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Your own private Panda

The San Diego Zoo website points to a contest allowing you to win a private screening of DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda for you and up to 299 of your…

Yahoo! users rate the top 30 animated films of all time

…a few animation buffs but even those will be curious to check out the full list–so here it is below! 1. Finding Nemo 2. The Lion King 3. The Incredibles…

New Wall•E clips online

Head over to Animation Magazine TV for another preview of Pixar’s anticipated new film….

Kung Fu Panda directors take us behind the scenes

Mark Osborne and John Stevenson talk to AndPop about their directorial debut and their experience working on DreamWorks Animation’s latest. Kung Fu Panda is a critical darling with 85% positive…

Andrew Stanton confirms John Carter Of Mars

…been announced yet. AWN, however adds that the film is said to be a mix of live action and animation and Stanton is rumoured to be the director on the…

Kung Fu Panda kicks box office with $60M, #1 opening

DreamWorks Animation’s latest, powered by rave reviews and an underserved family audience, had the studio’s highest opening for a non-sequel with an estimated $60M gross over the three-day weekend. That…

Strong international debut for Kung Fu Panda

…and the start of vacations.” Variety also reports that Panda nabbed the best exit polls of any DreamWorks Animation film, besting those for Shrek 2, and received an A- CinemaScore….

Jesse McCartney discusses voices Alvin's Theodore

…& The Chipmunks feature film. The young artist told the Toronto Sun that he has been a huge fan of voiceover work and animation since his chipmunk experience. “When Alvin…

Kung Fu Panda edges out Cars on opening weekend

Weekend box office actuals are in and Jeffrey Katzenberg can sigh in relief: DreamWorks Animation’s latest ended up grossing a total of $60,239,130 over the weekend, slightly ahead of Cars‘…

Studios tying licensing programs to animated sequels

DreamWorks Animation plans to launch a fairly modest licensing program behind Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa later this fall with a new videogame, toys, apparel and home decor, according to Variety….

"Don't call 'em kids movies!"

An interesting article over at O-Meon brings to light the common perception of animation as purely “kid’s stuff”. The story discusses how modern films like Kung Fu Panda and Wall•E…

First look at Where the Wild Things Are

MTV offers an exciting first look at Spike Jonze’s troubled adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are which will incorporate voice performance, live-action puppetry and computer animation. The…

Reese Witherspoon's role to be the lead in DreamWorks' Monsters vs. Aliens

…in that it’s the first female lead of an animated film from a major animation studio in quite a while. I just work with studios in trying to find very…

Anna Faris and Andy Samberg to star in Sony's Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs

…in Sony Pictures Animation’s next feature film: “I’m doing an animated movie when I get back called Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs. It’s a kid’s book that Sony is…

Kung Fu Panda heading into a strong second weekend

DreamWorks Animation’s latest hit is trailing the pace of 2006’s Cars and reached yesterday a very impressive $83 million at the U.S. box office. Kung Fu Panda is expected to…

Pixar vs. DreamWorks

‘Renn Brown’ posted an interesting mini-essay on his blog over at CHUD about what he thinks the main difference is between the two animation giants….

Seann William Scott talks about Planet 51

…Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios will be distributed by New Line parent company Warner Bros. in the U.S. on July 24, 2009. The voice cast also includes Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson,…

Fly Me To The Moon's success encouraging for the future of 3D

…3-D product stream once they start promoting the format, says Variety. Fly Me to the Moon, a family animation conceived in 3-D by Belgium toon shop nWave, found a willing…

Kung Fu Panda continues to kick at the box office

The DreamWorks Animation hit grossed a healthy $14 million overseas over its second weekend in only 15 markets. Paramount’s go-slow release strategy has paid off so far with a foreign…

New stills for Pixar's Presto

…too many times, well, there’s really no telling what to expect! This latest comical short film from Pixar Animation Studios follows the escalating high jinx of the amazing Presto, his…

AFI's top 10 animated films

AFI’s top 10 of animation was revealed tonight, with quotes-sadly limited to voice talent and random celebrities but still enjoyable-by Isabella Rossellini, Vanessa Williams, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tim Allen, John…

Eric Goldberg book signing

…Goldberg will be signing copies of his upcoming book Character Animation Crash Course! at the Stuart Ng Books booth on Friday July 25th from 2 – 4pm, and Saturday July…

Domo stars in short series

According to Animation World Network, the popular animated character Domo has begun to star in his first short form series. The videos, which started appearing online on June 20th, can…

Arthur and the Minimoys sequels update

…just finished the ADR session the other day. Half of this is live action, while half of it is 3-D animation. It’s going to take a while before it is…

97% of positive reviews so far for Wall•E

…falls head-over-treads in love. Critics have been heaping praise on Pixar for years, but there’s a reason for that: The studio re-invents the rules of CG animation each time out….

Disney hoping for a Best Film Oscar nomination for Wall•E

…rave reviews by critics who matter.” Only Beauty and the Beast earned a nomination in that category back in 1991, and that was before an animation Oscar was created which…

Wall•E headed off to a $60+M opening weekend

…likely winner of the next animation Oscar, will almost certainly top $20M on opening day. One source told the site $60M+ for the weekend and the other says that early…

Official estimates are in: #1 with $62.5M for Wall•E

…spite of suffering its biggest drop this weekend (46.5%), still topped $179.3M on its way to beat Madagascar‘s $193.6M by the end of its run to become DreamWorks Animation’s second…

Details emerge on Open Season sequel

While announcing the projects it will be working on over the next 2 years, Sony Pictures Imageworks revealed details on Open Season 2, Sony Pictures Animation’s sequel to the $190…

Star Wars: The Clone Wars sneak peek at Celebration Japan

Brand new footage from the upcoming Lucasfilm Animation film will be screened later this month at the Star Wars Celebration Japan at the Makuhari Messe center. Coming Soon has the…