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Wart, Robin, Oliver and more Pan come to Disney Blu-ray
…a young orphan named “Wart” and the extraordinary wizard Merlin. According to legend, only someone with the purest character and inner strength can pull the enchanted sword from the stone… |
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Is Family Guy going to kill off a major character? Has an American Dad movie been confirmed?
Exciting movie and TV news just keeps pouring in this weekend from Comic-Con, and the panels for FOX’s popular cartoon shows American Dad and Family Guy were no exception…or were… |
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Senior Technical Director Michael Muir mixes art and science in Smurfs 2
…working on such films as Star Wars: Episode II and III, Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes, Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets, and Pirates of the Caribbean: The… |
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Scooby-Doo: Stage Fright
…a televised talent contest – a competition that is threatened by the disruptive appearances of a mysterious phantom! Everyone is a suspect, from stagehands to contestants, and it’s up to… |
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First trailer for Planes: Fire and Rescue (already) now online
The first Planes hasn’t even come to DVD yet, but that hasn’t stopped Disney from starting their marketing campaign for next year’s sequel. MovieFone has the first trailer for Planes:… |
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Big Hero 6 adds director and producer
The Hollywood Reporter says that Bolt co-writer/director Chris Williams has been brought on as a co-director for Big Hero 6 alongside Don Hall. Tangled and Treasure Planet’s Roy Conli has… |
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Sonic the Hedgehog racing to the big screen
Sega’s video game icon Sonic the Hedgehog is coming to the big screen according to The Wrap. Sony Pictures Entertainment and Marza Animation Planet are teaming up to create the… |
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Director Kevin Munroe revisits Imagi’s TMNT franchise
…the first major feature from Imagi. It was also the latest incarnation of the Turtles on the big screen, after a fourth live-action film failed to get off the ground… |
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Disney officially announces production on Moana
…Frozen’s release last year, the film was confirmed by the studio today, with John Musker and Ron Clements (The Little Mermaid, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog) sitting in… |
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Phineas And Ferb Star Wars
…desert planet to become embroiled in a galactic conflict. And, a platypus stalks an evil Sith wannabe. The Sweatbox Review: Ah, corporate synergy. Disney fans have been a little excited… |
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Annie Awards nominations for 2014 films revealed
…Game – bringing the total Annie categories to 36. The Annies are a true celebration of the best talent in the animation industry, from big studio features to indie films,… |
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Ten films to compete for visual effects Oscar this year
…below in alphabetical order: Captain America: The Winter Soldier Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Godzilla Guardians of the Galaxy The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Interstellar… |
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Oscar nominations announced
…And Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Guardians of the Galaxy, Interstellar, and X-Men: Days of Future Past were the five films nominated for… |
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 wins big at Annie Awards
…Dejan Momcilovic – ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ – Weta Digital Character Animation in a Video Game ___ Mike Mennillo – ‘Assassin’s Creed Unity’ – Ubisoft Character Design… |
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Star Wars Rebels on Blu-Ray and DVD September 1st
…Bridger joins the clever but motley crew of the starship Ghost in their resistance against the Empire. As the series begins, Imperial forces have occupied a remote planet, ruling with… |
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Minions
…songs from The Who, The Kinks, The Turtles, the musical Hair, and, appropriately, Donovan’s Mellow Yellow. As should be the norm from the major studios, the animation was very good…. |
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Miles From Tomorrowland: Let’s Rocket!
…It’s just one of many ways in which Miles From Tomorrowland is truly out of this world. Is This Thing Loaded? Miles From Tomorrowland has no special features. Trailers for… |
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DC Superhero Girls: Hero of the Year
…but possibly the entire planet. The Sweatbox Review: Let’s get this out of the way first: DC Superhero Girls: Hero of the Year’s target audience is children. It turns all… |
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The Jungle Book
…of a handful of characters – including the late Garry Shandling’s Ikki, to whom the film is dedicated – from Kipling aside, from Mowgli’s trekking off into the jungle to… |
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VIEW Conference announces additional speakers added to stellar line-up
…the renowned conference. Weta Digital Senior VFX Supervisor Joe Letteri will present the evolution of visual effects technology and artistry behind War for the Planet of the Apes, the final… |
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VIEW Conference 2017: an interview with director Maria Elena Gutierrez
…exhibits, screenings and demo presentations, VIEW will reveal the new digital frontier sweeping from cinema to architecture, from automotive design to advertisement, from medicine to video games. We asked VIEW… |
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The Powerpuff Girls: The Last Donnycorn
…applying it to one of their breakout hits from the past might sound like a good idea. The problem–at least on the majority of the twelve episodes included on this… |
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Nerdist releases full podcast episode of Futurama in Radiorama
…writers as well as executive producers Matt Groening and David Cohen, it is a self-parody episode in which the Planet Express crew’s favorite television show All My Circuits gets resurrected… |
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90th Academy Awards nominees announced
…Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus Star Wars: The Last Jedi — Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould War for the Planet of the Apes — Joe Letteri,… |
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Trailer for Mowgli now online
…Shere Khan; Oscar nominee Naomie Harris (“Moonlight,” “Skyfall”) as Nisha, the female wolf, who adopts the baby Mowgli as one of her cubs; and Andy Serkis (the “Planet of the… |
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Watch the new Marshmello DuckTales music video Fly
…great-nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie and their friend Webby into a musical outer space adventure. When their spaceship unexpectedly crashes, they encounter an alien DJ on a remote Marshmello planet…. |
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Godzilla Vs. Kong poster promises “one will fall”; trailer (finally) arriving Sunday
…the time. Fearsome monsters Godzilla and King Kong square off in an epic battle for the ages, while humanity looks to wipe out both creatures and take back the planet…. |
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Peace In Animation: A Look Back
Karl F. Cohen over at the {{link http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=1909 Animation World Network}} takes a look back at animation’s continuing messages of peace – from the Harman-Ising short Peace On Earth, to… |
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Peter Jackson talks hobbits and giant apes!
…looking towards his next project, a grand re-telling of the King Kong story, as well as a long-rumored return to Middle Earth. In Berlin to promote the European premerie of… |
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It's here!
…this, apart from making good on his promise to return to Middle Earth and complete the cycle by directing a prequel film of The Hobbit? Well don’t forget that, next… |


