Despite being by far the lowest grossing film in the franchise on the domestic front, strong international ticket sales have helped Disney’s Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides cross the $1 billion mark, making it only the eighth movie in film history to do so. Although it got a general “meh” from critics, the […]

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that actor Tom Hanks, talking to the BBC in promoting his new movie, thinks Pixar is secretly working on a Toy Story 4. While not a total surprise given the critical and commercial success of the previous Toy Story films, in particular last summer’s Oscar-winning threequel, it was thought the […]

The first teaser trailer for Disney-Pixar’s upcoming feature Brave is now available to watch on their YouTube channel. Featuring the voice cast of Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, Robbie Coltrane, and Julie Walters, Brave will be out in theaters June 22nd, 2012. Additionally, Rope Of Silicon has shared four new […]

Disney/Pixar’s Cars 2 opens today in 4,115 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. For the first time in their history Pixar is not feeling the love of the critics, with the film only mustering a 35% on Rotten Tomatoes. Still it is easily expected to win the weekend, with Box Office Prophets projecting $68.6 million […]

Collider posted nine new pictures from the newest movie starring everyone’s favorite puppets and interviews with Amy Adams, Jason Segal, and on set video blog. Plot details are revealed along with a scoop on behind the scenes and much more Muppet fun!

The first poster for Disney & Pixar’s upcoming Brave has made its way online today at EW.com. A teaser trailer for the film is supposed to play in theaters this weekend with Cars 2. The first ever fairy tale from Pixar, Brave comes to theaters everywhere on June 22, 2012.

As was announced earlier today, an action-packed new trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s Puss in Boots has just been posted at Yahoo! Movies. The preview offers several glimpses at the new characters in the film, including mastermind Humpty Dumpty and the sneaky Kitty Softpaws. The Shrek spinoff opens in theaters and IMAX 3D this November.

“I won’t let go, Alvin. I won’t let go…” A very short teaser trailer for Fox’s next Chipmunks flick has just been posted on YouTube via VisoTrailers. The preview begins as though its an ad for James Cameron’s Titanic, only to have Alvin rather predictably shout that he’s “the king of the world” at the end of […]

A brand new (and pretty cool-looking) poster for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming Puss in Boots movie has been revealed over at Yahoo! Movies. The site also announces that a new trailer for the film will premiere online later on today. Starring Antonio Bandaras, Puss in Boots kicks butt in theaters this November.

In light of the three month anniversary of the earthquake that rocked Japan and sent the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into a near meltdown, Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli hung a banner on top of their building that reads, “Studio Ghibli wa Gen-Patsu Nuki no Denki de Eiga o Tsukuritai” or “Studio Ghibli Wants to […]

After months of intense marketing from Warner Bros., the studio’s big-budget superhero movie Green Lantern flew off to a solid start with $52 million, Box Office Mojo is reporting. Unfortunately, the movie got very negative reviews for the most part, so it might be hard for the film to display strong legs. Meanwhile, Kung Fu Panda […]

Early reviews for Cars 2 are now appearing on the internet, and since this a release from Pixar, it is no surprise that they are strong. Variety calls it “the rare sequel that not only improves on but retroactively justifies its predecessor, this lightning-paced caper-comedy shifts the franchise into high gear with international intrigue, spy-movie spoofery […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is very busy lately. The recently banned performance capture animation (a technique pioneered by Robert Zemeckis with The Polar Express) from the nomination ballot. The changed the rules again to increase the number of animated films available for nomination each year based on how many are released. […]

Even though it’s apparently not coming to theaters until the summer of 2013, an early promotional image for Universal’s Despicable Me 2 has been revealed at this year’s Licensing International Expo, and can be seen at ComingSoon.net. Nothing is known about the sequel’s plot at this point, but if the poster is any indication, the popular […]

Three Smurfy new images from Sony’s upcoming The Smurfs have just been posted at Cinema Blend. The much-marketed film based off of the popular blue characters comes to theaters in 3D this July.

Cartoon Network’s popular sci-fi adventure series Ben 10 is set to get the big screen treatment. ComingSoon.net is reporting that producer Joel Silver has plans to turn the animated franchise into a live-action motion picture. “In ‘Ben 10,’ Cartoon Network has built a property that is loved across the world,” he said. “It has a fun […]

Anime News Network reports that 4Kids Entertainment will pitch Yu-Gi-Oh Zexel to potential merchandisers. 4Kids plans to release the new series this fall on Toonzai. The company is currently in the middle of a lawsuit, however, with the Japanese licensors, TV Tokyo and ADK’s Nihon Ad Systems (NAS). Both tried to cancel their contract with […]

The Gundam franchise is to Japan as Star Wars is to the US. Combining anime, manga, and toys–generally model kits–the name Gundam is a multi-million platform. On June 25, the Bandai Channel will announce the next project for the Gundamname on its website. Will it be a new anime? Will it continue previous Gundam canons […]

Screen Rant is reporting that Shrek director Andrew Adamson is set to produce an edgy computer animated movie called Beasts of Burden. Based off of a Dark Horse Comics book, the plot will involve a band of dogs (and one cat) who defend their land from dark forces such as cannibalistic frogs, witches and an evil society […]

The first trailer for Disney’s upcoming Planes film has just been posted on their official YouTube page. Taking place in the same world as Pixar’s Cars, the film comes from Disney Toon Studios, which is also responsible for the company’s current Tinker Bell series. Planes is the first movie in what Disney hopes will become a new […]

Disney announced today via ComingSoon.net that their up-until-now top secret animated movie Reboot Ralph has been given a new title, the more destructive sounding Wreck-It Ralph. The plot involves an arcade game villain who’s not content with his place in life, wanting to be loved like his hero enemy instead of hated like the bad guy that […]

Another international poster for The Smurfs has just made its way to the Internet Movie Poster Awards. The live-action/animated comedy comes to theaters on July 29th.

Perhaps due to strong word-of-mouth among audiences or most children being out of school for the summer now, DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 saw a pretty good hold this weekend, dropping only 30% from last weekend’s numbers for a take of $16.6 million, Box Office Mojo is reporting. It now has a domestic total of […]

When you take the director of a post-apocalyptic animated movie about talking ragdolls and pair him with the special effects company responsible for James Cameron’s Avatar, you don’t necessarily expect them to come up with a Thomas the Tank Engine movie as a result. And yet that’s exactly what’s happening. Deadline is reporting that 9 director Shane […]

A clip from Pixar’s new short La Luna is available to watch at /Film. Directed by Enrico Casarosa, La Luna is the timeless fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. The short premiered at the Annecy festival earlier this week.

Cowabunga! According to Deadline, new writers have officially been hired to write the script for the long in development Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot. Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec, who recently penned the upcoming Mission Impossible IV, will be writing the next adventure for the hard-shelled green fighting machines. It is unknown whether the film […]