Two new TV spots for ucoming animated movies made their debut during the Kids Choice Awards on Nick last Friday, and both can be found online at ComingSoon.net. The first is a look at Pixar’s Monsters University while the second is a brief ad for Despicable Me 2. Monsters opens everywhere on June 21st, while […]

As they did last year with The Avengers, Disney is celebrating the release of Iron Man 3 this summer with a special decorated monorail, Orlando Attractions is reporting. The site has early pics and also a video regarding the “Stark Industries” monorail’s debut. Iron Man 3 opens everywhere this May.

Continuing Disney’s trend of rushing their animated features/direct-to-DVD sequels to Blu-Ray in the form of “2-Movie Collections,” the studio will continue that trend this summer with three releases on June 11th, Blu-Ray.Com is reporting. The Emperor’s New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Lilo & Stitch will all come out for the first time in the […]

A preview of Blue Sky’s upcoming film Epic will air tonight during the Kids’ Choice Awards. Animation fans may also be interested in several of the awards which include Favorite Cartoon (Fairly OddParents, Phineas and Ferb, SpongeBob SquarePants, Tom and Jerry), Favorite Animated Movie (Brave, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, Wreck-It […]

DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods–the studio’s first film to be distributed by 20th Century Fox–opens today on a massive 4,000+ screens, Box Office Mojo is reporting. The site is also predicting the movie to easily win the weekend with an opening of $38 million, while Box Office Prophets is slightly more optimistic with an expected debut of $40 […]

This week, Walt Disney Animation Studios welcomed a special guest: a reindeer, as a reference for the animators of Frozen. Feature animation coordinator Laura Meredith and effects animator Bruce Wright have each posted a pic of the reindeer online, while story supervisor Paul Briggs shares some of his sketches of her. Audiences can catch the […]

Stand-up comic Gabriel Iglesias and Sky Sports F1 commentator David Croft have joined DisneyToon Studios’ Planes. Croft will voice Racing Sports Network blimp Lofty Crofty for the film’s UK version, having posted a pic of the character on his Twitter profile. Iglesias, who also announced his casting via Twitter, has yet to reveal his character.

On the heels of last year’s Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, characters Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria are heading to SeaWorld for Madagascar Live! Operation: Vacation. According to PR Newswire, the show will feature familiar and new tunes from the franchise, performed by a live band. In addition, the characters will conduct meet and greets […]

Starting Saturday, all Walt Disney World and Disneyland resorts and parks in the U.S. will no longer allow unsupervised guests who are 14 years or younger. Disney selected the age of 14 after surveying guests and speaking with organizations dealing with child welfare, Disney spokesperson Suzi Brown told NBC4. She added that no particular incident […]

Coming Soon premieres the title treatment for Warner Bros.’ The LEGO Movie, directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs). To build anticipation for the film, Warner Bros. is asking LEGO enthusiasts to create 15-30 second video clips as part of the “LEGO ReBrick Movie Competition”. One of the clips […]

Two by two, the animals – and now directors – boarded Noah’s Ark. Deadline.com reports that Kung Fu Panda co-director John Stevenson and Shark Tale co-director Cameron Hood are helming the Unified Pictures computer animated musical. Written by Philip LaZebnik (Mulan), Noah’s Ark tells of Gilbert the meerkat, who leads a ragtag band of animals […]

Coming Soon attended a 45-minute presentation for Fox/Blue Sky’s Epic, in which director Chris Wedge showed new scenes and elaborated on making the film. One interesting note from Wedge was that Epic bears little resemblance to its original source material, William Joyce’s illustrated storybook The Leaf Men. The project became something different when Joyce left […]

One of the most talked about aspects of Sam Raimi’s blockbuster Oz The Great and Powerful is its opening credits sequence. Created by Yu + Co, the black-and-white, stereo 4:3 sequence was inspired by the films of George Melis, as explained by Garson Yu in an interview with Cinema Blend. Now viewers can witness this […]

Cartoon Brew reports that Escape from Planet Earth is the highest-grossing computer animated movie distributed by the Weinstein Co. Thus far, Earth has collected more than $52 million during its theatrical run. The studio’s previous top CGI earner was Hoodwinked, which collected $51.4 million in 2005.

Rise of the Guardians premiered atop Nielsen Video’s First Alert sales chart, which tracks overall disc sales, and Nielsen’s Blu-ray Disc sales chart. Oscar-winner Life of Pi debuted at No. 2 on both charts, despite making $122 million to Guardians‘ $103 million in theaters domestically. Wreck-It Ralph, the previous week’s top seller, fell to No. […]

ComingSoon.net has an interview with The Croods stars Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone and Ryan Reynolds. And Empire Magazine has a gallery of some of the strange creatures their characters will face on their journey. The Croods opens this Friday, March 22nd.

Collider has a photo from the set of The Muppets…Again! movie featuring Tina Fey and what appears to be Kermit’s “jewel-heisting doppelgänger named Constantine”. Ricky Gervais and Ty Burrell also star. The film is set to open a year from tomorrow, on March 21, 2014.

Amongst the Disney classics, is an often forgotten movie musical combining live action with animation. Pete’s Dragon is story about an orphan boy befriended by dragon who becomes invisible at the drop of a hat. Following a recent trend of remakes and augmentations to current titles (i.e. Cinderella, Malifiecent, and the possible Beauty and the […]

ComingSoon.net has some images from the upcoming The Art of The Croods book, “which features over 400 pieces of concept art, character sketches, storyboards and digital paintings, along with interviews with key animation talent”. The film opens this Friday, while you can pick up the book on March 26th.

Deadline reports that the new Angry Birds Toons series that just launched this weekend has, among other signs, caused BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield to forecast that “the pace of innovation is accelerating and that traditional media industry gatekeepers run by executives such as Brian Roberts, Rupert Murdoch, Bob Iger, Sumner Redstone, Jeff Bewkes, etc. do […]

Kevin Eastman , one of the creators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, is happy with the direction of the upcoming Micheal Bay film reboot, according to Comic Book Resources. “From everything that I’ve seen in the script and the development and everything they’ve asked my input on specifically, it’s gonna be an awesome, familiar, […]

CinemaBlend has an interesting look behind the scenes of the 3D retro-themed animated opening credits sequence in Oz The Great and Powerful. “Our opening sequence needed to set up this sensational 3D journey, up front, so that the audience kind of expects the whole entire film is going to be an adventure fantasy film. We […]

During a recent event at Le Moyne and Syracuse University, Thomas Newman revealed that he will provide the musical score for Disney/Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur, says The Dolphin. This will mark Newman’s third collaboration with the studio, having provided Oscar-nominated scores for Finding Nemo and WALL-E. Directed by Bob Peterson, The Good Dinosaur tells of […]

Priyanka Chopra is the latest actress confirmed for DisneyToon Studios’ Planes, reports the Indo-Asian News Service. Chopra will voice the character Ishani, one of the many international planes to be featured in the Cars spin-off. Take Five A Day has a sneak peek at Ishani’s design.