A summarization of several panels at this year’s Wondercon has been posted at ComingSoon. Included in the article is a report of Wall•E‘s panel, which featured director Andrew Stanton as…

…Brown, a friends of Family Guy‘s protagonist Peter Griffin. Several more upcoming animated shows are mentioned in the story, including Relative Insanity, Mothballs, and a cartoon relaunch of The Pitts….

…about the story and history of Miyazaki Hayao’s new film Ponyo on a Cliff. According to Suzuki, Miyazaki’s hand-drawn feature Ponyo on a Cliff tells the tale of a 5-year…

…true to the material of the original book by Dr. Seuss, including information on what it was like converting the 72-page story in a 88-minute movie. Horton Hears A Who!…

Variety has posted an article announcing that Jill Culton, helmer of Open Season, is set to direct Sony’s upcoming animated film Hotel Transylvania. Hotel follows the story of the youngest…

…as the three Chirstmas Spirits, says, “It’s just a fantastic story. It’s beautiful literature.” He also vaguely mentions a possible role in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, a Tim Burton…

…story also reveals several of the cast members, including Reese Witherspoon, Rainn Wilson, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, and Stephen Colbert. Monster vs Aliens will invade theaters…

…Disney/Pixar. The story of the film centers on a college student who begins to investigate the murder of his father, uncovering a web of deceit that has left the city…

…Edition on the same day featuring Song Selection, “Mowgli’s Jungle Ruins Maze” game, “The Legacy of The Jungle Book”, 2 music videos, and the new “Mowgli’s Story Time Adventure” game….

…and “Braver”), a Story of Jungle Book featurette, music videos “I Wanna Be Like You”, “Jungle Rhythm” and “W-I-L-D”, a Legacy Of The Jungle Book featurette, a Mowgli’s Jungle Ruins…

…and Academy Award-nominated shorts.” View more info and purchase tickets at the event’s official page. Also of interest to animation fans are Good Ol’ Charles Schulz and The Pixar Story….

According to SlashFilm, Garth Jennings’s next film will be animated. Jennings, who directed The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy as well as the upcoming Son Of Rambow, claims he is…

…pandering too much to the older members of their audiences, and in doing so forgetting to entertain kids. The running time of newer animated films is also seen as a…

…press release as a “a satirical send-up of the superhero genre, built around the story of a super villain who must find a new motivation after accidentally killing his archrival,…

…Studios (Igor) in Paris, France and Ho-chi-min, Vietnam. The story follows the adventures of cartoon cereal-box-mascots who are mistakenly brought to life when a plan to replace the world’s fallen…

…of a dying breed of stage entertainer whose thunder is being stolen by emerging rock stars. Forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theaters, garden parties and bars, he…

According to Animation World Network, Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical animated film Persepolis has won the Grand Prix Award at the seventh AniFest, International Festival of Animated Films. “Stark graphic design and…

…Studios reveals the story of Tinker Bell’s early life in the fantastic world of Pixie Hollow. Each fairy is born with a special talent, whether it’s making flowers grow, giving…

…and Karen Paik’s To Infinity and Beyond: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios. Meanwhile, AWN takes a look at Don Peri’s new book Working with Walt: Interviews with Disney Artists….

…Annecy animation festival, is “finalizing the script for its next feature, an action-adventure version of a contemporary Oz story with Corpse Bride‘s Mike Johnson attached to direct.” Meanwhile, Exodus, which…

…his wife in 2003 when they visited the place for the screening of his film The Triplets of Belleville at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Based on an unproduced script…

…peak at new characters though since the gallery is made of screen captures from the featurette that debuted a few months ago on the Bee Movie DVD. In Madagascar: Escape…

…latest acquisition: “Our country’s mythology has such strong elements of story telling that it’s unbelievable that most of us are still in the dark about it. It’s imperative that this…

…says Variety. Platinum Studios CEO-chairman Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and Vanguard Animation chairman John H. Williams, producer of the Shrek series, are launching the imprint. They’ve already acquired a first property,…

…in Progress initiative. Also in Work in Progress, director Jerome Deschamps will talk an audience through MK2’s big animation bet, The True Story of Puss ‘n Boots. Albert Pareira Lazaro…

…success story, Fox plans a cross-category licensing program for the dinosaur-themed Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, hoping the July vs. March release will also help boost merchandising sales….

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…

Got You Beat and Braver, the two deleted sequences from the 2003 Jungle Book theatrical sequel getting a Special Edition DVD release next Tuesday, are online at the film’s official…