“Mitch” at Pixar Planet describes her recent attendance to a seminar hosted by Pixar Animation Studios’ Andrew Stanton. The report includes numerous notes from Stanton’s lecture, as well as photos from outside the event.

Coming Soon reports that The Weinstein Company and Exodus Film Group are developing the computer animated movie Navy Seals. The family-friendly adventure will focus on “an elite pod of US Navy dolphins who are captured and their only hope for rescue is a band of misfit seals.”

With TV Guide, George Lucas elaborates on his two upcoming Star Wars television series, including the computer animated Clone Wars. Describing the show as taking place between the Star Wars films Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Lucas notes that he would like for Clone Wars […]

The Starz Bunny Club presents a 30-second reenactment of the 2004 horror film The Grudge. From Angry Alien Productions, the animated short is the latest in the series of bunny-starring spoofs.

Upcoming Pixar points out that DailyGame.net has a special preview of the “Car Finder” game to be found on the Blu-Ray release of Disney/Pixar’s Cars. The latter website was able to have hands-on experience with the game, thanks to Disney’s Magical Blu-ray Tour.

A new trailer for Robert Zemeckis’ motion-captured Beowulf has been acquired by Coming Soon. The video is available in a variety of QuickTime sizes.

Studying the animation powerhouse’s latest entry, Ratatouille, Times Online speculates on Pixar’s ability to please both children and adults with their films. In addition, the piece highlights the company’s view on pop-culture references.

For those with recently completed or soon-to-be-completed works of animation please be notified that ASIFA-Hollywood is now accepting nominations for the 35th Annual Annie Awards. More information follows:

For those who will be in Germany between September 30 – October 2 make note of the eDIT Filmmaker’s Festival which will have a special in-depth animation program on the last day featuring animators such as Bill Plympton, Steven Bender, as well as Spencer Cook, Animation Supervisor on Spiderman 3, and more.

Nausicaa.net reports that Neil Gaiman, the man behind the English adaptation of Princess Mononoke, visited Studio Ghibli after years. According to the website, “Gaiman just got around to visiting the studio and took photos with Toshio Suzuki, Steve Alpert, and Hayao Miyazaki.” A direct link to Neil Gaiman’s journal can be found here.

Official Shaun The Sheep website has three interview clips with Richard Goleszowski, the director of Aardman’s Shaun The Sheep wherein he talks about the idea behind the show, his favorite characters, future plans for Shaun and more.

Variety reports that France has chosen the controversial animated film Persepolis as its entry for the 2008 Oscars for best foreign-language film. Based on the graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis tells the story of an Iranian girl growing up at the time of the Islamic revolution. The film won jury prize at the Cannes […]

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., together with Paramount Pictures Corporation, a unit of Viacom Inc., announced today that Monsters vs. Aliens, DreamWorks Animation’s first-ever film produced in stereoscopic 3-D technology, will be released into theatres on March 27, 2009. The film had been previously slated for its domestic release on May 15, 2009. More information can […]

GhibliWorld reports that starting from October 7th “Radio Ghibli” will start its broadcast every Sunday at 11:00 PM nationwide on all 38 stations of the Japan FM Network. Toshio Suzuki, Producer and president of Studio Ghibli will start his radio career by hosting the show. Report also sugggests that Suzuki will talk about things like […]

Through official press announcements from Warner Bros., Entertainment News International reminds that tomorrow will see the release of the anticipated and animated Superman: Doomsday. Concurrently, the site points out that the second season of Legion of Super Heroes and the fifth season of The Batman start this Saturday, September 22. Images from all three of […]

With Animated Views, animation historian Jerry Beck discusses his work on The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection and Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938, Volume 1, as well as some of his upcoming projects. In addition, Beck explains how classic animation is brought to DVD, while also sharing his thoughts on the current state of […]

Coming Soon reveals that Warner Bros. is once again teaming up with “Harry Potter” producer David Heyman to bring another British classic to the big screen, Paddington Bear. Hamish McColl (Mr. Bean’s Holiday) is writing the screenplay for a live-action movie based on Michael Bond’s series of children’s books about a talking bear who’s adopted […]

Animation Insider reports that Jetix US has acquired Captain Flamingo for its programming block on Toon Disney. Produced by Breakthrough Animation, Captain Flamingo tells the story of Milo Powell who, armed with his backpack of powerful joke store novelty items, saves the day every time with a little help from his best pal, anonymous sidekick […]

/Film showcases the latest international poster for Disney’s upcoming live-action/animated fairytale Enchanted. The film is currently scheduled to hit US theaters on November 21st, 2007.

Jerry Seinfeld, star of DreamWorks’ upcoming animated film, Bee Movie, recently sat down with the LA Times and discussed the challenges of voicing/writing an animated character in conjunction with using DreamWorks’ “teleconferencing” system of video screens. “I would make faces or I would do gestures, I would make poses,” Seinfeld said. “I couldn’t understand in […]

The following are fun facts released by DreamWorks Animation regarding their upcoming Bee Movie, touching on subjects as diverse as alleged Albert Einstein quotes, cameos to look out for, the “green” nature of the vehicles seen in the film, and more.

World Screen reports that Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures Television have given the greenlight to Culver Entertainment to produce an additional 13 episodes of the new The Spectacular Spider-Man animated television series, bringing the current series run to 26 episodes. The initial 13 episodes will premiere in early 2008 on the Saturday morning kids programming […]

TV Shows on DVD has the lowdown on Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest Heroes: Volume 3 as well as showcasing an advertisement that reveals a Season 1: Collectors Edition is on its way. The site also confirms that the third season of What’s New Scooby Doo? is heading to DVD while providing a list of the […]

Apple Trailers showcases the new TV Spot for Robert Zemeckis’ latest motion capture extravaganza, Beowulf. The TV Spot can be viewed in Standard as well as High definiton. Meanwhile, MTV Movies showcases the TV Spot in a streaming flash format while Movielist has made it available for direct download.

According to Animation World Network American Cinema Int’l will be releasing an animated version of The Ten Commandments, the story of Moses leading his people out of Egyptian bondage and into the promised land, to theaters on Oct. 19, 2007. This will be the first in a twelve-part series focusing on epic stories from the […]

MTV Movies showcases a short video-interview with M. Night Shyamalan, also found on the latest Avatar DVD, in which the director explains why he decided to helm the upcoming live-action adaption of Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender. According to the Shyamalan, it was the animated series’ “cool fighting scenes,” its supernatural elements and its Eastern […]

For 2 days in October 2007 Hollywood gets its first animation festival in over 5 years- The Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF) at the beautifully renovated art deco “Silent Movie Theatre.” More details can be found here:

Blackfilm has made available new images from the upcoming DreamWorks film Bee Movie. Directed by Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner, Bee Movie features the voices of artists such as Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger and Matthew Broderick. Bee Movie opens nationwide on November 2.

Worst Previews showcases an international teaser poster for 20th Century Fox’ upcoming live-action/CGI adaption of Alvin And The Chipmunks. The film is currently scheduled to hit US theaters on December 14th, 2007.

Warner Bros. has officially released the first images from the two-part season premiere of The Batman, entitled The Batman/Superman Story. The Dark Knight’s latest animated series will enter its fifth season on September 22 at 11:30 a.m., as part of the CW network’s Kids’ WB! lineup. To view the five images, click: