{{link http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=3631a5a1&atype=news&id=10076 VFXWorld}} reports that Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee in \\The Lord of the Rings\\) has mentioned in an interview that he is in the running to direct the film…

…season sets, now in production. Following recent rumors, {{link http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html The Digital Bits}} all but confirms that we should see The Flintstones: Season One, The Jetsons: Season One, Johnny Quest:…

…will soon be in its thrall. Fox Kids, the worldwide children’s television brand launched by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, and ABC Cable Networks, which is run by Disney, unveiled a…

Amid Amidi, who runs the great animation news and commentary site {{link http://www.animationblast.com/ Animation Blast}}, is taking pre-orders for the upcoming April print issue of the magazine. Hop on over…

…New Age will be, as Universal might be eager to rush the movie to VOD after giving it a brief run in theaters. Or they might be hoping that people…

…on a leash like a dog. I really loved that concept so we decided to run with it.” Over the course of the short’s story, the boy is initially unable…

Ray Pointer, who runs the wonderful resource for older American animation, {{link http://www.inkwellimagesink.com/ Inkwell Images}}, is finally taking pre-orders for his wide collection of silent Disney and Fleischer cartoon libraries…

…age established by the Board’s Corporate Governance Guidelines. In fact, these very rules regarding age, by their terms, only apply to non-management directors, not to Roy, who, as the Committee…

…over rumors of its recent financial struggles. {{link http://www.globaltantrum.com. Global Tantrum.com}}, the studio’s new site, is naughty, rude and full of very adult-natured content. The animation is low-tech and the…

…required Los Angeles qualifying runs. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and meet all of the category’s other qualifying rules before they can advance in the voting process….

…an Anglo-French mother and an English father, he moved with his parents to France soon after the second world war, when they took over the running of a small hotel…

…it wanted to train its people in this genre of animation. Clifford’s Really Big Movie John Ritter voices Clifford, the Big Red Dog who runs away to join a carnival…

For years, a rumor has circulated that Ghostbusters star Ernie Hudson auditioned to reprise his role as Winston Zeddemore in the film’s animated spin-off, The Real Ghostbusters – only to…

According to IESB, Salma Hayek has joined Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, and Keith Richards in the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean, which the website refers…

…with an enormous task. Although they weren’t designing “physical” sets, their job was no less creatively challenging—if anything it was even more so, because they weren’t limited by the rules…

…included on the new Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2, despite recent rumors. The four disc set is packed out with many other as yet unannounced special features, such as…

…associated with running the old boards we have decided to move the forum to the Animated News server. We don’t want to do advertising on the site or ask for…

…journey to find her brother Kai in a wintry wonderland ruled by the titular villain, who wishes to destroy all artists and their successors. The Snow Queen opened last December…

…dream of playing a pirate and his unique “take” on Jack Sparrow. Becoming Barbossa: Dive deeper into how actor Geoffrey Rush fleshed out his villainous character. Thar She Blows!: The…