According to Deadline Hollywood, Warner Bros is looking to possibly reboot the Superman franchise — with Batman helmer Chris Nolan taking the lead. While probably not directing the project, Warner Bros is hoping that with Nolan’s leadership as a sort of “godfather” they can “set it in the right direction with the critics and the […]

ABC News reports that Imagi Animation Studios has shut down. The parent company of the studio behind TMNT and Astro Boy is trying to stave off financial problems. But Imagi says will continue to develop movie ideas and then outsource work to others. The news does not mention the status of other Imagi projects in […]

Collider shares the first teaser from Studio Ghibli’s upcoming feature Karigurashi no Arrietty (The Borrower Arrietty). Based on Mary Norton’s popular The Borrowers series of children’s books, and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Karigurashi no Arrietty will premiere in Japan on July 17, 2010. A North American release is likely to follow in time for the […]

Michael Barrier has a fascinating essay on the story behind the story of Dumbo. The first version of Dumbo was copyrighted in 1939, but not in normal book form. Instead the thing stated life on an odd and interesting device from the late 1930’s called a “Roll-A-Book”. Barrier’s piece goes in depth with lots of […]

Reuters reports that the second film in a three picture deal between Lionsgate and Crest Animation is slated for 2012 and is titled Norm of the North. The story features a polar bear forced out of his arctic home who finds work in New York. Later this year the two companies will release Alpha and […]

Some Oscar reactions from the directors behind the Best Animated Feature nominated Coraline and the Best Animated Short nominated French Roast follows:

Disney/Pixar’s Up took home the top prize at the 37th Annual Annie Awards, but no single production stole the night. Coraline, The Princess and the Frog, and Prep and Landing had the most awards with three. Prep and Landing won the Television award. The Penguins of Madagascar won the Children’s TV award. Robot Chicken: Star […]

According to Variety, Disney is planning to release a sequel to their hit comedy Enchanted as early as next year. The original film, which opened in 2007, went on to gross $340 million worldwide before ending its theatrical run. Currently, Jessie Nelson is set to pen the script for the sequel, with The Proposal director […]

Collider reports that the animated teaser trailer for the film A.D., what could some day be the first full-length zombie animated feature, is out on the net. Writer Haylar Garcia and director Ben Hibon hope to reinvent the zombie genre by turning A.D. into a feature length movie. The filmmakers are still in search of […]

The unsinkable has officially been sunk: Avatar surpassed Titanic yesterday and has become the highest grossing movie of all time. The film now has an enormous take of $601 million, beating Titanic’s $600 million. While the epic romance of 1997 is still the higher grossing movie when inflation is brought in to play, Avatar could still […]

Collider shares the promotional trailer and the first poster for The Secret of Kells. Nominated for best animated film Oscar, The Secret of Kells opens in theatres this spring.

The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity has announced that Chuck Amuck: A Legacy Of Laughter, a retrospective exhibition of art and artifacts, will open with a free-to-the-public opening night reception on Friday, February 26, 2010 at Tempe Center for the Arts in Arizona, and remain on display through June 18th. Full details follow:

The Oscar nominations are out and Disney/Pixar’s Up became just the second animated film in history to be nominated for Best Picture. Avatar also picked up a nomination there along with 8 others. The nominees for Best Animated Feature are: Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Princess and the Frog, Secret of the Kells, and Up. […]

Michael Giacchino, the composer of the score of Disney/Pixar’s Up, won two of the three Grammy Awards he was up for at tonight’s (1/31/2010) ceremony, per an article from TrekMovie.com (via HitFix.com).

Despite the news this week that Disney is shutting down Miramax Films, the studio’s animated Gnomeo & Juliet is apparently still in the works. With reported production problems surrounding it for years, the film is supposed to be a comic take on William Shakesphere’s Romeo and Juliet, but with talking garden gnomes instead of human […]

It took a little while for it to do so, but The Princess and the Frog has finally crossed the $100 million mark, Box Offfice Mojo is reporting. This makes it the first traditionally animated Disney movie to do so since 2002’s Lilo and Stitch. Frog was budgeted at a reported $105 million, so the […]

The Asia-Pacific edition of Animation Express reports on the release of War Of The Worlds: Goliath, a new 2D/3D animated feature set for DVD and limited theatrical engagements. Produced in the “steampunk” style that meshes Japanese anime with a Western visual approach, the film has been executive produced by Heavy Metal magazine publisher Kevin Eastman […]

Timed to the release of Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings trilogy coming to Blu-ray on April 6, Warner Bros. is also upgrading director Ralph Bakshi’s 1978 animated feature edition of the first half of the story as a BD/DVD combo pack for $29.99. Newly released cover art for the set, which will include […]

The Hollywood Reporter looks at DreamWorks’ big year ahead, where they will become the first studio to release three CG animated films in the same calendar year. Many investors are predicting good things for this strategy — in fact DreamWorks stock hit an all-time high last week. But some analysts are warning that these levels […]

The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Star Wars creator George Lucas is working on his very first musical. Details on the animated movie are currently being kept top secret, but it is known that the plot will have something to do with fairies. The film is to be directed by Kevin Munroe, who also directed the 2007 animated Ninja […]

In production for over four years, Lucas Martell’s six-minute animated short Pigeon: Impossible has finally been posted to YouTube in its high definition entirety. Since May 2008, Martell has been posting monthly podcasts on the making of his film – about a “rookie secret agent faced with a problem seldom covered in basic training: what […]

According to Variety, Technicolor has purchased the stake previously owned by Dreamworks in the India-based animation house, Paprikaas. The move has given Technicolor complete ownership of the studio responsible for Merry Madagascar and The Penguins of Madagascar, with the company planning on expanding Paprikaas’ specialty beyond animation into visual effects, compression and authoring.

As a tie-in to the upcoming mega-budget Warner Bros. remake of Ray Harryhausen’s Clash Of The Titans coming to theaters on March 26, a motion comic-animated sequel story to the original film is about to be unleashed by Eagle One Media. A press release and artwork for Wrath Of The Titans, which was created from […]

Cartoon Network’s popular stop-motion animated series Robot Chicken has been greenlit for two more seasons, according to ComingSoon.Net. The sketch comedy show, perhaps best known for its Star Wars parodies, has been a part of the channel’s Adult Swim lineup since 2005.

Disney’s traditionally animated The Princess and the Frog will come to DVD and Blu-ray on March 16 as a single-disc DVD, a single-disc Blu-ray, and a three-disc Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack. Extras on the single-disc DVD will include a filmmakers’ audio commentary, deleted scenes, a Princess Portraits game, and a music video for Ne-Yo’s end […]

The head of this year’s Cannes Film Festival jury will be Tim Burton, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “After spending my early life watching triple features and 48-hour movie marathons, I’m finally ready for this,” Burton said. Cannes president Gilles Jacob noted, “It’s the first time an artist whose origins are in animation will preside […]

MovieWeb shares the first concept art from Pixar’s upcoming flick Cars 2, scheduled to hit theaters on June 24, 2011.

ASIFA-Hollywood has announced that William Shatner will host the 37th Annual Annie Awards. Antran Manoogian, president of the organization, said “ASIFA-Hollywood is honored to have William Shatner host this year’s Annie Awards. We are looking forward to Mr. Shatner’s unique and commanding presence presiding over the show.” Shatner is an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor, […]

Up and Avatar continue to rake in the awards and nominations. Up picked up BAFTA nominations for Best Screenplay, Music, Sound and Animated Film. Coraline and Fantastic Mr. Fox also picked up Best Animated Film nominations. Avatar was tapped for nominations in the Best Film, Director, Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Sound, and Special Visual […]

The Great Mouse Detective will get a slipcovered Mystery in the Mist Edition DVD on April 13, reports UltimateDisney. The release featuring an all-new digital restoration, will also include all-new bonus feature “So You Think You Can Sleuth?”. A making-of featurette from the 1980s and a sing-along of villain Ratigan’s “The World’s Greatest Criminal Mind” […]