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Tom and Jerry Deluxe Anniversary Collection DVD in June

Warner Home Video has announced Tom and Jerry Deluxe Anniversary Collection DVD for 29th June. DVDActive shares the full rundown on included cartoons along with the official package artwork for this upcoming 2-disc set.

New trailer for Shrek Forever After

DreamWorks Animation has just revealed a brand new trailer for their upcoming movie Shrek Forever After. The fourth film–and reportedly the final one–in the popular series opens in theaters on May 21st.

An interview with John Musker and Ron Clements

Anticipating the release of The Princess and the Frog on DVD and Blu-ray next week, UltimateDisney brings an exclusive interview with its directors John Musker and Ron Clements wherein the duo speak about their return to traditional animation for Disney’s The Princess and the Frog.

Third Chipmunks movie confirmed

In what will probably come a surprise to no one, given the franchise’s success, 20th Century Fox has greenlit a third Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, Slash Film is reporting. Perhaps also unsurprising is the studio’s decision to produce the movie in 3D. Opening just one week before Steven Speilberg’s own 3D film, The Adventures of […]

Up wins Animated, Score awards; Avatar wins Effects

Pete Docter picked up the Oscar for Best Animated Film and Michael Giacchino won for Best Score for Disney/Pixar’s Up at the 2010 Academy Awards. Avatar picked up prizes for Cinematography, Visual Effects, and Art Direction. Logorama was the winner of the Best Animated Short Film Oscar. The full list of winners is online here.

Record breaking weekend for Alice in Wonderland

The combination of Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and a classic story proved to be a big draw for audiences this weekend, with Disney’s Alice in Wonderland claiming a number of records during its opening. At an estimated $116 million, it easily took the crown for best March opening of all time, surpassing the $71 million […]

Smurfy casting news

ComingSoon.net has revealed casting news for Sony’s upcoming Smurfs movie, which is going to be a mix of live action and animation. Original Smurfs voice actor Jonathan Winters will be the pipes behind Papa Smurf, while Katy Perry, Alan Cumming and George Lopez are also on board. Neil Patrick Harris is set to play the main […]

New Toy Story 3 poster

Yahoo! Movies has just revealed a brand new poster for Disney/Pixar’s upcoming Toy Story 3. The poster seems to feature virtually every major character from the much anticipated sequel, due in theaters and IMAX 3D on June 18th.

First look: Legend of the Guardians

USA Today has an exclusive first look at Warner Brothers’ upcoming animated movie Legend of the Guardians (not to be confused with The Guardians, a DreamWorks Animation movie currently in production). From director Zack Snyder of 300 and Watchmen fame, the movie centers around a young barn owl who is kidnapped by a sinister orphanage that […]

Tangled teaser trailer

A short teaser trailer for Disney’s Tangled can now be seen on Trailer Addict. Formally titled Rapunzel, the upcoming CGI film will open in theaters on November 24th, 2010.

Avatar scores big at VES Awards

Avatar won a number of prizes at this year’s Visuel Effects Society Awards, including the biggest prize of the evening, Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture.  In addition, director James Cameron was honored with the VES Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the world of special effects over the course of […]

Shrek Forever After to open Tribeca Film Festival

Collider reports that Shrek Forever After will be the opening night film at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21. Shrek Forever After will be the second animated film to open a major film festival after Pixar’s Up which was the opening night film at Cannes last year. DreamWorks animation and Paramount’s fourth and final […]

Early review for How To Train Your Dragon

An early review of How To Train Your Dragon, in which the author describes a positive experience with the film, can be read at Filmonic. “…Overall I had a really fun time with this movie,” states the writer. “The characters aren’t as fully rounded as I’d like, but the breathtaking visuals and fun tone of […]

Coloring the Kingdom: Disney’s ink and paint girls

Researching through the golden age of Walt Disney, starting from the first animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to the other 30s and 40s classics, such as Pinocchio, Fantasia and Bambi, Vanity Fair takes a look back at as many as 100 of those young women, the inkers and painters, working from dawn […]

The opening montage of Up

Up director Pete Docter discusses the film’s emotional opening montage with The Envelope. The largely silent sequence takes Carl and his beloved, Ellie, from childhood to old age, giving him a reason to fly his entire house to South America.

Early review for Alice in Wonderland

Variety has one of the very first reviews for Disney’s much anticipated Alice in Wonderland movie. The response, however, is lukewarm at best, with the critic saying that the film “has its moments of delight, humor and bedazzlement. But it also becomes more ordinary as it goes along, building to a generic battle climax similar to […]

Final How to Train Your Dragon trailer

The final trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon can now be found online over at Yahoo! Movies. The animated adventure comedy, featuring the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerald Butler and America Ferrera, is set to breath fire in theaters and IMAX 3D on March 26th.

Lionel Jeffries RIP

Caractacus Potts’ father has gone off for his last cup of tea with the maharajah: British actor and director Lionel Jeffries has died aged 83. Most remembered on screen for portraying Dick Van Dyke’s dad in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Jeffries was a fine actor, perhaps more famous for his comic roles (Two Way Stretch, […]

¡Andale! ¡Andale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! Speedy Gonzales races to the big screen

New Line has announced, via The Hollywood Reporter, that George Lopez is set to voice a contemporary Speedy Gonzales in a new CG/live-action hybrid written by the Garfield duo of Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen. Story details, which point to a plot that sees “Speedy befriending a gun-shy race-car driver”, and the producers’ take on […]

Deadwood‘s McShane set for Blackbeard

From western to pirate villain: British actor Ian McShane, who has also provided voices for Shrek The Third, Kung Fu Panda and Coraline, will step into Edward Teach’s shoes to play the legendary scalawag of the seven seas, better known as Blackbeard, in the fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean film, On Stranger Tides, reports The […]

Up, Avatar win BAFTAs

Up won Best Animated Feature and Michael Giacchino picked up the Best Score trophy at the British Academy Film Awards. Avatar had a mildly disappointing night, losing in six of the eight categories it was up for, but taking home the Best Special Visual Effects and Best Production Design awards. Mother of Many won Best […]

Chipmunks coming home in March

20th Century Fox’s Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel will be coming to single disc DVD, 2-disc DVD and Blu-Ray on March 30th, according to DVD Active. The single disc DVD will include only two featurettes, but the 2-disc DVD and the Blu-Ray will include additional featurettes, music videos and more. Just like the 2007 […]

Steven Spielberg talks Tintin

LATimes has an exclusive interview with Steven Spielberg wherein the director talks about the making of The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn and his love for the art of Hergé. Produced by Peter Jackson, with the animation done by Weta Workshop, the movie uses special performance-capture technology that James Cameron used on […]

Waking Sleeping Beauty trailer online

The trailer for Waking Sleeping Beauty is now online at Apple. The documentary, which is financed and distributed by Disney, looks at the company during the turbulent period from the 1980s to early 1990s. But according to filmmakers and critics the film is no white-washed version of events. Read on to see what director Don […]

What Ever Happened to Newt?

Disney/Pixar’s Newt was scheduled for a 2012 release. Recently however, Disney veteran Floyd Norman commented that “Newt is dead” on The Animation Guild Blog. Pixar hasn’t said anything about it, so it’s still unconfirmed at this point.

New Toy Story 3 character revealed

Empire has the latest character poster and turn-around for Pixar’s Toy Story 3, which show-off a new plush-toy character, Buttercup. The site also sports a short synopsis for the Jeff Garlin-voiced character, which states “Saddle up for fun and let Buttercup lead your child away on a magical adventure! This cuddly unicorn features velvety-soft, snow-colored […]

Two new Dragon posters

Two new one-sheets for How To Train Your Dragon have popped up over at Internet Movie Poster Awards. The first, in English, can be seen here, while the other can be viewed here. How To Train Your Dragon hits both IMAX and regular theaters on March 26th.

New Secret of Kells poster

A new poster for The Secret of Kells can now be found online, thanks to the Internet Movie Poster Awards. A surprise nomination for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars this year, Kells is set to get a limited release in theaters this spring.

Seth MacFarlane on boundaries and beginnings

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane talks candidly about his three shows now airing on FOX, why there are no boundaries he won’t cross, and even gets into his personal life and how he got into animation in a long piece over at the Scottish Daily Record.

Sesame Street contest looking for animators

Aniboom and Sesame Street are sponsoring a contest to find talented animators who might get a chance to have their work air on the iconic children’s program. Entrants need to create a short preschool-aimed animation. Winners in five categories will get $5,000 and a grand prize winner will receive an additional $5,000. All winning animators […]