Ultimate Disney indicates that the MPAA has surprisingly given Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch a ‘PG’ rating for “some mild action.” This makes Lilo and Stitch 2 the first Disney direct-to-video animated sequel to receive anything above a ‘G’ rating. Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch will invade stores on […]

Yahoo! News has a very interesting report regarding a study that may surprise many people. According to research done by graduate student Susan Darker-Smith, an observance of both parents of primary school children and women who have been involved in domestic abuse has revealed that those who grew up reading fairy tales are likely to […]

The Disney Database has three new promotional pictures for Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch. One may want to pay special attention to the last two pics especially, as they hint of the film’s storyline.

Mel Brooks talks to Maxim Magazine, reports Contact Music, about Spaceballs’ voyage to television as a new animated series. An hour-long pilot and 13 half hour episodes for the series are currently being produced by BFC Berliner Film Company, Brooksfilms, and MGM Domestic Television Distributionan. “There’s an animated Spaceballs TV concept in the works. I […]

DreamWorks Animation SKG announced yesterday that Bob Feldman will join the company as head of corporate communications, as shown by Yahoo! Finance. For nearly eight years, Feldman has held the position as president and chief executive for GCI Group, one of the world’s largest public relations firms. His new job will make him responsible for […]

Coming Soon has the press release regarding Disney Mobile and Pixar Animation Studios’ The Incredibles 3D mobile game coming to Verizon Wireless’ new V CAST wireless broadband multimedia service.

The official website for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe has launched, sporting a nice look that accompanies such features as dowloads, character profiles, production art, and a third installment in the “Behind the Magic” videos.

John Cohen has been promoted from director of development to vp of production at Twentieth Century Fox Animation, AWN reports. Cohen, who joined the division in 2000, is currently involved in Fox/Blue Sky’s Horton Hears a Who, which will mark the first time a Dr. Seuss classic has been adapted completely in CGI. Meanwhile, Cohen’s […]

As reported by TV Shows on DVD, The Best of Mr. Peabody & Sherman – Volume 1: 15 Improbable Histories and The Best of Dudley Do-Right – Volume 1: 15 Not-So-Right Adventures is coming to DVD from Sony and Classic Media. Both DVDs, each containing fifteen shorts, will arrive in stores on May 31th. Be […]

Reuters reports that DreamWorks Animation has signed a three-year deal to create films with computers that have Advanced Micro Devices Inc. chips. AMD announced the deal at a broadcasting trade show in Las Vegas, as the company courts the film industry’s technology decision makers. DreamWorks stated that with the help of AMD’s Opteron processor, the […]

Narniaweb speaks to Douglas Gresham, in an interview that is sure to make fans of C.S. Lewis’ novel anticipate Disney and Walden Media’s film adaption even more. Gresham, an expert on the life and works of C.S. Lewis, has been made a co-producer and consultant on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and […]

Raven Moon Entertainment, Inc. announced today the the company is starting a brand-new animation division for the purpose of servicing and generating revenues from the entertainment, advertising and creative content producers market, Prime Zone indicates. The studio, located in Orlando, Florida, is ready to offer animation services like those used in the Shrek films and […]

AWN reports that starting on September 5, 2005, Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks will begin airing Mondays through Fridays on PBS Kids, after playing on weekends for two years. Twelve new episodes of the Emmy-winning, CGI-animated series have been ordered by PBS Kids, as the show will increase its interest in the theme of […]

Ultimate Disney has the disc art for Tarzan II, coming to DVD on June 14th, and The Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama, coming to DVD on May 10th.

Coming Soon notes that as it was revealed on Access Hollywood last week, Jennifer Garner will lend her voice to the upcoming live-action/photo real CG Charlotte’s Web, scheduled to weave in theaters on June 23, 2006.

BlackFilm notes that Nick Nolte, Catherine O’Hara, William Shatner, Steve Carell, Eugene Levy, Wanda Sykes and Avril Lavigne have joined the cast of DreamWorks’ animated comedy Over the Hedge.The plot for the computer animated flick is, “Bruce Willis will voice the mischievous con-artist raccoon R.J., and Garry Shandling will be the voice of the sensitive […]

Ultimate Disney has the title logo for The Wild, Disney’s jungle comedy coming April 2006.

The Internet Movie Database has listed that the expected release date for Warner Brother’s Happy Feet is November 17, 2006. Directed by George Miller (Babe: Pig in the City, Mad Max), Happy Feet stars the voices of Elijah Wood, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Brittany Murphy, and Robin Williams.

Ultimate Disney has the press release for the four DVDs that will be released on July 12th, in celebration of Disneyland’s 50th Anniversary. The DVDs include: Disneyland – The Secrets, Stories and Magic of the Happiest Place on Earth, The Best of the Original Mickey Mouse Club, Mickey Mouse Club: The Best of Britney, Justin, […]

The official website for Madagascar reveals that the film has been given a ‘PG’ rating by the MPAA. In addition, the site’s front page shows that coming soon is a contest in which one can win a trip to New York City and the Central Park Zoo.

The Disney Database links to several photos of the toys to be released for Chicken Little. Included in the pics is the first appearance of such characters as Foxy Loxy, Goosey Lucy, Turkey Lurkey, and some of the aliens. Chicken Little will open in theaters on November 4, 2005.

Cartoon Network, via Toon Zone, announces that the channel will air all twenty-five episodes of Star Wars: Clone Wars on Saturday, May 14, at 7:00pm. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith will hit theaters the following Friday.

The popular video game character Kirby is about to make his full-length movie debut, in Kirby: Fright to the Finish – The Movie. As the film’s official press release states, Kirby: Fright to the Finish follows the plot of, “When a fleet of mysterious spaceships attacks Dream Land, Kirby embarks on a nerve-shattering journey into […]

Joseph L Kleiman at Jim Hill Media speculates at the recent developments that have taken place in the realm of 3-D film, leading up to why he believes a certain upcoming animated movie may be the first digitally projected 3-D feature film.

While browsing at The Internet Movie Database, it has been noticed that a few roles in some upcoming highly anticipated films have been cast. First up, it appears that Tony Teulan (the upcoming Great Raid) has landed the role of Rumplestiltskin in Shrek 3. Meanwhile, young actor Anthony Ghannam (Kronk’s New Groove) has been cast […]

Ultimate Disney has the cover art for Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has A Glitch and the first two volumes of Timeless Tales. The latter is a new line of Disney DVDs that will contain approximately one hour of shorts each, including The Three Little Pigs (1933), The Wind in the Willows (1949), and The […]

The Motley Fool has a commentary on DreamWorks Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg’s recent publicized comment that the “single greatest fiction” of animated films was that a possible “glut” of them could occur, along with Katzenberg’s hinted suggestion that DreamWorks Animation and Pixar will remain the leaders of the computer animation domain.

Times Leader reports that for the first time in Pennsylvania, a case has the state Supreme Court trying to decide whether it was wrong for prosecutors to use computer animation in acting out how a man shot his wife, to a jury. An attorney for convicted killer Michael Serge believes it was, as he stated […]

MSN sets the spotlight on John Lasseter, in its “The Edge of Innovation” section. In referring to his latest Pixar film Cars, Lasseter recently told a group of car designers in New York, “The obvious thing to do when you draw an animated car is to put the eyes in the headlights. But we’ve got […]

Though the films have yet to receive full websites, splash pages for Howl’s Moving Castle and Valiant are now up at the official Walt Disney Pictures website.