“What is the point of living? In my mind, the point of living is to love.” Stanton’s words to the Guardian are reflected in Wall•E — essentially a love story, but specifically about a robot’s awareness of the ability to love. Part of what inspired Stanton to create Wall•E was the exploration of the question […]

411 Mania thinks so and explains why.

Dustin Hoffman told Fox News on the red carpet of at the recent Kung Fu Panda premiere that he first met co-star Angelina Jolie when she was an awkward, not-so-stunning teen who accompanied her father, actor Jon Voight, to the set of Hook back in 1991. “I meet this slender, awkward, shy girl with a […]

It’s official: a gala screening of Andrew Stanton’s new Pixar film will be hosted out of competition at Moscow’s 30th international film festival on June 25th.

Platinum Studios and Vanguard Animation have formed Vanguard Comics, an imprint designed to develop properties that can simultaneously be launched as comicbooks or graphic novels as well as feature films, says Variety. Platinum Studios CEO-chairman Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and Vanguard Animation chairman John H. Williams, producer of the Shrek series, are launching the imprint. They’ve […]

Actor Seth Rogen reveals to Collider that he and his writing partner Evan Goldberg are currently penning an episode of The Simpsons‘ coming season. “We called The Simpsons and asked if we could write an episode. Evan actually met James L Brooks at a party and James said he really liked Superbad, so we thought […]

Escape Studios is hosting a two-day animation workshop in London on June 10-11 presented by Andrew Gordon, who is currently supervising animator on Pixar’s new short film Presto. During the two days, Gordon will cover all aspects of character animation craft in extraordinary detail. He’ll review the basic principles, staging and pose design as well […]

PPC has tied up with Anushvi productions for Dashavatar a mythological tale about the divine incarnations of Lord Vishnu in an animated format. PPC’s Shailendra Singh says of the company’s latest acquisition: “Our country’s mythology has such strong elements of story telling that it’s unbelievable that most of us are still in the dark about […]

AWN reminds us that 2009 marks the 60th anniversary of Casper and Classic Media, an Entertainment Rights group company, is gearing up for the big celebration with the launch of an expanded licensing program for The Official Ambassador of Halloween. Casper products across key categories, including apparel, DVDs, music, digital content, games and social expressions […]

Head over to Animation Magazine TV for another preview of Pixar’s anticipated new film.

DVD Town notes that Yahoo! have tallied their user ratings for animated films in order to come up with a ranked list of the top 30 animated films of all time. Not surprisingly, their top 12 is strictly comprised of movies released in the past 20 years, with half of them being Pixar features. This […]

Daily Dilbert animated cartoons launched yesterday on YouTube and on iTunes as a free, subscription podcast. They will soon be available via RSS feeds, widgets, mobile and numerous other websites.

DreamWorks Animation’s latest film entry is getting an unusual amount of positive reviews for the studio, currently cloking in at 82% on Rotten Tomatoes, with Jim Hill calling Kung Fu Panda “one fun summer flick.” And in a recent interview with Jam! Showbiz, Duston Hoffman recalls how he was initially hesitant to join the animated […]

One of the best animation resources out there, the TAG Blog, takes a trip down memory lane on Disney TV Animation’s 2D series based on the space warrior in Toy Story.

Disney Home Video has announced a 2-disc collector’s edition of The Nightmare Before Christmas for release on the 26th August, says DVD Active. The film will be presented in 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. Extras will include a commentary by producer and writer Tim Burton, director Henry Selick […]

On Saturday, June 21, 2008, The Disney Studios Animation Gallery in Disney’s Hollywood Studios™ will be holding a Dumbo Cel Release and Artist Signing. “Share in the love of Mrs. Jumbo’s, sweet, little, “Baby Mine” with the newest edition to the Ink and Paint collection from the Studios Animation Gallery at the Walt Disney World […]

The San Diego Zoo website points to a contest allowing you to win a private screening of DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda for you and up to 299 of your closest friends. Entries must be received by end of day June 6, 2008.

Coming Soon! reports that the original cast from Madagascar, including Ben Stiller as Alex the lion, Chris Rock as Marty the zebra, David Schwimmer as Melman the giraffe, Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria the hippo, Sacha Baron Cohen as King Julien the lemur king, Cedric The Entertainer as Maurice, Julien’s advisor and Andy Richter as […]

The first theatrical poster for DreamWork’s upcoming sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa can be seen at Cinematical. The one-sheet features all of the lead characters from the first film, including Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, and the comical group of penguins. To view the poster in full-size, click here. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa hits […]

Beginning June 6 through July 3 at McDonald’s restaurants in North America, and then rolling out across the globe, McDonald’s Kung Fu Panda Happy Meal program features exclusive characters from DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming. McDonald’s young guests will receive one of eight Kung Fu Panda toys with the purchase of a Happy Meal at participating McDonald’s […]

Angelina Jolie told Digital Spy in a recent interviews that she finds Disney films offensive because they lack cultural diversity. The actress told OK! that she was reluctant to show her daughters movies from the animation giant because they don’t feature African princesses. “Even the colour of the children in the cartoon matters. There still […]

Coming Soon!‘s Heather Newgen talked exclusively to Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Lucy Liu about voicing Po the Panda, Master Shifu and Viper, respectively, in DreamWorks Animation’s new film Kung Fu Panda which will be kicking its way to conventional theaters and IMAX this Friday.

USA Today unveils this morning nine new photos from DreamWorks Animation’s sequel to Madagascar which will roar in conventional theaters and IMAX on November 7, 2008. Don’t expect a sneek peak at new characters though since the gallery is made of screen captures from the featurette that debuted a few months ago on the Bee […]

The Simpsons cast has sealed a four-year deal that hands it more “D’oh” and solidifies the animated hit’s 20th season, says Variety. Production on the show has been delayed for several months as voice actors and 20th Century Fox TV hammered out a deal. New pact bumps the stars’ salaries up to about $400,000 an […]

Elstree Screen Heritage strikes back again this year with Elstree Film Festival 3, another week-long celebration of the movies made at the historic studio just outside London in the UK. Topping the bill is a double feature matinee specifically geared towards a family audience, featuring screenings of Jim Henson’s 1981 directorial debut The Great Muppet […]

An in-depth interview with John Stevenson, co-director of DreamWork’s upcoming animated comedy Kung Fu Panda, can be read at ComingSoon. In the article, Stevenson discusses the process of making an animated film, how he got into his position, and his future plans now that he has finished his work on Panda. The martial arts adventure […]

Variety has posted an article featuring Academy award nominee Sylvain Chomet and his new feature film The Illusionist. The article suggests how the Scottish capital seduced the French director and his wife in 2003 when they visited the place for the screening of his film The Triplets of Belleville at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. […]

Slash Film unveiled 8 new images from the upcoming Pixar film this morning. Enjoy!

“Forget about fright. Now it’s all about being polite.” Jim Hill warns you in his latest Monday Mouse Watch and talks about the new spiel that Magic Kingdom cast members are expected to recite whenever they work at the Haunted Mansion.

Sun Microsystems today announced the online release of the 3D animation film Big Buck Bunny rendered using Network.com’s Sun Grid compute utility service. The movie is created using open source 3D software suite Blender, available from blender.org as well as Network.com Application Catalog, a collection of online grid-enabled applications that can be used in an […]