New international posters for two upcoming animated films have made their way over to the IMP Awards. First up, we have a rather bizarre Japanese poster for The Smurfs 2, which to American audiences at least may look more like a comic book cover than a poster for a movie. Also from Japan is a […]

Box Office Mojo reports that Despicable Me 2 crushed the competition over the holiday weekend. “Through its first five days, Despicable Me 2 earned an estimated $142.1 million. That’s just ahead of Toy Story 3 ($141 million) for top five-day start ever for an animated movie… For the three-day period, Despicable Me 2 earned an […]

Amazon has just listed Disney/Pixar’s Monsters University as available to pre-order in both standard and 3D Blu-ray editions. A prequel to the 2001 blockbuster Monsters, Inc., the film follows “mismatched monsters Mike and Sulley as they overcome their differences and become the best of friends during their days at Monsters University.” With a 78% fresh […]

A new French poster for Frozen–notably more interesting than the American one, which just featured the film’s title–can now be seen at the IMP Awards. The movie opens everywhere in 3-D this Thanksgiving.

The Mary Sue highlights a Tumblr group of fan art re-imaginnig Disney’s upcoming film Frozen in more diverse ways. The people behind This Could Have Been Frozen say “the point of this blog is not to attack Frozen or boycott it… This blog wants to encourage [people of color] and artists alike to try to […]

Film Music Reporter has details on two upcoming Disney soundtracks. First up, a track listing for Planes is now available. “The album features the film’s original score composed by Mark Mancina (Tarzan, Twister, Speed, Brother Bear), as well a couple of original songs by Mark Holman, Chris Classic & Alana D and Jon Stevens of […]

A brand new Japanese trailer for Disney’s upcoming animated feature Frozen has found its way online and gives first look at some of the lead characters using plenty of footage from the movie, reports BleedingCool. Directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck and featuring the voices of Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Idina Menzel, Alan Tudyk […]

Sony/Illumination’s Despicable Me 2 opens today in 3,997 theatres, according to Box Office Mojo. The film is doing well with the critics, picking up a 74% Fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes. The consensus: “It may not be as inspired as its predecessor, but Despicable Me 2 offers plenty of eye-popping visual inventiveness and a number […]

Pixar’s Monsters University held on to the top spot in theatres for the second weekend in a row according to Box Office Mojo. Dropping only 44% from its opening haul, the film took in an estimated $46.2 million over the weekend. Overall it’s earned $171 million over ten days. BOM predicts “if it doesn’t get […]

ComingSoon got a sneak peak at Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. They give the early review of the plot and write about a chat they had with directors Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn.

Any child of the nineties probably ran around in their backyard yelling, “By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!” more than once. If all the “i’s” are dotted and “t’s” crossed, an entirely new generation will be shouting the eco-friendly catchphrase. Spinoff Online reports that “Sony Pictures is in final negotiations for the rights […]

If you’ve just got back from the theatre after seeing Pixar’s latest we’ve got some special features for you. SoundWorks Collection profiles Monsters University sound designer Tom Myers of Skywalker Sound in an entertaining and informative 10 minute video. BuzzFeed has a feature on how and why a major character in the film completely changed […]

Frankenweenie picked up two trophies at the 39th Annual Saturn Awards this week. Given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films , they’re billed as “the top honors for genre entertainment”. Frankenweenie beat out Brave, ParaNorman, and Wreck-It Ralph for Best Animated Film, while Danny Elfman won Best Music for the score. […]

The year is halfway over and Hollywood has seen tremendous gains in profit. The Hollywood Reporter tracks the top earners, noting that DreamWorks is doing better despite a slow start. Even slow Sony has seen its stock grow. What does not come as a surprise, however, is the findings show that Disney is the top […]

Release dates for two popular cartoon shows “for big kids” were announced today, and Blu-Ray.com has the news on both. First up is Robot Chicken: Season 6, which will give fans a ton of special features, including commentary tracks on all 20 episodes, more than 50 deleted animatics and seven fully animated deleted scenes. Next […]

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck team to outwit the “No shirt, no shoes, no service” policy of Goofy’s diner in No Service, now available to view at Disney.com. Following the March debut of Croissant de Triomphe, No Service is the second of 19 brand-new shorts starring Mickey and his friends, who have been given 1930s-influenced […]

Amazon.com is now taking pre-orders for Mickey’s Christmas Carol and Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year, coming to Blu-ray on November 5. Originally released as a direct-to-video feature, A Very Merry Pooh Year uses interstitials to combine the 1991 TV special Winnie the Pooh and Christmas, Too with the 2002 short Happy Pooh […]

Before Disney bought Pixar, a script for Monsters, Inc. 2: Lost in Scaradise was being worked on by Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir, as the screenwriters discussed in an exclusive interview with Animated Views last year. Now io9 shares concept art from the never-made sequel and recalls details about its plot: “The movie was to […]

Hayao Miyazaki never fails to tantalize his audiences around the world with his imagination. Stepping away from his fantasy element, Miyazaki has journeyed into a more realistic story in his latest film The Wind Rises. The film focuses on Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed the Zero Fighter used by Japanese pilots in World War […]

The Wrap notes that Despicable Me 2 opened in Australia this weekend where it did 38% better than the first film and was Illumination’s best debut down under. The film had early previews in the UK and Ireland, and ended up #1 at the box office on Saturday, beating both World War Z and Man […]

Cinema Blend has a regular feature where they rate whether the 3D version of a film is worth paying the extra money for, titled “To 3D or Not to 3D”. This week they look at Monsters University, and the reviewer herself is surprised by the score.

Film Music Reporter says that in addition to the regular soundtrack being released for DreamWorks’ film Turbo, a deluxe edition will also be available. That version will feature 11 additional tracks from Henry Jackman’s score. Check out the link for the full listing.

Seeing the second best Pixar opening of all time, Monsters University easily topped the box office this weekend, ComingSoon.Net is reporting. The only one of the studio’s films to top its $82 million debut was Toy Story 3 back in 2010. In other box office news, Man of Steel saw a slightly bigger than expected drop–largely […]

In April, CinemaCon attendees saw artwork revealing the new designs for Hiccup and Astrid in How to Train Your Dragon 2. Now License Global, via Bleeding Cool, presents more images of the characters, who have aged a bit since the events of the first movie and TV series. In addition, the magazine has an updated […]