Brett Ratner to produce FarmVille TV series
Rush Hour director Brett Ratner is teaming with Six Eleven Media to produce an animated television series based on the successful social media game FarmVille. “FarmVille is one of the… |
Wreck-It Ralph end credits now online
…Ralph and Vanellope von Schweetz exploring the worlds of numerous video games, from the movie’s own Sugar Rush and Hero’s Duty to real-life games Sonic the Hedgehog and Street Fighter…. |
Goofy, Charlie Brown, and Captain America!
…video effort under the rug, shall we? We should be back later tonight with reviews for The Flintstones: The Complete Series and James’ thoughts on the just opened (with $63.5… |
Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Me & My Shadow pushed back
…totally agree is a much more advantageous release window,” said Anne Globe, Chief Marketing Officer. “We believe the best strategy for DreamWorks Animation in the long run is to ensure… |
G-dcast offering student artists summer animation program
G-dcast is running a residency for college and graduate student artists this summer. Ten animators and storytellers, plus one coder and one illustrator, will have the opportunity to spend six… |
The Incredibles production notes excerpts: Parts V and VI
…grimace, worry, leap, run, have family arguments and save the world with complete physical believability. For John Lasseter, this was the key to his faith that Bird’s vision could be… |
American Dad gets new showrunner
…that Callaghan was formally in charge of–is possibly getting cancelled by the network. This is also a sign that Dad is expected to run until at least its tenth season,… |
Kermit talks Muppets sequel
…on this global tour, and we’re selling out these grand theaters all over Europe—in Berlin, Madrid, London—but we sort of get into a little bit of trouble when we run… |
Disney musicals set records in last week of 2007
BroadwayWorld.com reports that Disney Theatrical Productions’ three shows currently running on Broadway all set box office records for the week ending December 30, 2007. The Lion King, a six time… |
Pooh TV comes to DVD
…Forever will chiefly contain some scattered episodes of the 1988 New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh series, a former Saturday morning staple that currently re-runs on the Toon Disney channel…. |
The Lego Movie trailer online
…Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, and Alison Brie, with Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman, the “original 3D computer animated story follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average Lego minifigure who is… |
Watching the Watchmen, plus Green Lantern!
…make it to the screen. This comes in the form of Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter, the subject of Randall’s latest Blu-ray Disc review. Ultimately rumored to have its… |
Frozen retakes box office crown in 7th week
…office in its seventh weekend, a feat accomplished by the likes of Avatar… It’s rarer still for a film to retake the box-office lead so late in its theatrical run.”… |
Annie’s award best of 2013 animation
…An Unexpected Journey – Gollum – Weta Digital Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production Paul Rudish – Disney Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation Character Design in an Animated… |
Brother Bear sequel and TV series coming soon
…upcoming Brother Bear II as well as a Brother Bear television series. Hopefully this means there will also be more Rutt and Tuke. Thanks to Kristin for the heads up…. |
New poster for How To Train Your Dragon 2
Collider has the newest poster for How To Train Your Dragon 2, featuring the viking twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut with their two-headed Zippleback, affectionately named Barf and Belch. The movie… |
Animated Van Gogh movie now in the works
…at BreakThru Films, the studio responsible for the Oscar-winning 2008 animated short Peter and the Wolf. The aim of the film is to tell the story of Van Gogh in… |
The Nut Job
…he seems like one of the few actors who really put an effort into their part. Maya Rudolph as Precious was another, but her performance was even more stunted by… |
The Nut Job opens
…the critics, with a measly 12% rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Their critical consensus: “Hampered by an unlikable central character and source material stretched too thin to cover its brief running… |
Pixar to open second studio
…company’s short films. “Amir Nasrabadi, who will run the Vancouver operation as studio general manager, said Vancouver was attractive to Pixar for a number of reasons. It’s an English-speaking city… |
Larry D. Mann, voice of Yukon Cornelius, passes away
Larry D. Mann, the voice of Yukon Cornelius in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer–arguably the most beloved animated holiday TV special of all time–, has passed away, Yahoo! TV is reporting…. |
Disney historian Didier Ghez takes us for a “Grand Tour” with Walt
…Three, Persistence Of Vision, Storyboard, and Tomart’s Disneyana Update. He also is the co-author of Disneyland Paris – From Sketch to Reality, runs the Disney History blog, the Disney Books… |
"Bart Simpson" coming to Toronto
…Todd Flanders. Her non-Simpsons credits include Chuckie from Rugrats, Mindy from Animaniacs, and dozens of others. Based on her best selling book of the same name, My Life as a… |
Idina Menzel to sing Let It Go at the Oscars
…It Go is a frontrunner in the category. The Frozen album is the longest running number one soundtrack since 2003. Disney is capitalizing on the film’s musical appeal by introducing… |
Win Ghost In The Shell
The DreamWorks Fansite is {{link http://www.dreamworksfansite.com/features/contest/gis2.php giving away}} Ghost in the Shell 2 posters – one of them signed by director Mamoru Oshii – and the DVD of new TV… |
Gargoyles DVD cover art!
…plus footage from the 2004 Gathering Of The Gargoyles Convention. The set, which features a running time of 294 minutes, is due for release on December 7 2004. Check out… |
The Smurfs 2
…unlockable content from the Smurfs 2 Blu-ray). Ink And Paint: The 1.85:1 image is naturally pristine, quite capably showcasing the film’s many CGI effects, right down to the rubbery blue… |
Brrrrrr! Ice Age 5 coming in 2016
Because they just keep raking in plenty of cold, hard cash for the studio, 20th Century Fox has officially greenlit a long-rumored fifth Ice Age movie, ComingSoon.net is reporting. The… |
Great songs never die: how director Dan Lund is giving a new life to Aria For A Cow
…catchy! AV: Why did you want your film to be based on a song? DL: I love making movies and the most fun are musicals, there are no rules. When… |
Seibert innovating with online animation channel
…His latest focus is online video where his company, Frederator Studios, runs Cartoon Hangover, one of the fastest-growing channels on YouTube. “The Internet is ushering in the next golden age… |