Over at Animated Views, we’ve a selection of articles celebrating the arrival of Disney’s One Hundred And One Dalmatians in a new 2-disc Platinum Edition DVD, including several interviews with cast, crew and fans of Walt’s canine classic from our resident interviewer Jeremie Noyer: • Mel Leven’s son Bill Leven remembers his Cruella de Vil […]

The Hollywood Reporter has posted its review for Fox/Blue Sky’s latest outing, the Dr Seuss feature Horton Hears A Who!, calling the CG animated film “a delight, brimming with colorful, elastic characters and bountiful wit. The film captures all the charm of the book from its rhyming text to its themes and fantastical characters. This […]

TV Shows On DVD features the cover art for the recently announced Popeye & Friends: Volume 1. The single-disc release will cost $14.95 and will be available for purchase on the 17th of June. The collection includes 8 Popeye cartoons, however it is not known exactly which ones will be on the disc. UPDATE: A […]

An extremely low-quality photograph of a new poster for Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs can be viewed at ComingSoon. Ice Age 3 will be Blue Sky Studios’ first film released in 3-D. The third installment to the prehistoric franchise will open in theaters July 2009. Thanks to “Wendy’s Jane” over at the Animated […]

UpcomingPixar has posted the cover art for the Xbox 360 version of the upcoming WALL•E video game. Based on the upcoming Disney/Pixar film of the same name, WALL•E video game goes on sale on June 24, 2008.

GhibliWorld has the English summary of an interview with Hayao Miyazaki wherein he talks about his new film Ponyo on a Cliff, giving away a little about the storyline of the film. Miyazaki adds that while there are not too many characters in his new film, the sea itself is like a character. Miyazaki says, […]

An interview with Clancy Brown, voice of two characters in the new television series The Spectacular Spider-Man, can be read at the Pittsburgh-Tribune Review. In the article, Brown discusses his reasons for taking the roles, as well as how he became involved in an acting career. The Spectacular Spider-Man premiered today at 10 AM.

Featured on ComingSoon is an interview with actor Jim Carrey on his new role in Disney’s upcoming performance-capture film, A Christmas Carol. Carrey, who is playing Ebenezer Scrooge as well as the three Chirstmas Spirits, says, “It’s just a fantastic story. It’s beautiful literature.” He also vaguely mentions a possible role in Ripley’s Believe It […]

Variety has posted an article announcing that Jill Culton, helmer of Open Season, is set to direct Sony’s upcoming animated film Hotel Transylvania. Hotel follows the story of the youngest in a line of monster hunters who falls in love with the daughter of Count Dracula, and attempts to bring about peace between their two […]

The release date of the live-action adaption of the popular anime series, Dragonball Z, has been changed from August 15, 2008 to April 3, 2009, according to Superhero Hype. Had it been opened on it’s intended release date, the film would have had to compete with The International, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Tropic Thunder […]

Internet Movie Database reports that the CGI epic Beowulf took top spot in this week’s DVD sales charts. The movie had an intake of $10.9 million in rentals, beating American Gangster, last week’s number one. Other animated films received a boost in sales as well, with last year’s Ratatouille, Shrek The Third, and The Simpsons […]

An in-depth article concerning Blue Sky Studios and their upcoming film Horton Hears A Who! can be read at USA Today’s website. The report explores the crew’s efforts to stay true to the material of the original book by Dr. Seuss, including information on what it was like converting the 72-page story in a 88-minute […]

UltimateDisney has an exclusive interview with Lisa Davis, the voice and reference model for human lead Anita Radcliff in Disney’s classic 101 Dalmatians. As a child, Lisa was discovered and brought from England to America by Walt Disney to play the title role of Alice in Wonderland but after Walt decided to animate the entire […]

Announcing their 2011 slate, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has revealed a host of sequels and franchise extensions that will power their movie year. As Dark Horizons reports, 2011 will see the return of Benjamin Gates in National Treasure 3 and Jack Sparrow in Pirates Of The Caribbean 4. Rumored but now finally confirmed sequels […]

GhibliWorld has posted an English summary of a Toshio Suzuki interview which appeared in the March edition of the Japanese magazine Cut. In the exclusive interview, Suzuki reveals more details about the story and history of Miyazaki Hayao’s new film Ponyo on a Cliff. According to Suzuki, Miyazaki’s hand-drawn feature Ponyo on a Cliff tells […]

An article featured on Hollywood Reporter’s website reveals that a spin-off to the hit animated series Family Guy is in the works at Fox and 20th Century Fox TV. The project, currently titled Cleveland, will revolve around the character Cleveland Brown, a friends of Family Guy‘s protagonist Peter Griffin. Several more upcoming animated shows are […]

UpcomingPixar shares some updates on the Pixar’s upcoming film WALL•E. According to the site, Disney/Pixar have updated the Official WALL•E website with some new animations and music from the film. In addition to this, the blogsite also shares a link featuring a new poster for WALL•E. A super-high res version of the poster can be […]

Filmthreat has an exclusive interview with Academy award winning Claymation pioneer Will Vinton wherein he reflects back on his early evolution as a filmmaker and animator. Vinton, who helped to perfect and commercialize the art, even holds a registered trademark on the term “Claymation.” In the interview, Vinton talks about various short films he worked […]

Despite a baffling announcement yesterday that the studio was stuck with HD DVD despite the disc’s recent demise, it seems DreamWorks will be dropping the format according to High Def Digest. The HD DVD version of Bee Movie, which was set for release in less than two weeks, has been cancelled. Whether a Blu-ray version […]

ComingSoon reports that Freddie Highmore, the young star of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and The Spiderwick Chronicles, is set to voice the title character in Imagi’s upcoming adaption of the classic manga series, Astro Boy. “I am very thrilled that Freddie has accepted this role,” producer Maryann Garg said concerning the news. “He is […]

Even though every other major Hollywood studio has come out in support of the Blu-ray high definition disc format Reuters is reporting that DreamWorks, for the time being, is sticking with HD DVD. This despite the fact that Toshiba, the primary hardware backer of the format, has all but killed it off. The Digital Bits […]

ComingSoon reports that the original release date of DreamWork’s CG flick How To Train Your Dragon has been changed from November 20, 2009 to March 26, 2010. The animated comedy follows the efforts of a boy named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III to capture and train a small dragon to pass an initiation.

ComingSoon reports that Hoodwinked director Cory Edwards has revealed the cast for the the upcoming sequel Hoodwinked 2: Red Vs Evil, which he is currently co-writing. While Glenn Close, Patrick Warburton, David Ogden Stiers, and Andy Dick are returning for part two, Anne Hathaway, who previously provided the voice for Red Riding Hood, will be […]

A handful of new posters from the upcoming CGI comedy, Horton Hears A Who!, have appeared at Internet Movie Poster Awards. The one-sheets feature individual character posters as well as group shots. Horton and the gang will be hitting theaters this March 14th.

Scans of a Wall-E centered article in Total Film Magazine can be found at First Showing. Several new images can be seen in the scans, including concept art, movie stills, and a photo of director Andrew Stanton. The article also includes and interview with Stanton, who gives information on both the creation and plot of […]

UltimateDisney has posted the cover art for the upcoming Sleeping Beauty Platinum Edition DVD which will hit the stores on October 7, 2008. A Blu-Ray release will also be made available, day-and-date with the new standard re-issue.

The Starz Bunnies are up with their “60-ish seconds” version of Grindhouse which summarizes both features and also includes a trailer medley. Bunnies’ version can be watched here.

Brad Bird picked up his second Academy Award as Ratatouille took the prize for Best Animated Feature. It is the third time a Pixar film has won the award. Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman won Best Animated Short Film for their stop motion version of Peter and the Wolf. Best Visual Effects went to Michael […]

A summarization of several panels at this year’s Wondercon has been posted at ComingSoon. Included in the article is a report of Wall•E‘s panel, which featured director Andrew Stanton as a speaker. He describes Wall•E as a love story that follows a cinematic style set by sci-fi movies of the 70’s, also mentioning a new […]

DVDActive reports that Warner Home Video has announced the release of Popeye the Sailor: 1938-1940 Volume Two on dvd. The 2-disc set will include 31 uncut and remastered shorts and will be available in stores from 17th June. Extras on the discs will include Commentaries, Popeye Popumentary featurettes, an “Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer […]