The official website for Cars is now live at www.carsthemovie.com. Starting with Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson), new models will be rolled out weekly in the Cars Showroom throughout the next two months. Users will be able to: Check out stats and fun facts for each car character, including Lightning McQueen, Sally the Porche […]

Yahoo! News reports Isaac Hayes has quit Comedy Central’s South Park as the voice of Chef stating that he feels the show is intolerant of religion. South Park co-creator Matt Stone fired back accusing Hayes of religious favoritism.

On Friday, March 10, the Walt Disney Company held its 2006 annual meeting of shareholders at The Pond in Anaheim, California, just a few miles away from the main gates of the Disneyland Resort. Following the meeting, Mark Goldhaber from MousePlanet.com and Jim Hill from JimHillMedia.com sat down with “o-meon’s grownup geeks’ guide” podcast host […]

Ultimate Disney contains the cover artwork for the Dumbo: Big Top Edition and Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure DVDs. The titles will be in stores this June.

Posted at Animation Republic is an insider’s detailed account of the happenings at the Disney 2006 shareholders’ meeting. For instance, a description for the Ratatouille teaser trailer, shown at the event, is provided. In other Ratatouille news, it seems that The Incredibles director Brad Bird is now either directing or co-directing the project, which Geri’s […]

According to TV Shows on DVD, Captain N: The Game Master may soon be making its way to DVD. However, the site speculates that bonus features for the DVD may be scarce, due to certain noted circumstances. In other TV-related DVD news, as a follow-up to the ALFTales story, it appears that ALF: The Animated […]

The teaser poster for Garfield’s A Tail of Two Kitties is up at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. The film will enter theaters on June 23.

Another roundup of Cars-related material has entered the world wide web. First up, IGN has the scoop on the Cars video game, which will be available for Revolution, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. Screenshots from the GameCube version of the game are included in the site’s report.

A third television spot for Ice Age: The Meltdown has hit the film’s official website, where the other two previously noted commercials await. To reach the ads, one need only enter the ‘Video’ section of the site’s menu.

Andy Milder spills some beans to Comics2Film, regarding Warner Bros. upcoming Legion of Super Heroes animated series. Milder, the voice of Lightning Lad in the series, explains that voice work has already begun on Legion, with Kelly Ward acting as voice director. Furthermore, Lightning Lad is the Legion’s field leader, while other team members include […]

Yahoo! Movies reports on the Disney shareholder meeting which took place earlier today at the Anaheim Convention Center across the street from the Disneyland Resort. There appeared to be no divisiveness as in the last two shareholder meetings and John Lasseter and Roy Disney were both cheered as they were introduced to the audience.

Though the movie is still months away from its theatrical release, numerous headlines are already buzzing about the latest Disney/Pixar vehicle, Cars. For instance, USA Today looks at John Lasseter, noting his work ethic and future at Disney. The same paper also interviews Paul Newman, the voice of Cars’ Doc Hudson. In related news, ToledoBlade.com, […]

The eighth poster for Ice Age: The Meltdown, this one being another international incarnation, is available to view at The Internet Movie Poster Awards.

Project Firefly and PorchLight Entertainment are ready to develop and produce Farm Force, described by the Orlando Business Journal as “a wacky comedy series featuring ordinary farm animals-turned-superheroes.” The companies, working with the show’s creator Ethan Long and producer/filmmaker Robin Cowie, will create 26 half-hour episodes, as PorchLight Entertainment will retain the show’s worldwide distribution, […]

NorthJersey.com spotlights the diversity that can be found in many of today’s television series for younger audiences. For instance, Dora the Explorer held the honor as top-rated preschool show for four years, until it was dethroned by its own spinoff, Go, Diego, Go.

The Walt Disney Company, India, has acquired the television rights to the animated blockbuster Hanuman. Interestingly, the film will be shown as an eight-episode miniseries on Disney Channel, says India Daily.

TV Shows on DVD informs that the 1988 animated series ALFTales will arrive to DVD on May 30, with the release of ALF & the Beanstalk. That same day will find the 4-disc DVD release of the third season of ALF.

The official international site for Blue Sky/20th Century Fox’s Ice Age: The Meltdown. Be sure to check out the trailer andthe character bios. The front page mentions release dates for each country.

DreamWorks Animation reports their financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2005. The net fourth-quarter income amounted to $63.2 million (61 cents per share). That total compares to the $192 million ($1.99 per share) amount of the previous year. In the meantime, the company’s revenue dropped 65% to $172.9 million, down from $495.7 […]

Frederator Studios has announced the third season of the Nicktoons Network Animation Festival, a collaborative production between the two companies. This year, the festival has been expanded to include live screenings, as well as distribution through numerous digital outlets. Call for entries in the festival is March 15, 2006. One’s short film entry must be […]

Through AWN, Variety reports that The Jim Henson Co. has obtained the rights to S.F. Said’s Varjak Paw and its sequel The Outlaw Varjak Paw. Varjak illustrator Dave McKean, who directed Henson’s MirrorMask, will direct the animated project, with Said adapting the screenplay.

Ultimate Disney writes that an anonymous source has revealed the Jungle Book Platinum Edition DVD will enter stores in February 2007, while the similar release of 101 Dalmatians will occur in October 2007. In other Disney DVD news, Tinker Bell (formerly known as The Tinker Bell Movie) and Cinderella III are still aiming for release […]

The third teaser trailer for Happy Feet is now online, at Yahoo! Movies. This time around, a lightheard penguin, voiced by Robin Williams, takes center stage, performing his version of the classic tune “My Way.”

The DreamWorks Animation SKG Fansite has acquired ten character profiles for Over the Hedge. Each card notes a character plus the actor voicing him or her.

According to Movehole, The Thundercats is rumored as being eyed by Warner Bros., for a potential live-action franchise. The project(s) would apparently be handled similarly to the X-Men films.

DVD Active has the cover artwork for Warner Bros. direct-to-video project Superman: Braniac Attacks. The DVD will fly into stores on June 20, ten days before the theatrical release of the live-action Superman Returns.

The Associated Press, in association with Yahoo! News, writes that brothers Keenen Ivory, Shawn and Marlon Wayans are preparing a new animated series of specials for Nickelodeon. Titled Thugaboo, the three-episode show focuses on the lives of nine kids growing up in the inner city. “It’s like hard meets soft,” explained Shawn Wayans. “The thug […]

AtomFilms has unveiled AtomFilms To Go, a new service allowing one to download shorts to a video-capable portable media device, such as an iPod or Sony PlayStation Portable. Having already begun, the service is currently offering ten free shorts, with live-action and animated titles in the mix. The news comes courtesy of Toon Zone, via […]

Tonight, starting at 7:40pm, Starz Kids & Family will present exclusive footage and trailers from Disney’s The Shaggy Dog, entering theaters tomorrow. The behind-the-scenes special On the Set: The Shaggy Dog will air also, joining Soccer Dog: European Cup and Air Bud.

Yahoo! Movies debuts the latest trailer for the DreamWorks Animation comedy Over the Hedge. In addition, four character posters for the movie, featuring R.J. the raccoon, Verne the turtle, Hammy the squirrel and Stella the skunk, are up at the site.