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 […]

In the run to to the awards season, The Hollywood Reporter speaks frankly to the creators and directors of some of this year’s biggest animated films, including Toy Story 3, Despicable Me and Megamind. Click on the links for Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 to hear their thoughts on a variety of issues, […]

Disney’s 50th animated classic, Tangled, opens today in 3,603 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The critical consensus has been very positive, with the film garnering a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes (and an even better 95% from the top critics). It’s being compared favorably to The Lion King and Aladdin, and a few have even […]

Universal Pictures has just released the first teaser trailer for Hop, which can be watched exclusively at MovieFone. The live-action/animated comedy hops into theaters next Easter.

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has announced the DVD release of Studio Ghibli’s Tales from Earthsea on March 8, 2011. Based on the Earthsea book series by Ursula K. Le Guin, and directed by Goro Miyazaki, Tales from Earthsea features the voices of Timothy Dalton, Willem Dafoe, Cheech Marin and Mariska Hargitay. Extras on this release […]

In an exclusive interview to Collider, the legendary artist Glen Keane discusses hair, the journey of computer animation, and also the various roles he played in Tangled over the years. Keane was originally slated to co-direct Disney’s Tangled, which is all set to hit theatres on November 24th.

Two new trailers for the upcoming Family Guy Star Wars special It’s a Trap can now be viewed online over at Screen Rant. Both previews are direct parodies of the original theatrical trailers for Return of the Jedi, the Star Wars movie which the special spoofs. Starring Peter Griffin as Han Solo, Lois Griffin as […]

Warner Bros.’ epic animated feature Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole is set to land on DVD and Blu-Ray next month, DVD Active is reporting. Extras on the release will include artwork galleries, a music video and Fur of Flying, the CGI Looney Tunes short that was shown before the film during its theatrical run. […]

Walt Disney Pictures has just released the trailer for their upcoming Mars Needs Moms, which can be viewed at ComingSoon.net. The site also has a batch of new images from the film. Using the same technology used to create The Polar Express and A Christmas Carol, Mars Needs Moms blasts off into theaters next spring.

Pixar Animation Studios has announced new pricing for its RenderMan Pro Server software via an announcement which can be read here:

In celebration of the Despicable Me 3D, Blu-ray and DVD release, Universal Studios Home Entertainment is launching its new Minion Madness groundbreaking points-based reward and social marketing program spotlighting the film’s endearingly mischievous sidekick characters. More details and clips follow here:

A press release announcing the production and releases of two African-made animated features, Zambezia and Khumba, may be read here:

TV show and iPhone app In The Qube traveled to Singapore earlier this year, for the opening of a world-touring exhibition celebrating 25 Years of Pixar Animation Studios. Currently showing at the Oakland Museum of California in Los Angeles until January, a video clip may be viewed here:

As announced by The Hollywood Reporter, The Los Angeles Animation Festival, hosted at Cinefamily’s Silent Movie Theatre between December 3-7, will honor stop-motion innovator Will Vinton with a 25th anniversary screening of The Adventures Of Mark Twain and a lineup of his short films. Vinton will be on hand for an awards presentation and to […]

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced the release of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind on Blu-ray on March 8, 2011, on a BD/DVD combo pack, reports Blu-ray. Nausicaa will become Studio Ghibli’s first catalog title released on Blu-ray in the US. Features on this release will include, “The World of Ghibli”, “Behind […]

/Film shares the first poster for Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming flick Hop which gives the first look at Russell Brand as the computer animated Easter Bunny. Scripted by Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio and Brian Lynch, and directed by Tim Hill, Hop opens in theaters on April 1st, 2011.

DVDActive reports that Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced DVD and Blu-ray/DVD Combo releases of Alpha and Omega for January 11th. Extras on this release will include a deleted scene, 4 featurettes (“Wolves in the Wild”, “The Alpha of Animation”, “Voicing the Wolves”, “From Alpha to Omega”), a Log Sliding interactive game, “Are You and Alpha […]

ComingSoon.net has just posted a brand new image from the upcoming Cars 2 on their website. The image shows Cars stars Lightning McQueen and Mater apparently driving away from an explosion of some kind. Meanwhile, Yahoo! Movies has a new teaser poster of the film, and has announced that a new trailer is expected to go online sometime […]

The Wrap is reporting that 15 films are offically going to be up for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature this year. Due to rules, this means that only three movies will be nominated. Two pictures that are considered locks by almost everyone are DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon and Disney & Pixar’s Toy Story 3, […]

DreamWorks’ Megamind earned another first place finish at the box office with $30.1 million in its second week, according to EW.com. It’s cumulative total is $89.8 million.