Since Disney started The Muppets advertising campaign in early summer, they have been feeding us small glimpses at the new film one piece at a time. With the movie coming out Thanksgiving, Disney is putting Muppets on every TV station, every talk show, and releasing new clips on the Internet. The clips only reveal small […]

Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you to the first clip of the new movie The Muppets! The clip shows our two heroes Walter and Gary discussing their planned trip to California. Walter is an obsessed Muppet fan judging by the multitude of vintage memorabilia by his bed. He does ask a very philosophical question: is […]

The Shrek spin-off Puss in Boots claws its way to the top of the box office ratings earning a decent wad of cash for the Halloween weekend. Usually horror films are at the top of the charts, but the orange tabby saw a bigger take of $34 million than-beating out the old record of $33.6 […]

With The Muppets opening in less than a month, we’re starting to see more and more of them on the TV and Internet. Every time you turn around, the Muppets are endorsing a new product. The newest commercials where our beloved puppets appear are for Alamo Rent-a-Car with Fozzie and Rowlf and Kermit adds his […]

The truly, truly outrageous 1980s Hasbro series has endured for almost thirty years and it’s popularity continues to grow. Jem and the Holograms: The Truly Outrageous Complete Series box set was released today by Shout Factory with new featurettes, original toy commercials, and much more. Fans continue to flock to the show and keep it […]

Sam Register, Warner Bros. executive VP for Creative Affairs, recently updated an interested audience at an MIP Junior conference on the DC Nation block scheduled to air on Cartoon Network in January 2012. The new block will kick off with a new Green Lantern series, followed by claymation shorts about Batman and Plasticman. Lauren Fast, […]

As a promotional item it’s cute, but as an actual fashion item it’s a another way for owner’s to subject their pets to unwanted attention. DreamWorks approached Jason Landau of Slant Productions to create actual boots for your cat. He never thought people would actually put them on felines, but it happened. While he still […]

Warner Brothers Animation is shaking up the DC Animated Universe once again with two new movies. Batman: Year One hits retailers on October 18, 2011 and is based on the legendary comic book storyline by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli. It shows us a glimpse of Bruce Wayne’s start as Batman. Preview the first clip […]

Tom Wilson, Sr. the cartoonist responsible for lovable bald and empathic character Ziggy died September 16 at the age of 80 from pneumonia. Wilson created Ziggy for American Greetings’ Sunbeam Library line of humorous books, where he debuted in When You’re Not Around. The book sold a half-million copies and the character was later serialized […]

a popular late 1990s live-action show starring Melissa Joan Hart and Sabrina, The Animated Series, the famous teen-witch is returning to TV airwaves. Archie Comics contracted Moonscoop Animation to “reimagine [Sabrina] in the vein of Harry Potter, Twilight, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Sabrina is easily one of Archie Comics’ most popular character and was […]

France is usually responsible for some Wonderful and avant-garde animated films. The French animation website Catsuka posted the trailer to a new picture called Le Tableau by director Jean François Laguionie. Unless you speak French, you’ll have a bit of trouble understanding the trailer. Tableau means “painting” and the movie’s characters are from different works […]

How should we view The Lion King 3-D? Is it a marketing plot by the Mouse to make a quick buck off a successful film? Was it re-released to introduce Simba and crew to a new generation now that the original demographic are parents themselves? Is this the start of a new trend in Disney […]

The Simpsons could be getting their own TV channel. The Chief Operating Official of News Corp Chase Carey is toying around with the idea to generate more revenue from the animated series. The cartoon has been in production for more than two decades, going on its twenty-third season. In order for there to be an […]

Dreamworks has had a successful relationship with China since the popularity of Kung Fu Panda. To take advantage of the the burgeoning Chinese economy, Dreamworks wants to build a studio in China. The new studio will make movies and TV shows that cater exclusively to the Chinese people. This follows a recent deal with the […]

In these miserable economic times even the wealthy are downtrodden. Sophie Dahl, granddaughter of British children’s author Roald Dahl, is asking for donations from the public to save the shed where Dahl penned his books. She wants £500,000 ($1,000,000) to save the hut from disrepair and to move it to a nearby museum. The British […]

The tenth season of the FOX animated series Family Guy will premiere with a special preview on September 15 in select theaters around the United States. Lucky citizens in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Seattle have a chance to see the “Something, Something, Something Anniversary” show featuring clips […]

Collider.com has the first test footage of Eric Powell’s The Goon, an animated adaptation of the Dark Horse comic book series. David Fincher is the lead producer and Clancy Brown and Paul Giamatti will be voice actors. Despite these big names, the film has some funding issues, so it may be a while before it […]

Tradition Studios, owned by Digital Domain Media Group, announced their first feature film: The Legend of Tembo. Not much has been revealed about the story other than that it is about a baby elephant separated from his family and sent to India. Chuck Williams and Aaron Blaise are on the roister to direct. Blaise co-directed […]

It’s a new Hollywood trend to revive old cartoons by turning them into movies. The cycle continues with Alcon Entertainment and their live-action/animated combo Hong Kong Phooey, the 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Eddie Murphy is set to voice Penry, the kung-fu fighting superhero who doubles as a janitor at a police station. Murphy has previously voiced […]