The Soviet animation legend Fyodor Khitruk passed away on 12/3/12 at age 95. Animaton Magazine highlights the legend, who is best known for creating Vinni Puh, the Russian version of…

Larry D. Mann, the voice of Yukon Cornelius in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer–arguably the most beloved animated holiday TV special of all time–, has passed away, Yahoo! TV is reporting….

Mainichi Shumbun, via the Internet Movie Database, reports that the Walt Disney Co. has apologized to Japanese customers who purchased copies of the DVD version of Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away,…

Lawrence of Arabia’s Peter O’Toole has passed away, The Guardian is reporting. Nominated for eight Academy Awards over the course of his career–but sadly never winning any–, O’Toole was also…

Diane Disney Miller, daughter of Walt and Lillian Disney, has passed away, Disney.Com is reporting. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Diane Disney Miller,” CEO of the Walt…

Sad news for Batman fans everywhere today as Adam West–the beloved star of the 60’s TV series–has passed away at age 88, Variety is reporting. In addition to playing the…

Two actors who counted parts in a pair of Disney films among their prolific careers have passed away. {{link http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&q=red+buttons&btnG=Search+News Red Buttons}}, the famed song-and-dance comedian, was perhaps best known…

Clay Kaytis’ new animation audio blog The Animation Podcast has broken the news that legendary Disney storyman Joe Grant has passed away earlier today (Friday). With a career spanning from…

AWN reports that David Hilberman, one of the co-founders of UPA, passed away on July 5, 2007, at Stanford Hospital in Stanford, California. Hilberman began his career at Disney as…

…far away, THR is reporting. The special one-hour episode will find the title characters living on Tatooine when they accidentally come into possession of the Rebel Alliance’s plans to destroy…

…of rejection. She wants to push you away before you push her away.” “Wanda brought Stella to life with great verve and spunk,” Kirkpatrick remarks. “She was a perfect fit…

Time Magazine has the first look at Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson playing Walt Disney and Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers in the film Saving Mr. Banks. Coming late this…

DPS Film Roman, an IDT Entertainment company, and Rob Zombie will produce a direct-to-DVD, animated feature based on his Spookshow International comic book El Superbeasto, which follows the adventures of…

Superhero Hype has a scan of the newest Batman Begins picture from the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. The photo shows Batman carrying Rachel Dawes. Batman Begins opens in theaters…

According to Yahoo! News, Warner Bros. has plans to create a live-action/animation feature film version of Yogi Bear directed by Ash Brannon (Surf’s Up). “Yogi Bear first appeared as a…

Latino Review has a new image from Monster House. Columbia Pictures’ computer animated comedy will open in theaters on July 21, 2006….

Anonymous producers, agents, and writers share with Radar Online some of the worst movie pitches they have had to endure. One memory comes from an unnamed development executive at an…

{{link http://www.animagic.hpg.ig.com.br/producao.htm Animagic}} has what appears to be the first picture from Disney upcoming (and first all-CG) film \\Chicken Little\\. The article, entitled “What’s next for Disney”, is in Portuguese….

{{link http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/elsewhere/index.html Movie Poop Shoot’s}} Jeffrey Wells shows off the \\Shark Tale\\ mailer he recently received from DreamWorks. “I got this toy shark delivered to me the other day. It’s…