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Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles: The Complete Series
…Conroy, largely out of their mountaintop observatory. Their hometown of Civic City seemed to be a lightning rod for all manner of sinister foes, only a little less silly than… |
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Jem’s Popularity is Truly Outrageous
…was released today by Shout Factory with new featurettes, original toy commercials, and much more. Fans continue to flock to the show and keep it alive through fansites and the… |
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Planes merchandise, images reveal new plot info
Disney is preparing for the youngest audience members of Planes to continue the adventures of Dusty Crophopper at home. At the 110th annual American International Toy Fair last week, attendees… |
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Disney Infinity delayed until August
Disney Interactive has pushed the launch date of its new video game and toy initiative Disney Infinity to August 18. The project was originally scheduled to debut in June for… |
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Pacino’s Despicable Me 2 villain revealed
…– until now. Chris “Tank” Tanski of The (Title Pending) Movie Podcast provides a peek at Eduardo, courtesy of a toy promo, on Twitter. Despicable Me 2 opens July 3…. |
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Michael Eisner plays with Mysticons
…successful toy line centered around the cartoon. “Nelvana has a strong history of success in building and launching hit boys action properties and the partnership with Topps sets the stage… |
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The Croods Blu-ray now available to pre-order
…packs, with the latter containing a plush toy of the character Belt for a limited time. Directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco, The Croods opened last March to positive… |
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DreamWorks remakes itself with deals
Reuters takes a look at the recent flurry of dealmaking being done by DreamWorks Animation. “In the last year, Dreamworks has bought a YouTube network aimed at teenagers and picked… |
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Disney villain’s reproduce and their kids get a movie!
…most evil characters. Descendants, the article notes, is Disney’s attempt to reproduce Monster High’s success. Monster High is a popular toy and movie line following the children of famous horror… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #77: The Great Mouse Detective – Sit, Toby
…time vortex is at work? • Why doesn’t that flower ballerina toy exist in real life? • There’s way too much pink in Rattigan’s hideout. • Is the sexy singing… |
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Lego Star Wars: The New Yoda Chronicles
…to what just might be the most beloved film franchise of all time. Merchandise is flying off of store shelves, a new trailer is supposedly coming to us sooner rather… |
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DC Superhero Girls: Hero of the Year
…of your favorite characters into not just teenagers, but high schoolers. And it takes Poison Ivy–usually one of Batman’s most formidable foes–and gives her the timid personality of My Little… |
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Trolls
…constant warnings of Branch, the grouchiest Troll of them all. Unfortunately, Branch turns out to be right, and when the evil Bergen Chef kidnaps several of her friends, she enlists… |
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Mickey And The Roadster Racers
This Mickey Mouse Clubhouse spin-off offers plenty of slapstick-heavy action for kids, even as some adults wonder how much mileage Disney can get out of it…. |
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The UglyDolls trailer is here
…if there’s something – anything – on the other side of the mountain which nestles Uglyville. Moxy gathers a group of her closest friends and sets off to find what’s… |
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Spider-Man, Bao win animation Oscars, First Man wins VFX award
…posed the above image and said, “There’s a hero in all of us, and we couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you to the Academy for recognizing the incredible… |
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MeTV generates nostalgia with Toon In With Me and Saturday Morning Cartoons
…Most of the shows available were for grown-ups, but there were two times of the week that became sacrosanct to generations of kids with limited entertainment options. The first and… |
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Lightyear doesn’t quite reach infinity and beyond at box office
…toy that Andy got, before turning into a science-fiction actioner, which then turned into “the movie that Andy saw in 1995”–a title card that actually appears at the start of… |
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More than meets the ears with Transformers: Earthspark composers Crush Effect
…blend of those concepts, too. AV: That blending does echo the storyline of the series itself, as it is about the meeting of the old generation of Transformers with a… |
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\\Treasure Planet\\ still gets no respect
…Theatres and other large format cinemas on November 27th, it was announced today (1/24) by Richard Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group. Although 35mm prints of other… |
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\\Fox and the Hound\\ sequel in the works?
An insider who has seen the storyboards in progress has let us know that a \\Fox and the Hound\\ midquel is currently in development at Disney. We’re told the story… |
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Brendan Fraser too politically incorrect for Disney?
…concept by the folks at Disney – the Mouse House’s politically correct managers quickly nixed the idea”. Check out Jim Hill Media for the details of this very interesting story…. |
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First image from Miazaki's Howl's Moving Castle
Studioghibli.net has an image from the acclaimed director’s next project. The picture appears in the official Studio Ghibli’s 2004 calendar. The film is based on a story by Diana Wynne… |
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New name for \\Rapunzel\\
…artists often didn’t like what they saw on screen in computer animation. While they admired the storytelling and characters in the computer-generated movies made by Pixar and others, many of… |
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Lion King 1½ shaping up nicely?
…Dolby and DTS 5.1 Surround Sound, and a whole heap of bonus materials, gathered on a second disc. Despite the general feeling towards Disney’s video feature track record, this one… |
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Studio Ghibli Highlights from AnimAICN
…for April 2004) and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Disney is also ironing out the kinks on the new English dub for Whispers of the Heart. Apparently, the… |
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More Alice than is really necessary?
{{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/main/index.htm Jim Hill Media}} is back this morning with another entertaining look at one of the Walt Disney World cast members-only party films; short movies made by and for… |
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"Executive changes to \\Brother Bear\\" report false?
…reported that some last minute changes were forced on the animators of \\Brother Bear\\ by Disney executives. According to their report the “mountain that plays home to all of the… |
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Independents going \\Thru the Moebius Strip\\
…search for him through a myriad number of planets, filled with wondrous sights and often gigantic beings”. Screenwriter James Cox previously worked on \\Oliver & Company\\, \\ The Rescuers Down… |
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\\The Call Of The Tame\\: animals in animation
\\{{link http://www.latimes.com/features/outdoors/la-os-disney28oct28,1,4433763.story The LA Times}}\\ takes an in-depth look at animals in animation. They explore what seem to be the two universal themes in these types of films: “nature is… |
