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Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

…led to a very sweet film which reminded me a lot of the original Winnie The Pooh featurettes (even the otherwise clunker-plug for Volkswagen cars can be begrudgingly overlooked for…

An Auteur is Born – 30 Years Of Miyazaki’s Castle Of Cagliostro

…food, fast cars and expensive clothing. Another sign of the new economic boom was the rise of Japanese animation. Comics became a cheap and accessible form of entertainment in the…

Toy Story 3 makes playdate? Gnomeo & Juliet & Sprackling?

…is no stranger to summer releases. Finding Nemo opened on May 30, 2003; Cars opened on June 9, 2006, and Ratatouille opens on June 29, 2007. Sure, both previous Toy…

Jerry's new book, and Warner's Blu announcement

…recently bought a PS3 myself, strictly for its Blu-ray capabilities, and I have loved watching Cars and Monster House in hi-def; but, I already had a HD DVD player for…

Interview, Carlos Baena

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…

Disney blasts into franchise-heavy 2011

…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…

Kung Fu Panda heading into a strong second weekend

DreamWorks Animation’s latest hit is trailing the pace of 2006’s Cars and reached yesterday a very impressive $83 million at the U.S. box office. Kung Fu Panda is expected to…

Disney projecting $30 billion in branded retail sales for 2008

The Hollywood Reporter published an interesting article this morning outlining the huge success of Disney merchandise, driven by franchises such as Hannah Montana, High School Musical, Cars and the Disney…

Studios tying licensing programs to animated sequels

…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,…

Kung Fu Panda kicks box office with $60M, #1 opening

…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….

Kung Fu Panda opening a strong #1 at the U.S. box office

…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‘…

Yahoo! users rate the top 30 animated films of all time

…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…

Podcast recommendations

…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…

Disneyland expansion plans

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!…

WALL•E: Angus MacLane’s burning love for BURN•E!

…Mater and the Ghostlight after Cars, and now Pixar presents BURN•E, expanding a single scene from WALL•E into several minutes of pure comedy thanks to WALL•E‘s directing animator Angus MacLane,…

Wall•E DVD details surface, expected to be jam-packed

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…

Animation Mentor Celebrates Graduates with Pete Docter

…computer animation. Creator of some of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time, including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, and most recently, Ratatouille. The Northern…

Ratatouille is Golden

…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…

The Flintstones: The Complete Series

…audiences; most famous, of course, are the cars which, before the motor has been invented, require the quick-stepped feet of the driver to bring it up to speed. Air travel…

Ratatouille honored at Austin Film Critics Award

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….

Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy

…he owns the road. What makes this cartoon so funny is how it approaches the reality of people and their cars. With its Jekyll and Hyde approach, Goofy keeps changing…

Ratatouille DVD more ordinary than special

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…

Ratatouille coming to DVD and Blu-ray in November

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…

Starz On Demand Gets Animated In August

…Ashton Kutcher. “Starz Toon Fest” will also offer titles such as Cars, Chicken Little, Monster House, The Wild and Valiant. “’Bunny-Palooza’ and ‘Starz Toon Fest’ are perfect for Starz On…

Ratatouille takes the #1 spot

…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…

Marketing budgets for animated features are on the rise

…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…

Keaton joins Toy Story 3 cast

…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….

Looking ahead to the long weekend

…anemic DVDs of Cars and Ratatouille, but I’m really jazzed about the possibilities of presenting behind-the-scenes material within the context of the movie itself, which is what BluRay will offer….

The Transformers: The Complete First Season (25th Anniversary Edition)

…fighting on Cybertron for the last few energy sources available. Generally speaking, one can distinguish between the two groups because the Autobots can transform into cars while the Decepticons can…

New interview, Robinsons promising for Disney, more Treasures, Popeye is coming

…have won the Oscar (I’d have voted for Cars myself, but would have been satisfied with a win for Monster House), I found Happy Feet to be a fun ride…