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97% of positive reviews so far for Wall•E

…percent on the Tomatometer, Wall•E is not just Certified Fresh. It’s not just one of the best-reviewed films of the year. It’s one of the best-reviewed films in Pixar’s history.”…

The Making of WALL•E

…SlashFilm link featuring the Making of Pixar’s WALL•E. The site has made available two clips featuring concept art, design and voice acting that went into the making of the film….

New trailer for The Tale of Despereaux

Yahoo! Movies exclusively debuted the trailer for the December 19th animated feature film The Tale of Despereaux, Directed by Sam Fell (Flushed Away) and featuring the voices of Matthew Broderick,…

Michael Giacchino to score Pixar's Up

UpcomingPixar, via UpcomingFilmScores, reports that Michael Giacchino will be scoring Pixar’s 2009 feature film, Up. Giacchino’s previous works also include Pixar films such as The Incredibles and Ratatouille….

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

According to Fantasy Moguls, Pixar’s perfectly-reviewed film is off to a meteoric start, much stronger than last year’s Ratatouille. The new animated masterpiece, already described by many critics as the…

Wall•E video interview

…ComingSoon. Featuring several new clips from the film, Stanton, Willard, and Garlin each discuss the world that Wall•E takes place in, pointing out the reasons for certain creative decisions and…

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

…the end of its run to become DreamWorks Animation’s second most successful original film domestically behind Shrek. Both Wall•E and Kung Fu Panda are expected to do brisk business overseas….

Teaser trailer for Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo on the Cliff

Ain’t It Cool points to what looks like the first trailer for Hayao Miyazaki’s upcoming animated feature which opens July 19th in Japan. The film centers on a goldfish named…

More from the Looney's world: layout artist John McGrew

The late John McGrew, who served as Chuck Jones’ layout artist and whom Jones said was “a great student of film techniques, and he had very interesting ideas that I…

First Ponyo review

GhibliWorld has posted the very first review of Hayao Miyazaki’s upcoming film Ponyo on the Cliff by industry insider and broadcasting writer Hashimoto Atsushi. In his spoiler-free review, Atsushi mentions,…

The recipe to Pixar's success

…success. Stability, smarts and techno-savviness are key according to the trade magazine, resulting in an even better-than-projected $63.1M opening weekend for Wall•E, the biggest for an animated film this year….

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…

Arthur spotted in Harvey Weinstein's trash

…the Invincibles. That partly animated film was directed by Luc Besson and released initially in France in 2006 as Arthur et les Minimoys, but Besson went public with his disappointment…

Updates from Sony Pictures Animation

The TAG Blog reports on a recent visit to the Culver City studio. Things look rosier for their January 2010 feature film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, with one…

Johnny Bravo live-action feature moves ahead

According to {{link http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117894889&categoryID=13&cs=1 Variety.com}}, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is lined up to become a real-life Johnny Bravo in a live-action feature film based on the Cartoon Network show. Though…

\\Looney Tunes: Back In Action\\ and \\The Triplets Of Belleville\\ reviewed

…pure genius, that it saddens me to report that it misses the mark by a few inches”, but despite that, the film is “an amazing triumph – and is recommended”….

Ambitious plans for Portland-based animation studio Laika

…the film, based on the book by Neil Gaiman, with Focus Features to distribute. Lead animator on Coraline and head of animation for Laika is Travis Knight, son of the…

Christopher Lee back in Star Wars, animation style

According to TheForce.net, Christopher Lee will reprise his role as Count Dooku in the animated feature film Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Interestingly enough, his scenes were apparently animated before…

Kung Fu Panda to reach $120M by Sunday

…that Saturday matinees will need to be big for the animated film to grab the #2 spot since M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening performed much better than expected. Good news…

Peter Gabriel's Wall•E song now on iTunes

The Pixar Blog alerts fans that Peter Gabriel’s 6-minute original song Down to Earth, written for Pixar’s latest film, is now available for download from the iTunes Store for 99¢…

First look at DreamWorks' How To Train Your Dragon!

…New York Licensing Show this week. AICN has a snapshot along with an exclusive look at new artwork from DreamWorks’ first stereoscopic 3D film Monsters vs. Aliens as well as…

DreamWorks Animation share downgraded from neutral to sell

DreamWorks Animation SKG was downgraded today to sell from neutral at UBS Investment Research, which said the current share price implies domestic box office receipts for future films above the…

\\Kaena: The Prophecy\\ release date set

{{link http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808403007&intl=us Greg’s Previews}} reports that the U.S. release date for \\Kaena: The Prophecy\\ has been set for June 4th, 2004. The film will debut in New York and Los…

First look at Where the Wild Things Are

…puppetry and computer animation. The film, which Warner Bros. will release theatrically on October 16, 2009, features the talent of Catherine Keener, Benicio Del Toro, Forest Whitaker, and Catherine O’Hara….

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…

New Wall•E posters

A slew of new Wall•E posters have appeared on Empire’s website. There are four one-sheets featured on the page, each portraying the film’s title character interacting with various pieces of…

Deleted scenes from The Jungle Book 2

Got You Beat and Braver, the two deleted sequences from the 2003 Jungle Book theatrical sequel getting a Special Edition DVD release next Tuesday, are online at the film’s official…

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…

The Simpsons Movie, Ratatouille and Bee Movie score at the Key Art Awards

…Fox feature film won four awards, including honors for its theatrical cardboard “standees” and its Web site design. Meanwhile Bee Movie won for Best Family Trailer and Best Audiovisual while…

Banderas speaks about Puss-in-Boots

film. “He tries to break up the relationship between the two guys,” says the actor, who drew upon his own three cats for inspiration. “Shrek thinks he’s cute. Donkey feels…