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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1980s: Volume 1

…it meant for them and the studio. There are also interviews with Charles Zembillas (founder of the Animation Academy), Chuck Sheetz (Professor of animation at UCLA), and Christopher Vogler (author…

MacCurdy, Snyder join Technicolor for Berkeley Breathed project

…& PICKLES” IS FIRST PROJECT Addressing the demand for children’s animated content, and the rapid growth and success of its Bangalore, India-based animation studio, Technicolor today announced the formation of…

Upgrade to Blu-ray Warner Bros. discs

…shipping charge, and the studio will forward you the same titles on Blu-ray Disc. Titles include 2001: A Space Odyssey, Beetlejuice, Superman II: Richard Donner Cut, The Dirty Dozen, The…

Peanuts 1970’s Collection: Vol. 2

…(18:25). The featurette does look a little at Peanuts the 1970s, but it spends more time looking at Charles Schulz’s studio and discussing what materials he used to create the…

New Pooh title?

…feature currently on animator’s boards. When asked about the Studio’s next film, he replied it would be “another hand drawn animated feature. It is the further adventures of Winnie the…

First images from new Looney Toons

…Cartoon Network as a half-hour animated television series featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck living together in the suburbs. The studio will also present new 3D shorts featuring Road Runner…

How Pixar Works

…make a feature to how much effort goes into making a single shot of the film. It also looks into just how the studio keeps managing to produce hit after…

Shrek ends his box office reign

…Kid remake. The animated comedy has grosssed $210 million against a $160 million budget, making it a pretty big hit for the studio. Meanwhile, on the international marketing front, a…

Bob Iger’s Disney directions; Raimi for Oz?

…Raimi has been approached by the Studio to helm Oz: The Great And Powerful, a prequel to L Frank Baum’s books which could see Robert Downey Jr in the lead….

Strong opening day for Toy Story 3

…is now on track to make more than $100 million during its opening weekend, which would be a first for Pixar. Up until now, the studio’s strongest debut was for…

New Despicable Me trailer

…which can be viewed over at ComingSoon.net. It’s the fifth preview that the studio has put out for the comedy so far, which is due in theaters on July 9th….

Toy Story 3 claims box office victory

…of 2007’s Shrek the Third. Many are now expecting the film to have a shot at beating Finding Nemo, which is currently the studio’s highest grossing movie to date with…

Toy Story 3

…some of the most adult themes in any animated film from a major modern animation studio. While Up and Ratatouille before it also were more profound in some of their…

The Lion King is going 3-D

…another animated classic into the format: The Lion King. In addition to this, Hahn also provided subtle hints on the status of other projects at the studio, including the long…

How to Train Your Dragon beats Kung Fu Panda

…Kung Fu Panda’s final box office take with a gross of $215 million, Box Office Mojo is reporting. It is now the studio’s highest grossing non-Shrek film of all time….

Monsters Vs. Aliens TV series in the works

…site also has news regarding the studio’s other plans for television, including confirmation that a Shrek Halloween special is currently in production, along with a Kung Fu Panda holiday special….

The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons

…the Studios of what they own and should make available as being a champion for the fans who lap it all up), but I have to say the final product,…

Big weekend for Despicable Me

…best opening that the studio has seen for any movie so far this year. Meanwhile, Toy Story 3 managed to have two accomplishments of its own. First, it surpassed Disney’s…

Sorcerer’s Apprentice fails to cast a spell on audiences

Despite being marketed by the studio since last December, Disney’s special effects film The Sorcerer’s Apprentice has been pulling in ultimately underwhelming numbers since coming out on Wednesday. The expensive…

Pixar’s great Muppet caper

It seems Disney is leaning on Pixar for a little more than just their own animation department: as well as reports of the CG studio offering notes for a round…

New Legend of the Guardians poster

Yahoo! Movies has the new one sheet for Zack Snyder’s upcoming film Legend of the Guardians. The animated epic from the studio that made Happy Feet comes to theaters and…

Disney moves forward with The King of the Elves

BlueSkyDisney Blog takes an interesting look at some of the projects in development at Walt Disney Animation Studios, including The King of the Elves. Based on the Philip K. Dick…

Curious George getting rebooted

The L. A. Times is reporting that Universal and Illumination Entertainment (the studio behind Despicable Me) have a Curious George film in the works. While Universal and Imagine produced a…

Toy Story 3 is now Pixar’s highest grossing film

Continuing its winning streak worldwide, Pixar’s latest blockbuster Toy Story 3 has grossed a hefty $895 million, making it the studio’s biggest hit ever, reports PixarPlanet. The film’s worldwide box-office…

New project for DreamWorks Animation: Imaginary Enemies

…being made about the movie possibly being a mix of live-action and animation, which would be a first for the animation studio. Risky Business has more information on the project….

R.I.P. Satoshi Kon (1963-2010)

…anime convention. It was then confirmed by Masao Maruyama, founder of the noted anime studio Madhouse, with whom Kon made most of his works. Maruyama had announced in a Twitter…

Buzz and Woody are billionaires

…billion mark, according to Entertainment Weekly. Thanks to this and Alice in Wonderland, Disney has become the first studio to ever release two $1 billion hits in the same year….

Pirates Of Dark Water on DVD now

Added to the exclusive line of Warner Archive Collection titles available directly from the studio, Hanna-Barbera’s Pirates Of Dark Water has just arrived on DVD this week, becoming one of…

DC Comics’ Secret Origins revealed on DVD

…marketplace. Warner Home Video’s film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock…

Aardman’s Timmy Time to premiere on Disney Channel

…very special people who make up the Aardman team. The studio’s work is often imitated and yet the company continues to lead the field producing a rare brand of visually…