…and Ashley Pharoah; a film based on Gideon Defoe’s Pirates book series, from director Peter Lord and writers Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil; Operation Rudolph, which is being developed by…

Animated News intern Ryan Bryant presents us with his full-length review of DreamWorks Animation/Aardman’s CGI-animated film Flushed Away which debuts in theaters today: Ever stare at a toilet and wonder…

…grossing movie of all time and highest grossing animated film of all time. The latest chapter of the Shrek story, Shrek the Third, is the 2nd highest grossing film of…

Of interest to animation fans at this year’s Newport Beach Film Festival are Jim Henson’s The Muppet Musicans of Bremen on April 22 at 10:30am, Short Animation-o-Rama on April 22…

…on Twitter, which also notes that the film has been given back its original title The Mitchells Vs. the Machines. The comedy had originally been set for release last fall…

…this year than for any prior year in Annie Award history, running the gamut from big studio features to indie films, television series to internet shows, games, shorts and, for…

The New York Times highlights the animated adaptation of Persepolis, the comic-book memoir regarding Marjane Satrapi’s experiences growing up in Iran. The original version of the film, like the book,…

…few controversies. The film will compete at the Venice International Film Festival and will also be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and New York Film Festival in September….

…feature “a unique collection of short animated films, including hand-drawn and computer-generated works created by cutting-edge and traditional animators from around the globe” shown throughout the regular run of the…

…film. It is speculated that she was concerned a movie would stray too far from the source material (reminiscent of P.L. Travers and Walt Disney in Saving Mr. Banks). The…

…it not being as far along as they needed it to be, according to Variety. They note that he still has the option to take the film to another studio….

…Pixar Animation Studios and the creation of its characters with hours of exclusive bonus features on the Blu-ray Disc version of the film including filmmaker commentary with Director Lee Unkrich…

…successful comedy albums. He recently guest starred on “Louie” opposite Louie C.K., and his film credits include starring roles in a host of films, including “My Best Friend’s Girl” opposite…

With SCI FI Wire, producer Rich Moore explains the epic feeling the team behind Bender’s Big Score wanted to give the direct-to-video film. Concurrently, a clip from Score is available…

An informal poll at Los Angeles Business discovered Bambi to be Disney’s most treasured animated classic, with the film receiving 21% of the vote. Next in line were Snow White…

Yahoo! Movies reports that due to the changes in the structure of society since the first appearance of the Smurfs, more female characters will appear in the upcoming CGI film….

…Picture Arts and Sciences’ rules and regulations. With the the disqualification of Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone, only fifteen animated films are eligible for Best Animated Feature in 2009-2010…

…and Michelangelo”). The film hasn’t won over every single critic though (Arizona Daily Star: “The wild, devoted praise afforded Bird’s solid yet tepid films puzzles me. It’s as though society…

…and an unnamed major Hollywood studio was announced by the Nikkei news service earlier today. The film to be produced under this deal will be screened in both the U.S….

Platige Image is sending out the call that Fallen Art, the critically-acclaimed short film from Director Tomek Baginski (The Cathedral), is now available on DVD. From the film’s press release…