The first two minutes of Blue Sky’s upcoming animated comedy Rio have recently been posted online over at MSN Movies. Featuring the voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg and George Lopez, Rio flies into theaters everywhere this April.

Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…news that director Zack Snyder has just announced who will play the Man of Steel in his upcoming Superman movie reboot. Superhero Hype! is reporting that Henry Cavill will don the cape in the film that is set for a Christmas 2012 release. Cavill is […]

Jim Hill Media takes a close look at how the new film Rango was recorded and finds that it was quite similar to how the Walt Disney Company shot live-action sequences as reference points for animators. Kathryn Beaumont, Disney Legend and voice of Wendy (Peter Pan) and Alice (Alice in Wonderland) provides an interview for […]

In news that should surprise nobody, Disney’s upcoming Winnie the Pooh has been given a G rating by the MPAA, Box Office Mojo is reporting. The 51st animated feature from Walt Disney Pictures is set to come to theaters everywhere this summer.

Leonardo DiCaprio will no longer be lending his voice to DreamWorks Animation’s Rise of the Guardians, Variety is reporting. The actor had previously been announced to voice the lead character of Jack Forst, a role which Star Trek leading man Chris Pine will now be taking over. The story finds Frost as a member of an […]

The Oscar nominations for the 83rd annual Academy Awards have been announced, with Toy Story 3 becoming only the third animated feature to land a nod for Best Picture. Halle Berry, Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Marisa Tomei and Oprah Winfrey will be among the presenters at the ceremony, to be hosted by new Catwoman Anne […]

Disney has officially announced Tangled for home video release on March 29 2011, in Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD editions. Full details can be read here:

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 […]