CNBC reports that the film studio DreamWorks has teamed up with Intel to create “next generation digital 3D animation”. The alliance was established in order to benefit both partners; DreamWorks hopes to speed up their production processes by putting Intel technology to use, while Intel plans to use Dreamworks to test new technology specifically intended […]

Apparently gone unreported (as far as we can tell) since it’s release in November 2007, there is a bit of news about Pixar’s next film, Up, on the Blu-ray version of Ratatouille. In a scene where Remy is running through the walls of a building towards the rooftop he is chased by a dog, who […]

If you’re not able to make it to the San Diego Comic-Con to get your copy of “Character Animation Crash Course” signed by its author, Eric Goldberg, you’ll have another chance on August 6th from 7-9pm when Eric will be signing copies of his soon-to-be-released book at the Samuel French Theatre and Film Bookshop in […]

As mentioned earlier in an interview with Pixar storyboard artist Enrico Casarosa, GhibliWorld now brings details on the Totoro Forest Project, an international charity effort to preserve Sayama forest which is also known as Totoro’s forest. Sayama is an endangered sanctuary on the outskirts of Tokyo where Miyazaki got the inspiration for his much loved […]

UpcomingPixar shares a video of a real Remy the Rat cooking at Disneyland Paris, a part of Disney’s Imagineering.

NPR.org shares a long podcast interview with Andrew Stanton, director of Pixar’s latest film Wall-E.

Marvel has made available the very first trailer for their upcoming direct-to-DVD/Blu-Ray release Hulk vs Wolverine. According to the site, two of the most famous battles in Marvel’s comic book history are finally being brought to life in the sixth Marvel/Lionsgate direct-to-DVD/Blu-Ray release in January 2009. More info on the films included in this release […]

Collider brings an exclusive interview with the director David Bowers and producer Maryann Garger of Imagi Entertainment’s upcoming feature film Astro Boy. The duo talk about adapting Osamu Tezuka’s classic and bringing it to the big screen, the story and the cast, and the fans response so far. Astro Boy is slated for a 2009 […]

WSJ has posted an interview with Lindsey Collins, producer of the latest Pixar film Wall•E, wherein she talks about dressing for Pixar, pregnancy and red-carpet premieres. Thanks to UpcomingPixar for the story.

Aardman confirmed on their official Wallace & Gromit blog that voice recording for A Matter of Loaf and Death is now completed. Peter Sallis, who turned 87 this year, returns as the voice of Wallace.

GhibliWorld has posted an early cover art for the book Art of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, based on the upcoming Studio Ghibli film of the same name. According to the site, just like any other Studio Ghibli “Art of” series book, Art of Ponyo will also feature a variety of sketches, storyboards, […]

ContactMusic reports that the box-office success of Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda in China, has led to a debate in the country about why a film with many Chinese symbols and settings could not have been made in China itself. Ever since its release in late June, Kung Fu Panda has earned $20 million in China.

DVD Active reveals that Warner Home Video will release Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 6, featuring 30 cartoons, as well as Looney Tunes: Golden Collection Vol. 6, a 4-disc set including 60 more cartoons and 15 bonus shorts, on on October 21st.

Walden Media has acquired a new family-oriented tale titled Housebroken, says the Hollywood Reporter, which takes a comedic look at a group of talking animals forced to live under the same roof when the two halves of the couple that owns them moves in together. Housebroken will combine CG and live action in the manner […]

Variety reports that Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group will distribute Planet 51 in the United States on November 20, 2009. The alien adventure comedy centers on an astronaut who lands on Planet 51 thinking he’s the first to set foot on it. To his surprise, he discovers it’s inhabited by little green people who live […]

Keeping up the tradition, Disney is releasing today a companion soundtrack to their latest Pixar blockbuster which can be previewed and purchased at Amazon MP3. While underwhelming at first listening, it remains a must for Wall•E fans!

Nausicaa reports about the new book Spirited Away: BFI Film Classics by Andrew Osmond, a Berkshire based freelance film journalist, who also writes for a range of film publications including Sight and Sound, Empire and SFX. According to the article, “Andrew Osmond’s insightful study describes how Miyazaki wrote, storyboarded and directed Spirited Away with a […]

DVDTimes reports that Origin: Spirits of the Past, the first full-length animated feature film made by Japanese anime Studio Gonzo, will be receiving a limited UK theatrical release from 12th July. A futuristic sci-fi fairy tale, Origin: Spirits of the Past, is directed by Keiichi Sugiyama whose work also includes Neon Genesis Evangelion.

UpcomingPixar has an exclusive interview with John Lasseter, chief creative officer at Disney/Pixar, wherein he talks about his role in developing theme park Toy Story Midway Mania, through Walt Disney Imagineering.

Andrew Stanton lost his cool with Cincinnati.com while Sigourney Weaver was all smile on the Early Show a few days ago to promote Pixar’s new film.

The Korea Times walks us through the traveling Pixar exhibit, now in Seoul on time for the studio’s 20th anniversary.

Disney on Ice, once a backwater that the media giant practically ignored, has quietly grown into an important tool for the company as it seeks to further exploit its creative franchises and turn young children into Disneyphiles, explains the NY Times. Moreover, the shows — which are populated with figure skaters dressed as Disney cartoon […]

Disney/Pixar’s Wall•E made $8.8M yesterday, bringing its domestic cume to an impressive $103M and on its way to post the third best 10-day total in Pixar history and 5th highest for any animated film with a projected $133M. Meanwhile DreamWorks Animation’s critically acclaimed blockbuster hit Kung Fu Panda grossed an additional $2M on Friday and […]

The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Dark Horse Entertainment, David Fincher and animation house Blur Studios (Gopher Broke) are teaming up to bring cult comic The Goon to the movies as a CG-animated film. Created by Eric Powell in 1999, the comic follows the adventures of a muscle-bound brawler who claims to be the primary enforcer […]

Coming Soon notes that the Spike Jonze film, which was to use live-action puppetry and computer animation to bring to life the Maurice Sendak picture book, has been removed from Warner Bros.’ release schedule. Where the Wild Things Are began shooting in 2005 and was initially set for a May 2008 release before being pushed […]

AP caught up with Hello, Dolly! composer Jerry Herman to get his reactions on the use of two of the Tony-winning musical’s songs in Pixar’s latest blockbuster. “I’m still blown away by the fact that two songs of mine that are close to 50 years old have been used as the underpinning. My eyes were […]

Ultimate Disney reports that the Mouse House has revised its press release for Walt Disney Treasures: Wave 8 by dropping from the track list the 2003 realization of the long-unfinished Walt Disney/Salvador Dali animated short, Destino. The site adds that The Chronological Donald, Volume 4 and Dr. Syn, Alias The Scarecrow are still scheduled for […]

DVD Active has the full list of bonus features on the September 16th Blu-ray release of DreamWorks Animation’s blockbuster hit Shrek the Third and cover art for the September 23rd release of Madagascar.

The CG comedy, set for release in the U.S. on September 19th, is rated PG for “some thematic elements, scary images, action and mild language.”

Producer Charlotte Huggins (Journey to the Center of the Earth) spoke to SCI FI Wire about her other film coming to U.S. theaters this summer: Fly Me to the Moon, a 3-D animated family/SF film about bugs that stow away on the first moon mission. “Fly Me to the Moon is great. It’s the first […]