Coming Soon conducts an interesting conversation with Ratatouille director Brad Bird. Meanwhile, SCI FI Wire serves a trio of articles regarding the movie: “Ratatouille, Short Share A Character,” “Ratatouille Sparked…

…is still well below the last Pixar toon Cars, which opened in 2006 to $60 mil and earned less than 2003’s Finding Nemo ($70 mil) and 2004’s The Incredibles ($70…

…solid launches of $5 million in Russia and $3 million in Brazil plus respectable Euro holdover biz — has continued to show impressive traction overseas. International cume is $270 million,…

…http://www.kachew.com/clients/rockinanimation Deadline October 10. SPONSORS Titmouse Inc., S4 Studios, Z-Animation, Parallax Studioworks Inc., Toon Boom, Sprecher Brewing Co., Stop Motion Pro, Animator DV, Ka-Chew!, ASIFA-Hollywood If you wish to be…

Animation Insider reports that Jetix US has acquired Captain Flamingo for its programming block on Toon Disney. Produced by Breakthrough Animation, Captain Flamingo tells the story of Milo Powell who,…

…Madhouse contributes its production facilities in Ogikubo, Tokyo and its roster of top anime directors such as Satoshi Kon, Katsuhiro Otomo and Rintaro. Its recent hits include sci-fi thriller Paprika….

…The five one-sheets feature the various ‘toon stars of the film, including the Mayor of Whosville and the big elephant himself. Horton will open in theaters on March 18th, 2008….

…being released to theaters in October 2009, the second one in in February 2010, and the third one, presumably receiving a simultaneous traditional and 3D release on June 18, 2010….

Animation Insider shares some insight regarding Disney TV Animation’s hiring of Eric Coleman, previously a series developer and producer for Nickelodeon for almost 15 years. Coleman comes aboard Want Disney…

Currently featured on Toon Zone is an article announcing the voice cast of the upcoming direct-to-DVD project, Batman: Gotham Knights. Playing Batman will be fan-favorite Kevin Conroy, who has voiced…

…Princetonian adds that Idiots and Angels is “both a delightful comic adventure and an effecting tale about spiritual transformation.” The film will next be screened at the Seoul International Cartoon…

…On the animation front, DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda and Disney/Pixar’s Wall•E are both released in June, making it the first time the toon giants battle it out the same month….

…celebrating 100 years since the debut of the artist’s landmark toon Fantasmagorie. It was on Aug. 17, 1908, that Gaumont released Cohl’s two-minute animated short. Read more about it here….

…at 4,114 theaters. That could approach $20M if the West Coast figures continue coming in strong. The toon is well on its way to a $55+M weekend that could reach…

…in Progress initiative. Also in Work in Progress, director Jerome Deschamps will talk an audience through MK2’s big animation bet, The True Story of Puss ‘n Boots. Albert Pareira Lazaro…

…directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne speak to Jeremie Noyer about the making of their $60 million grossing movie! Also newly posted is Animated Views’ Toon Review of the film….

…kiddie toon and a $120M 10-day gross would make for the fourth-best one for an animated non-sequel behind only Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and Monster’s Inc according to Fantasy Moguls….

…public in its home country with 87,946 admissions in its first two months. “It was a real success,” says Maud Van de Velde, content director at Kinepolis, “and it is…

Deadline Hollywood Daily reports that Disney and Pixar are going to push hard for a Best Picture Oscar nomination for Wall•E “on the basis of its anti-toon moody darkness and…

…million in Germany, $9.8 million in France and $9.5 million in the U.K. The feature also opened impressively in first place in Mexico with $4.2 million, Belgium with $1.6 million,…

…Kids WB. Set your TiVos, because sometimes the only way you can catch Speedy is on slow-motion playback. No word yet on whether his cousin, Slowpoke Rodríguez, will also appear….

…which cumed $468.6 million internationally. Toon is now the biggest film of all time in Russia and a number of Latin American countries including Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Uruguay….