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Meet the Robinsons in 3-D

Following the success of Chicken Little’s run with the new technology, Disney has announced, through Yahoo! Finance, that its next computer animated film, Meet the Robinsons, will likewise be shown…

Dead Man's Chest: The official teaser

…trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. Uncover it at Yahoo! Movies. This is one you need to freeze frame a lot to glean all the little details….

Animated box office estimates: November 25 – 27, 2005

Facing off against Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and newcomer Yours, Mine & Ours for family audiences, Chicken Little fell a slight 16% over the weekend, to finish…

Meet John Aquino, animator for Walt Disney Feature Animation

…Disney animator to Animaction, the Santa Monica-based animation school, changed Aquino’s life. The animator would later go from being a trainee for Hercules to a character finaler for Chicken Little….

Weekend box office actuals: November 18 – 20

This past weekend, Chicken Little fell to #3 with $14,711,378, averaging $4,186 per each of its 3,514 theaters. This brings the Disney hit’s total domestic gross to $99,093,096. At #19,…

"Consider" these animation ads

Attempting to score award nominations, “For Your Consideration” ads for Chicken Little, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride are now online, with an ad promoting Hoodwinked found at…

Disney reports lowered quarterly earnings

…average in U.S. box office is something like $270 million,” Iger said. “Even though Chicken Little is doing quite well, we’re not predicting we’ll get anywhere close to that level.”…

Ten films eligible for Best Animated Feature Oscar consideration

…Feature. Three nominees for the award will come from a list that includes: Chicken Little, Gulliver’s Travel, Hoodwinked, Howl’s Moving Castle, Madagascar, Robots, Steamboy, Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, Valiant, and…

Trailer: Hoodwinked

Nick.com exclusively has the trailer for the Weinstein Company and Kanbar Entertainment’s Hoodwinked, the CGI movie which tells the “true” story of Little Red Riding Hood. Hoodwinked will be released…

Game and Search playing Chicken?

…has also been bumped to April 4, 2006. As the site speculates, have these titles been moved to clear the way for the March DVD release of Chicken Little? Like…

American Dog and Rapunzel rescheduled

In a report on the box office of Chicken Little and the upcoming slate from Walt Disney Feature Animation, the Internet Movie Database indicates that American Dog has been pushed…

Animated "kid's films" becoming increasingly adult

Little and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Ware-Rabbit were called into question when considering what is appropriate for children to view. “Kids are sponges,” noted Kimberly Thompson, author…

Ron and John podcast conclusion

…and final part of its John Musker and Ron Clements interview in which the famed directing/writing pair discuss “their writing process as well as developing The Little Mermaid and Aladdin.”…

Family films becoming less family-friendly?

…the Were-Rabbit and Chicken Little. Despite these movies’ inclusion of certain features that may be more suited for adults, both were given a “G” rating by the MPAA. Meanwhile, Harvard…

Superman, Popeye, and Hercules team up for DVD set

Thought little is known at this time regarding the package, the 3-disc Superhero Collection DVD set, offering cartoons from Superman, Popeye, and Hercules, will arrive in stores on December 6th….

Pixar for sale?

…of its shows on iPods. This news comes just days before the November 4th release of Chicken Little, Disney’s first solo, all CGI production that analysts expect will give leverage…

Radio Lion King

If you’re getting near the end of a long work week and need a little boost or if you simply want to hear a great assortment of classic Disney music…

One Man Band official site

…opened up a site for its upcoming short One Man Band. The site gives a summary of the short’s storyline, highlights the main characters, and gives a little behind-the-scenes information….

Weekend box office actuals: December 2 – 4

In its fifth weekend, Chicken Little fell to #7 in the box office’s top ten and grossed $4,406,418, down an understandable 64.9% from its previous weekend. That amount brings the…

First Happy Feet images

After a while out in the cold (sorry!), with little news on how the film was progressing, George (Mad Max, Babe) Miller’s first fully animated feature Happy Feet looks to…

Ebert picks top toons of 2005

…made.”), Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (“…surprisingly cheerful under the circumstances.”), and Robots (“…with its jolly little children of Rube Goldberg in a future that looks like Fiestaware.”) as the year’s…

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit takes top animation honors at Critcs' Choice Awards

…Animated Feature category Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit recorded a victory over other nominees Chicken Little, Corpse Bride, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Madagascar. As the Oscar season…

U.S. weekend box office actuals: January 6-8, 2006

…4th week over 3,482 theaters) 23. Chicken Little with $343,605 ($132,863,585 total in its 10th week over 419 theaters) 27. The Polar Express – IMAX with $262,839 ($10,444,705 total in…

Menzel, Slater sign up to be Enchanted; More plot details discovered

…news comes from Variety, through Movie Musicals. The latter of the two sites also confirms that Glenn Slater, lyricist for Home on the Range and the upcoming Little Mermaid Broadway…

U.S. weekend box office actuals: December 31, 2005 – January 1, 2006

…3rd week over 3,627 theaters) 18. Chicken Little with $799,028 ($131,944,653 total in its 9th week over 803 theaters) 19. The Polar Express – IMAX with $742,073 ($9,814,031 total in…

Happy Feet teaser poster?

The website Little-Elijah has what may be either an official teaser poster or simply a promotional image for Warner Bros. animated comedy Happy Feet, found here….

Most Magical Celebration on Earth Rose Parade float

It looks like it was a little rainy but that didn’t keep Disney’s float, comprised of “five beautiful Disney castles from around the world seeming to float . . ….

U.S. weekend box office actuals: December 23 – 25, 2005

…pulled in $954,725 from 66 theaters, bringing its domestic re-release intake to $7,580,970. Meanwhile, Chicken Little came in at #19, hatching $432,624 from 874 theaters. Thus far, its domestic total…

Animated Pac-Man film on the way?

In an interview with Gamecloud, Crystal Sky CEO Steven Paul notes that his production company is working on a feature film based on the video game Pac-Man. While little is…

Reviews: Kronk's New Groove, Valiant DVDs

…seems to enjoy the film itself a little better, giving it 6/10 and summarizing, “If you need to entertain kids for an hour or so, Valiant will get the job…