After the Mars Needs Moms disaster and the plug was pulled on the Yellow Submarine remake, Robert Zemeckis of The Polar Express and Who Framed Roger Rabbit fame has a new project. He will be producing a live action/animated movie based on the book How To Survive A Garden Gnome Attack. The film is budgeted […]

Warner Brothers Animation is responsible for the top-quality DC animated movies and series that have come out recently. After they adapted All Star Superman, they’ve turned their attention to Frank Miller’s classic The Dark Knight Returns. Miller’s graphic novel rebooted the Batman franchise and set the precedent for the dark, brooding caped crusader we know […]

The visual effects and animation studio based in Toronto Starz Animation sees new ownership and a new name: Arc Productions. The newly named studio will continue to do work on a contract basic, including work on Starz’ Camelot mini-series and Robosapien: Rebooted. In fall 2011, they will also release Dolphin Tale starring Morgan Freeman and […]

Hayao Miyazaki dabbled in manga before he became a renowned storyteller. His first original manga People of the Desert (Sabaku no Tami) is available online from The Ghibli Blog. Miyazaki worked at Toei Daga as an animator when he wrote this manga and you can see how his style evolved while making it.

Even though it has yet to play in the US, Blue Sky Animation’s Rio scored a big win around the world to win the foreign box office, Variety is reporting. The musical comedy had the best opening ever for an animated movie in Brazil–which is where the film takes place–, and a worldwide weekend total […]

Despite so-so ratings and speculation that the network would cancel it, Fox has decided to renew their recent animated series Bob’s Burgers for a second season, Collider is reporting. Although the pilot got some very negative reviews earlier this year, the more recent episodes have been gotten better reception overall.  Fox also has two more animated series to […]

Following on the crime-fighting heels of Batman, it’s the turn of the big blue boy scout to come to Blu-ray with the release of The Superman Motion Picture Anthology: 1978-2006, which collects the Christopher Reeve movies alongside the – it has to be said – less well received recent theatrical outing. In fact, the set […]

Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced Marvel Animation’s latest animated feature Thor: Tales of Asgard for Blu-ray release on May 17, reports Blu-ray. Coinciding with the theatrical release of the live-action Thor, this release will be made available as a BD/DVD combo pack. Special features on this release will include, “Worthy: The Making of Thor: Tales […]

The official logo for Pixar’s upcoming feature Monsters University was unveiled recently and can be seen at Collider. The site also reports that the Monsters, Inc. prequel which was earlier scheduled for a 2012 release, will now open in theatres on June 21, 2013. Disney had announced earlier that Dan Scanlon will make his feature-length […]

We’ve been teased with posters and images for months, but finally the first footage of the new ThunderCats series is available from Warner Brothers Animation. The story is pretty straightforward: a young Lion-O and his fellow ThunderCats must fight the evil forces of Mum-Ra after his father, King Claudius, fails. Larry Kenney, the voice of […]

Universal’s Easter comedy Hop beat the expectations of many to win the weekend with $38.1 million, according to studio estimates. Made by the people resposible for last year’s hit Despicable Me, the animated/live-action film may have had the best opening weekend of the year so far, depending on how actual numbers turn out to be […]

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has announced DVD and Blu-ray releases of Gnomeo & Juliet on May 24, 2011, reports DVDizzy. Available as a 3-Disc Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack, a 2-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack, and a 1-Disc DVD, bonus features on these releases include 2 alternate endings with filmmaker introductions, deleted & alternate scenes with filmmaker […]

Elf actress Zooey Deschanel will be performing three songs in Disney’s upcoming Winnie the Pooh movie, ComingSoon.net is reporting via an official press release from the studio. “This has been one of the most fun experiences I’ve ever had,” she said. “And I’ve just been thanking my lucky stars that I was able to work on […]

Jim Henson’s former studio in New York recently found a new buyer. Jesse Angelo, editor of The Daily purchased the townhome dubbed the Muppet Mansion. Henson bought the house in 1977 for $600,000 to serve as a workshop for his creations. After his death, his estate sold the home to a Bank of American executive […]

Another new poster for Disney’s upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean movie has been posted at the Internet Movie Poster Awards, as the marketing for this film continues to only get Stranger. The new ad features three of the film’s haunting mermaids, who will play a crucial role in the film’s plot. Starring Johnny Depp and […]

The popular superspy penguins from DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar films have already inspired their own hit TV series, but the Hollywood Reporter reports that the studio has even bigger plans for them in the future: A spin-off movie. MegaMind writers Alan J. Schoolcraft and Brent Simons are already attached to the project, although the film has yet to […]

ComingSoon.net reports that Disney has revealed at this year’s CinemaCon convention that the official title of their upcoming Monsters, Inc. film will be Monsters University. The site also confirms reports from earlier that the film will be a prequel rather than a sequel to the 2001 hit, with John Goodman and Billy Crystal returning to voice […]

Disney’s 50th “official” animated feature Tangled comes home today in two-disc Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack, a four-disc 3-D Blu-Ray, and a single disc DVD. Extras on the release include extended songs, deleted and alternate scenes, and more. A hit with critics and audiences, Tangled was a blockbuster for the studio, grossing $198 million in the US, making […]

Nominated in the category for Best Animated Feature at this year’s Oscars, The Illusionist is set to come to DVD and Blu-Ray this May, according to DVD Active. Extras on the release will include various featurettes and animation process features. From the director of The Triplets of Belleville, The Illusionist will be released on May […]

Paramount’s animated feature Rango crossed the $100 million mark this weekend, making it the first movie of 2011 to do so, USA Today is reporting. The critically acclaimed film is expected to take a dive next week, however, as the animated/live-action Hop comes out on Friday and is expected by many to be big. So far, […]

EW.com has a first look at some of the concept art for Pixar’s 2012 film Brave. Along with the pictures are some plot details and updates on the voice cast.

Following months of speculation surrounding who would play famous reporter Lois Lane in the upcoming Superman reboot–or if the character would even be in the film at all–, Hero Complex reports that the role has gone to none other than critical darling Amy Adams. Perhaps best known for playing Giselle in Disney’s Enchanted, Adams is a […]

2012 will be a hefty debut year for the Cartoon Network with thirteen new shows. How To Train Your Dragon and Green Lantern are being spun off into their own TV series. Two industries will be revived: ThunderCats and the Warner Brothers characters in The Looney Tunes Show. Ben 10 is getting another show and […]

Sony Pictures has just revealed via ComingSoon.net that their live-action/animated comedy The Smurfs has been bumped up a few days, now opening on July 29th instead of on August 3rd. The old release date would’ve placed it against this summer’s Planet of the Apes reboot Rise of the Apes. Instead, it will now face of against perhaps […]

There are Disney myths (i.e. Walt Disney being cryogenically frozen) and there are Disney facts, such as Walt Disney and Grigori Rasputin. When Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion was built in the 1960s, Disney thought about using Rasputin’s image (“holy man” and advisor to Czarina Alexandria–wife of Russia’s last czar Nicholas II and mother of the famous […]

The first poster for next year’s animated Dorothy of Oz has just been revealed over at Yahoo! Movies. The film–one of several Wizard of Oz spin-offs currently in the works–seems very much inspired by Tim Burton’s recent Alice in Wonderland film, with the story involving Dorothy being called back to the land of Oz to […]

Nickelodeon has announced its commitment to bring its classic Nick Toons and live-action series to Blu-Ray and airwaves. Nick Toons are the animated series that aired in the 1990s and later on Nickelodeon’s Noggin channel. For many people growing up in that decade, these cartoons were an integral part of their youth. On May 17, […]