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.

DVDtoons has the press release for The Batman: Training For Power – Season 1 V1, which include the episodes “The Bat in the Belfry”, “Traction”, and “Call of the Cobblepot”. Bonus features for the DVD include a “The Batman Junior Detective” challenge, “Building the Batman” featurette, and a “Cape & Cowl” toy easter egg. The […]

Ultimate Disney has four new Tarzan II pics from the film itself, in addition to the two promotional pics that were previously released.

The teaser trailer for Ice Age 2: The Meltdown will be shown with Robots, according to USA Today. As with the first film’s teaser trailer, apparently the rodent Scrat will headline the 1½-minute preview. “We call it a short short,” says director Chris Wedge (both Ice Age films, Robots). “It’s hard to run out of […]

Variety [paid registration required], via Coming Soon, reports that screenwriter David H. Steinberg (Slackers, American Pie 2) has been appointed to pen the Shrek 2 spin-off Puss in Boots, with Antonio Banderas returning to voice the leading feline. Though it is still not yet determined whether the film will head directly to DVD or enter […]

IGN FilmForce has an extensive review of the Bambi Platinum Edition DVD. With the exception of the DVD’s audio, the site gives every other aspect of the DVD a score of 10/10, commenting, “One of Walt’s greatest films. Even The Lion King bows to it.” The Bambi Platinum Edition DVD hit stores March 1, 2005.

In an interview with Motley Fool, DisneyWar author James B. Stewart speculates on the current relationship between Disney and Pixar, including how the studios’ feud began.

Ultimate Disney reports that the MPAA has given Disney’s CGI comedy Valiant a ‘G’ rating, despite its World War II setting and Nazi falcons. It was earlier believed, as shown by this early poster of the film, that Valiant would definitely receive a ‘PG’ rating. Nonetheless, even more interesting about the film is that Disney […]

Toon Zone writes of the issue now surrounding the name of Bugs Bunny’s descendent Buzz Bunny in the upcoming WB series Loonatics. As it turns out, “Buzz Bunny” is also the name of a copyrighted character created by Dutch freelance designer and illustrator Metin Seven. Seven has revealed that he has not yet begun legal […]

Coming Soon has the newest featurette from the production of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, with this one providing a look at the film’s director, Andrew Adamson (Shrek, Shrek 2).

Toon Zone has the press releases for the upcoming DVD releases of Batman: The Animated Series Volume 3 and Superfriends: Second Season. Both sets will hit stores on May 24, 2005.

Music From the Movies, via Coming Soon, indicates that Hans Zimmer, who produced Klaus Badelt’s score for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, will provide the musical scores to both future installments of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest is scheduled for the summer […]

What seems to be a new promotional image for Disney/Pixar’s Cars is now up at The Disney Database.

The Disney Database points to Disney.nl, where a small version of the trailer for Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest can be found. Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest premieres on video and Disney DVD Spring 2006.

Justin Williams informs at the Animated-News Forum that he has posted over 60 pics from the Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest trailer and over 40 pics from the Lilo & Stitch: Stitch Has a Glitch trailer at his website. Both trailers are found on the Bambi Platinum Edition DVD, arriving in stores […]

From Box Office Guru comes the news that averaging a mild $2,596 from 2,966 theaters, Son of the Mask came in at fourth place this weekend, taking in an estimated $7.7 million. By comparison, Jim Carrey’s The Mask opened in 1994 with $23.1 million, ending up with a domestic gross of $119.9 million. Nonetheless, Son […]

The New York Times [free registration required] speculates as to how Disney will handle the Christian aspec of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe in its adapting and marketing.

Coming Soon! indicates that Siobhan Fallon Hogan (‘Edgar’s wife, Beatrice’ in Men in Black) has joined the cast of Charlotte’s Web, where she will play the role of ‘Mrs Zuckerman’. In addition, Kevin Anderson (Sleeping with the Enemy), Gary Basaraba (‘Officer Ray Hechler’ in television’s Boomtown), Essie Davis (The Matrix Revolutions), and young actor Nate […]

Toon Zone reports of the promotional short [viewable here] Warner Bros. has created for Loonatics, the futuristic take on the classic Looney Tunes characters. The short showcases the designs, names and abilities of the superheroes. For those who are unable to view the video, the site features a handy list of the Loonatic members’ names […]

AnimeNation has an interesting editorial from an American anime retailer, concerning changes in America’s anime industry. Thanks to George C. at the Animated News Forum for the notice.