An interview with Damon Bard can be read at the Character Design Blogspot. Bard is a sculptor who has created character maquettes for animated films such as Kung Fu Panda,…

…Blvd). Surf’s Up directors Chris Buck and Chris Jenkins will be in attendance along with the authors of the art of Kung Fu Panda, Monster House & Surf’s Up books….

…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….

According to the New York Post, “the animated film generating the most buzz at the Cannes Film Festival is not Kung Fu Panda” but rather Waltz With Bashir, “an unconventional…

Jeffrey Katzenberg, 57, admitted to The Associated Press during an interview this week in Cannes to promote Kung Fu Panda that he never set out to make cartoons. “I knew…

/Film posted the trailer for DreamWorks’ November sequel, which will be attached to copies of Kung Fu Panda this weekend. Enjoy!…

The Globe and Mail takes a very interesting look this morning at celebrity voices in animated feature films, noting that “em>Kung Fu Panda was in production for four years, but…

In another great article, Jim Hill looks at the opening weekend of Kung Fu Panda and reports that while Disney won’t discuss opening numbers for Wall•E, the Mouse House is…

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…

While Hasbro is the master toy licensee on DreamWorks’ latest hit Kung Fu Panda, the studio will have to settle for a smaller partner on its first stereoscopic 3D film…

Wall•E is expected to easily become the year’s most marketed movie, with DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda coming close behind. Last year, Ratatouille topped the marketing charts, with Disney spending $54…

…be a spectacular performance” on track with DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda in spite of a smaller opening weekend. Says one industry exec, “I understand why pandas doing kung fu sell…

…Incredibles ($70.4M), Finding Nemo ($70.2M) and Monsters, Inc. ($62.5M). By comparison DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda grossed $20.3M on its opening day and went on to gross $60.2M over the 3-day…

…6 with another $9,813,000 to bring it’s total earnings up to $182,476,000, and Kung Fu Panda, with $1,750,000 giving the martial arts flick it’s number 10 spot on the list….

…besting the $63 million for Disney-Pixar’s Wall-E and $60.2 million for Kung Fu Panda. Escape 2 Africa also saw the seventh best opening of all time for an animated film….

…Delgo, Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!, Dragon Hunters, Fly Me to the Moon, Igor, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, $9.99, The Sky Crawlers, Sword of the Stranger,…

…films- Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. The article also talks about how this year’s race might have been different if Fox had submitted Space Chimps and Universal…

…on such recent titles as The Man Called Flintstone, Kung Fu Panda, all three of this year’s Walt Disney Treasures, The Clone Wars, Popeye The Sailor Volume 3, WALL•E and…

The Producers Guild of America has announced the nominations for their annual awards. Bolt, Kung Fu Panda, and WALL-E will compete for the Producer of the Year Award in Animated…

…wide releases, with two other animated titles also making the top ten — Kung Fu Panda at number six with an 88% rating, and Bolt at number eight with 85%….

The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced this morning. Bolt, Kung Fu Panda, and WALL-E were the picks for Animated Feature. WALL-E was also nominated for Original Screenplay,…

…Ponyo also won the Domestic Feature Film category, while Miyazaki won honors as the director and story creator. Kung Fu Panda was the winner in the International Feature Film category….