Variety reports that Dreamworks’ Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa dominated weekend’s international box office with $50.2 million at 5,129 playdates in 35 markets. The weekend international gross of the toon was more than the combined total of the next four entries – Quantum of Solace, Twilight, Bolt and WALL-E. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa performed strongly in […]

Variety reports that The Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) named WALL-E the Best Animated Film of 2008. The Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association is comprised of 46 film critics from television, radio, print and the Internet.

Movie-List has posted links to a trailer for the upcoming stop-motion animated feature $9.99. Based on the Short Stories of Etgar Keret and directed by Tatia Rosenthal, $9.99 opens in theatres on December 12.

Variety reports that Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir tied with Man on Wire for Distinguished Feature honors at the International Documentary Association Awards on friday. Based on the haunting dreamscapes and harrowing memories of the early 1980s Lebanon war in which Folman fought as an Israeli soldier, Waltz with Bashir opens in theatres on December […]

PixarPlanet, via BoxOfficeMojo, reports that Pixar’s upcoming sequel Cars 2 will be released on June 24, 2011. Cars 2 follows Mater and McQueen as they find themselves in a new world of intrigue, thrills and fast-paced comedic escapades around the globe.

Director Ari Folman attributed the cause of war to “small leaders with big egos” at the Variety Screening Series for his acclaimed film, Waltz With Bashir, reports Variety. Folman said, “It is a universal story in the end. Although it is very personal, it could have been told anywhere. It could have been told by […]

DVDActive has posted the cover art for the upcoming Wonder Woman dvd and Blu-ray. The new animated feature will be available to own from the 3rd March as a single disc, a 2-disc set, and a Blu-ray edition. The 2-disc and Blu-ray will include filmmaker commentaries, featurettes (Wonder Woman: A Subversive Dream, Wonder Woman: Daughter […]

The nominees for the 51st Grammy Awards have been annouced, and Disney has the only nominees from animated projects. While the Annie Award voters may not have thought WALL-E worthy, the Grammy Award voters thought differently with the film picking up three nominations. Enchanted received two nods while the musical version of The Little Mermaid […]

Awards season has started as the National Board of Review has announced the winners of its annual prizes. WALL-E won the award for Best Animated Feature and was also named one of the Top Ten Films of the year. Waltz with Bashir was named one of the Top Five Foreign Films of the year.

According to Box Office Mojo, Disney’s latest animated flick Bolt earned $26,581,002 this past weekend, $35,7874 more than it’s opening weekend intake of $26,223,128. Bolt‘s earnings also bumped it up to number two at the box office, ahead of Twilight and Quantum of Solace, which both fared better than the CGI comedy at the time […]

Yahoo!Movies lists the top ten most-watched trailers of the year 2008 with Kung Fu Panda being the only Animated feature to appear in the list.

A trailer mash-up of Wallace & Gromit and the recent James Bond flick Quantum of Solace has made its way on the internet and can be watched here.

Variety reports that Ari Folman’s Cannes competition player Waltz With Bashir won the grand prize at the ninth Tokyo Filmex Festival, which closed Sunday. According to the report, the feature was cited for “inventing a new cinematographic language.” Waltz With Bashir will see a limited release in US theatres starting December 25.

IMPAWARDS shares a new character poster for the Dreamworks’ upcoming animated feature Monsters vs. Aliens. Directed by Rob Letterman and Conrad Vernon, Monsters vs. Aliens is slated for a March 27, 2009 release.

Movie-List has made available a teaser and a trailer for Sony Pictures’ upcoming direct to dvd sequel Open Season 2 in flash format. As reported earlier, the dvd will hit shelves on January 27, 2008.

Ari Folman’s critically acclaimed animated feature Waltz with Bashir was adjudged best foreign independent film at the eleventh annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) on Sunday 30 November at Old Billingsgate Market in London. Waltz with Bashir won the award beating out films such as Persepolis, Gomorrah, I’ve Loved You So Long and The Diving […]

The nominations for the 36th Annie Awards were announced today, and Kung Fu Panda leads all films with 17 nominations. Bolt was second with 9 nods, and WALL-E third with 8. Those three, along with $9.99 and Waltz with Bashir were tapped for Best Feature. Winners will be announced on Friday, January 30, 2009, at […]

Four time Academy award winner Nick Park returns with Wallace and Gromit in a brand new adventure A Matter of Loaf and Death, to be premiered on BBC 1 in UK this Christmas, reports WallaceandGromit.com. The new film reunites Park with writer Bob Baker who co-wrote the Academy award winning Wallace and Gromit shorts The […]

DVDActive reports that Fox Home Entertainment has announced DVD and Blu-ray releases of Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder for the 24th February. Extras will include a commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Michael Rowe, Lee Supercinski, Patric M. Verrone and Peter Avanzino, a Storyboard Animatic, featurettes, a “How We […]

IMPAWARDS shares a new poster for the upcoming animated feature Delgo. Directed by Marc F. Adler & Jason Maurer, Delgo features the voices of Val Kilmer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Chris Kattan, Louis Gossett Jr. and Eric Idle. The film is slated for a December 12, 2008 release.

Anime News Network reports that the Golden State Theater in Monterey, California will host the three-night Anime After Dark film program beginning at 6:00 p.m. on November 28. Ten films to be screened over three evenings during Thanksgiving weekend include Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, Tekkonkinkreet, Cat Soup, Princess Mononoke, Millennium Actress, Urotsukidoji, Appleseed, Project […]

In an exclusive video interview with Collider, Henry Selick, the director of upcoming stop-motion feature Coraline, talks about the story behind the film, use of 3-D, and more. Selick also explains what fans can expect from the movie and why everyone should stay through the end credits of Coraline. The film, which tells the tale […]

GhibliWorld shares an exclusive word on the English voice cast for Hayao Miyazaki’s latest feature Ponyo on the Cliff. According to the report, the English version of Ponyo will feature an all star voice talent cast including Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Cate Blanchett, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Betty White, Frankie Jonas, Noah Cyrus and Cloris […]

Pixar co-founder and director John Lasseter picks his five favorite movies of all time, speaking with RottenTomatoes. Lasseter lists his favorites along with a bonus Chuck Jones short in front of each of them.

Miyazaki discussed the inspiration for his latest feature Ponyo on the Cliff and the issues facing the society of Japan, during a luncheon hosted by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo on November 20. TwitchFilm has posted a text version of much of the discussion wherein Miyazaki also shares his views on commercial […]

Aardman animation’s popular stop-motion show Shaun the Sheep won the International Emmy award in the Children & Young People category, reports AnimationMagazine. Shaun the Sheep which features mischievous adventures of Shaun and his flock, was the only animated program recognized at this year’s International Emmy Awards. Shaun was first introduced in director Nick Park’s Oscar-winning […]

Wired Blog Network reports that Pixar Animation Studios turned to real NASA robots for inspiration to give Wall-E a more realistic feel. To get some insights into how robots move, think and learn, director Andrew Stanton and his team visited the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and talked with the folks who […]

IMDB lists a new character, “Chuckles the Clown”, in the Pixar’s upcoming sequel Toy Story 3 to be voiced by the actor James Anthony Cotton. The sequel is set for a 2010 release.

PixarPlanet has posted an exclusive interview with John Ratzenberger wherein he talks about Pixar, his humanitarian work, and more. From Toy Story to the forthcoming Up, Ratzenberger has appeared in every Pixar film and is often considered as Pixar’s lucky charm.

Disney’s animated feature Bolt debuted below expectations in third place, trailing far behind Twilight, the teenage vampire flick which dominated the weekend box office taking in $70.6 million, reports RottenTomatoes. The PG-rated animated flick took in an estimated $27M from 3,651 theaters for a $7,395 average. The report also suggests that the debut of Bolt […]