animated-news

India’s Tata Elxsi purchases majority stock in US animation company

In the past few months, we’ve seen Bollywood trying to develop Indian animation. Tata Elxsi, an Indian based company, recently acquired the majority stock in the US animation company A Squared Entertainment. While Tata Elxsi is going more Hollywood than Bollywood, the joint venture will produce children’s programs via the Internet, television, and gaming and […]

Bob’s Burgers debuts tonight

Fox’s newest animated series, Bob’s Burgers, makes its primetime debut tonight after much promotion from the network. The show focuses on Bob Belcher, a man who must struggle to keep his burger store open and his family in order. Its been getting mixed reviews from critics overall, with USA Today being especially negative, saying that “it […]

The Incredibles Blu-ray in April

Disney/Pixar’s superhero flick The Incredibles is all set for its Blu-ray debut on April 12, reports DVDizzy. The 4-disc set will include two Blu-ray discs, a DVD, and a digital copy. All the special features will likely be carried over from the 2005 DVD release. New bonus features on this release will include The Incredibles […]

Ghibli’s Arrietty the Borrower finds its lead English voice

Producer Frank Marshall revealed on twitter that actress Bridgit Mendler is leading the English voice cast for Studio Ghibli’s latest film Arrietty the Borrower for its North American release, reports /Film. Based on Mary Norton‘s 1952 novel The Borrowers, the film, directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, with supervision by Hayao Miyazaki, was released in Japan on […]

New posters for Rio

Latino Review has shared four new posters from Twentieth Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios’ upcoming animated flick Rio. Directed by Carlos Saldanha and featuring the voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx, Tracy Morgan, Leslie Mann, Jemaine Clement, George Lopez, Jake T. Austin and Will.I.Am, Rio opens in theaters on April 15.

The Last Unicorn Blu-ray/DVD combo in February

DVDActive reports that Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced a Blu-ray/DVD Combo release of The Last Unicorn for February 22nd. Extras on this release will include a commentary with Writer Peter S. Beagle and Publisher Connor Cochran, featurettes (“Immortal Voices” and “Peter S. Beagle and His Work”), a Tail of The Last Unicorn mini-documentary, Schmendrick’s Magical […]

New poster for Winnie the Pooh

A first poster for Disney’s upcoming Winnie the Pooh has just been posted online over at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. On a note of interest, the poster says that the movie is coming “this spring,” which would indicate a possible release date change. The current release date for the film is July 15th, which […]

Scrat’s Continental Crack-Up now online

Blue Sky Studios’ latest animated short Scrat’s Continental Crack-Up, featuring the saber toothed squirrel Scrat from the Ice Age films, is now available to watch on Apple. The short which also played in theaters with Gulliver’s Travels, marks Scrat’s reunion with his cursed acorn. Ice Age: Continental Drift, the next installment of the Ice Age […]

Megamind DVD and Blu-ray in February

DVD Active reports that DreamWorks has announced DVD and Blu-ray/DVD Combo releases of Megamind for February 25. Extras on this release will include a filmmakers commentary, a deleted scene, a Meet The Cast Of Megamind featurette, a 4-part World Of DreamWorks Animation feature, and preview trailers. Additionally, the Blu-ray/DVD Combo release will also include a […]

Pete Postlethwaite remembered

The UK’s Guardian Online has posted a warm tribute to Pete Postlethwaite, “the best actor in the world” as he was described by director Steven (The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Amistad) Spielberg. Postlethwaite, who appeared as the magic old man in James And The Giant Peach among many other films, sadly passed away aged 64 […]

Monsters, Inc. 2 plot details, a prequel?

Collider has details on the plot for Monsters, Inc. 2 which may be a prequel instead of a sequel. Mike and Sully will return in a brand new movie about their adventures while they attended Fear University and how they became best friends, years before their escapade at Monsters, Inc. with Boo. To get the […]

Disney unveils 2011 3D Blu-ray plans including The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has announced plans to release at least fifteen of its films on Disney 3D Blu-ray in 2011. Animated classics The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast, and current theatrical releases Tron: Legacy and Tangled are among the 15 titles scheduled to be released next year. Additional titles include Bolt, Meet […]

Toonpur Ka Superrhero is Bollywood’s newest animated movie

While Bollywood produces more movies than Hollywood annually, they haven’t developed many animated films. After a couple flops, Roadside Romeo and Ramayana-The Epic, Toonpur Ka Superrhero proves to be a successful film. The Indian Express provides a detailed review, while Cartoon Brew has the trailer. In the vein of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Aditya is […]

New Kung Fu Panda 2 TV Spot

A (very short) new TV spot for the upcoming Kung Fu Panda 2 has just been revealed over at ComingSoon.net. The anticipated DreamWorks Animation release comes to theaters and IMAX 3-D next summer.

Anime movies up for the Japanese Academy Prize

On February 18, 2011 Japan will have its 34th Japanese Academy Prize ceremony. The Academy Prize is the Japanese equivalent to Hollywood’s Oscars. Five movies were nominated in the category of feature length animated film: Sunrise Studio’s Colorful, The Borrower Arrietty from Studio Ghibli, Doraemon The Movie: Nobita’s Great Battle of the Mermaid King made […]

Disney’s Tangled and Tron still strong

The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Disney’s holiday hopes, the animated Tangled and fanboy favorite Tron: Legacy continue to do well. Tangled is “keeping up with newer Christmas family offerings” to pass the $150m domestic gross mark, while Tron also registered a milestone to become “the first Christmas film to cross $100m domestically”, pulling in […]

US Postal Service to release Pixar stamps in 2011

The United States Postal Service announced today that they will release a commemorative series of Pixar stamps in 2011. This pane of 20 stamps, which go on sale August 19, includes five different designs featuring Pixar characters Lightning McQueen and Mater from Cars, Remy the rat and Linguini from Ratatouille, Buzz Lightyear and two of […]

New Rango featurette

A new behind the scenes featurette from Gore Verbinski’s upcoming animated film Rango is now available to watch on Yahoo!Movies. Starring Johnny Depp, Alanna Ubach, Abigail Breslin, Isla Fisher and Alfred Molina, Rango opens in theaters March 18, 2011.

Tangled gets groomed for disc release

With somewhat little fanfare and no official announcement as of yet, Disney’s current box-office hit Tangled has been added to Amazon.com in a variety of formats, all of which reveal the film’s cover art. Although available on single-disc DVD and regular two-disc Blu-ray/DVD, only the four-disc Blu-ray-3D Combo edition is available to pre-order, which includes […]

Highest grossing films of 2010

Cartoons have proven themselves this year by claiming four spots on the highest grossing films list for 2010, according to Forbes. Disney raked in over $2 billion with their films this year with Toy Story 3 at the top of the list. DreamWorks with Shrek Forever After and How To Train Your Dragon follow behind […]

Tron and Twilight get animated!

Popular movies with a stake in the children’s market are often transformed into cartoon TV series. Total Film has confirmed that an animated Tron series based on the recent movie will premiere next summer. Bruce Boxleitner is involved with the project. The series will fit in with the established continuity and will be ten episodes […]

Scrat coming to theaters with Gulliver’s Travels

Cinema Blend is reporting that a brand new Ice Age short will be shown in theaters with the Jack Black comedy Gulliver’s Travels this weekend. The short, entitled Scrat’s Continental Crack-Up, will feature its title character accidently causing the continental divide when attempting to bury his acorn. Fans of the character, however, may remember that he already […]

DreamWorks Acquires Maintenance comic book movie rights

We’ve seen a lot of movies about evil geniuses lately and now DreamWorks has acquired the movie rights to Maintenance a comic book about two janitors and the mad scientists they clean up after. Johnny and Manny work for TerroMax, an evil think tank, and they deal with the aftermath of experiments gone bad. Maintenance […]

Ashoka-The Hero is India’s own animated superhero

Bollywood Hungama gives the scoop about Illusion Interactive and their first leap into an animated feature: Ashoka-The Hero. The movie is about a boy named Ashoka whose father was a policeman, who died in the line of duty. He finds a medallion created by the Emperor Asoka to protect humanity from evil, which gives him […]

Superman flies to Canada, alongside Alvin 3!?

Well that one flew right by us! In a confirmation that Zack Snyder’s new Superman reboot, to be produced by Christopher Nolan, will shoot in Vancouver, The Hollywood Reporter mentions that Alvin And The Chipmunks 3 will also lens at the North Shore/Mammoth Studios next year. Expect the film to arrive in theaters in late […]

Tron launches into weekend victory

Disney’s much buzzed-about Tron: Legacy easily won the box office battle this weekend with a first place take of $43 million, Box Office Mojo is reporting. The sequel–which was almost certainly very expensive for the studio to make–had no trouble beating the other animation-related newcomer this weekend, the animated/live-action Yogi Bear. Predictably panned by critics, Yogi […]

A Smurfy new poster

ComingSoon.net has just revealed a brand new poster for The Smurfs, which can be viewed here. From the director of Scooby-Doo and starring Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria and Katy Perry, the movie smurfs its way into theaters in 3-D next August.

Tron: Legacy tops Avatar and Inception openings with $3.6m midnight showing

After what can politely be called “mixed reviews” Tron: Legacy‘s legion of ravenous fans have quelled any last minute fears Disney may have had in the box-office fortunes of the film by ringing up more than $3.6m in Thursday night midnight showings – more than the $3m posted earlier this year and Avatar‘s $3.5m showing […]

Tron Guy Reviews Tron Legacy

Remember that guy who dressed up like a program from Tron and became a web sensation? He recently reviewed Tron Legacy on Wired. Jay Maynard AKA Tron Guy states that the movie went beyond his expectations and actually brought him to tears. He also reflects on his role as Tron Guy and how he brought […]

Terry Gilliam to head the composite fantasy 1884

Terry Gilliam’s wacky and fantastical animation has entertained audiences for years. The Film Stage reports the Monty Python animator will head “a retro sci-fi fantasy” set in a steam punk world. The film will feature live-action puppets with CGI heads and the actors’ eyes/mouths. The story is about a bumbling secret agent charged with stopping […]