat and Aesop’s Fables. Previously announced Golden Age Cartoons DVDs also arriving on April 11, 2006, are Popeye, Attack of the 30’s Characters, Cultoons, and Cartoons for Victory.

Chicken Little enters more than 3,000 theaters this weekend, projecting itself as the first fully computer animated motion picture from Walt Disney Feature Animation. Thus far, reviews for the movie have been leaning on the negative side, considering its score of 30% on the Rotten Tomatoes meter. “Chicken Little, though it has its moments, mostly […]

Moviefone is home to the teaser trailer of Ant Bully, a CGI comedy from Warner Bros. Pictures. The film tells the story of Lucas Nickle, who is transformed to the size of an insect, after flooding an ant cologny with his water gun.

Those people who remain unsure on whether to purchase the Chicken Little soundtrack, released last Tuesday, may check the full project out online at AOL Music.

Toon Zone points to the new websites activated for the DVDs of Yogi Bear: The Complete Series, The Flintstones: The Complete Fourth Season, and The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1.

Ultimate Disney indicates that Bambi II has been given a “G” rating by the Motion Picture Association of America. Meanwhile, it has also been confirmed that The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe has received a “PG” rating, for “battle sequences and frightening moments.”

The Associated Press, via Yahoo! Movies, investigates the subtle adult humor and cartoon violence found in many animated offerings today, including such films as Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Chicken Little. Despite these movies’ inclusion of certain features that may be more suited for adults, both were given a “G” rating […]

In a positive review for Chicken Little, at Ain’t It Cool News, one viewer notes that a teaser trailer for Disney’s next computer animated movie, Meet the Robinsons, will be presented in theaters this Friday with the Mouse House’s first venture into computer animation.

Latino Review has posted two stills from Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, with one of the pics providing a nice glimpse at Manny’s love interest, Ellie, in the sequel.

Thought little is known at this time regarding the package, the 3-disc Superhero Collection DVD set, offering cartoons from Superman, Popeye, and Hercules, will arrive in stores on December 6th. DVDtoons has cover artwork for the release.

Coming Soon offers a description of the opening sequence for Monster House, the latest film to use motion capture animation. From executive producers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis comes the tale of a boy named DJ, who discovers that the house across the street from where he lives is alive. Monster House will open its […]

The Disney Power Board displays ten new pictures connected to Disney’s Rapunzel Unbraided. Along with an updated look at the film’s title art and title character, the images also reveal screencaps taken from a convention Glen Keane held at the Gobelins school in Paris, during last April. There, Keane specified that the main character of […]

Following yesterday’s collection of Chicken Little-related material found on the web, here are some more of the many recent online pieces dealing with the upcoming “chick flick”: Four tips, two new clips at IGN FilmForce Interview with Chicken Little in the latest Disney Insider ‘Zach Braff is a Chicken’ television spot at Coming Soon ‘Nervous […]

The Disney Power Board has scored the first image of the entire cast from Disney’s next computer-animated film Meet the Robinsons!

Reuters, through Yahoo! News, reports that Ralph Zondag, who directed Disney’s Dinosaur, will direct the computer-animated adaption of Kelly Alan Williamson’s children’s book Ollie the Otter. Its story follows, “a circus sea otter named Ollie who tires of doing the same old stunts at the behest of his demanding father. Ollie leaves his family and […]

Thursday marked the opening of Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, the 40,000 square feet animation facility located in the Changi area of Singapore. Employing over 35 people from 19 countries, the studio will increase its number of workers in 2006. Coming Soon offers a breakdown of the company’s key creative executives, along with other pieces of information […]

Continuing its marketing blitz, Chicken Little has unleashed more media to experience on the web. First, two more promos for the film have popped up at Ultimate Disney, one ad focused on the World Series, the other one focused on rapping. Also, JoBlo points to a downloadable interactive Chicken Little desktop, and then provides a […]

DVDtoons indicates the episodes and bonus features to be included on the upcoming “Golden Age of Cartoons” releases, Popeye: Original Classics and Attack of the 30’s Characters. While both DVDs focus on the 1930’s, the latter of the two contains rare cartoons featuring Porky Pig, Betty Boop, Mickey Mouse, and his predecessor, Walt Disney’s Oswald […]

Via Coming Soon, Threshold Animation Studios and Lions Gate Family Entertainment announce the cast of Foodfight!, a CGI comedy about the unseen scene in the grocery store. Joining previously announced cast members Hillary and Haylie Duff are Charlie Sheen as the main character, Dex Dogtective; Eva Longoria as Lady X, leader of the villainous Brand […]

C21 Media reports that a DVD game series based on Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is on its way to the U.S., due to a deal between Zoo Digital and LA games producer/distributor Snap TV. This will mark the first time a Zoo Digital Publishing product has been published in the country.

As the film’s release draws nigh, marketing for Disney’s Chicken Little is going into overdrive. First of all, the official site for the Chicken Little soundtrack is now open, containing previews of the CD’s content. Meanwhile, the website for Disney Channel’s Movie Surfers has updated its main page with two videos, one giving a glimpse […]

Variety has a rundown of the latest happenings on America’s Next Muppet, which will borrow concepts from American Idol and America’s Next Top Model. Thus far, ABC has ordered a script and five script outlines for the series, in which a new member for the Muppet gang will be discovered.

DVDtoons has the cover artwork for Cartoon Adventures Starring Gerald McBoing Boing, from Sony Pictures. The release marks the first time the classic cartoon character is predominantly featured in DVD form, though four of his shorts made their way onto the Hellboy DVD.