…That drop contrasts to the 2 percent growth seen internationally for the brand. In the meantime, Disney Princesses continued its steady stream of success, while Cars merchandise drove Mattel’s entertainment-related…

…360) http://www.totaleclips.com/Player/Bounce.aspx?eclipid=b10088&bitrateid=342&vendorid=600 Low (320 x 240) http://www.totaleclips.com/Player/Bounce.aspx?eclipid=b10088&bitrateid=343&vendorid=600 Flash 8 High (640 x 480) http://www.totaleclips.com/Player/Bounce.aspx?eclipid=b10088&bitrateid=349&vendorid=600 Med (480 x 360) http://www.totaleclips.com/Player/Bounce.aspx?eclipid=b10088&bitrateid=348&vendorid=600 Low (320 x 240) http://www.totaleclips.com/Player/Bounce.aspx?eclipid=b10088&bitrateid=347&vendorid=600 Official Synopsis Ratatouille Release Date: June…

CG-Node has published an interview with Carlos Baena, an animator at Pixar who has worked on movies such as Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars and Ratatouille. Outside of Pixar, Carlos…

…is still well below the last Pixar toon Cars, which opened in 2006 to $60 mil and earned less than 2003’s Finding Nemo ($70 mil) and 2004’s The Incredibles ($70…

…the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz® and Encore® brands with approximately 16.1 million and 28.4 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000…

Video Business reports that Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille will be released on DVD and Blu-ray disc on November 6th, 2007. The film will join the previously announced Blu-ray release of Cars on…

UltimateDisney have posted their review of the upcoming Ratatouille DVD which calls it “More ordinary than special.” According to the review, “Unfortunately, Ratatouille follows last fall’s lightweight Cars disc with…

UpcomingPixar reports that Ratatouille has been judged the Best Animated film at Austin Film Critics Award. Pixar’s Cars had won the same award last year….

…year’s award for Best Animated Film. The animation prize has only been awarded since last year when Pixar also picked up the trophy, for Cars. Before that time, ten animated…

…school. The graduating class was comprised of students from 20 countries and an equal number of states. Animation Mentor propelled more than 80% of its first four classes into coveted…

…see the return of Benjamin Gates in National Treasure 3 and Jack Sparrow in Pirates Of The Caribbean 4. Rumored but now finally confirmed sequels are Cars 2 and a…

According to The Orange County Register Disneyland has announced new expansion plans for the entire resort. Mention was made again of the pending Little Mermaid, Cars and Toy Story Mania!…

…supervising animator Dylan Brown, Stan Lee and Paul Dini; and sister site Creating Success Podcast features interviews with Flushed Away directors Sam Fell and David Bowers, Cars directing animator James…

…4. Shrek 5. Ratatouille 6. Toy Story 7. Beauty and the Beast 8. Aladdin 9. Spirited Away 10. Monsters, Inc. 11. Cars 12. Shrek 2 13. Enchanted 14. The Little…

…after last year’s Shrek the Third which bowed to $38.4M in May. Kung Fu Panda should finish the weekend north of $60M and possibly as high as $65M, beating Cars‘…

…the three-day weekend. That is $120,000 shy of Cars‘ opening but Kung Fu Panda still has a shot at beating the Pixar film’s number when final grosses come in tomorrow….

…But the Madagascar film franchise, just like Fox’s Ice Age ‘s, has yet to translate in equally impressive consumer product sales. Hoping to come closer to Disney’s Cars success story,…

…Scooby-Doo…) and 6 times Nickelodeon’s (SpongeBob SquarePants). For Disney, the $30 billion target for this year-40% of which come from North America-compares to $13 billion just five years ago. The…

…box office. Kung Fu Panda is expected to only drop 35-40% this weekend with most kids finally out of school. Look for Po to sit on $120 million by Sunday….

…million to cook up ads for the Pixar-produced pic. To put that into perspective, the industry average to promote a pic was $35.9 million last year. And Cars, The Polar…

Upcomingpixar reports that unlike Pixar’s previous barebone releases of Cars and Ratatouille, WALL•E would be receiving 4 home video releases. The first being a single disc DVD which will include…

…be Keaton’s second role in a Pixar film, as he also voiced the character Chick Hicks in 2006’s Cars. Toy Story 3 will open in theaters on June 18th, 2010….

Animation World Network reports that Car Toons, an animated short series featuring characters from the Cars franchise, is set to air on Disney Channel starting on October 27th. The series…

…October 20 and will give guests a sneak peek at new and revamped attractions at the second Anaheim Disney-themed park. New attractions will be a dark ride based on The…