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Tom Hanks’ Electric City wins Streamy for Best Animated Series
…Red vs. Blue. Created by Tom Hanks, Electric City is the post-apocalyptic story of citizens who live in the title setting, a would-be utopia that has been corrupted by greed… |
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The Stooge confirmed as a development proposal
…to notice that Windchill’s reports are often satirical, thus believing the Stooge story to be false. But Wolf has confirmed to Ain’t It Cool News that The Stooge is a… |
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Oscar Night 2013
…fashions, the story-lines, and the awards. Until then, get a jump on the results. The following is a list of the consensus winners according to readers who entered our contest:… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #32: Mulan – Yodeling Huns
…giving Shan Yu villain tips, letter of the law (Chi-Fu) vs. spirit of the law (Emperor), no love story, strange “party” ending. • We rate it! • Bloopers: Rotoscopers pledge,… |
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Planet Earth producers and Weinstein Co. settle lawsuit
…claiming they “sabotaged what should have been a highly profitable movie through a potent combination of hubris, incompetence, profligate spending and contempt for contractual obligations.” Deadline.com has the full story…. |
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Planes takes to the sky with second trailer
The second, full trailer for DisneyToon Studios’ Planes is now online, courtesy of Animated Podcast. The film tells the story of Dusty Crophopper, a small-town crop duster who dreams of… |
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Dig in to the Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 trailer!
The trailer of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 is now available on Yahoo! Movies. In this brand-new story, Flint discovers that his most infamous machine – which turns… |
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Cook to voice Planes’ Dusty
…Hall (King of the Hill, The Simpsons), the film is about a plane who dreams of competing as an air racer despite his unfortunate fear of heights. “Dane Cook brings… |
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Planes trilogy confirmed; Cryer’s recasting discussed
…The first sequel, Planes 2: Fire and Rescue, was teased last June. Alazraqui also notes that Roger Craig Smith, Grey DeLisle and Rob Paulsen have joined the cast of Planes…. |
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DreamWorks investing in technology to streamline animation
…company had made in terms of technology to streamline and improve its animations” the reporter changed his “overall image of the company from just a rear-looking success story to one… |
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15th Cartoon Movie is underway
…the American movies in terms of story and character,” said Philip Einstein Lipski, at Denmark’s Einstein Film. A large portion of Cartoon Movie is also dedicated to the gaming industry… |
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SXSW films include Blue Umbrella, Gold Sparrow
…Michael Garza using a new software tool he developed that “mimics the physical process of painting – maintaining the hand of the artist in every frame of the film. The… |
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Second Simpsons movie coming in distant future
…“stole animators from the show,” Groening added. But Silverman expressed hope that a sequel could still happen in “maybe another 10, 15 years.” The Hollywood Reporter has the full story…. |
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UPDATED: Cancelled, Star Wars: The Clone Wars has been
…Supervising director Dave Filoni now has a video in which he thanks the fans of the series, explains why it’s coming to a close, and offers a peek of the… |
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Great and Powerful concept artist Dawn Brown journeys to Oz!
…story and challenging all of us to create a world we can all be proud of! The Art Of Oz The Great And Powerful is now available to order from… |
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Disney, Trance writer to make live-action Beauty & the Beast
Disney has hired Joe Ahearne (Danny Boyle’s upcoming Trance) to script The Beast, a live-action 3D adaptation of Beauty & the Beast. But audiences should expect a film far different… |
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Reynolds, The Croods Guy, talks about film
Croods star Ryan Reynolds, who plays the role of Guy, sat for an interview with Flicks and Bits, where he discussed his character, the recording process, the family dynamic in… |
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Pete’s Dragon getting new screenwriter
Amongst the Disney classics, is an often forgotten movie musical combining live action with animation. Pete’s Dragon is story about an orphan boy befriended by dragon who becomes invisible at… |
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Guardians tops home entertainment charts
Rise of the Guardians premiered atop Nielsen Video’s First Alert sales chart, which tracks overall disc sales, and Nielsen’s Blu-ray Disc sales chart. Oscar-winner Life of Pi debuted at No…. |
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Disney parks ban unsupervised kids 14 years and younger
…of 14 after surveying guests and speaking with organizations dealing with child welfare, Disney spokesperson Suzi Brown told NBC4. She added that no particular incident triggered the policy change. The… |
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Frozen reindeer visits Walt Disney Animation Studios
…have each posted a pic of the reindeer online, while story supervisor Paul Briggs shares some of his sketches of her. Audiences can catch the reindeer’s “big screen debut” when… |
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LucasArts gets deleted
…games. The company will now outsource production of future titles to third party developers. “The news comes after several years of diminishing returns for the struggling game developer. Despite the… |
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The Legend of Korra heading to Blu-ray and DVD in July
…crew for all 12 episodes along with Eight Animatics while select audio commentaries will be included on the DVD. “The Making of a Legend: The Untold Story”, a short featuring… |
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Monsters University fraternities, sororities introduced
As the release of Monsters University draws closer, Yahoo! Movies reveals the members of fraternities Oozma Kappa, Roar Omega Roar and Jaws Theta Chi as well as sororities Slugma Slugma… |
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Monsters University gets enthusiastic response at CinemaCon
On Wednesday, Disney treated CinemaCon attendees to an early cut of Monsters University – and the responses have been overwhelmingly positive! Peter Sciretta of /Film tweets that the prequel is… |
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Katzenberg plans The Tibet Code
…be able to find a good course to tell a great story and not step on political issues,” Katzenberg said, possibly referring to the difficulty Hollywood often has when dealing… |
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Rotoscopers YouTube: The Art of The Croods and Q&A Part 2
…out the book The Art of The Croods. Then they finish up their Q&A series with questions about Disney problems and favorite films, and the story of how they met…. |
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Floyd Norman revisits Huck’s Landing
…backgrounds, seeking assistance from special effects guru Peter Kuran of Star Wars fame. Click here to read more of what Norman calls “one of the greatest animated stories never told.”… |
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Monsters University director explains “fourth grade” controversy
…what’s right for the story.” He adds, “So yeah, now we joke that that’s just an old monster expression: ‘You’ve been jealous of my good looks since the fourth grade!’”… |
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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… |


