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Q&A with Disney director George Scribner

…behind-the-scenes stories, including anecdotes on the original director of The Lion King, Oliver And Company and the theme park rides he has been a part of creating, including Mickey’s Philharmagic….

Pete’s Dragon: 35th Anniversary Edition

The animation renaissance of the mid-1990s is naturally still a part of most of our memories, inarguably the high-point of the Eisner/Wells/Katzenberg regime where The Lion King became the biggest…

40th Annual Annie Award winners revealed

…Chicken, DreamWorks’ Dragons, and Nickelodeon’s Bubble Guppies won the three TV categories. Wreck-It Ralph was the top film winner of the night with five awards, while Dragons won the most…

Deja blog educates and inspires

…Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King, Deja’s last entry includes an historic photo of some of the Nine Old Men working on The Jungle Book, character designs,…

Sofia The First earns a second season

The Hollywood Reporter. “We are so proud of the strong connection our young viewers and their parents have forged with Sofia,” said Nancy Kanter, senior vp original programming and general…

It’s over 9000 calories! Chomp down on Dragon Ball Z food

While we’re not sure of the exact calorie count, the Japanese LAWSON convenience store chain is loaded with Super Saiyan snacks. The Japanese are notorious for play on word advertising…

More info on the Heavenly Sword film adaptation

At the bottom of yesterday’s announcement for the Ratchet & Clank movie, it was revealed that Blockade Entertainment is adapting the Heavenly Sword video game into a direct-to-video computer animated…

Latest on Egill from Legends of Vahalla: Thor creators

…Legends of Vahalla: Thor, hit U.S. stores last March as Thor: Legend of the Magical Hammer. CAOZ is co-producing Egill with the Hungarian production company Lichthof Productions. The following is…

Ray Harryhausen RIP

the supervision of George Pal (on his Puppetoon series) and original King Kong animator Willis O’Brien on the 1949 edition of the similarly themed Mighty Joe Young, Harryhausen soon became…

Screenwriter Jon Vitti catches Angry Birds

…at the Emmy Awards: he won one as a writer-consulting producer on King of the Hill, and was nominated for his work on The Simpsons and The Larry Sanders Show….

Despicable Me 2 crosses $300 million mark; sequel banned from China

…2 has crossed the $300 million mark, Box Office Mojo is reporting. The sequel is now the sixth highest grossing animated movies of all time, behind only Shrek The Third,…

Now Playing: The World’s End and more

…reading before heading out to the theatre. The World’s End After Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, the third film in the not-quite-a-trilogy Cornetto trilogy from Edgar Wright, Simon…

Final Frozen trailer now online

…to be the studio’s “greatest animated event since The Lion King.” Whether or not it will live up to that claim remains to be seen, but audiences can decide for…

Author Charles Solomon puts the chill to us with The Art Of Frozen

…and detailed costumes. The book features exquisite artwork from the film’s creation and explores all of the artistic intricacies concerning the making of Disney’s newest achievement. The author himself kindly…

New motion capture movie Tarzan 3D trailer premieres

King of the Jungle and a bunch of aliens stand in the corporation’s way. ContactMusic has the full English trailer for viewing. Sadly, the film will not contain the iconic…

Disney villain’s reproduce and their kids get a movie!

…monsters. Disney describes the new brand (quite sure that toys will follow) as: “The film takes place in a present-day idyllic kingdom, where the benevolent teenaged son of the King

Frozen retakes box office crown in 7th week

office in its seventh weekend, a feat accomplished by the likes of Avatar… It’s rarer still for a film to retake the box-office lead so late in its theatrical run.”…

Angelina Jolie makes evil look beautiful in new Maleifcent trailer

the new film trailer from E! Online, Maleficent’s dastardly deeds are hinted at, including a battle and toying with a king. Maleficent plans to conquer movie theaters May 30, 2014….

Annie’s award best of 2013 animation

…three awards, for Animated Effects, Character Design, and Character Animation. On the TV side, Disney’s Mickey Mouse won three awards for Character Design, Music, and Editorial. The full list of

First teaser trailer for Paddington arrives

TWC-Dimension has released the first teaser trailer for the Live Action/CGI feature Paddington, reports Collider. The teaser gives a brief look at the iconic Michael Bond character voiced by Colin…

Animated movie music back in style

The animated movie musical is back in vogue, according to the Los Angeles Times. The biggest sign of the change has been on the music charts. “For the first time…

Frozen crosses $400 million mark at domestic box office

There’s yet another Frozen success story to be discussed today, as the Disney movie finally crossed the $400 million mark in the US, The Wrap is reporting. That makes the

Frozen On Ice is coming in September

…and an incredibly popular soundtrack, but what’s curious is that the show will include “special appearances” by characters from Toy Story, The Lion King and Finding Nemo, along with the

The Lion Guard coming to Disney Channel

Following the extreme success of Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Disney is working on bringing another of their animated properties to their Disney Junior line-up, this time The Lion…

The Book of Life

…and kids laughing. And at the other end of the spectrum, despite a few too many cliches, there is a good heart at the center of the story. But overall…

Planes: Fire & Rescue

…new band of planes at the Air Attack division, where firefighting from the air is the name of the game. The way Dusty leaves his previous life and these introductory…

Exclusive 2015 Comic-Con Recap

…also displayed various concept art of the characters, the approach to looking for the right design that will have the characters fit the style of the game, and numerous collections…

Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem

…Mayhem Of The Music Meister. (The DVD has the design featurette, all ten of the DC Nation shorts, and a different episode of Batman: The Brave And The Bold, Emperor…

The Good Dinosaur

Pixar is known for their attention to even the smallest detail in their stories. They are always are looking for ways to thwart our expectations. They go out of their…

Is The Nut Job 2 still happening?

…particularly leggy at the box office, and it wasn’t long before Frozen was back ahead of it on the charts. Did this perhaps cause the studio to rethink going through…