Movie clips from Monster House are online at Yahoo! Movies. Scheduled for a wide release next weekend, the film entered 702 theaters yesterday.

AWN posts the press release for André 3000’s Class of 3000, a new primetime half-hour animated series, created and executive produced by André Benjamin (OutKast) and Tom Lynch (Romeo!). Readying for a November premiere, the show revolves around “a group of musically-gifted kids and an unlikely visitor named Sunny Bridges who brings sunshine to their […]

Releasing the details via press release, Walt Disney Records is enjoying healthy business from the soundtracks to Disney’s three biggest hits this year: High School Musical, Cars, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. In that order, the titles currently occupy the top three positions on the Billboard Soundtrack chart, representing a label best. […]

The official websites for Transformers: The Movie (1986) and The Ant Bully have been updated. Noticed by Seibertron, the Transformers site continues to hint at its DVD cover, revealing a new puzzle piece for the image each weekday. Meanwhile, CGCHAR sees that Bully’s site has captured “plenty of stills, character/film information, and video.”

Entering MSNBC‘s list of “The 10 least politically correct movies ever” are Song of the South and Team America: World Police. Regarding South’s inclusion, the article writes, “This isn’t exactly Birth of a Nation, but in terms of racial stereotypes, it’s in that ballpark.” As for Team America, its insertion is due to the opinion: […]

Defamer has acquired the company-wide e-mail Disney CEO Robert Iger sent regarding the success of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. The composition praises folks from behind the movie’s scenes, stating, “I want to congratulate Dick Cook and everyone at The Walt Disney Studios. They put their hearts, souls and creative guts into this, […]

A large slew of animation-related DVD news has hit the web recently. First up, Ice Age: The Meltdown is targeted for a November 21st release date. Listed at DVD Active, the package’s extras range from commentaries by Director Carlos Saldanha, Producer Lori Forte and the film’s production team; a new Scrat short, entitled No Time […]

Available at Yahoo! Finance is the press release for Experience Music Project’s “Disney: The Music Behind the Magic” exhibition. Celebrating over 80 years of memorable tunes, “Disney: The Music Behind the Magic” examines the Studio’s musical legacy and “draw[s] inspiration from Disney animation, television programming, theme parks, live-action films and Broadway musicals in addition to […]

The Hollywood Reporter reports that joining the cast of Shrek the Third are Amy Sedaris as Cinderella, Amy Poehler as Snow White, Maya Rudolph as Rapunzel and Cheri Oteri as Sleeping Beauty. The group represents an “elite, ninja-like strike force of fairy tale princesses” called upon by Fiona and Queen Lillian to stop Prince Charming […]

Following yesterday’s report of the subject, Animated News has acquired an image from reader Teddy Ransay of the brand-new logo for Walt Disney Pictures, seen to the right of this text. For the time being, the picture is a smaller one. Nonetheless, it provides an adequate idea of the direction the latest logo takes. The […]

You Tube is home to eight television spots promoting the motion-captured creature feature Monster House: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, and #8. Likewise, the film’s marketing has officially taken up residence at My Space. Audiences may enter the House on July 21st.

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo: 1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest with $135,634,554, averaging $32,817 over 4,133 theaters (1st week) 2. Superman Returns with $21,815,243, averaging $5,366 over 4,065 theaters ($141,642,667 total; 2nd week) 5. Cars with $10,734,082, averaging $3,176 over 3,988 theaters ($205,908,484 total; 5th week) 13. Garfield: A Tail of Two […]

The Internet Movie Poster Awards has discovered an eighth one sheet for The Ant Bully. This Norwegian poster provides a taste of the international marketing campaign that Warner Bros. is fashioning for the computer animated adventure. The Ant Bully will pick on audiences this July 28th.

Deadwood star Ian McShane chats with Coming Soon about his upcoming animated appearances. Apparently, the actor will voice a “sad Russian giant” in Henry Selick’s stop-motion Coraline, while also speaking for Captain Hook in Shrek the Third. Likewise, McShane will join Angelina Jolie for DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda. He will voice the evil snow leopard […]

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Ultimate Disney confirms that a 4-disc extended edition of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is coming soon. Footage from the “director’s cut” version of the film will be previewed at this month’s Comic-Con in San Diego, on Saturday, July 22th, at 3:45 in Hall H. Furthermore, attendees will receive […]

With a $55 million earning on Friday, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest broke the record for largest one-day take at the box office, previously held by Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. The film looks on course for a weekend gross of at least $120 million, reports The Associated Press […]

Opening July 28th, The Ant Bully finds itself with three television advertisements, currently playing on the tube and You Tube: #1, #2, and #3. Meanwhile, from Wikipedia comes the rumor that the film may include cameos from Scott Speedman, Larry the Cable Guy, David Schwimmer, Kevin Kline, and Luke Wilson.

Yahoo! News teams with Reuters to explain some of the amazing visual effects found in Superman Returns. Noticing a hefty budget and a demand for detail, the piece lends some brief insight into how the Man of Steel’s latest foray was brought to life.

The Internet Movie Database’s Studio Briefing reveals that Hayao Miyazaki, director of the Oscar-winning Spirited Away and the Oscar-nominated Howl’s Moving Castle, has been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is one of 120 actors, directors, producers, composers and other industry members recently asked to fill positions left by […]

James Cameron speaks on his upcoming adventure Avatar, with “follows a paraplegic war veteran who is brought to another planet inhabited by a humanoid race at odds with Earth’s citizens.” The film, set for a summer 2008 release, will make heavy use of the same performance capture technology that the upcoming Monster House employs. “It’s […]

Greek Geek has collected several pictures from last week’s Cinema Expo, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Animated movies promoted at the event included The Ant Bully, Cars, Monster House, and Open Season.

As noticed by the DreamWorks Animation SKG Fansite, covers for numerous books based on DreamWorks/Aardman’s Flushed Away are now available to view at Amazon.

Toon Zone lists the animation-related nominations found in the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, scheduled to air Sunday, August 27th, on NBC. The honorees include:

The Year Without a Santa Claus, Bass-Rankin’s 1974 stop-motion classic, is experiencing a live-action redo, courtesy of NBC. Variety, via Coming Soon, reports that the remake will star Ethan Suplee as Jingle, Eddie Griffin as Jangle, Chris Kattan as a devious head elf, and Carol Kane as Mother Nature. John Goodman will play the jolly […]

Moviehole indicates that Jim Belushi and Patrick Warburton has joined the cast of Disney’s Underdog. While Belushi may be seen in the film, Warburton will only be lending his voice to the flick, which likewise stars the voices of Jason Lee and Amy Adams.

Including cover artwork for each title, DVDtoons has the official announcements for Danger Mouse: The Final Seasons, coming September 26th, and G.I. Joe: Sigma 6, arriving October 3rd.

Latino Review has added several new pictures in their gallery dedicated to the upcoming CGI creature feature Monster House. The House will open July 21st.

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo: 1. Cars with $31,181,000, averaging $7,818 over 3,988 theaters ($114,505,000 total; 2nd week) 6. Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties with $7,200,000, averaging $2,443 over 2,946 theaters (1st week) 10. Over the Hedge with $4,046,000, averaging $1,552 over 2,606 theaters ($138,755,000 total; 5th week)

The official online domain for IDT Entertainment/Twentieth Century Fox’s Everyone’s Hero has debuted. The site presents the movie’s plot, a trailer, and some downloads. Everyone’s Hero can be found in theaters beginning September 15th.