Walt Disney Animation Studios’ holiday hit Prep & Landing is about to become a Christmas television franchise with not one but two follow-ups in the works. Full details can be read in this press release:

The Walt Disney Company, which last year paid $4.24bn to acquire the Marvel Comics entertainment business, has concluded a deal with that division’s film producing partner studio Paramount to bring the upcoming films on the joint slate back under the ownership of Marvel and its new parent company. The Hollywood Reporter has more. In a […]

SheKnows has a fun interviews with Mandy Moore about her upcoming role as the voice of Rapunzel in Disney’s Tangled. The questions include topics like getting grounded, the attraction of bad boys, hair styles, joining the Disney princess line, and married life for the star.

A teaser poster for the animated movie Mars Needs Moms has just been posted at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. The Walt Disney Pictures release comes to theaters next spring.

Starting today, characters portraying Rapunzel and Flynn Rider from Disney’s upcoming film Tangled are greeting guests at the Disneyland Park in California. Beginning October 24, the characters will also appear at Magic Kingdom in Florida.

The first five minutes of DreamWorks’ upcoming animated feature Megamind are now available to watch online. Directed by Tom McGrath and featuring the voices of Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, David Cross, Jonah Hill, and Brad Pitt, Megamind hits theaters in 3D on November 5th, 2010.

Disney’s Tangled has just been rated PG for “brief mild violence,” according to Box Office Mojo. The animated fairy tale comes to theaters everywhere this Thanksgiving.

Time looks at why adults let loose with the waterworks so easily when watching animated films. Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich posits that, “Live action movies are someone else’s story. With animation, audiences can’t think that. Their guards are down.”

DVDActive reports that Fox Home Entertainment has announced 2-disc DVD and 2-disc Blu-ray releases of Futurama: Volume 5 for December 21, 2010. Bonus features on each set will include audio commentaries, featurettes: “Bend it Like Bender”, “Previously on….”, “Fry’s Crudely-Drawn Comic Book – The Crudely Animated Edition”, “Behind the Fungus: Makin’ a Hit Song”, and […]

/Film shares exclusive four new stills from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ upcoming animated film Tangled. Directed by Byron Howard and Nathan Greno, Tangled is scheduled to hit theaters on November 24th 2010.

DreamWorks Animation has signed a deal with Cartoon Network for a How To Train Your Dragon weekly TV series, reports Deadline. It is unclear whether any of the film’s original cast will voice the series, which is expected to be launched in both the U.S. and internationally in 2012.

Walt Disney Home Entertainment is offering fans an extremely unique opportunity to take home the highly anticipated documentary feature DVDs Waking Sleeping Beauty, The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story and Walt & El Grupo as a pre-release exclusive direct from Disney Movie Collections.com. Full details on special pricing for each title or as a group, […]

Blu-Ray.com is reporting that Shrek Forever After–the final film in the Shrek franchise–will be released on Blu-Ray and DVD on December 7th. Also to be released on that day is Shrek: The Whole Story, a 4-disc collection featuring all of the ogre’s movies on Blu-Ray. Both releases, for a limited time, will feature Donkey’s Christmas Shrektacular, […]

Last night’s episode of The Simpsons has been the cause of a surprising ammount of discussion, thanks to an almost shockingly dark opening sequence directed by street artist Banksy. The grim two minute scene imagines what might go on behind the scenes of the merchandising department for The Simpsons, with grey animated characters working under sweatshop […]

ComingSoon.net has revealed several details regarding DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming How to Train Your Dragon sequel, including that many of the original voice talents will be returning, including Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera and Jonah Hill. Dean DeBlois will be directing, while Chris Sanders will serve as a producer on the film. “Nothing could be more exciting for […]

TV Guide has an exclusive first look at Green Lantern: The Animated Series. The Warner Bros. Animation series, coming to Cartoon Network in 2011, is being previewed this weekend at New York Comic Con. The DC character is also getting a live action feature in 2011 with Ryan Reynolds in the title role.

CNet takes a look at the Oakland Museum of California exhibit Pixar: 25 Years of Animation. Included is a slideshow of 44 pieces from the collection.

Twitch has the first trailer for Michel Ocelot’s Dragons And Princesses. The project, from the director of Kirikou and the Sorceress and Azur & Asmar, is being developed as both a television series and a feature film.

Pepé Le Pew is heading to the big screen according to Vulture. The film will be live-action/CGI and Mike Myers will give voice to the love sick skunk. Thanks to “gaastra” in the Animated Views Forum for the heads up.

CNN reports that Caitlin Sanchez, the teenage actress who voiced Dora the Explorer for the past three years, and her family are suing Nickelodeon alleging she hasn’t been properly compensated for her work. They claim they were pressured to sign an unfair contract and that they are owed millions. Nickelodeon claims the allegations are baseless.

Following the no thrills release in April, James Cameron’s Avatar is finally getting the deluxe special edition that the director hinted at earlier when it comes to Blu-Ray and DVD in a 3-disc set on November 16th. The release will contain three diferent versions of the film and two entire discs of extras, including about […]

Pixar vet Doug Sweetland, Academy Award nominee for his 2009 Pixar short Presto, is all set to direct his first feature length film for Sony Pictures Animations’ The Familiars, reports /Film. Sweetland, who worked at Pixar for 16 years, served as animator on films such as Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters […]

Warner Bros. has announced Watchmen director Zack Snyder as their choice to helm the next Superman movie, which is being produced under the supervision of current Batman director Christopher Nolan. The Hollywood Reporter suggests the position was so coveted that “even Robert Zemeckis considered returning to live-action filmmaking in order to nab the gig”. Referring […]

Following the announcement of Berkeley Breathed’s Pete & Pickles, Technicolor Digital Productions reports that it has optioned Atomic Puppet as its next television project. Full details here:

One of 2010’s top ten films, and one of the best reviewed of the year, How To Train Your Dragon lands on Blu-ray and DVD from Friday, October 15. A new animated adventure, Legend Of The Boneknapper Dragon is set to be included in DVD double packs and the Blu-ray/DVD Combo. Full details on specifications […]

The first poster for Blue Sky’s Rio has just made its way online over at Yahoo! Movies. The animated comedy starring Anne Hathaway and Neil Patrick Harris soars to theaters next spring.

After making various movies based off of their theme park attractions–some more successful than others–, Variety is reporting that Disney is apparently considering making a film based off of a theme park itself: The Magic Kingdom. The project, which would be similar in tone to movies such as Night at the Museum, would involve various beloved Disney […]

A brand new poster for Tangled has made its way online over at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. The comedic fairy tale from Walt Disney Pictures comes to theaters this Thanksgiving.

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The Hollywood Reporter has cleared up rumors that George Lucas would be bringing his six-film Star Wars saga to 3D screens with the news that he will do just that, starting with The Phantom Menace and continuing to issue the films as long as the demand is there (as an unbiased news source, we won’t […]