animated-news

Twenty years later, Darla creators look back at their cult hit
Trolls 2 coming to theaters April 2020

Following its success in theaters and on home video, DreamWorks Animation has just announced on Facebook that a sequel is on the way, with Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake returning to play Poppy and Branch, respectively. We’ll provide you with more information as it becomes available, but you can check out an early promotional image […]

Rock Dog has dismal opening weekend

Lionsgate has another animated bomb on their hands, as their latest toon Rock Dog failed to even make the top ten, Box Office Mojo is reporting. The movie saw a debut of $3.7 million, which was good for 11th place. Meanwhile, The Lego Batman Movie continued its solid run with a take of $19 million, […]

Watch How Far I’ll Go performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Auli’l Cravahlo at the Oscars

ABC has released the (pretty terrific) performance of How Far I’ll Go from Moana at the Oscars last night, and you can watch it in the player below. Also below is a clip of Zootopia winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Moana sails onto Blu-ray on March 7th.

Watch the Oscars TV spot for Beauty and the Beast

A special new TV spot for Beauty and the Beast aired during the Oscars last night on ABC, and you can watch it in the player below. The hotly anticipated release opens everywhere March 17th.

Zootopia, Piper, Jungle Book earn Oscars

Disney and Pixar took home the animation Oscars at the 89th Annual Academy Awards. Byron Howard, Rich Moore, and Clark Spencer won Best Animated Feature for Zootopia. Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer won Best Animated Short Film for Piper. And Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Dan Lemmon won Best Visual Effects for […]

Rock Dog opens

Summit Entertainment’s Rock Dog opens today in 2,077 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The film is getting low to mixed reviews from the critics, scoring a 43% at Rotten Tomatoes. Box Office Prophets predicts a dismal 10th place opening weekend with just $3.7 million.

New Castlevania poster released

A spooky new poster for the upcoming animated Castlevania series has just been revealed on Facebook, and you can check it below. It comes to Netflix sometime this year.

Cloverfield director Matt Reeves to helm The Batman
A Bob’s Burgers album with 112 songs on it is on the way
Watch the new Rock Dog music video

Rock Dog may be opening this Friday, but it hasn’t exactly been given the biggest marketing push so far. Lionsgate attempts to change that with the release of an official music video for the film, along with a new TV spot. You can watch both in the players below.

Rock Dog not set to rock the box office
Beauty and the Beast tracking for $140 million+ opening
Floyd Norman and Leo Sullivan to help run Punch Animation

Production company Punch TV Studios has announced they are creating a new division that will focus on the development of animated television series and movies called Punch Animation. Previously Urban Television Network (the first African-American owned network in America) Punch Animation has hired animation legend Floyd Norman to be the President of Creative Development and […]

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Jorge Garcia talks about preparing for Rock Dog role
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