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 […]

Industry 411 notes that the author of the classic Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle, is in need of assistance regarding his taking Granada Media to court. Beagle’s business manager says that despite attempts to settle the matter, the author still has not received his share of the profits obtained from the novel’s animated film adaption, […]

Providing a nice peek at the film’s plot, the international trailer for Disney/Pixar’s Cars is currently available to watch at Cineman. UPDATE! It appears that the trailer has now been removed.

In two articles, entitled “Animated ‘Curious George’ is ‘pure’ storytelling” and “Animated ‘George’ takes flight”, USA Today reveals the look of Curious George and his keeper, the Man with the Yellow Hat, for Universal Pictures’ traditionally animated movie about the popular children’s character. The trailer for Curious George, opening February 10th, will debut in theaters […]

Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that their computer animated musical Happy Feet will be released in both IMAX 3D and conventional theaters on November 17, 2006. The star-studded film is described as, “a comedy adventure set in the land of the Emperor Penguins in the heart of Antarctica. These penguins sing, each needing their own […]

With a countdown that includes such classics as Fantasia, Grave of the Fireflies, Finding Nemo, and Spirited Away, IGN FilmForce lists its staff members’ choices as the top 25 animated films of all time.

Fire up those iPods because The Animation Podcast has just updated with part 2 of their Ron Clements and John Musker interview in which the fabulous directing duo “detail how they made the transition from animating to the story department to directing.”

The cover artwork for the Gargoyles: Season 2, Volume 1 DVD is now available to view at Amazon.com. The 3-disc set will arrive in stores on December 6, 2005.

In an attempt to “show [movie studios] a thing or two about clever marketing campaigns,” Worth1000.com held a contest in which folks could submit fake posters composed of two subjects: Chicken Little and any other movie. This resulted in a wide collection of creative and humorous entries, including March of Chicken Little and Hen City.

Six clips for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit are now online at Yahoo! Movies. Also, in the article “Disney to Trim Live-Action Movies” at DVD Exclusive, it is revealed that currently in the works at DreamWorks Animation is a direct-to-video spinoff from Curse of the Were-Rabbit, though there is still no word […]

Ultimate Disney has the cover art for Funny Factory with Mickey and Funny Factory with Donald, the first DVDs in a series of cartoon compilations. Similar to the Classic Cartoon Favorites, in terms of content, both Funny Factory DVDs will be released on January 17th. In other Disney cover art news, DVD Answers has the […]

Coming Soon speaks with Helena Bonham Carter about her roles in Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, as the actress compares and contrasts the films and her involvement with them.

Latino Review has added a number of Chicken Little images, with the pictures featuring the title character center stage in a variety of poses. In addition, another poster for the fowl film has popped up on eBay. Finally, the third issue of Chicken Little’s The Sky is Falling! Newsletter has been released at Coming Soon. […]

Ultimate Disney has the newly-issued press releases for the Tarzan Special Edition DVD and the Emperor’s New Groove “New Groove Edition” DVD, both due for store arrival on October 18th. Further, the site offers the press release for the Walt Disney Home Entertainment and Arenas Entertainment picture The 3 Wise Men, which will be sold […]

After 21 years at the helm, Michael Eisner will step down as chief executive of The Walt Disney Company today. Reports from around the web look at his legacy: “Just days before exiting his post as CEO of the Walt Disney Co., Michael Eisner… called his 21 years at Disney “the most gratifying experience in […]

The following is a press release from DreamWorks Animation SKG about some recent changes in their upper eschelons of management:

Muppet Central reports that “Jerry Juhl, head writer of the Muppets for more than thirty-five years died Monday.” Jerry wrote for The Muppet Show, The Muppet Movie, The Muppet Christmas Carol, and the television specials. Thanks to Kristin for the heads up. Jim Hill has more.

Skwigly Animation Magazine reports on a scientific study investigating subjects’ emotional response to various styles of robots that obtained some interesting results. These results are then applied to the reactions of the general public to the characters in several recent CGI movies, such as Shrek, The Incredibles, and The Polar Express.

On November 10, ASIFA-Hollywood will be holding a 40-year reunion for Kimba the White Lion, Osamu Tezuka’s anime-ish story of a white lion cub separated from his parents. The evening will bring together several people who worked on both the Japanese and American versions of the film. The hot topic of the evening should be […]

Animation World Network has a new preview of some of the animated shorts making the festival circuit at the moment. QuickTime clips of each short are made available and it looks like all types of animation are represented.

Yahoo! News and the Sydney Morning Herald report that veteran TV actor Don Adams (born Donald James Yarmy) has passed away at the young age of 82. Don Adams provided the voice for the animated penguin character Tennessee Tuxedo as well as animated spy character Inspector Gadget which was loosely based on his Maxwell Smart […]

Roving reporter Chuck Oberleitner gives a rundown at his o-meon site of the many Disney-related events that have occurred this month including Lost at the Emmys, the Cinderella celebration at the El Capitan, the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland, the official opening of the Ward Kimball Train Exhibit, the induction of new Disney Legends, and […]