The Hollywood Reporter reports that Genndy Tartakovsky, responsible for such series as Samuri Jack and Star Wars: Clone Wars, has been enlisted as a feature animation director for the newly formed Orphanage Animation Studios. With his new job, Tartakovsky will develop five feature projects, each of them having a budget of around $50 million – […]

A teaser poster for the live action/computer animated retelling of Charlotte’s Web has been added at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. The star-studded flick, including the voices of Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Buscemi, and John Cleese, will hit cinemas June 23, 2006.

With Disney’s Chicken Little nearing release Chuck Oberleitner’s o-meon site examines some of the big expectations placed on it as Walt Disney Feature Animation’s first non-Pixar, 100% CGI animated flick. Read on to find out how it looks like this former “underdog” may be working its way out of the doghouse.

On a day when Aardman Animaton planned on celebrating this weekend’s box office success, things went sour when a warehouse used to store props and sets from past projects caught fire this morning in Bristol, England, according to {{link http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/10/aardman.fire/index.html CNN}}. No one was in the building at the time and no one was hurt. […]

Cover artwork for the Garfield “The Purrrfect Collector’s Edition” DVD has been unleashed at DVD Answers. Highlights of the discs’ bonus features include: an audio commentary by director Peter Hewitt and John Davis; a deleted scenes reel; and featurettes “Garfield: The Movie Inside Look”, “Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life”, “The Birth of Garfield”, “The […]

Toon Zone lists the animated movies that are scheduled to air on Disney Channel during the month of October. The calendar includes The Great Mouse Detective (October 31), Hercules (October 10), Monsters, Inc. (October 9), Pooh’s Grand Adventure: The Search For Christopher Robin (October 24), and Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender Of Fun (October […]

IGN reviews Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge for PlayStation 2, coming October 10th, and Xbox, coming October 11th. Overall, the site seems to enjoy the game, with the exception of the project’s gameplay. “The Nightmare Before Christmas is a reasonably sized game with a good amount of extras, but the motivation to […]

One of the projects of interest to animation fans being shown and launched at this year’s MIPCOM, the audiovisual content show hosted in Cannes later this month, is \\Ginja Ninja\\ (pronounced like “Ginger”, to rhyme with “Ninja”). The live-action show mixes the traditions of classic silent comedies with highly visual storytelling, slapstick situations, and big […]

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit took the top spot for the weekend of October 7 – 9, 2005, reports Box Office Guru. Opening in 3,645 theaters, the stop-motion animated film grossed approximately $16.1 million, averaging $4,417 per theater. Studio research indicates that 68% of sales were from families and 85% categorized the […]

‘Prince Kido’ at the French message board Disney Central Plaza has posted a new pic of the title character from Disney’s Rapunzel Unbraided, taken from a recent issue of European Time. Thanks to ‘Kinoo’ at the Animated-News Forum for the notice.

The official website for the Tarzan Special Edition DVD has been updated, now containing info about the DVD’s bonus features; a photo gallery; trailers and clips, including a sneak peek at Everlife’s new “Strangers Like Me” music video; downloads; games and activities; and a plug for the “New Groove Edition” DVD release of The Emperor’s […]

Advertising for \\The Curse of the Were-Rabbit\\ has been banned from the Isle of Portland, Dorset in the United Kingdom, according to \\{{link http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1815040,00.html The Times}}\\. For over a century local superstition has considered the word “rabbit” to be bad luck. The word is not used by the locals who use terms like “underground mutton” […]

Coming Soon indicates that during the Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge of the Sith DVD junket at Skywalker Ranch yesterday, Star Wars producer Rick McCallum mentioned the progress on the future computer animated Clone Wars series. “The animation is being done right now as we speak, it’s starting to prep. That’s being done here at […]

Early cover artwork for the Bambi II DVD is at DVD Answers. Meanwhile, SoundtrackNet takes a look at the making of the sequel’s soundtrack. Oscar-nominated composer Bruce Broughton has blended a full-orchestral score, a few new songs, and even some songs from the original Bambi, to comprise the music of Bambi II.

{{link http://movies.aol.com/behind_the_scenes_wallace_gromit_movie Moviefone}} goes behind the scenes of \\The Curse of the Were-Rabbit\\ to learn about the work necessary to bring Wallace and Gromit to life with these two videos.

In a surprising announcement, Disney said yesterday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that Michael Eisner “resigned his board seat last Friday and will not serve as a company consultant, as he had been entitled to do under his employment agreement”, according to the {{link http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051007/ap_on_bi_ge/disney_eisner AP}}. After resigning as CEO in September Eisner […]

DreamWorks/Aardman’s \\The Curse of the Were-Rabbit\\ opens today in 3,645 theatres, according to {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/counts/chart/?yr=2005&wk=40&p=.htm Box Office Mojo}}, who {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/forecast/ predict}} a first place finish for the weekend with $14.8 million. {{link http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=248729 Rotten Tomatoes}} says “this \\Curse\\ is a blessing. Or, more to the point, it’s the best-reviewed wide release of the year […]

Take a sneak peek at \\The Curse of the Were-Rabbit\\ with these seven clips from the movie, available in four different sizes in Quicktime, Windows Media, and Real Player formats.

The cover artwork for the Chicken Little soundtrack has been unveiled at Amazon.com, while the album’s track listing is at Overstock.com. Highlights on the soundtrack include Chicken Little’s take on “We Are the Champions”; Ugly Duckling and Runt’s performance of the Spice Girls hit “Wannabe”; the Chicken Little cast’s presentation of “Don’t Go Breaking My […]

The trailer for Universal Pictures’ traditionally animated Curious George is now online at Moviefone. The trailer will begin playing in theaters tomorrow, with Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Meanwhile, one can find the poster for Curious George at The Internet Movie Poster Awards. Update! A link to view the Curious George trailer […]

Animated News has received several copies of the Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows DVD from Buena Vista Home Entertainment to give away to five lucky winners. UPDATE: The contest is now over. Thank you to all who entered. View list of winners:

Steamin’ hot off the DreamWorks Animation press comes the following synopsis for The Madagascar Penguins in A Christmas Caper the short feature playing with this Friday’s release of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and directed by none other than Beauty and the Beast’s Gary Trousdale:

Moviefone has the first four minutes of Disney’s Chicken Little. The opening reveals the “sky is falling” incident that made Chicken Little the laughing stock of Oakey Oaks. Thanks to ‘PatrickvD’ at the Animated-News Forum for the heads up!

Available in a number of sizes from QuickTime, Windows Media Player, and Real Player, the teaser trailer for Over the Hedge is now online and should be attached to Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, entering theaters this weekend.

The official website for Kronk’s New Groove has opened, though at the moment, only the trailer and an opportunity to order the DVD are offered. However, Justin Williams writes that within the next two weeks, the site will be updated to include desktops and an on-screen ‘grooving’ Kronk with his own theme song.

Via MSNBC, Newsweeks’ Nicki Gostin speaks with Nick Park, the creator of Wallace & Gromit, as Park sheds some light on the creation of Wallace & Gromit; the plasticine pair’s first movie, Curse of the Were-Rabbit; and Chicken Run.

From writers Micah Herman and Kyle Newman come Gnomes!, a new project from Vanguard Films, indicates The Hollywood Reporter. The film revolves around “a boy who discovers that the garden gnomes in his backyard actually are alive. When he starts to suspect that his mom’s new suitor is a gnome-eating troll, the boy enlists the […]

Last Sunday afternoon, Buena Vista Home Entertainment conducted the New York version of the world premiere for the Cinderella Platinum Edition DVD. With seven images and a report, Ultimate Disney provides a glimpse of the festivities that took place. In other Cinderella Platinum Edition DVD news, Yahoo! Movies allows one to see clips from the […]

The Hollywood Film Festival Award Committee has bestowed the Hollywood Animation Award to Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle. The film, along with its fellow Hollywood Movie Award winners, will be honored at the Hollywood Movie Awards Gala Ceremony, taking place on October 24th. To view a list of other award recipients, or to vote for […]

Today marks the Region 1 release of Disney’s Cinderella for the first time on DVD. It appears as the sixth in a line of Platinum Editions of the most cherished movies from The Walt Disney Studios. Animated News reporter Christian Ziebarth has previewed the contents and put together a random sampling of some of its […]