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Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary Edition
…would wow the Oscar Academy into handing out the first ever award for an animated Best Picture, which Beauty And The Beast had come close to with its nomination in… |
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The Minions have Gru’s back in yet another trailer
…Long before he becomes the master of evil, Gru (Oscar® nominee Steve Carell) is just a 12-year-old boy in 1970s suburbia, plotting to take over the world from his basement…. |
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Jackman's kids finally get to see Daddy's work
…of two children, Oscar and Ava, stated. “Oscar has never seen any of my movies”. Jackman will voice the role of Roddy in DreamWorks/Aardman’s \\Flushed Away\\ and Memphis in Warner… |
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Journey to a Strange World in first teaser for Disney’s newest adventure
…Don Hall (Oscar®-winning Big Hero 6, Raya and the Last Dragon) and co-director/writer Qui Nguyen (co-writer Raya and the Last Dragon), and produced by Roy Conli (Oscar®-winning Big Hero 6,… |
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The Prince Of Egypt: Signature Selection
…of the actual orchestral score fell to Hans Zimmer, also of The Lion King. Zimmer won an Oscar for his work on that Disney picture and has gone on to… |
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Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
…Oscar candidate we’re talking about here, we have nothing approaching any meaty discussions on how innovatively Jimmy was put together, nor something as basic as an audio commentary. But it’s… |
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Over the Hedge: review, interviews, and production notes
…Best in Show), who are paired as the porcupine couple, Penny and Lou, with a brood of little porcupine mouths to feed; two-time Oscar® nominee Nick Nolte (Affliction, The Prince… |
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Howl's Moving Castle Los Angeles premiere press release
…and two-time Oscar nominee Jean Simmons) by the vain and conniving Wicked Witch of the Waste (voiced by screen legend and Oscar nominee Lauren Bacall). Embarking on an incredible odyssey… |
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Netflix announces cast and first look for animated feature My Father’s Dragon
In celebration of World Book Day this Saturday, Netflix unveiled the first look and cast of five-time Oscar nominated Cartoon Saloon co-founder Nora Twomey’s upcoming animated feature My Father’s Dragon…. |
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It’s all Family Business in the new Boss Baby 2 trailer
…surreal Oscar-nominated comedy will now arrive in the summer on both the big screen and on Universal’s Peacock Streaming platform (which may or may not be a violation of the… |
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Exclusive D23 Expo 2015 Recap
…announcement that Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow would helm Episode IX. Abrams appearing along with the new faces of Star Wars John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, and Oscar Isaac to reveal… |
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Experience Awakening: An Anthemic Celebration of Asian America
Oscar-nominated producer Peilin Chou (Over the Moon) has recently directed Awakening, a very personal and powerful video that highlights the contributions of Asian Americans to the animation industry. It features… |
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Lucky tries to ride for the first time in new Spirit Untamed clip
…Lucky presses her own luck with one too many risky escapades, Cora picks up stakes and moves them both back with Lucky’s father, Jim (Oscar® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal), in Miradero…. |
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Production Designer Carlos Zaragoza puts a smile on The Emoji Movie
…Toro; that same film also won the Oscar and Satellite Awards for Best Production Design. Other credits include the animated The Tale of Despereaux, Gnomeo & Juliet, Madagascar 3, Mr…. |
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The Good Dinosaur
…did make such a splash that The Good Dinosaur wound up not even being Oscar nominated against it, almost unheard of for Pixar’s track record and probably the last time… |
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The “Best” Of 2020: The Year The Earth Stood Still
…snail mail a try! With the Oscars now having closed awards season (a little later than usual), it’s time once again for our site’s annual look back at the year… |
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Monsters University
…a sequel — and it went on to win the the Golden Globe for Best Picture! Their second sequel became just the third animated film ever nominated for an Oscar… |
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Thomas Newman to score Pixar’s Good Dinosaur
…mark Newman’s third collaboration with the studio, having provided Oscar-nominated scores for Finding Nemo and WALL-E. Directed by Bob Peterson, The Good Dinosaur tells of one boy’s friendship with his… |
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Disney historian Didier Ghez celebrates the art of Disney’s mid-century era
…film. In the 1940s, Disney won only two, with MGM dominating the category. And in 1950, a new-comer got the Oscar for animated short: United Productions of America (UPA), with… |
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World soars to box office victory
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World beat expectations this Oscar weekend, leading the box office with an estimated $55 million, Box Office Mojo is reporting. That not only… |
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There’s a new boss in town in The Boss Baby: Family Business trailer
…brand of surreal comedy as the original. The sequel to the Oscar-nominated DreamWorks Animation hit is set to arrive in theaters (assuming they’re open by then!) next March. The Templeton… |
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire – 2 Movie Collection
…who had spearheaded the creative impetus that powered Disney to its enormous critical and commercial success in the 1990s. The Oscar nomination, but ultimate losing to The Silence Of The… |
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The return of Puppetoons
…career by creating a series of groundbreaking animated shorts films between 1932 and 1947, utilizing his own puppet replacement technique. These stunning films earned Pal an Oscar, and saw him… |
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Paramount woos Wedge, sets date for SpongeBob
Paramount Animation is trying to woo Blue Sky co-founder and Oscar winner Chris Wedge to direct a new animated project titled Monster Trucks for a planned opening on May 29,… |
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Composer Mark Watters on Disney’s Silly Symphonies music
…and serving as principle arranger for Pixar In Concert, which has enjoyed numerous performances around the world. Most recently, he scored the 2013 Oscar-nominated short, Get A Horse. AnimatedViews: Mark,… |
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Muppets Most Wanted to feature six or seven songs
Fans of 2011’s The Muppets should be happy to know that songwriter Bret McKenzie–who won an Oscar for the song Man or Muppet–is back to write more songs for the… |
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A tribute to X. Atencio
…which won an Academy Award®. Other films he contributed to included Jack And Old Mac, as well as Oscar® nominees Noah’s Ark and A Symposium On Popular Songs. X helped… |
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Disney and Pixar animator/voice actor Bud Luckey passes away
Bud Luckey–a Pixar animator and voice actor who’s probably best known for the Oscar-nominated short Boundin’–has passed away, his son Andy Luckey has revealed on Facebook. Luckey had quite a… |
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Totally original and not at all a rip-off Wings now on store shelves
…the exact same plot. It’s fitting that Wings shares a title with the first movie to ever win the Oscar for Best Picture, as those who watch the film’s trailer… |
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The Sword In The Stone: 50th Anniversary Edition
…in the 30s, and was rewarded with an Oscar nomination for Best Short. Mickey’s short looks the better of the two here, but it’s unfortunate that the BD uses the… |