Pixar’s Andrew Stanton picked up his second career Best Animated Feature Oscar, this time for WALL-E, at the 81st Academy Awards. La Maison en Petits Cubes was named the Best Animated Short Film. In accepting the award for WALL-E, Stanton thanked Ed Catmull, John Lasseter, and Steve Jobs for “creating a cinematic safe haven where […]

ComingSoon has posted what could be the storyline for Shrek Goes Fourth, the next installment of DreamWork’s Shrek film franchise. The plot description includes Shrek signing a deal with Rumplestiltskin, after which the ogre finds himself in an alternate version of Far Far Away. The sequel has a planned release date of May 21, 2010.

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has announced the release of Pixar films A Bug’s Life and Monsters, Inc on Blu-ray on May 19th, reports PixarPlanet. According to the report, both titles will be two-discs set, featuring a digital copy of the film on a separate DVD. Extras for these two films will include all the features […]

AnimeNewsNetwork reports that Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea was named the Animation of the Year at the 8th annual Tokyo Anime Awards. Ponyo also won the Domestic Feature Film category, while Miyazaki won honors as the director and story creator. Kung Fu Panda was the winner in the International Feature Film […]

DVDActive reports that Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced the release of Happily N’Ever After 2 for the 24th March. The only extra material on the disc will be 3 interactive games, “Red Riding Hood Challenge”, “Bo Peep and the Sheep” and “Snow White and the Great Hall.”

AnimeNewsNetwork reports that a fire which broke out on Saturday night, destroyed the vacant Tokyo house best known as “Totoro’s Home.” Studio Ghibli co-founder and director of My Neighbor Totoro, Hayao Miyazaki described the house in the book Totoro no Sumu Ie (The Homes that Totoro Lives in) as a “home that Totoro would have […]

Movie-List has made available the trailer for Lionsgate’s upcoming animated flick Battle for Terra. Directed by Aristomenis Tsirbas, the animated adventure features the voices of Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, Justin Long, Amanda Peet, Chris Evans and Dennis Quaid. Battle for Terra tells the story from the perspective of the aliens whose peaceful planet is […]

THR reports that Pixar’s WALL-E made history by becoming the first animated feature film to win an Eddie, when its editor Stephen Schaffer claimed the prize for “Best Edited Feature Comedy/Musical” award Sunday night.

SlashFilm has posted a video interview with director Pete Docter and producer Jonas Rivera about Pixar’s new film Up. The duo talk about their inspirations for making the film, and more. Up hits theatres on May 29.

Peter Gabriel has withdrawn from performing at the Oscars after the Academy Award nominated singer was told he would perform his nominated track “Down to Earth” from Wall-E for only 65 seconds in a medley of the nominated songs, reports Variety. In a video on his website, Gabriel said, “It’s a bit unfortunate. The songwriters […]

Partly Cloudy is the name of Pixar’s latest short that will be showing in front of Up starting May 29, reports UpcomingPixar. The short is directed by Peter Sohn who voiced Emile in Pixar’s Ratatouille.

DVDTimes reports that Nick Park’s BAFTA winning short Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death will arrive on DVD and Blu-ray in UK on 23rd March. Extras on this release will include “When Wallace Met Harvey, A Day In The Life of Nick Park”, “Tell Tale Games” and “Making Of A Matter Of […]

As promotions for director Henry Selick’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline continue, the Character Design page has an interview with artist Damon Bard, while the W+K agency doing all that promoting has a number of interesting posts up on their blog, including photos from the Portland premiere, a fascinating Coraline campaign video, marketing materials and […]

Superman Returns actor Brandon Routh has revealed that his next film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World will be “a mix of real people with some drawn animation”. Collider.com has a video interview on the project with Routh.

Writer-director Julien Charles has revealed details on his new animated series Rocket Jo, being produced in Paris by Millimages and 2d3danimations. Exploring the difficulties the title character and the jetpack he made himself (half the problem right there!) have getting off the ground, each of the 52 one-minute episodes will present a new flying test. […]

Paco Vink, who together with Albert ’t Hooft founded the animation studio AniKey in Holland, has announced that the company has recently finished the 25 minute traditionally animated film Paultje en de Draak (Paul And The Dragon). Intended for children aged 5-13 years old who are suffering with cancer, the film, which is based on […]

Barry A. Sanders’ Canadian Animation Resources has posted some comments on Henry Selick’s Coraline, but what makes them unique is that the reviewer saw the film at a Q&A session with author Neil Gaiman. Elsewhere, Sanders’ friend Dominic von Riedemann has added a two-part interview with Gaiman at his Suite 101 page.

The Trailer Addict site gives us a look at the new poster for Disney/Pixar’s Up, which develops what was shown in the initial teaser. Up will float onto screens May 29, 2009.

London’s Studio Aka has announced completion of their 25-minute animated film adaptation of Oliver Jeffers’ award winning children’s book Lost And Found. A co-production between Studio Aka and Contender Entertainment Group, Lost And Found was adapted and directed by the studio’s Philip Hunt, with narration by Jim Broadbent, soon to be seen in this summer’s […]

The Hollywood Reporter has more on yesterday’s announcement that DreamWorks’ live-action motion pictures will begin to be distributed by the Walt Disney Studios under their Touchstone Pictures banner from 2010. The deal calls for approximately 30 films to be released over seven years, with Disney providing $250 million in contingency funding to the company in […]

Buena Vista Home Entertainment have revealed details on the April 28 2009 release of the X-Men animated series which comes to disc in two volumes. Fans will be pleased that the two-disc sets will present the episodes in chronological order, with none of the programs missing in the first run of 32 shows. For a […]

Ever since Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg left Paramount Studios to run The Walt Disney Company in 1984, the Mouse House has wanted to break into the Steven Spielberg business. Today, after talks for the re-launched DreamWorks faltered between the producer-director and his traditional cinematic home Universal, the Disney Studio has confirmed their recent talks […]

It was awards night yesterday evening at the Royal Opera House in London as the British Academy of Film and Television presented their annual awards in recognition of exceptional achievement in film. Although the awards are often further pointers to the Oscars a couple of weeks later, this year was a very British event with […]

Despite not even being nominated for music at animation’s premier awards show, WALL-E has won two Grammy Awards. Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman picked up trophies for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media (Down To Earth) and Best Instrumental Arrangement (Define Dancing). WALL-E lost the Best Score Soundtrack Album to […]

Several media outlets are reporting that DreamWorks may have to make a deal with Disney to secure some much needed quick cash along with distribution of their films. The L.A. Times reports that Universal today has dropped out of an already announced multi-year distribution deal with DreamWorks, a deal which was born after the DreamWorks/Paramount […]

Ari Folman’s animated war documentary Waltz with Bashir has won best foreign language film award at London Film Critics’ Circle, reports Variety. In the best picture category, Pixar’s WALL-E lost out to The Wrestler.

Brad Bird talks to LatinoReview about his upcoming live-action feature 1906, Toy Story 3, chances of Iron Giant seeing a theatrical re-release, and more.

Henry Selick’s new stop-motion feature Coraline opens in both traditional and 3D theaters today. Based on Neil Gaiman’s novel of the same name, Coraline is currently fairing extremely well with film critics, earning an 88% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. One reviewer calls it “a visually stunning family-oriented fantasy that will simultaneously enchant kids and […]

A new one-sheet for the upcoming Dreamwork’s comedy Monsters Vs Aliens can be viewed on Yahoo! Movies. Monsters Vs Aliens is set to hit traditional and 3-D compatible theaters on March 27.

DVDTimes reports that Funimation have announced the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Afro Samurai: Resurrection Director’s Cut on 3rd February. Extras on this release will include Unedited Dialogue and Picture , “Path of the Samurai: 24-Page Booklet” featuring forewords by Takashi “Bob” Okazaki, Fuminori Kizaki and the RZA, concept art, production art, promotional images and […]