There’s still no official premiere date for it, but Nickelodeon’s official YouTube page has revealed the first trailer for The Legend of Korra: Book III. Fans may be a bit disappointed that the preview literally reveals nothing about the next season’s plot, but should be happy about what is possibly a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it shot of fan […]

The upcoming SpongeBob SquarePants movie finally has a name, a website, and a poster. The name for the followup to the 2004 film is The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water and the website is at www.spongebobmovie.com. ComingSoon.net has a first look at the poster, which appears to feature CG animation rather than the hand […]

Sega’s video game icon Sonic the Hedgehog is coming to the big screen according to The Wrap. Sony Pictures Entertainment and Marza Animation Planet are teaming up to create the hybrid CG-animated/live-action feature, written by Evan Susser and Van Robichaux and produced by Neal H. Moritz. Columbia Pictures’ president of production Hannah Minghella said, “There […]

Following the extreme success of Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Disney is working on bringing another of their animated properties to their Disney Junior line-up, this time The Lion King. The Lion Guard,  ComingSoon.net reveals, will follow Kion, the second born of Simba and Nala, who becomes “the leader of a group of the […]

Two new posters–one domestic, one international–for Disney’s upcoming Big Hero 6 have made their way online, and can be seen at the IMPAwards. The animated adventure opens everywhere November 7th.

Following the news that Elsa would be showing up on ABC’s Once Upon a Time this fall, TV Line has revealed that Frozen’s Anna and Kristoff will be appearing on the TV series as well. Elsa is reported to be featured in nine episodes of the show’s fourth season, while Anna and Kristoff will show […]

Season 3 of the Avatar: The Last Airbender spin-off The Legend of Korra is now “complete,” series co-creator Michael Dante DiMartino revealed on his tumblr. “Can’t believe we’ve finished an entire season’s worth of shows,” he said. “We’re so proud of everyone who worked so hard to make Book 3 the best season of Korra yet!” […]

It’s been out for several weeks now, but Disney’s Frozen is continuing to make even more money on DVD and Blu-Ray, Home Media Magazine reports. The animated phenomenon has topped the charts for eight weeks since it was released on disc in March. Although Frozen topped overall disc sales, the top selling Blu-Ray of the […]

GKIDS has released the English language trailer for Wrinkles, which can be viewed over at IMDB. The movie is a 2011 animated film for adults from Spain that chronicles the joys and heartbreaks of a man who’s just been sent to an old folks home by his family. The English dub features the voices of […]

Disney’s much-marketed Maleficent was unleashed in movie theaters this weekend, with very strong results, Collider is reporting. The live-action “update” on the fairy tale–which re-imagines the popular villain as a sympathetic anti-hero of sorts–made a fantastic $70 million according to studio estimates. For those keeping score, that is a lot less than the $120 million […]

The first images from producer Guillermo del Toro’s animated The Book of Life have been revealed by USA Today, along with brief interviews with Channing Tatum (who voices the film’s lead) and director Jorge Gutierrez. The movie, which tells the story of a matador’s son who dreams of being a guitar player, is more or […]

The teaser poster for Big Hero 6 was revealed on Yahoo! Movies this morning, along with a “teaser” for tomorrow’s trailer debut. The preview is also possibly going to be seen on the big screen this weekend with 3-D prints of X-Men: Days of Future Past. The movie blasts into theaters November 7th. UPDATE: The […]

In a very unexpected move, DreamWorks Animation has just announced that their upcoming Madagascar spin-off The Penguins of Madagascar will be coming to theaters this Thanksgiving, while Home will be pushed back until 2016. The reason for the switch is unknown, but Dawn Taubin, Chief Marketing Officer at the studio, did give the following statement: […]

Disney on Ice Presents: Frozen will be coming to civic centers across America beginning this fall, ComingSoon.Net is reporting. It should be no surprise, given that Frozen has several songs and an incredibly popular soundtrack, but what’s curious is that the show will include “special appearances” by characters from Toy Story, The Lion King and […]

The first trailer for Disney’s Big Hero 6 is hitting the internet this Thursday, but USA Today has your first look at official images from the film, along with a short interview with directors Don Hall and Chris Williams. “It became really, really interesting in immersing ourselves in the tech world right now and leveraging […]

The hotly anticipated How to Train Your Dragon 2 recently had its premiere at the Cannes film festival, and reviews have been gradually popping online ever since. For those who don’t want any plot details revealed, however, Screen Rant has an excellent piece with spoiler-free quotes from several critics. So far, the response has mostly […]

Legends Of Oz: Dorothy’s Return got off to a rough start last weekend: The movie collected a mere $3.7 million from 2,575 theaters, the worst opening ever for an animated movie in more than 2,500 theaters. The small opening followed a low-key marketing campaign from Clarius Entertainment – distributing their first feature – and negative […]

A new clip and featurette for How to Train Your Dragon 2 have made their way online, and can be seen at ComingSoon.net. The clip focuses on Hiccup and his love interest Astrid, while the featurette talks about the gap between the events of the TV series and the sequel. How to Train Your Dragon […]

Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return–the first movie from new production company Summertime Entertainment–saw a record-breaking weekend, but not in a good way. Cartoon Brew is reporting that the movie had the lowest opening for an animated film playing on more than 2,500 screens ever, “beating” 2011’s Hoodwinked Too! The movie made just $3.7 million, which […]

Shortly after it got confirmed for a fourth season, last week’s episode of Once Upon a Time teased the appearance of an unexpected face: Elsa from the smash hit Frozen. Although various fairy tale characters have shown on up the show, this will be the first time it uses a character from an actual Disney […]

The first images from The Simpsons Guy–the upcoming crossover between Family Guy and The Simpsons–have been revealed online and can be seen at Collider. The episode will see the Griffins getting lost in Springfield, where Homer befriends Peter, Bart joins forces with Stewie, and Lisa does her best to help out Meg. It is set […]

Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return, the first animated movie from new studio Summertime Entertainment, opens today on 2,500 screens, Box Office Mojo is reporting. A “sequel” of sorts to The Wizard of Oz, the movie finds Dorothy returning to the Yellow Brick Road to take down an evil jester (voiced by Martin Short). So far, […]

In 2006, the newly launched AV started an MIA-DVD campaign to “compile the most concise listing we can of American and international feature films and cartoon short series as yet unavailable” on DVD. Den of Geek now asks why aren’t these 18 great animated films available on today’s HD disc format? “Sadly, there are some […]

There’s yet another Frozen success story to be discussed today, as the Disney movie finally crossed the $400 million mark in the US, The Wrap is reporting. That makes the film only the 19th film to ever cross that milestone, and the sixth movie from the Mouse House to do so. It’s also the fourth […]

The Disney Insider blog has revealed the title, concept, and some art from Disney Animation Studios’ latest short film. Titled Feast, and helmed by Paperman head of animation Patrick Osborne, the short “is the story of one man’s love life as seen through the eyes of his best friend and dog, Winston, and revealed bite […]

Variety looks at the career of composer John Powell. “Twenty of his 54 features have been animated. And with a resume that also includes a 2010 Oscar nomination for his soaring How to Train Your Dragon score and music for such hits as Happy Feet, three of the Ice Age movies, two Dr. Seuss entries, […]

Deadline reports that Sam Register has been promoted from EVP Creative Affairs to President of Warner Bros Animation. Peter Roth, Warner Bros Television Group President and Chief Content Officer said, “Sam has done an outstanding job shepherding Warner Bros Animation over the past six years, reinvigorating one of the most storied and accomplished animation production […]