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Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland: How illustrators Kei Acedera and Bobby Chiu shaped the Characters’ Designs

…his morning coffee from his studio apartment. He presently works as an illustrator for film and television, teaches digital painting online at Schoolism.com, publishes art books, and works on other…

UPDATED: New Cars 2 image, poster, and trailer

…explosion of some kind. Meanwhile, Yahoo! Movies has a new teaser poster of the film, and has announced that a new trailer is expected to go online sometime tomorrow morning….

A Christmas Carol

Walt Disney Pictures/ImageMovers Digital (November 6 2009), Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (November 16 2010), Blu-ray plus DVD, 96 mins plus supplements, 1080p high definition 2.40:1 widescreen, DTS 5.1 Master…

Disneynature: Oceans / The Crimson Wing: Mystery Of The Flamingos

Disneynature Films (2010), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (October 19 2010) Oceans: 1 BD + 1 DVD, 84 mins plus supplements, 1080p high definition 2.40:1, DTS-HD and 5.1 Dolby Digital, Rated…

Bambi coming in March 2011

…stamp and in the 1990’s the film inspired astronomers to name a pair of asteroids after the adorable characters – Thumper (April 20, 1993) and Bambi (October 17, 1995). Bonus…

Tangled: Illustrator David Gilson’s dream come true!

…we were talking about him. So, he came to us and spontaneously gave us an appointment for the next morning, for breakfast. We couldn’t believe it! The next day, he…

Winnie The Pooh’s Directors Stephen Anderson and Don Hall: Back to the Hundred Acre Wood

…rights to Milne’s Winnie the Pooh stories, in exchange for a $1,000 advance and 66% of Slesinger’s income. By November 1931, Pooh merchandise was collecting close to $50 million each…

Winnie the Pooh and Burny, too: a chat with animation legend Burny Mattinson

…career in animation is highlighted by helming the Academy Award-nominated 1983 animated featurette Mickey’s Christmas Carol, which returned Mickey Mouse to the big screen for the first time in 30…

2011 Academy Award Nominations Announced

…yet to be released La Luna, A Morning Stroll, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore and Wild Life. And Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Hugo,…

Rango wins at BAFTA’s

…British Academy Film Awards. The Special Visual Effects award went to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, while A Morning Stroll took home the award for Short Animation….

Chris Miller discusses his Oscar nom and Puss In Boots

…$516,267,034 and universally positive reviews. When the Academy Award nominations were announced, Puss In Boots scored Miller his first Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature. Puss In Boots hits home…

Paperman gets buzz

…with a beautiful woman on his morning commute. Convinced the girl of his dreams is gone forever, he gets a second chance when he spots her in a skyscraper window…

First Epic trailer debuts

Good Morning America has debuted the trailer for the new Blue Sky animated film Epic. The movie “tells the story of an ongoing battle deep in the forest between the…

Frankenweenie: Cinematographer Peter Sorg’s shades of grey

…a 30 second test with Trey Thomas, the animation director animating Victor and Sparky in the attic. I also shot tests of different interiors and exteriors to establish and find…

Frankenweenie wins NYFCC award

Awards season has begun! After the Annie nominations this morning, the New York Film Critics’ Circle has announced the winners of their annual prizes. And the animation award went to…

Peter Pan: Diamond Edition

…leads Wendy and the boys past “the second star to the right and straight on ’till morning”. However, unbeknown to him, the infamous Captain Hook awaits, crazed from the last…

Sesame Street welcomes a new amigo

…has a collection of videos that documents the audition process, from the open casting call and callbacks to the final announcement on Good Morning, America. The lucky new neighbor is…

Get ready for The Snow Queen, but not Disney’s version

…away in the morning light from too little publicity. Keeping the same name as Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, Deadline says that Vertical Entertainment has bought the US rights to distribute…

Peter Pan: Return To Never-Land

DisneyToon Studios (February 15 2002), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (August 20 2013), Blu-ray plus DVD and Digital Copy file, 72 mins, 1080p high-definition 1.66:1 widescreen, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround,…

The Simpsons’ Marcia Wallace passes away

…tremendously saddened to learn this morning of the passing of the brilliant and gracious Marcia Wallace,” he said. “She was beloved by all at The Simpsons and we intend to…

Captain Caveman And The Teen Angels: The Complete Series

Hanna-Barbera (1977), Warner Archive (July 23, 2013), 2 Discs, 440 mins, 4:3 ratio, Dolby Digital Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $29.95 Storyboard: After a prehistoric superhero is rescued from an icy…

Lego Movie soundtrack excerpts online

…what you hear, the album is on sale at Amazon. Everything Is AWESOME!!!, Emmet’s Morning, Saloons And Wagons, and Cloud Cuckooland And Ben The Spaceman can be listened to here:…

Upcoming Smurfs movie blog

Kelly Asbury (Shrek 2, Gnomeo & Juliet), director of Sony Pictures Animation’s brand new all-animated computer-generated Smurfs feature film, launched his official blog this morning at www.SmurfsProductionBlog.com The blog, called…

UPDATED: Big Hero 6 poster and trailer revealed

The teaser poster for Big Hero 6 was revealed on Yahoo! Movies this morning, along with a “teaser” for tomorrow’s trailer debut. The preview is also possibly going to be…

Director Kevin Munroe revisits Imagi’s TMNT franchise

…a mere $40 million worldwide. Without the Turtles, Imagi’s future looked bleak following the failure of Astro Boy. In February 2010, parent company Imagi International Holdings Ltd. announced it had…

Oscar nominations announced

It’s that time of year again! The 2014 Oscar nominations were announced this morning, with Big Hero 6, The Boxtrolls, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Song of the Sea,…

Frozen 2 officially announced by Disney; original film’s directors set to return

…company’s annual meeting of shareholders this morning, with John Lasseter and Josh Gad on stage to provide the scoop. “Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck have come up with a great…

Adventure Time: The Complete Fifth Season

Cartoon Network Studios (2012-2014), Warner Home Video (July 14, 2014), 2 Discs, 561 minutes, 16:9 ratio, Dolby Stereo 2.0, Rated TV-PG, Retail: $32.18 Storyboard: Just what fans wanted— more Marceline…

Lego Justice League: Attack Of The Legion Of Doom

…appeal that characterized The Lego Movie, this is pretty good family entertainment. My son wanted to watch it again the next morning, so it certainly gets the kid vote. So,…

Beauty and the Beast teaser trailer coming tomorrow

The first teaser trailer for Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast will debut tomorrow during Good Morning, America!, and you can watch a short announcement clip in the player below….