According to the Internet Movie Database, “Phil Collins is refusing Disney’s request to campaign for an Oscar for his Brother Bear film score – and won’t even vote for his own songs. Collins, who secured a Best Song Academy Award in 2000 for Disney’s Tarzan, has been asked by the studio to fly to Los […]

As Video Premiere Awards reports, 101 Dalmations II: Patch’s London Adventure was the top dog at last night’s DVD Exclusive Awards, taking home five awards, including “Best Animated DVD Premiere Movie.” Finding Nemo won three awards, while Bioncle: Mask of Light – The Movie was rewarded for “Best Visual Effects in a DVD Premiere Movie.” […]

The Internet Movie Poster Awards has four new posters from Disney’s The Haunted Mansion.

During the weekend, Paul Dini was at the premiere screening of Justice League‘s Christmas episode “Comfort and Joy,” at Wizard World Texas in Arlington, where he provided updates on the future of Duck Dodgers and the animated Batman. Check out Toon Zone for the full story.

MovieHole reports that Demi Moore’s production company is considering making a live-action Barbie movie, with Ethan Hawke and Ashton Kutcher being considered for the role of ‘Ken’. The website jokes, “Thankfully, no word on Demi starring as Barbie yet.”

As if learning about the cancellation of My Peoples wasn’t bad enough, now director Guillermo Del Toro (the Blade movies, Hellboy) has revealed that he is no longer attached to the Wind in the Willows adaption, a project that Disney had once hoped would do for it what Lord of the Rings did for New […]

LatinoReview brings us the new {{link http://www.latinoreview.com/films_2004/disney/teacherspet/poster.html poster}} for Disney’s Teacher’s Pet, coming to theaters January 16!

The Big Cartoon Database notes that the now rumored release date for The Search for Mickey Mouse is in 2012.

Also noted by The Big Cartoon Database is that Fantasia 2006 may be more simply titled The Music Project.

Director Tim Johnson tells Empire Online a few tidbits about his upcoming CGI movies for DreamWorks, including Over The Hedge and Tusker. Concerning Over The Hedge, Johnson says, “We have Verne the turtle, voiced by Gary Shandling. He wakes up after sleeping for five months and hibernating through a cold mid-Western winter, takes two steps […]

Variety reports, “Intermedia Films has hired Adam and Melanie Wilson to adapt Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, with ice skater Katarina Witt attached to star.” It will be interesting to see if this news, or possibly the success of this movie, will affect the rumored Disney animated version of the tale.

According to Dark Horizons, Geoffrey Rush will be probably back for only Pirates of the Carribean II, with the film and his character’s return having “something to do with Voodoo magic.” Also, Rush has signed on for Son of the Mask, although his character for the film is unknown at this time.

Superhero Hype! has gained the exclusive first look at the new DVD cover artwork for Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, arriving in stores on January 13 as a 2-Disc Special Edition DVD. As noted by Superhero Hype!, special features for the DVD include, “a blooper reel, a music featurette, cast and crew filmographies, a photo […]

The Internet Movie Awards brings us the first look at the newest poster for Disney’s Home on the Range. Click here or on the poster for a larger view.

In its review of the Eight Crazy Nights DVD, FilmForce gives the overall DVD a score of 5 out of 10, with the movie itself receiving a 1 out of 10.

According to Box Office Guru, “Landing in third place was last weekend’s runner-up, Disney’s Brother Bear, which brought in an estimated $18.6M this weekend, a drop of only 4%. Its cume now stands at $44M and looks to end its run in the $100-110M range, with a good chance of going even higher if it […]

Even with strong competition from Elf, Brother Bear may still be able to gather $13 million this weekend, dropping 30%, Box Office Guru predicts. However, Box Office Report is more optimistic, suggesting that Brother Bear will have a very slim drop of 18%, making it collect $16 million. Brother Bear has grossed roughly $25 million […]

A short segment from the music video for Phil Collins’ excellent song from Brother Bear, “Look Through My Eyes,” is now airing on the Disney Channel.

According to Dark Horizons, “In regards to Shrek, the trailer for the first sequel is now out in sweet Quicktime over at the official site. Meanwhile UK comedian Ben Elton confirmed on Radio 5 Live’s Simon Mayo Show that he turned down an offer from Jeffrey Katzenberg to write & direct a third Shrek film […]

“Sounders13” reminds everyone,”VH1 is going to air a special concert where Phil Collins will sing songs from his new album, including songs from Brother Bear. It will air on VH1 Classic on Saturday, 11/8 at 11am, with encores at 7pm, and again on Sunday, 11/9 at 3am, 12pm, and 8pm. Then [it will air again […]

According to Movie Zone, Brother Bear opened on Saturday with an impressive $11.155 million, making its total box office gross nearly $12 million, including last weekend’s opening in select cities.

Box Office Mojo predicts that Brother Bear will take second place at the box office with approximately 22 million.

Concerning Brother Bear‘s performance at the box offce, Box Office Guru says, “Last year around this time, Disney released Treasure Planet, another 2D animated film, and it flopped pretty badly, opening to $12M and finishing with $38M. However, earlier during the summer, Disney released Lilo & Stitch which opened to $35.2M on its way to […]

In addition to calling Finding Nemo “Pixar’s best,” FilmForce gives the DVD an overall score of 9 out of 10 points.

According to Yahoo! News, “Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News Channel threatened to sue the makers of The Simpsonsover a parody of the channel’s right-wing political stance, the creator of the hit US television show has claimed. According to [Matt] Groening, Fox took exception toward a Simpsons’ version of the Fox News rolling news ticker which parodied […]

In order to promote Brother Bear, Michael Clarke Duncan willl apear on the Tonight Show With Jay Leno tonight, while Phil Collins will sing a tune from Brother Bear on The Wayne Brady Show tomorrow.

Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood tells Sci Fi Wire about Happy Feet, a new animated movie from director George Miller (Mad Max, Babe): “Wood describes Mumble as a penguin who can’t sing. ‘Basically, penguins in life and in the film can sing,’ he said. ‘We’ve used that idea, and so each penguin has […]

DVD Fanatic takes a first look at the upcoming DVD, due for a December 2 release.

With today’s release of Sing-Along Songs: Brother Bear comes a special treat: the first chance to hear the new song from Lion King 1 1/2, “Digga Tunnah.”

Yahoo! News reports, “A proposed bullet train across central Florida will run directly to the Walt Disney World resort from Orlando International Airport, bypassing the taxpayer-funded Orange County Convention Center en route to Tampa, a state panel voted Monday. The Florida High Speed Rail Authority’s 7-1 decision ended a debate that has simmered since voters, […]