We are definitely not in Kansas anymore. Mike Johnson (Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride) is set to direct an edgy stop-motion/CGI feature film inspired by The Wizard of Oz called Oz Wars, MovieWeb is reporting. Described as “a freaky action-packed audience pleaser,” the story will involve Dorothy finding herself in a very different version of the Land of Oz, which will now […]

Sony Pictures Animation is teaming up with David Reynolds, the Academy Award nominated co-writer of Finding Nemo for an untitled animated feature, reports HeatVision. Stephan Franck has been signed on to direct the flick. Franck was a supervising animator on Iron Giant and also worked as a storyboard artist on Despicable Me, and story artist […]

Forty-one songs from the films of 2010 are in the running for Best Original Song Oscar nominations. Nine are from animated features: • Despicable Me from Despicable Me • Prettiest Girls from Despicable Me • Sticks & Stones from How to Train Your Dragon • Le Gris from Idiots and Angels • Chanson Illusionist from […]

A new trailer for director Mamoru Hosoda’s upcoming animated feature Summer Wars is now available to watch on Apple. Featuring the voices of Michael Sinterniklaas, Brina Palencia, Pam Dougherty, Todd Haberkorn, J. Michael Tatum, and Maxey Whitehead, Summer Wars tells the story of an ordinary family going to extraordinary lengths to avert the impending cyber […]

A new trailer for Paramount’s upcoming animated flick Rango has appeared online, and can be watched over at Yahoo!Movies. Directed by Gore Verbinski, and featuring the voices of Johnny Depp, Alanna Ubach, Abigail Breslin, Isla Fisher and Alfred Molina, Rango opens on March 18, 2011.

Nominations for the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced today. Nominees for the Best Animated Film category are Toy Story 3, How to Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist, Despicable Me, and Tangled. Tangled also received a Best Song nomination for I See the Light. The British monarchy tale The King’s Speech led the Golden […]

The first trailer for Disney’s upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides can now be found online at Yahoo! Movies. The preview is also expected to be shown on the big screen with 3-D prints of Tron: Legacy on Friday. Directed by Rob Marshall of Chicago fame, the anticipated sequel sets sail everywhere on May […]

The nominations for next year’s Critics Choice Awards have just been revealed, with Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3 landing a spot in the Best Picture category. Predictably enough, it was also given a nod for Best Animated Feature, along with Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist & Tangled. Tangled was also nominated in the […]

A brand new poster for Rango has just been revealed over at Yahoo! Movies. The site also reports that a new trailer for the film is expected to hit the internet sometime tomorrow. Starring the voice of Johnny Depp, Rango hits theaters next spring.

Muppet Central has posted an official movie synopsis from Disney for the new Muppet movie. It looks like the Muppet Theater is in danger once again and the Muppets, plus a cast of colorful cameos must save it. The movie is scheduled to premier during the 2011 Thanksgiving weekend.

DreamWorks Animation has just announced a new 3D feature Me and My Shadow to be released in March 2013, reports Variety. Directed by Mark Dindal, the feature will seamlessly combine CG and traditional animation, a first for DreamWorks Animation. The film tells the story of Shadow Stan, an incredibly frustrated shadow that yearns for a […]

DreamWorks Animation is fighting a lawsuit against Terence Dunn, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Dunn, a writer, claims he proposed the idea of a “spiritual kung fu fighting panda bear” to the animation studio back in November 2001. His idea was rejected, but only months after his chat with DreamWorks, they began to promote Kung […]

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just announced that Open Season 3 will be coming to DVD and Blu-Ray next year, DVD Active is reporting. The sequel’s plot will involve Boog the bear switching places with a look-alike in order to join a Russian circus. Extras on the release will include games and a progression reel. Open Season […]

Apple has made available a brand new trailer for Blue Sky Studios’ upcoming animated feature Rio. Directed by Carlos Saldanha, and featuring the voices of George Lopez, Jemaine Clement, Tracy Morgan, Leslie Mann, will.i.am, and Jamie Foxx, Rio is set to open in 3D on April 8th, 2011.

Disney has announced Bambi will be the next in the Diamond Edition line, to be released on March 1, 2011. The film were feature a newly enhanced digital restoration, and enhanced picture and sound. A BD/DVD combo pack, HD digital download, and an SD digital download will be available on release day, with the DVD […]

Sony Pictures has just released the first teaser trailer for Aardman Animations’ upcoming CGI flick Arthur Christmas, which can now be viewed over at Yahoo!Movies. Directed by Barry Cook and Sarah Smith, and featuring the voices of James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, Hugh Laurie and Imelda Staunton, Arthur Christmas is scheduled to hit theaters […]

ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 38th Annual Annie Awards. The nominees for Best Animated Feature are Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon, Tangled, The Illusionist, and Toy Story 3. “This has been an unprecedented year for animation, as the high quality of work represented by our nominees will attest,” said ASIFA-Hollywood President […]

Caitlin Sanchez, the former voice of the popular children’s program Dora the Explorer recently ended her multimillion dollar lawsuit against Nickelodeon. She sued the cable network for lack of compensation for merchandise and residuals as well as lowering her pay for her work. After lawyers from both parties met, matters appear to have settled, but […]

After losing to Harry Potter by a hair last weekend, Disney’s Tangled claimed box office victory this weekend with a take of $21 million, Yahoo! Movies is reporting. It easily won over Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, which made about $16 million in its third week of release. Tangled currently has a total […]

Empire Online recently spoke with DreamWorks Animation honcho Jeffery Katzenberg, who revealed some plans for the future of the studio as far as sequels are concerned. He says that the plan is very clear for the Madagascar franchise, indicating that the third film–already in production–will end in a way to set up a fourth and final […]

Award season continues as the National Board of Review revealed their picks today. Toy Story 3 picked up the award for Best Animated Feature and was named one of the Ten Best Films of the year.

Composer Randy Newman is up for two Grammy Awards from two different animated projects. Toy Story 3 is nominated for Best Score Soundtrack. Other nominees include Danny Elfman for Alice in Wonderland and James Horner for Avatar. Newman is also up for Best Song written For TV or Film for Down in New Orleans from […]

io9.com posted a video interview with Joseph Kosinski, the director of Tron Legacy. Kosinski discusses the movie’s score composed by the French techno duo Daft Punk, how the music enhances the plot, and how the sound effects ad music work together. Daft Punk is famously known for their animated musical film Interstella 5555 supervised by […]

ComingSoon.net has just revealed that the 2011 Oscars will be co-hosted by Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada) and James Franco (the Spider-Man films). Franco himself is an interesting choice for host this year, as he could find himself also being nominated in the Best Actor category for the intense survival thriller 127 Hours. The Academy […]

Tangled barely missed coming in first place over the weekend, performing stronger than analysts expected according to Entertainment Weekly. It took in $49.1 million to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ $50.3 million. Adding in the mid-week opening days gave it a $69 million five day take. That’s good for the second best Thanksgiving opening […]

Nearly doubling expectations, Disney’s Tangled saw a fantastic Black Friday take of $19 million, Box Office Mojo is reporting. The number is only $1 million behind that of Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, which was expected to have a much stronger lead on the animated fairy tale. If things keep up the way […]