The second trailer for Warner Bros.’ upcoming animated movie Legend of the Guardians has just been revealed at Yahoo! Movies. The new preview is rumored to also be playing with some prints of Toy Story 3 in theaters this weekend. From the director of 300 and Watchmen, Legend of the Guardians swoops to the big screen […]

USA Today has an exclusive first look at Sony’s upcoming live action/animated Smurfs movie, currently aiming for release next summer. In addition to including a first official image from the film, the article reveals some new details about the movie’s plot, including that villain Gargamel will not be trying to devour the Smurfs in the story, with his […]

A new international trailer for writer/director Sylvain Chomet’s upcoming feature The Illusionist can now be seen at Collider. Chomet’s follow-up to the Oscar-nominated The Triplets of Belleville, is slated to see a UK premiere on June 16th at the Edinburgh Film Festival. Sony Pictures Classics will bring the film to North American cinemas later this […]

Speaking to participants at the Business of Luxury Summit organized by the Financial Times on Monday, Disney chief Bob Iger suggested the company’s future was based on refocusing on the core Disney brand and its recent acquisitions of Pixar and Marvel Entertainment, which would “bring added value to Disney”. In related news, director Sam Raimi […]

Cinema’s most popular giant ape is set to pound his chest in high def for the first time when the original 1933 King Kong comes to Blu-Ray on September 28th, DVD Active is reporting. The live action/stop-motion animated release will feature the same extras which were included on the 2005 special edition DVD, including a 7-part […]

After three straight weekends on top, DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek Forever After has finally ended its box office reign, beaten by the larger than expected debut of the Jackie Chan Karate Kid remake. The animated comedy has grosssed $210 million against a $160 million budget, making it a pretty big hit for the studio. Meanwhile, on the international […]

Wes Anderson’s stop-motion feature Fantastic Mr. Fox topped the 50th Annecy Animated Film Festival winning its best feature Crystal award, reports Variety. The movie which was always the firm favorite in a seven-feature competition, also nabbed Annecy’s Audience Award.

Jason Segel and the rest of the cast talk about recording voice performances for Universal Pictures’ upcoming film Despicable Me in the featurette Good Time available on YahooMovies!. Directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, and featuring the voice talents of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Kristen Wiig, Will Arnett and Danny McBride, Despicable Me opens […]

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has announced The Black Cauldron: 25th Anniversary Edition DVD on September 14, reports DVDizzy. Extras on this 16:9 enhanced edition will include the new Witches’ Challenge game, The Quest for Black Cauldron game, Donald Duck and his nephews in the classic short Trick or Treat, a still gallery, and a deleted […]

A rather surreal teaser trailer for the upcoming animated flick Rango has recently surfaced on the net, and can be viewed on Itunes Movie Trailers. The film, which follows the story of a chameleon with and identity-crisis, stars the voice talents of Johnny Depp and is directed by Gore Verbinski. Rango hits theaters on March […]

A theatrical trailer for Lionsgate’s new animated adventure Alpha and Omega is now available to watch on Yahoo!Movies. Directed by Anthony Bell and Ben Gluck, and featuring the voices of Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Christina Ricci, Danny Glover and Dennis Hopper, Alpha and Omega is slated to hit theatres on October 1, 2010.

First teaser trailer for Disney’s upcoming flick Tangled has appeared online and is available to watch on Yahoo!Movies. Directed by Byron Howard and Nathan Greno, and featuring the voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Ron Perlman and M.C. Gainey, Tangled opens in theatres in 3D on November 24th.

Two early reviews for the upcoming animated film Despicable Me can now be read on Variety as well as Reuters. Both articles praise the flick as a solid, enjoyable movie, though they claim it falls slightly short of being perfect. Despicable Me opens in theaters on July 9th, 2010.

Wired Magazine has a very interesting look at the process Pixar went through to create this summer’s Toy Story 3. The article covers everything from the time it takes to make a feature to how much effort goes into making a single shot of the film. It also looks into just how the studio keeps managing […]

Collider has posted first images from the new Looney Toons series, to be launched on Cartoon Network later this year. Warner Bros. is launching The Looney Tunes Show series on Cartoon Network as a half-hour animated television series featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck living together in the suburbs. The studio will also present new […]

Cinema Blend reports that Disney’s upcoming The Muppets movie has officially been given a December 25, 2011 release date. Written by Jason Segel and directed by James Bobin, The Muppets movie will also star Segel alongside Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Animal and the rest of the characters.

Collider shares a handwritten note by Pete Docter in response to a fan. In his letter dated October 2008, Docter doodles himself alongside Monsters Inc. characters Mike, Sully, and Boo, and explains how “Pixar films don’t get finished, they just get released.”

Variety reports that Nicktoons will air 26 half-hour episodes of Voltron Force starting next year. With the relaunch of the massive robot from 1980s, rights holders World Event Prods and Classic Media would attempt to reintroduce Voltron: Defender of the Universe to a new generation.

Collider has posted the first official plot information for the DreamWorks franchise entries Puss in Boots and Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom. Puss in Boots is set for a 3D release on November 4, 2011 while Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom hits theaters in 3D on May 27, 2011.

A featurette on the making of Pixar’s new short Day & Night can be seen at Pixar Planet. In the video, filmmakers, including director Teddy Newton and producer Kevin Reher, try to explain how “the hardest Pixar short to describe” works. Day & Night will be attached to Toy Story 3 when it opens in […]

Collider shares first posters for Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming animated films Hop and The Lorax. Hop, a live action/CGI hybrid, tells the tale of an out-of-work slacker who accidentally runs over the Easter Bunny. Hop opens in theatres on April1, 2011. The Lorax, an adaptation of the 1971 Dr. Seuss book, is expected to see a […]

/Film shares video footage from the sets of The Smurfs featuring Hank Azaria as Gargamel and Neil Patrick Harris in New York City. Sony Pictures Animation’s big screen CGI/live action adaptation of The Smurfs is slated to hit theatres on August 3, 2011.

In an interview with Lucasfilm Singapore’s recruiter Heather Brown, Animation Express reveals that Lucasfilm Animation is working on a “top-secret” CGI feature. Brown also speaks about the other recent achievements for the facility, which contributed almost 200 ILM effects shots to Iron Man 2.

A new batch of images from the upcoming Toy Story 3 have just been revealed at Box Office Mojo. The anticipated Pixar sequel comes to theaters just two weeks from tomorrow.

Composer Randy Newman received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Wednesday, according to AFP. Newman spent a highly successful 35 years in the business before scoring his first animated film — 1995’s Toy Story. Since then he’s become one of the most popular and honored animated film composers around. Ten of Newman’s nineteen […]

New Video has announced that they have acquired U.S. television, digital, VOD and home video distribution rights to the Oscar nominated animated film The Secret of Kells and will be bringing it to most of those platforms (including DVD and Blu-ray) on October 5th, 2010.

MTV.com’s “Splash Page” reports that Cartoon Network will air a new Thundercats series in 2011.

In a recent discussion promoting Disney’s Princess And The Frog, posted at Animated Views here, co-director John Musker might have let slipped the title of the new Winnie The Pooh feature currently on animator’s boards. When asked about the Studio’s next film, he replied it would be “another hand drawn animated feature. It is the […]

Rooftop Films have posted their “fun, frantic program of films about losing your grip on reality…and loving it” for a screening of Fears And Fantasies themed animation in New York this Saturday, June 5. Blurring the lines of reality and fantasy, full details can be found here.

Despite opening to “only” $70 million last weekend–less than many in the industry were expecting–, DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek Forever After is proving to be fairly leggy. With a drop of just 38%, the movie saw a second weekend gross of $43 million, enough to beat anticipated titles such as Sex and the City 2 and Disney’s […]