Acclaimed actor Liam Neeson is set to return to the Star Wars universe to voice Qui-Gon Jinn in two special episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Entertainment Weekly is reporting. It will be the first time that fans have been able to see the character since The Phantom Menace in 1999. “Growing up, my heroes […]

An announcement for an intriguing event hosted by the Los Angeles Professional Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH along with The Visual Effects Society Archive Committee, named Tron – Now and Then, can be read in the More link at the end of this story. Of historical significance is the fact that the LA Chapter’s first event […]

With Disney’s Tangled about to open in the UK, The Guardian takes a look at how animated fairytale features have evolved over the years, citing how the new take on Rapunzel manages to combine the traditions of old with a contemporary feel and avoids falling into the cliches of similar films from other studios.

Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3 took home a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Sunday night at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards, beating out other nominees Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist, and Tangled. Full list of nominees and winners can be found here.

A new poster for DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 has just been revealed at ComingSoon.net. The site also has a new image from the film. Starring Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Gary Oldman, Kung Fu Panda 2 opens everywhere next summer.

DreamWorks Animation has announced that their newest animated film will be called The Monkeys of Bollywood based off the epic Indian poem Ramayana. It will be a diverse collaboration between many big names in the entertainment industry: Stephen Schwartz the famous Broadway lyricist and scorer for The Prince of Egypt, Gurinder Chadha the director of […]

Deadline is reporting that Disney is in the early stages of producing a theatrical movie based on their popular cartoon show Phineas & Ferb. Supposedly, the project might end up being a mix of live action and animation, which would be interesting given the extremely cartoony nature of the show. The series focuses on two […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]