20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios’ Robots topped the box office this weekend, with an estimated $36.5 million. The numbers bring in the second best March opening for a film, only behind Fox/Blue Sky’s previous collaboration Ice Age, which brought in $46.3 million. Reviews for Robots were mixed but leaning on the positive side […]

The Internet Movie Poster Awards has a new Spanish poster for Madagascar, which arrives in U.S. theaters May 27, 2005.

The Disney Database’s Media Center has debuted online with 11 new movie stills from Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch and 12 new screenshots from Tarzan II.

The official website for Tarzan II has been updated. Taking the place of the trailer is a new behind-the-scenes look at Tarzan II, featuring a piece from one of Phil Collins’ songs for the film, entitled “Who Am I?”. Tarzan II comes to stores on June 14, 2005.

The Business of Animation Blog reveals that the director of Toy Story 3 is none other than Bradley Raymond, who directed The Lion King 1½. Thanks to ‘splinewrangler’ at the Animated News Forum for the heads up!

My Way Finance writes that Disney President Robert Iger is expected to be named as the company’s new chief executive, says a person familiar with the situation. Thanks to George C. at the Animated News Forum for the news. UPDATE: Robert A. Iger has been named as the new Disney CEO. Click the “More” button […]

The teaser trailer for The Muppets’ Wonderful Wizard of Oz is now online at Muppet Central. Experience “the classic tale as it was never meant to be told” this May on the ABC network.

Ultimate Disney notices that Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween Movie is available for pre-order at Amazon. Lumpy returns September 13, 2005.

As expected, John Ratzenberger will not return to voice Hamm the Piggy Bank in Toy Story 3, should the sequel continue to develop without Pixar. “I’ll only be involved in another Toy Story if Pixar is involved”, Ratzenberger tells IESB. “I’m a Pixar Guy… I actually got a Pixar tattoo on my back”. He continues, […]

Jim Hill Media has a touching tribute for the talented artist Vance Gerry, who did layout, story, concept and/or consulting work on projects ranging from 101 Dalmatians, The Jungle Book, and The Fox and the Hound to Beauty and the Beast, Tarzan, and Home on the Range. Thank you to Cory Mitchell at the Animated […]

IGN FilmForce has more exclusive pictures from Robots, opening in theaters this Friday.

Variety [paid registration required], via Coming Soon, reports that Vin Diesel’s One Race Films production company is collaborating with Blur Studio on a CGI feature based on the independent animation house’s short film Rockfish. In addition to producing with Once Race partner George Zakk and Blur creative director Tim Miller, Diesel will provide the voice […]

Star Wars.com has the newest poster for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, which hits theaters May 19, 2005.

Disney’s On the Record, the new stage musical revue that features 64 of Disney’s most popular songs, is currently touring the USA. Business Wire has the tour dates, along with the announcement that the On the Record two-disc original cast recording will be available March 15, 2005.

Yahoo! Movies has photos from the world premiere of Robots, held in Los Angeles this past Sunday. Robots opens in theaters on Friday.

BCI Eclipse announced yesterday that the company will bring He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and The New Adventures of He-Man to DVD, indicates Toon Zone. Through an agreement with Entertainment Rights, the owner of He-Man, BCI will release the series on DVD this July with a two-disc “Ten Best Episodes” DVD. Beginning this […]

Writer Mark Evanier at the site News From Me reports that June Foray, the voice behind characters such as Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Natasha Fatale, Silvester and Tweety’s Granny, will be appearing at the Barnes & Noble shop in The Grove at Farmer’s Market in Los Angeles, CA. There, the talented voice actress will be […]

DVD Answers has the cover art and specs for the DVD debuts of some films that mix both animation and live-action. Bonus features for The Mask’s New Line Platinum Series DVD release include a commentary with director Chuck Russell, a second commentary with filmmakers and New Line Cinema’s Bob Shaye, a “Introducing Cameron Diaz” featurette, […]

‘Tk2’ reviews the Pocahontas Special Edition Region 2 DVD at Ultimate Disney’s forum. Scroll down the page there to see screen captures from the DVD’s menus and feature. The Pocahontas Special Edition Region 2 DVD arrives in stores on March 7, 2005.

Latino Review has three new, exclusive pics from Robots, which opens in theaters this Friday.

Variety reports that Tim Sullivan has been hired to pen Shrek 4, after the writer accepted an invitation to pitch his idea at DreamWorks. The news comes on the heels of the announcement that David H. Steinberg will write the Shrek 2-spinoff Puss in Boots. Meanwhile, Shrek 3, written by Peter Seaman and Jeffrey Price […]

Some new pics containing spoilers from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest have appeared online at Photo Buckett.

Ain’t It Cool News has two of the first reviews for Robots, with neither of them posing the flick in a positive light. First off, ‘Father Geek’ writes of his experience seeing Robots with his 4 1/2 year-old grandson: “Colorful and very fast paced, the funniest thing was the Ice Age short [teaser trailer] beforehand, […]

IGN FilmForce has an exclusive clip from Robots, in addition to asking ten questions to Robots and Ice Age director Chris Wedge. Robots marches into theaters on Friday.

The trailer for Herbie: Fully Loaded is available exclusively at Yahoo! Movies. Expect to see the trailer in theaters with The Pacifier this weekend, while Herbie: Fully Loaded races into theaters June 24, 2005.

Coming Soon reviews the Incredibles DVD, giving the disc’s bonus features a score of 9/10. As for the film itself, the site provides another score of 9/10, stating its “bottom line” as, “Thanks to awesome animation, a funny plot, and lots of comic book inspiration, The Incredibles is a fun action/adventure for the whole family.” […]

Moviehole speaks to voice actor Corey Burton, who provides a bit more detail on the plot to Disney’s Peter Pan prequel, Tinkerbell: The Movie. “I think it’s some kind of a ‘prequel’, with Tinkerbell having a rivalry with one of her fellow fairies”, says Burton, who voiced Captain James Hook in Return to Neverland. In […]

Nine menu screenshots from the Incredibles DVD are available for viewing at DVDtoons. The two-time Oscar winner lands in stores on March 15, 2005.

Upon being asked by Coming Soon if an Incredibles sequel was in the works, Incredibles director Brad Bird responded, “If I had an idea that I felt was as good and better than the one we did, you don’t just want to repeat yourself. You want to take it in a new direction. If I […]

The Disney Database has several fresh high-res pics from Tarzan II in their new Media Center, currently open only to Animated News readers! Tarzan II swings into stores on June 14, 2005.