animated-news

The teaser for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is here

The first teaser trailer for Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is here, and you can watch it in the player below. It opens everywhere November 2nd, 2018. All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. […]

New Sherlock Gnomes poster spoofs The Last Jedi

A new Sherlock Gnomes poster has been revealed, and keeping with the cheeky nature of the marketing so far, it spoofs The Last Jedi. You can check it out below. Sherlock Gnomes opens everywhere this March.

What Disney deal means for Fox animation and Blue Sky Studios
Early Man director Nick Park on his prehistoric world
Library of Congress adds Dumbo to the National Film Registry
Disney buys most of Fox

In an industry-shaking deal reportedly between $50-60 billion, the Walt Disney Company bought most of the assets of 21st Century Fox. According to Deadline, Disney CEO Bob Iger said the deal will give Disney a “much larger international footprint” and enable it to “use cutting-edge technology and we know how important that is in this […]

The Last Jedi tracking for massive box office debut
The story of Ferdinand as a children’s book and now a film
Golden Globe nominations announced
Olaf’s Frozen Adventure to air on ABC this Thursday

Following Disney’s surprise decision to remove the short Olaf’s Frozen Adventure from theaters with Coco early, its been announced that ABC will be airing the Christmas special in its entirety this Thursday. And in case you’re seeing Star Wars that night, they’ll be repeating it on Tuesday the 17th. You can see the Facebook trailer […]

Watch the first teaser trailer to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Sony Pictures Animation has launched the first teaser trailer to the upcoming Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Centered on Miles Morales, the story is by Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Alex Hirsch with Lord writing the screenplay and directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman. The film is scheduled to be released December 14, […]

Watch the first trailer for the live-action Alita: Battle Angel

Fox has launched the first trailer to Alita: Battle Angel, the live-action adaptation of the manga and anime series by Yukito Kishiro. The film has been a passion project for co-writer/co-producer James Cameron and will be directed by Robert Rodriguez. Starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, and Mahershala Ali, the film is scheduled to […]

Rob Marshall top choice to direct The Little Mermaid for Disney
Critics Choice Awards nominations announced
Disney casts Liu Yifei as live-action Mulan
The epic first official trailer to Avengers: Infinity War has launched!
Coco continues Disney’s Thanksgiving dominance with $71.2 million debut
How Disney achieved “perfection” with Aladdin 25 years ago
The Last Jedi tracking for $200 million opening weekend
John Lasseter taking leave of absence from Pixar as result of “missteps”

John Lasseter, the head of Pixar Animation Studios and creative consultant at Walt Disney Feature Animation, is taking a leave of absence from the company, THR is reporting. In a memo released publicly today, Lasseter apologized for any “missteps” he may have made to employees at Pixar. “I especially want to apologize to anyone who […]

How tragic history “helped write” a fairy tale with Anastasia
The cast of Anastasia then and now