Courtesy of Box Office Mojo: 2) Happy Feet with $12,904,413, averaging $3,535 over 3,650 theaters ($137,932,841 total; 4th week) 16) Flushed Away with $835,368, averaging $797 over 1,048 theaters ($61,214,583 total; 6th week) 48) The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D with $27,676, averaging $4,612 over 6 theaters ($8,579,257 total; 8th week) 89) Romeo & Juliet: […]

The third teaser trailer for The Simpsons Movie has been placed at FoxFilm.at. With the same beginning as the second teaser, this latest spot shows the humorous antics of Homer’s home improvement.

Upcoming Pixar points to The San Francisco Chronicle, where E-Ville Press artist and Pixar employee Sanjay Patel is interviewed. The insightful conversation explains the animator’s upbringing and inspiration.

Displaying an advertisement for the package, DVD Active has the lowdown on Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms. Containing a bounty of extras, the DVD will also be paired with an exclusive 32-page Mike Mignola comic book for its first 300,000 buyers.

With Coming Soon, Hal Hickel, Animation Supervisor, explains how he and his comrades at Industrial Light and Magic created the visual effects for the character of Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. In addition, Hickel hints at a spectacle to be found in the third Pirates adventure, At Worlds End, coming […]

TV Shows on DVD spreads the info on the Grim & Evil TV movie, Big Boogey Adventure. The tale will enter stores on April 3 – just four days after it premieres on Cartoon Network. In the meantime, the second season of Avatar: The Last Airbender will be split into four separate DVD releases next […]

In a lengthy two-page article, Anthony Lane of The New Yorker regards the work of Walt Disney, addressing the myths, work ethic and family life of the “Old Maestro.”

Coming Soon has a list of the 56 songs eligible for the “Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song” category of the Academy Awards. To see which of those tunes come from animated films, please click:

The National Board of Review has named Disney/Pixar’s Cars the “Best Animated Feature” of 2006. Thus far, the awards have been a reliable predictor of the Oscar winner for the “Animated” category, with the exception of 2005, when the board awarded Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride the honor. The Academy Award that year, however, went to […]

Variety unveils the voice cast for Jackboots, a Team America-type project that “imagines what would have happened if the Germans had won the Battle of Britain but were ultimately defeated by the Scots.” Utilizing action figures, the film will contain Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill, Alan Cumming as Adolph Hitler, Tom Wilkinson as Joseph Goebbels […]

The latest trailer for TMNT, the return of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, is now hosted at MTV.com. Thanks to “YCougar” at the Animated News & Views Forum for the heads up! In the meantime, Yahoo! Movies is treating viewers to a new theater spot for Meet the Robinsons, in which a trio of frogs […]

Despite the current popularity of penguin movies, it seems one famous penguin cannot catch a break. The Business of Animation blog speculates that a film starring the Berkeley Breathed comic character Opus appears to be dead once again. The project had been set up at The Weinstein Co.

Through a series of images, SoundtrackNet provides an inside look at the making of the Meet the Robinsons score. Performed by a 90-piece orchestra, the music was composed by Danny Elfman.

TV Shows on DVD indicates new Curious George adventures are heading to stores on February 20. Subtitled Zoo Night and Other Animal Stories, the one-disc DVD will contain the following bonus material: “Daily Donuts” and “Magic Numbers” games, printable coloring pages and an advertisement for Shea Homes.

Three new character banners for Happily N’Ever After have been released at Latino Review. The film itself will be released in theaters nationwide on January 5.

Despite claims that Arthur and the Invisibles was to be his final project, director Luc Besson may change his mind on retiring, should the film be a success. According to Production Weekly, Besson is already considering an adaptation of the book Arthur and the Forbidden City, with production beginning as early as next June.

Upcoming Pixar has discovered an image at the “Kozy Shack” section of Flickr, unveiling the latest casting info for Ratatouille. Apparently, Lou Romano will lend his voice for the character Linguini, while Ian Holm has the role of Skinner.

The official online hangout for The Invincible Iron Man has opened, currently presenting a trailer and a screen capture gallery. The PG-13 traditionally animated adventure will hit stores on January 23.

Screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio talk to Coming Soon about their involvement in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Having written Aladdin, The Road to El Dorado, Shrek and Treasure Planet, the duo likewise chats about animation. “One of the things about animation that we really enjoyed is that it really is so story-driven […]

Cartoon Brew points to a hilarious but controversial Irn Bru commercial. Hosted at YouTube, the recent advertisement for Scotland’s #1 soft drink spoofs the beloved Holiday classic The Snowman. Concurrently, Scotsman.com writes of the controversy mounting over the Bru bit, as numerous complaints rise over junk food being marketed to children.

This evening at 7 p.m., Roy Disney will be appearing in the Barnes & Noble Booksellers of The Grove at Farmers Market, located at 189 Grove Drive, Suite K 30, Los Angeles, CA 90036. During the event, he will be answering questions, while also signing copies of the True Life Adventures DVDs released yesterday.

The latest rumors on several high-profile projects.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that after almost ten years as film division president of Rhythm & Hues, Richard Hollander is joining Pixar as a producer. Taking Hollander’s former position will be Lee Berger, the current senior executive in charge of feature film production at Rhythm & Hues.

Walt Disney Feature Animation will soon lay off 160 animators, which is equal to approximately 20% of its total staff, writes Variety. Those animators directly affected by this move will be notified within the next couple of weeks. The staff reduction arrives as production is completed on Feature Animation’s latest film, Meet the Robinsons.

Numerous covers for some of next year’s most anticipated animated films are now appearing at Amazon.com. For Shrek the Third, two titles in the mix are Mad Libs plus Storybook and Viewer. The style of the latter book has also been adopted for a Ratatouille reading, as discovered by Upcoming Pixar. The Pixar pic also […]

TV Shows on DVD observes that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Fast Forward: Future Shellshock will hit stores on February 6, 2007. The 2-disc set will contain 13 episodes of the most recent series’ fifth season.

Touring the special effects facility of Industrial Light and Magic, JoBlo was treated to a behind-the-scenes look at how many of the most marvelous illusions in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest were created. The presentation included input from Animation Supervisor Hal Hickel, Senior Digital Modeler Supervisor Geoff Campbell and Visual Effects Art Director […]

Variety spotlights digital effects company Animal Logic, which is looking to move further into animated features after its success with Happy Feet. Transitioning into a studio similar to Pixar and DreamWorks Animation, Logic currently has 550 employees, as it continues relationships with such directors as George Miller, Baz Luhrmann and Phillip Noyce.

From producer Jordan Kerner, Coming Soon has discovered the inspiration for the future Smurfs computer-animated trilogy. According to Kerner, “This is coming out of Australia. They were all over me for that. Everybody was reading me in terms of Smurf movies, but we’re not anywhere near that yet. We’re just writing the script. There’s a […]

Moviehole provides an update on the status of a sequel to the 2001 hit Cats & Dogs. In an interview with Film Monthly, director John Whiteshell admitted to no longer being involved in the project. Nonetheless, visual effects house Tippett Studios’ supervisor, Todd LaBonte, recently disclosed, “There is a sequel, we did tests for it. […]