Director Michael Bay, along with private investment firm Wyndcrest Holdings, in which Bay is a principal, is acquiring the 13-year-old visual effects studio Digital Domain. Past work for the studio…

The Jim Henson Co., Flame Ventures, and Prana Studios are all working with The Weinstein Co. to bring audiences old tales with new twists, according to the Animation World Network….

The International Herald Tribune focuses on popular movies that appeal to one’s inner child or adult, depending on how old the viewer is. Animated examples in the piece include Chicken…

…Specifically, 52 half-hour episodes will be computer animated in the next two years, set for ages 6 – 11 years old. Details have yet to arrive on the show’s subject….

…will now be on the Man Of Steel to beat Singer’s old stomping ground gang in the theaters when that film opens in just under a month. In other, more…

…has plenty of tales to recount including working on Lady and the Tramp and Sleeping Beauty, and working with some of the Nine Old Men such as Marc Davis, Milt…

…revelry and looting, we find Captain Jack victorious, enthroned in a vault full of gold and jewels, enjoying a drink and verse or two of the attraction’s famous theme song…

…and collecting the film’s cast. Speaking of Kenan, The Los Angeles Times profiles the 29-year-old director, looking at his past and the films that influenced his work on Monster House….

…history, vintage Disneyana, Disney artwork, the Walt’s People book series, and new books about Disney.” Only two days old and there are already ten entries full of in-depth historical information….

…high definition, so we had to make sure all the drawings were going to be large enough to really hold up, and everyone did a magnificent job. I’m so proud…

At the age of 80 years old, Jan Svochak died Wednesday afternoon, reports Cartoon Brew. After fighting in World War II, Svochak gained a position at Famous Studios in NYC,…

…made from Walt to the twilight of the careers of the Nine Old Men to the development of newer talent that has led the studio through the last 25 years.”…

…pet boy, Sherman. The series of short segments premiered in 1959 as part of Ward’s classic Rocky & Bullwinkle series and quickly became a favorite of viewers, young and old….

Petaluma CA police arrested a Pixar finance manager last week after he sent sexually explicit images and messages from his office computer to an undercover detective posing as a 13-year-old…

…old movie download service, Unbox, presumably due to their fear of piracy and the tougher restrictions imposed by Amazon on its customers. Seven days later the other studios may be…

…“Dominic Janes (Alex Taggert on ER) stars as 12-year-old Jimmy Roberts, who while visiting the famous Gollyworld Park, has an accident with the park trolley that requires an emergency brain…

…toward audiences aged seven years and older, the animated feature is inspired by the ancient Indian myth of Ramayana. “In addition to action, adventure and fantasy, Secrets of the Seven…

…the character Lord Royal Highness. In his blog, Bowie, who watches Spongebob regularly with his 6-year-old daughter, Alexandria Zahra, wrote that he has “hit the Holy Grail of animation gigs.”…

…museums, old carnivals and burial grounds. Scooby always seems to provide the catalyst to solve each mystery. Typically, each episode ends with the thwarted villain proclaiming, “And I would have…

…Christmas on DVD Oct. 10. The KIDS FIRST! Film and Video Festival is a project of the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media, a fifteen year-old, non-profit organization whose mission is…

Born on February 18, 1919, in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, Jack Palance died of natural causes on Friday, at his home in Montecito, California. He was 87 years old. Known for…

Route 66 News reveals the inspiration for the character Tow Mater from Cars: a rusty 1951 international boom truck. The vehicle was given star treatment at an old Marathon service…

In celebration of the upcoming Charlotte’s Web movie, Paramount Pictures is encouraging folks young and old to break a reading record. Specifically, the record referred to is none other than…

…Animated Stories From The Bible, records Earned Media. The show will begin its TBN run on Saturday, November 18. Animated Stories frm the Bible aims for audiences 3-12 years old….

…online editorial includes thoughts from the book’s author, Neal Gabler. Released on October 31, 2006, Triumph of the American Imagination provides a large biographical account of the respected “Old Maestro.”…

As pointed out by David in our Animated News Forum, Disney will be releasing the Salvador Dali/Walt Disney short Destino and many of the old Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shorts…

At the age of 59 years old, Timothy Hayes Rooney, son of actor Mickey Rooney, died September 23 in Hemet, California. His death was the effect of a five-year battle…

In a lengthy two-page article, Anthony Lane of The New Yorker regards the work of Walt Disney, addressing the myths, work ethic and family life of the “Old Maestro.”…

…2006). In the meantime, animation enthusiasts may recall Boyle’s appearance as Old Man Wickles in Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004). In addition, he lent his voice to the character…

…impact Europe might have had on the “Old Maestro.” Traveling to the continent twice, once as a soldier in World War I and another time as a tourist with his…