After its first preview on Broadway recently, composer Alan Menken talked to with Rotten Tomatoes about the difficulties of bringing Disney’s classic film The Little Mermaid to the theatre. “I really hadn’t thought about Mermaid for the stage, for the challenge of being under the sea. As everyone knows, that was one of the difficulties. […]

Walt Disney’s Academy Award winning 1933 short Three Little Pigs has been added to the National Film Registry according to the head of the Library of Congress, James Billington. Each year the Librarian of Congress, advised by the National Film Preservation Board, selects up to 25 films that are culturally, historically or aesthetically significant to […]

Trailers for the Fathom Studios’ upcoming animated film Delgo have appeared on Movie-list.com. Featuring the voices of actors such as Val Kilmer and Jennifer Love Hewitt, Delgo is a fantasy-adventure about a naive teenager who must rally his group of friends to protect their world from conflict between the Lockni and Nohrin people.

Variety via PixarPlanet has pulished an interview with Brad Bird wherein the Pixar writer and director calls for more respect for writers of animated films. Bird says, “The whole question of writing for animation is skewed. There isn’t a giant difference between animation and live action. You need characters, stories, themes. It’s called good storytelling.”

An exclusive first look at the stars of the upcoming Disney flick Bolt can be seen at Rope Of Silence, along with an image of the film’s logo. A new promo shot of Pixar’s Wall•E can also be found on the site, showing the robo-protagonist clinging to the side of a space ship. Thanks to […]

Editors at RottenTomatoes.com have picked twenty best films of 2007 which, according to them, are definitely worth your time. Animated films featured in the list are Ratatouille and Paprika.

IFC.com has published an article featuring five best directorial debut of the year 2007 which includes Marjane Satrapi’s animated film Persepolis. According to the article, “Satrapi’s film isn’t just a faithful adaptation but an energized improvement of its source material, lending the author’s personal saga of oppression and exile an aesthetic fluidity and vitality that […]

AWN has an in-depth article which focuses on how Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novels were brought to life in the award winning film Persepolis. The article examines how the novels were adapted to create a black-and-white animated film that stands apart and follows the filmmakers journey from defining the design of the film to finding distributors […]

CreativeLoafing, in one of its articles, talks about song and dance numbers from Tim Burton’s films which also features “Kidnap the Sandy Claus” from The Nightmare Before Christmas and “Remains of the Day” from The Corpse Bride. Both of these songs were composed by Burton’s perennial composer Danny Elfman.

UpcomingPixar reports that Ratatouille has been judged the Best Animated film at Austin Film Critics Award. Pixar’s Cars had won the same award last year.

An all-new clip from the upcoming stop-motion film Coraline has appeared on Ain’t It Cool News. Directed by Henry Selick of The Nightmare Before Christmas fame, Coraline is planned to open in theaters sometime this year. A direct link to the footage is here.

TheReeler.com has posted an article on the animation scene in New York City. Besides the depiction of the city in animation over the years, the article also talks about local animation superstars, surprises and best-kept secrets.

UpcomingPixar, with ThePixarBlog, reports that IMDB is listing a new character from Pixar’s upcoming film WALL•E. The character is called Hoverchair Mother and is played by Kim Kopf. Directed by Andrew Stanton, WALL•E hits theatres 27 June 2008.

RottenTomatoes, In one of its articles, reports that according to Stan Lee, the company is leaving no major character unfilmed. Lee further adds, “Now they’re not working on it but they have been discussing whether to do it — Power Pack. They’ll be doing Submariner, Captain America, The Avengers, Nick Fury.”

UpcomingPixar reports that Pixar’s Toy Story 2 has been added to the iTunes, completing the collection of Pixar films on the store.

Apple has made available a new trailer for Persepolis to watch and download in various formats. Based on Marjane Satrapi’s semi-autobiographical graphic novel, critically acclaimed Persepolis opens in theatres December 25.

A batch of brand new Horton Hears A Who character posters have appeared on CanMag. The five one-sheets feature the various ‘toon stars of the film, including the Mayor of Whosville and the big elephant himself. Horton will open in theaters on March 18th, 2008.

Just a reminder that the new Goofy short, How to Hook Up Your Home Theater, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios debuts today with Disney’s live action film National Treasure: Book of Secrets (look in How to Hook Up Your Home Theater for very quick cameos of the likenesses of Walt Disney and John Lasseter). […]

Apple has made available the online trailer for the The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything : A Veggietales Movie in various formats. The movie is set to hit theatres January 11, 2008.

RottenTomatoes.com has an exclusive interview with Marjane Satrapi, graphic novelist and the director of Persepolis, about her long journey into moviedom. Satrapi also discusses comics to film adaptation of her semi-autobiographical novel, culture shock, and the Oscars. The interview also features few exclusive stills and a clip from the movie Persepolis.

Thirty-second Bunnies Theatre has come out with their Bunnies’ rendition of Spider-man 3. Bunnies version of the film can be viewed here.

An in-depth article on IESB currently features a behind the scenes look at the upcoming 2009 action flick, Gatchaman. The story includes technical details of the film, a short history on the original Gatchaman series, character and plot details, several concept art images, and an interview with director Kevin Munroe. “It’s an origin story. We’re […]

DVDActive reports that Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the dvd release of SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the West on April 15, 2008. Disc will feature 6 more episodes, as SpongeBob researches his family tree and finds out that he’s related to a great Western hero in the title episode.

DVDActive reports about a new edition of Ice Age: The Meltdown which will be released on 4th March 2008. According to the site, this new release will include an all new bonus disc featuring never-before-seen featurettes and interactive set-top games. Extras on this release will include, a “Meet The Modeler: How To Create A Model […]

Those planning on catching a flick at the AMC Theater at Downtown Disney in Anaheim soon will likely be able to see a large model of Pixar’s Wall•E inside the box office. The model may be on display at other theaters as well. A sneak peek can be seen here:

The Hollywood Reporter has announced that after settling differences, Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema will co-produce the anticipated prequels to Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, in collaboration with MGM. Jackson had been battling New Line for his share of profits from the first Rings, The Fellowship Of The Ring, while New Line […]

An exclusive trailer for Pixar’s upcoming sic-fi flick, Wall•E, has appeared at RottenTomatoes. Opening in theaters on June 27, 2008, Wall•E is the story of a robot in love who lives 700 years in the future.

The American Film Institute has announced the official selections for their annual AFI Awards. This year, Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille was named one of the top films of the year. Unlike other award giving organizations the AFI awards are judged based on the “creative ensembles as a whole – those both in front of and behind the […]

GhibliWorld has posted some details on Hayao Miyazaki’s upcoming film Ponyo on a Cliff. According to an announcement made by Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki, Ponyo on a Cliff is influenced by Urashima Taro, a Japanese legend.

RottenTomatoes.com carries an exclusive interview with the Dreamworks CEO, Jeffry Katzenberg, wherein he talks about the studio’s latest CG feature Bee Movie and more.