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Flushed Away receives positive early review

Ain’t It Cool News has a positive early review of DreamWorks Animation’s Flushed Away, with only light spoilers involved….

Brain works with robot to develop projects

At CGCHAR comes word that Wild Brain Animation Studios has made a majority stake acquisition of Kidrobot. The new deal will allow the companies to collaborate on such animated undertakings…

The Simpsons come to life

Absolutely not animated but absolutely animation-related is this live action take on the famous intro to each episode of The Simpsons animated television series (as pointed out by Cartoon Brew)….

Over the Hedge scores over the Shreks

An industry insider tells us that DreamWorks Animation held a test screening of Over the Hedge last week and it received the highest scores ever for a DreamWorks animated film,…

Images: Cars, Over the Hedge

…in a series of four character pieces, with one premiering online each upcoming week. Concurrently, the site has also caught some new screen captures from DreamWorks Animation’s Over the Hedge….

Ninja Turtles to enter theaters in March 2007

…this new CG version will be a huge hit among audiences everywhere,” said TWC co-chair Harvey Weinstein. Animation for the motion picture is being handled by Imagi’s Hong Kong facility….

Updated: Behind-the-scenes look at Open Season

…full-length animated motion picture from Sony Pictures Animation in a very special way,” said Rory Bruer, President of Domestic Distribution Releasing. “This is a format that has proven especially successful…

New Over the Hedge trailer, character posters

Yahoo! Movies debuts the latest trailer for the DreamWorks Animation comedy Over the Hedge. In addition, four character posters for the movie, featuring R.J. the raccoon, Verne the turtle, Hammy…

Over the Hedge character profiles

The DreamWorks Animation SKG Fansite has acquired ten character profiles for Over the Hedge. Each card notes a character plus the actor voicing him or her….

Latest Open Season poster

Discovered at eBay is the latest poster for Sony Pictures Animation’s Open Season, blending the teaser poster‘s character images and humorous tagline with a nature background….

Disney development execs dismissed?

Gathering information through close sources wishing to remain anonymous, The Business of Animation blog suggests that many of Disney’s development executives are no longer working at the company. “I’m waiting…

Career advice from Paul Dini

Anyone wishing to be a writer for animation may be helped by the most recent “IGN Careers” piece, in which writer/producer Paul Dini lends some advice regarding the profession….

Over the Hedge second featurette online

The second behind-the-scenes featurette for DreamWorks Animation’s Over the Hedge is now available in a wide variety of formats at Coming Soon….

Madagascar teams up with other films in 2-for-1 deals

Beginning March 28, one may buy DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar with either Chicken Run, Shrek 2, or Shark Tale, getting two DVDs for the price of one. The sets are already…

Cars reviews and previews

Offering a display of pictures and short videos, Latino Review presents a peek at the ShoWest Cars presentation that Walt Disney Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, DLP Cinema, A Texas Instruments…

Cartoon Network gets more Fantastic

Cartoon Network has obtained the television rights to air the upcoming half-hour Fantastic Four animated series. From Marvel Studios and the France-based animation company Moonscoop, the weekly series has set…

UPDATED: More on ShoWest Cars presentation

Jim Hill Media offers another glimpse into the happenings of the Cars ShoWest presentation. Noted is the presence of DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, the crowd’s reaction to Cars, and…

Brigham Young University honored for Turtles, Noggin

For three consecutive years, Brigham Young University has been home to recipients of the national “student Emmys.” This year, the school’s animation program won two prizes, officially known as College…

ASIFA-Hollywood to commemorate birthday of cartoons

To celebrate the 100th birthday of “animated cartoons,” the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive will have an open house on April 6th. The Big Cartoon Database offers a breakdown of the celebration,…

Observation of The Art of Ray Harryhausen

SFGate.com surveys The Art of Ray Harryhausen, a new book from stop-motion animation master Ray Harryhausen and friend Tony Dalton. The 230-paged album presents “memories, anecdotes and pictures” from the…

Pixar stock certificates become collectible; Photos show Lasseter at ShoWest

…memorialize the Pixar certificates and the total cost is closer to $150.” In other Pixar news, Yahoo! Finance has three photos depicting John Lasseter’s receiving the ShoWest “Pioneer of Animation”…

Shrek 3 becomes Shrek the Third

At DreamWorks Animation’s official website, which has undergone an overhaul, it appears that Shrek 3 has been re-knighted as Shrek the Third. Nonetheless, the film remains scheduled for the spring…

Chicken Little enters stores today

The very first computer animated movie from Walt Disney Feature Animation, Chicken Little, enters stores today. Budgeted near $60 million, according to the Internet Movie Database, the film opened in…

Lowdown on Flushed Away

Canada.com takes a look at Flushed Away, from DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Animations. “Creatively it’s been a very interesting relationship. They (DreamWorks) have a lot of great talent and we…

UPA Tribute followup

…report at Cartoon Brew of last night’s UPA tribute held at the historic Egyptian Theatre. Looks like they had a sizeable turnout with a lot of big names in animation….

Watch Gopher Broke and In the Rough legally online

Discovered by CGCHAR is the addition of the animated shorts In the Rough and Gopher Broke to Blur Studio’s official website. The projects are located in the “Animation” section of…

Schedule of Pixar presentations at Science Museum

…are Pixar employees Loren Carpenter (senior scientist), Dan Mason (animator), and Tia Kratter (digital painter/art director). The dates listed are all part of the Pixar: 20 Years of Animation exhibition….

Voice actors' residuals increase, due to new SAG agreement

…win for actors doing animation work,” said Loren Lester of the Guild’s member-led negotiating committee. “It’s truly historic when you consider the Guild hasn’t achieved any negotiated gains on this…

Mark Dindal, Randy Fullmer leave WDFA

Chuck Oberleitner reports at o-meon that director Mark Dindal and producer Randy Fullmer have decided to depart Walt Disney Feature Animation after wrapping up work on Chicken Little, culminating with…

Scrat struts his stuff

Aaron Hartline, animation lead on Scrat for Blue Sky’s Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, speaks to {{link http://www.strutyourreel.com/forum/feature/ Strut Your Reel}} about breaking into the business, the highs and lows,…