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\\Barnyard\\ opens today
…too much of its plot from \\The Lion King\\”. Not all reviewers are so negative. The \\{{link http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-060805-movies-review-barnyard,0,1930763.story?coll=mmx-movies_top_heds Chicago Tribune}}\\ says the film is a “better-than-average animated feature” and a… |
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Dragon Hunters teaser
Toon house Futurikon is simultaneously producing a 2D television series, 3D movie and a video game of its original property Dragon Hunters. The series will bow on pubcaster France 3… |
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The View 2017 program and guests now announced
…‘Mila’ 12. Hal Hickel – Animation Director, Rogue One, ILM. Oscar and BAFTA Winner 13. Rob Coleman – Head of Animation, Lego Batman Movie, Animal Logic. Two-time Oscar nominee for… |
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Brad Bird directing top secret project for Disney
…whatsoever is known about the movie, except that it has “multi-platform aspirations,” meaning that Disney is hoping that it can be translated into theme park attractions, video games and possibly… |
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Another Despicable Me poster
Another new poster–this time with a Father’s Day theme–for Universal’s animated movie Despicable Me has just been sighted on the Internet Movie Poster Awards. The wacky comedy starring Steve Carell… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #110: Don Bluth & Gary Goldman Interview
…for Dragon’s Lair: The Movie. The duo first started on Kickstarter, but recently moved over to Indiegogo last week. In less than a week, the new Indiegogo campaign has amassed… |
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Classic \\Popeye\\, rare Charley Bowers shorts added to the National Film Registry
{{link http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_product.asp?master_movie_id=24545 }}Max and Dave Fleischer’s 1936 classic \\Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor\\ and a rarely seen short by (hand drawn and stop motion) animator Charley Bowers titled… |
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Shrek Forever After opens
…better movie than Shrek the Third, which was a critically panned but commercially successful sequel. Opening in 4,359 theaters according to Box Office Mojo, the movie is easily expected to… |
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Iron Man – Armored Adventures: The Complete Season One
…have also had to endure less-than-sparkly adaptations of some of our other beloved heroes. We are still waiting for someone to due a truly kick-butt Fantastic Four movie or cartoon,… |
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Wild The Wild character posters and facts
Eight new character posters for Disney/Core’s The Wild have been made available online, introducing the film’s characters and providing fun facts about the movie. The movie’s {{link http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/thewild/ official website}}… |
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Maleficent to strike in 2014
Disney’s live-action Maleficent movie now has a release date set, THR.com is reporting. The movie starring Angelina Jolie will come to theaters on March 14th, 2014, which is around the… |
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Animated Maya from Mexico
Maya is a feature film project helmed by Mexican director Ricardo Arnaiz, whose goal is to promote the Mayan ancient culture. The movie will use traditional 2D techniques as well… |
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Production Designer Bill Cone feels at “Eze” in the world of Cars 3
…the original movie’s visual vocabulary in the new film? BC: There’s a few ways I can think of. First, we went somewhere else in the world; we didn’t just stay… |
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Star vs. The Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni special to air July 15 on Disney XD
…movie is the 1st 4 episodes of S3 played together. It will play like a movie but it is the premiere of S3. — Daron Nefcy (@DaronNefcy) May 26, 2017… |
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DreamWorks buys a farm, a Punk Farm
…terrific music-driven animated movie. When I approached Jim about getting involved, we both loved the idea of this group of farm animals with the rebellious spirit of punk rock. We… |
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First look: The Smurfs
USA Today has an exclusive first look at Sony’s upcoming live action/animated Smurfs movie, currently aiming for release next summer. In addition to including a first official image from the… |
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Yellow Submarine coming to home video in May
The Beatles’ 1968 animated movie Yellow Submarine is coming to DVD and Blu-ray on May 28th, according to The National Post. The film has been given a 4k digital restoration,… |
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Finding Dory coming November 25, 2015
…back to the extraordinary underwater world created in the original film. “There is no Dory without Ellen,” said Stanton. “She won the hearts of moviegoers all over the world —… |
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Magic goes very wrong in the Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness trailer
…the player above. Said to be the “first horror movie” in the MCU, the movie will be acclaimed director Sam Raimi’s first superhero film since 2007’s Spider-Man 3. The much-anticipated… |
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The Boxtrolls
…right from the opening scenes, in their latest movie, The Boxtrolls, an elaborate fantasy which actually seems to have more of a visual and tonal connection to Nightmare than even… |
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs trailer now online
Movie-List shares various links to the new trailer for Columbia Pictures and Sony Animation’s upcoming animated film Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Written and directed by Chris Miller and… |
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Max Fleischer’s Superman: 1941 – 1942
…must have been the early 1980s. I had been blown away by Richard Donner’s 1978 blockbuster take on the Man Of Steel, Superman: The Movie, and its sequel Superman II,… |
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Cloudy with a chance of box office success
…some were expecting–tracking indicated the movie might reach the $40 million mark–, it still beat the 2009 opening of the original. The bad news for Cloudy 2 is that it… |
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X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 1
…the X-Men franchise and three successful movies, releases of the show by Buena Vista have been restricted to one multi-episode compilation about a particular character (The Legend of Wolverine) similar… |
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New posters for Free Birds, Walking With Dinosaurs revealed
New posters for two upcoming animated movies have made their way online, and can be seen via The Internet Movie Poster Awards. First up is a new one sheet for… |
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The Minions are coming in the summer of 2015
Originally slated for a Christmas 2014 release, Universal’s Minions is now going to scramble into theaters during the increasingly busy-looking summer 2015 movie season. Box Office Mojo is reporting that… |
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"Executive changes to \\Brother Bear\\" report false?
…the movie would be much easier to pull off in Anaheim”. However, according to reports at Jim Hill Media, there is no such ‘Grizzly Peak’-like mountain featured in the movie…. |
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Snoopy’s Reunion: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…out the origins of Snoopy further in 1991. The 1972 movie in some ways had adhered more closely to the comic strip continuity of the 1960s (where Lila had been… |
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Money or morals?
…it is necessary for a Hollywood movie (including animated features) nowadays to convey a moral message or if it is simply enough that the movie bring in lots of money…. |
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That Magnificent Ken Annakin!
…it was his comedy fantasies that always entertained me personally, from the gentle humor of Very Important Person, The Fast Lady and Crooks Anonymous to The Pirate Movie and his… |