…at #2 with $24 million ($214.7 million total). With the unofficial start of the Christmas season this past weekend \\The Polar Express\\ charged past \\The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie\\ to reach…

…offered to whoever returns Nora to its house safe and sound. The film will be released in Spain this Christmas. You can see a trailer on the official web page….

…topics. Selick’s current film The Life Aquatic, in which he did the stop-motion animation for the film’s underwater creatures, is now in limited release, and opens everywhere on Christmas day….

In video interviews, IESB talks to Kenan Thompson, Dania Ramirez, and Kyla Pratt about their roles in the film Fat Albert, opening domestically on Christmas Day….

IGN FilmForce speaks to Kenan Thompson, who stars as the lovable main character in Fat Albert, opening domestically on Christmas Day….

…on Christmas Day), well behind the $44.7 million made by the first place \\Meet the Fockers\\. The holiday season has been good to \\The Polar Express\\ which, even though it…

…recently in 2000 for his work on \\Law and Order\\. He picked up an Annie Award nomination in 1998 for his performance in \\Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas\\….

…Christmas may be over, The Polar Express continues to roll on at the box office, falling 12% with $5.7 million. Currently in its eighth weekend, the Warner Bros. animated film…

Over at Jim Hill Media, Veteran Disney animator Floyd Norman recounts working on his Brer Rabbit Christmas Story and offers his opinion on the oft-rumored Song of the South DVD….

…Steinberg will write the Shrek 2-spinoff Puss in Boots. Meanwhile, Shrek 3, written by Peter Seaman and Jeffrey Price (the duo behind How the Grinch Stole Christmas), is nearing pre-production….

…stop-motion animated feature very much in the same vein as The Nightmare Before Christmas. Spoiler worriers might want to know that the article features several scene descriptions, but these are…

…lines based on Cinderella, Kim Possible and Lizzie McGuire, plus the long-awaited follow-ups to The Nightmare Before Christmas: the sequel Oogie’s Revenge and The Pumpkin King for Game Boy Advance….

Found at eBay is a beautiful 11″x14″ trade ad promoting The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge, and…

…provided voices for characters in Disneyland’s Country Bear Jamboree, The Enchanted Tiki Room, and The Haunted Mansion, as well as providing voices in How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Snoopy…

…Fat Albert’s Christmas Special, coming October 11th; and Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids – Vol. 2 – Episodes 13-24, coming October 11th. Cover art and plot synopses for the…

…Christmas Carol, and Muppet Treasure Island. While no release dates nor bonus feature information is known yet, the promo for the DVDs promises that the films will be “completely restored…

…the Christmas season DVD release of Madagascar and the upcoming theatrical release of Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit. The text for this article was written by Brandon Neeld….

…Nightmare Before Christmas\\ and \\James and the Giant Peach\\; and voicing parts in \\A Bug’s Life\\, \\Toy Story 2\\, and \\Finding Nemo\\. Ranft was also working as head of story…

Ultimate Disney has the press releases for the “Kermit’s 50th Anniversary Edition” DVDs of The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppet Christmas Carol, and Muppet Treasure Island; the…

…Edition” DVDs of The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppet Christmas Carol, and Muppet Treasure Island will each contain both the widescreen and fullscreen versions of the films….

…Corpse Bride, Johnny Depp, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and his animated influences. Meanwhile, JoBlo offers the latest Corpse Bride contest, in which one may win a prize from a variety…

…of penguins will also appear in the sequel, in addition to having two films of their own. The first of these two films, the 10-minute A Christmas Caper, will be…

…out TV Guide Online for a four-star review and Jim Hill Media for a review that says Bride is not quite but almost as good as The Nightmare Before Christmas….

Cinema Confidential speaks with the composer behind Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, Danny Elfman, who also discusses his work on Edward Scissorhands and Nightmare Before Christmas. Fans can hear not only…

At DVD Answers, high-res artwork has arrived for the 50th Anniversary Edition DVDs of The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, Muppet Christmas Carol, and Muppet Treasure Island, along with…

Muppet Central reports that “Jerry Juhl, head writer of the Muppets for more than thirty-five years died Monday.” Jerry wrote for The Muppet Show, The Muppet Movie, The Muppet Christmas…

In addition to Tim Burton’s shorts Vincent and Frankenweenie being played during the coming theatrical engagement of The Nightmare Before Christmas at Disney’s El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Henry Selick’s…

Ultimate Disney is home to four recently released menus from the Kronk’s New Groove DVD, seven menus and two stills from the Disney Princess: A Christmas of Enchantment DVD, and…

…ten sets being available by the end of 2006. In the meantime, Davey and Goliath’s Snowboard Christmas, the first new Davey and Goliath cartoon since the 1970s, will be released…

…for the Madagascar DVD, now having a banner proclaiming its inclusion of the Madagascar Penguin’s short film, A Christmas Caper. Lastly, DVDtoons has the artwork for the Jimmy Timmy Power…