animated-news

How 9/11 changed Disney’s Lilo & Stitch

The climax of Disney’s Lilo & Stitch originally featured a large passenger airplane weaving through the building of a city. But as the film was being finished the terrorist attacks on September 11th occuered prompting the studio to rework the finale. Vox shows us a side by side comparison of the original cut and the […]

Bob’s Burgers wins Outstanding Animated Program at Emmy Awards
SpongeBob Broadway star shares his favorite episodes
Disney World makes a very rare closing ahead of Hurricane Irma
Listen to previews from the Olaf’s Frozen Adventure soundtrack
The Weinstein Company quietly cancels theatrical release for The Guardian Brothers as film appears on Netflix

Following the box office returns for Leap!, it would appear as though The Weinstein Company is rethinking their future of distributing foreign animated movies in the states. The Guardian Brothers, a Chinese action comedy which was supposed to be their next release, has been put on Netflix with virtually no marketing to speak. What this […]

Watch the trailer for Duck, Duck Goose

A first trailer for Duck, Duck Goose made its way online a few weeks ago with very little fanfare, and you can watch it in the player below in case you missed it. From the makers of The Nut Job (though the preview connects itself to far more popular movies),it opens everywhere this April.

New Early Man trailer and poster

A new trailer and poster for Early Man have been released by Aardman Animation, and you can check them both out below. The cheeky comedy comes to the states this February after opening in the UK in January.

Despicable Me 3 crosses $1 billion worldwide
Suicide Squad 2 lands The Accountant director
Here’s your best look yet at Supreme Leader Snoke in The Last Jedi
Disney’s Aladdin remake begins production
Powerpuff Girls writers discuss reboot’s second season
How old comics were crucial to bringing DuckTales back to television
My Little Pony: The Movie may be longer than many Disney movies

IMDB has (apparently) revealed the running time for the upcoming My Little Pony: The Movie, and it’s a lot longer than many might have expected, clocking it at nearly an hour and 40 minutes. This would make it longer than most Disney movies from the 90’s and 2000’s, but would be more in line with […]

Spider-Man: Homecoming swings home in October
Snoke’s backstory won’t be revealed in The Last Jedi
How composer Shirley Walker was the unsung hero of Batman
Six times Batman: The Animated Series was the best Batman ever
Ten essential Batman: The Animated Series episodes
Batman at 25: going behind the animated classic
Ms. Frizzle is back in new trailer for The Magic School Bus Rides Again

The new trailer for The Magic School Bus Rides Again–starring Ghostbusters star Kate McKinnon as the voice of Ms. Frizzle–is now online and can be viewed in the player below. It arrives on Netflix later this month.

Empire has another Last Jedi cover which is also pretty sweet