Director Robert Zemeckis revealed in a recent MTV exclusive that Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman are collaborating to develop a script for a Roger Rabbit sequel. There have been many rumors in the past about potential sequels to the film, but this is valid material. You can expect more info about the sequel to be […]

IGN reports Seth Macfarlan’s American Dad has been renewed for a sixth season on Fox. This means all three MacFarlane series – including Family Guy, and the Cleveland Show – will be returning next year.

Home Media Magazine has opened up voting for their 2009 TV DVD Awards, honoring the best television series DVDs released this year. And animation is front and center in several key categories. The categories with animated nominees are listed below (specific animated nominees in bold print)–you can vote on the entire list here:

The Wall Street Journal has a nice piece on The Princess and the Frog, the return of traditional animation to Disney, and how it was brought about by some directors they let go and the company some blamed for the demise of hand drawn films.

Robert Zemeckis defends his performance-capture animation techniques with some name-dropping in an article from the National Post, and Jim Carrey gets philosophical with the LA Times, as they both discuss A Christmas Carol, opening this Friday.

Jonathan Demme, Oscar winning director of The Silence of the Lambs, is planning to bring the book Zeitoun to the big screen as an animated film, according to the NY Times. The book by Dave Eggers, co-author of the Where the Wild Things Are screenplay, tells the story of a “man who remained in New […]

The guys at Cartoon Brew have some video to show how Pixar thrilled their employees more than any ghost would ever dare try this past Halloween.

Nickelodeon will be airing a third television movie for its popular animated series, SpongeBob SquarePants, this Friday, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the show. The movie, called SpongeBob’s Truth or Square, will contain flashbacks from the characters’ pasts. Nick will release the movie to DVD on November 10th, four days after the network premiere.

According to TVShowsOnDVD.com, the 20th season of The Simpsons is not only coming to DVD on January 12, 2010, but will also be the the first season of the show released on Blu-ray. Both releases include all 21 episodes from the season, running nearly 482 minutes long. Only one feature is present right now: a […]

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Disney Channel will be launching their first new animated series in three years. Fish Hooks, created using a mix of 2D digital animation and photo collage, takes place at a high school in a fish tanks at a pet store. Gary Marsh, president entertainment at Disney Channels Worldwide, said, “The […]

BusinessWeek talks with DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg in a quick interview that covers a lot of ground — including sales of movie tickets and DVDs, future Broadway endeavors, runaway spending, and celebrity tweets.

Though her film doesn’t come out for almost another month, the newest Disney princess is already a hit with trick-or-treaters. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (and Disney Consumer Products representatives confirm) that costumes for The Princess and the Frog‘s Tiana are selling out.

DreamWorks Animation’s Jeffrey Katzenberg announced Tuesday that Shrek The Musical, the Broadway edition of the company’s Oscar-winning animated film, was DVD bound in “unique packaging”. Grossing $380 worldwide, this year’s release of Monsters Vs. Aliens was seen as a disappointment internationally, for unknown reasons, prompting Katzenberg to suggest the future of the franchise could be […]

After more than a year of intensive restoration work, the full length edition of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, which featured groundbreaking special effects work that continues to influence filmmakers today, will premiere on February 12 2010 as part of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, and at the Alte Oper house in Frankfurt on the same […]

The home entertainment journal Video Business has reported that The Walt Disney Company is planning their own digital delivery service, named Keychest, with a view to bringing on demand content to consumers, primarily focusing at first on the Studio’s “dedicated groups of fans”.

The $31.2 million grossing animated adventure 9, directed by Shane Acker from his original short film, has been announced for release on DVD ($29.98) and Blu-ray ($39.98) by Universal on December 29 2009. The packages will include deleted scenes, featurettes, commentary and short films, presumed to include the original 9.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has shattered the Guinness World Record for tallest ice sculpture, in Los Angeles to mark the DVD and Blu-ray release of Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs. Measuring in at a Mammoth 48 feet tall, things got a little chilly in Southern California on Tuesday when Scrat, sculpted by innovative […]

Celebrating the release of Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure under the Secretary-General’s Creative Community Outreach Initiative and promoting environmental awareness in the lead-up to the upcoming Copenhagen conference on Climate Change, Disney’s Tinker Bell was named Honorary Ambassador of Green on October 25 2009, by United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Kiyo […]

Dick Cook, Chairman of Walt Disney Studios, either resigned or was fired today depending on the source. Several box office bombs and a lack of profitability are the main reasons being given for his leaving. The New York Times has what seems to be the official version, while Nikki Finke has the behind the scenes […]

A new one-sheet advertising The Fantastic Mr. Fox can now be seen on Internet Movie Poster Awards. Based on Roald Dahl’s popular children’s novel, the stop-motion film will open in theaters on November 25th, and features the voice talents of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, William Dafoe, and Bill Murray.

Just breaking from Market Watch is news that The Walt Disney Company will be acquiring Marvel Entertainment (the company behind such comic icons as Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four) in a stock and cash transaction worth about $4 billion. No other sources for this yet, but we’ll report more below as it […]

The final theatrical poster for Astro Boy has appeared online and can be viewed at Cinematical. The one-sheet features the robotic hero as well as several of his mecanical friends and enemies. Astro Boy hits theaters on October 23rd.

Hayao Miyazaki’s latest feature Ponyo opened at number nine spot on the US box office chart with an estimated $3,506,000 during its opening weekend from 927 theaters. After its first weekend, Ponyo has already become the 8th highest grossing theatrical anime released in the United States, reports AnimeNewsNetwork. Ponyo, which follows the story of an […]

Variety reports that Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill have joined a cast led by Tina Fey to lend their voices for Dreamworks Animation’s upcoming feature Oobermind. Ferrell reportedly replaces Robert Downey Jr. in the title role of a supervillain in the animated comedy. Produced by Lara Breay and Denise Nolan Cascino and directed […]

UltimateDisney reports that Disney has announced Mickey’s Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse dvd on November 3rd. The non-branded new version will carry the same bonus features from the out-of-print original release which will include the premiere “House of Mouse” episode, the featurette “The Sounds of Christmas”, and sing-along songs of “Deck […]

Coinciding with the release of Ponyo, RottenTomatoes explores the career of Hayao Miyazaki and rates his nine best films.

DVDActive reports that Warner Home Video has announced Peanuts 1970s Collection, Volume 1 dvd 20th October. This release will include 6 remastered TV specials, (“You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown”, “There’s No Time for Love, Charlie Brown”, “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving”, “It’s a Mystery, Charlie Brown”, “It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown”). The only extra feature […]

UltimateDisney reports that Disney/Pixar’s Up will be out on dvd and Blu-ray on November 10th, 2009 as a standard 1-disc, 2-disc deluxe edition and a 4-disc Blu-ray release. Extras on the single disc edition will include the shorts Partly Cloudy and Dug’s Special Mission while the 2-disc edition will add an audio commentary by director […]

Variety reports that 20th Century Fox’s three-quel Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs has become the highest-grossing animated film ever overseas, with a gross of $551.4 million through last Sunday. The previous record holder Pixar’s Finding Nemo had grossed $524.9 million internationally in its 2003 release.

DVDActive reports that Warner has announced Ruby Spears Superman dvd on 3rd November. The 2-disc set will feature 13 episodes from 1988-89. Extras will include a “Corporation of the Corrupt: The Rise of LexCorp” featurette.