The first full trailer for Monsters University has been posted to the Disney’s UK YouTube page. According to Deadline, the trailer was attached to Wreck-it Ralph while in the United States it won’t be released theatrically until March 8th with Oz The Great And Powerful. MU is slated for a June 21st wide opening. Check […]

The Washington Post’s Comic Riffs has made Minkyu Lee’s Oscar nominated short Adam and Dog, which recently hit YouTube, their Pick of the Week. They say it is “a painterly, visually masterful and no-dialogue film that perhaps should be considered the front-runner for an Oscar later this month — despite the Pixar and Fox pedigrees […]

A 21 minute featurette with the cast of Escape from Planet Earth is now online. The preview could be considered spoiler heavy so watch at your own risk if you’re planning on seeing the film when it opens this Thursday. Watch it here or in HD at the Apple trailers site.

Brand new posters for The Croods have made their way online. One can be seen at the IMP Awards. Large size versions of two others can be seen here. The Chris Sanders-directed film arrives in theaters everywhere this March.

G-dcast is running a residency for college and graduate student artists this summer. Ten animators and storytellers, plus one coder and one illustrator, will have the opportunity to spend six days working at The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco to adapt traditional Jewish stories into five animated shorts and one mobile app. These films […]

After shelving the planned theatrical re-release, Disney has confirmed the home video release of The Little Mermaid Diamond Edition Blu-ray with a trailer at Yahoo! Movies. Look for Arial on October 1st. Watch the trailer here:

Seven new characer posters (and some plot details) from the upcoming Escape from Planet Earth are online. To see them all head to Entertainment Weekly for the first three and Moviefone for the last four. Starring Brendan Fraser, Jessica Alba, Rob Corddry, James Gandolfini, and Sarah Jessica Parker the film opens on February 14th.

Like the films themselves, the news on the latest comic book related movie projects in the pipeline never stops! Marvel shows off a dramatic new Iron Man 3 poster (see the full size version below) and a Super Bowl ad. From Screen Crush: new images from Thor: The Dark World are online and you could […]

Disney Animation’s YouTube channel has posted the full Oscar nomianted short Paperman. “Introducing a groundbreaking technique that seamlessly merges computer-generated and hand-drawn animation techniques, first-time director John Kahrs takes the art of animation in a bold new direction”. You can view the short in full here:

Disney has released five new character posters from their upcoming film Oz The Great and Powerful. The posters feature James Franco as Oscar Diggs, Rachel Weisz as Evanora, Mila Kunis as Theodora, Michelle Williams as Glinda, and the Wicked Witch. The film opens March 8th. You can download all the posters at the Oz Facebook […]

Disney Legend Dick Van Dyke accepted his previously announced SAG Life Achievement Award this past weekend according to CBS News. The 87 year-old told the audience giving him a standing ovation “That does an old man a lot of good”. At an awards ceremony for actors and only voted on by actors he added, “Aren’t […]

Schoolhouse Rock, the long-running animated series that taught generations of children about multiplication, grammar, science, and history, celebrates its 40th anniversary this month according to CNN. The series ran from 1973-1985 and then 1993-1999. Bob Dorough, who wrote and performed many of the songs, talked with news outlets this week and performed a couple of […]

Academy Award nominee Bill Plympton has taken his upcoming animated feature film, Cheatin’, to Kickstarter. The crowdfunding website allows artists, inventors, and others to reach out to fans and potential buyers to fund their projects upfront, rather than having to go through investors, banks, or studios. The project is only half way to its deadline […]

Pixar has yet another prize to add to their collection. The Golden Globes named Brave the Best Animated Feature of the year. The movie beat Wreck-It Ralph, Rise of the Guardians, Hotel Transylvania and Frankenweenie for the prize. The Golden Globes, however, are not always good when it comes to predicting the Oscar race. The winner […]

Focus Features/Laika’s ParaNorman opens today in 3,429 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The film is doing well with the critics, earning a solid 84% from Rotten Tomatoes. Their critical consensus: “Beautifully animated and solidly scripted, ParaNorman will entertain (and frighten) older children while providing surprisingly thoughtful fare for their parents”. Box Office Mojo predicts […]

Pixar has posted a sneak peek of their upcoming short, Partysaurus Rex, on their YouTube channel. The full short will play in theaters before Finding Nemo 3D, which opens September 14th. You can watch the clip here:

Some of the cast and crew of ParaNorman discuss stop-motion animation with Reelz — the process, how long it takes to make, and the appropriateness of the medium for this story. Watch the video here:

Fox/Blue Sky’s Ice Age: Continental Drift opens in 3,800 theatres today, according to Box Office Mojo. It isn’t faring well with critics, earning only a 46% at Rotten Tomatoes, which says the critical consensus is that the movie “has moments of charm and witty slapstick, but it often seems content to recycle ideas from the […]

The cast for Blue Sky’s Ice Age franchise returns to the big screen this week. Why? Depends on which cast member you ask! But the short answers according to Queen Latifah, John Leguizamo, and Ray Romano are: profit, plot, and pajamas. Check out the following video from the Today show for details.

Good Morning America has debuted the trailer for the new Blue Sky animated film Epic. The movie “tells the story of an ongoing battle deep in the forest between the forces of good and the forces of evil. When a teen age girl finds herself magically transported into this secret universe, she must band together […]

Comedy Central has a new promo that recreates the Futurama opening with live action. Made to bring notice to last week’s seventh season premiere, you can see some of how it was done via Vulture, who has a behind the scenes clip. Check out the original video here:

Pixar’s latest film has journalists talking about the evolution of the onscreen princess role. The Contra Costa Times has a more Pixar specific piece, while Hero Complex takes a more general look at recent princesses and other strong female leads. And you can watch VH1 talk with Kelly Macdonald on being the first female lead […]

Pixar and Walt Disney Studios have unveiled the first teaser trailer for Monsters University, the prequel to their 2001 hit Monsters, Inc. Directed by Dan Scanlon, and featuring the voices of Steve Buscemi, John Ratzenberger, Dave Foley, Frank Oz, Joel Murray, J.B. Smoove, Ken Jeong, Rob Riggle, and Kelsey Grammer, Monsters University is scheduled for […]

Earlier this year Dolby announced a new sound system for theatres, called Atmos, that provide for 128 different sound “objects” to play at any given time. The more major advance from the audience perspective is the ability to have sound come from above with ceiling mounted speakers. (The Verge has more technical details on the […]

The winners of the Student Academy Awards In Animation were announced this past week. The Gold Medal went to David Wolter of CalArts for Eyrie, the Silver Medal to Mark Nelson from UCLA for The Jockstrap Raiders, and the Bronze Medal to Eric Prah of Ringling College of Art and Design for My Little Friend. […]

MSN and Disney’s YouTube Channel have a brand new first trailer for Disney’s upcoming animated feature Wreck-It Ralph. Directed by Rich Moore, and voiced by John C. Reilly, Wreck-It Ralph, is about an arcade game villain who longs to be a good guy. Also featuring the voices of Jack McBrayer, Sarah Silverman, and Jane Lynch, […]

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted hits theatres in just two days. The San Antonio Express-News has a look at how they came up with the ideas for the sequel with the directors of the film. And ComingSoon.net has a video interview with the stars of the film (Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David […]