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How John Williams brought The Force Awakens to musical life
In this new video released by Disney, the legendary John Williams discusses returning to a galaxy far, far away with his Oscar-nominated score for The Force Awakens. Williams, of course,… |
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2016: Animated Views’ Review Of The Year!
…Oscar races as we head into awards season, leaving the real gems to be catalog titles coming to Blu-ray for the first time, such as the classic Frankenstein and Marx… |
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American trailer and poster for Ernest and Celestine now online
The Oscar-nominated Ernest and Celestine will be getting its US release soon, and Collider has a trailer for the English-language dub as well as the film’s American poster. The movie… |
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Go under the sea with the first TV spot for The Little Mermaid
…Little Mermaid swims into cinemas this Memorial Day. The Little Mermaid, visionary filmmaker Rob Marshall’s live-action reimagining of the studio’s Oscar®-winning animated musical classic, opens exclusively in theaters nationwide May… |
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The Kingdom Of Dreams And Madness
…anyone else to take over the film. As we now know, the film was completed and was even nominated for an Oscar.) Takahata is often discussed, but only shows up… |
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Beauty & the Beast: 25th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray this year
…feature to receive an Academy Award® nomination for best picture. It won two Oscars®, including best song, by the renowned Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, and best original score (Menken),… |
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Go to infinity and beyond with the Lightyear trailer
…he won an Oscar, Golden Globe and GRAMMY for the original score in Up. His other Pixar credits include The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Cars 2, Inside Out, Coco and Incredibles 2,… |
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Watch the epic first trailer for Jurassic World: Dominion
…epic conclusion to the Jurassic era as two generations unite for the first time. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are joined by Oscar®-winner Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam… |
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Ernest & Celestine director discusses how he started
…would change everything. Didier Brunner, the French producer behind Oscar-nominated films The Triplets of Belleville and The Secret of Kells, had liked one of Mr. Renner’s short films and invited… |
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New Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse poster shows off massive Spidey lineup
…The highly anticipated sequel to the Oscar-winning animated movie hits theaters next summer. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he… |
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Aardman’s Shaun The Sheep Movie gets its first teaser trailer
…Shaun, who was first seen in the Oscar winning Wallace & Gromit short film A Close Shave and got its own TV show later, proving to be one of Aardman’s… |
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Prolific animation composer Powell profiled
Variety looks at the career of composer John Powell. “Twenty of his 54 features have been animated. And with a resume that also includes a 2010 Oscar nomination for his… |
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Buried Treasure: The ill-fated voyage to Treasure Planet 2
…announced it would deduct $47 million off its previously-reported fourth-quarter earnings. Treasure Planet received a boost in recognition with an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature. However, the notice was… |
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Kubo And The Two Strings
…being Oscar nominated for Best Animated Feature and they remain popular sellers on home video, with dedicated fanbases to boot. Most importantly for wider animation fans in general, Laika is… |
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Animated Views’ 2017 Animated Movie Guide
…short film Head Over Heels getting an Oscar nomination. Official Website: Currently not available. Release Date: November 10th. Coco Studio: Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios Storyboard: Despite his… |
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Press Release: Sony Pictures Imageworks announces key new hires
…experience in the industry on projects including The Maze Runner, John Carter, X-Men: The Last Stand, Troy, and visual effects Oscar®-winner, The Golden Compass. Daniel Cox joins Imageworks as visual… |
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Kubo and the Two Strings
…Feature Oscar nomination to all three of their past movies). I’m mentioned some of the reasons why in an earlier review. But after seeing ads for their latest offering I… |
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Updated: Studio Ghibli may no longer make feature films
…would be, of course, remains a question. The news is not completely surprising. Last year, studio founder and celebrated Oscar-winning animation director Hayao Miyazaki retired after finishing production on The… |
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Animated short Borrowed Time makes its online debut
…during their spare time over the 5 past years. To date, the film has played in over 50 festivals and has won 13 awards, several being Oscar qualifiers and was… |
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The Little Mermaid teaser trailer is gorgeous
…opens in theaters next summer. Out of the sea, wish I could be… part of that world. Visionary filmmaker Rob Marshall’s live-action reimagining of the studio’s Oscar®-winning animated musical classic… |
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Dinosaurs are still hungry in new Jurassic World: Dominion trailer
…two generations unite for the first time. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are joined by Oscar®-winner Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill in Jurassic World Dominion, a bold,… |
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Things get freaky in the Wendell and Wild trailer
…out in the player above. It’s his first movie since 2009’s Oscar-nominated Coraline. Filled with all of the weirdness you would expect from the people involved, Wendell and Wild (which… |
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Shaun the Sheep Movie 2 officially announced by Aardman
…January 2017. The world’s favourite sheep returns to the big screen in Shaun the Sheep Movie 2, the sequel to his hugely successful and highly acclaimed Oscar nominated 2015 cinematic… |
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2022 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…Review: The episode screened was called “Oscars Guy” in which three Best Picture Oscar winning films were re-enacted Family Guy-style. The first was The Silence of the Lambs and that… |
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Finding Dory
…an Oscar win for Pixar’s first Best Animated Feature award, giving Stanton the clout to make the equally superlative WALL-E and, following that film’s just as huge audience approval, his… |
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Beavis and Butt-Head are still doing very stupid things in new trailer for reboot
…immature humor, so if that’s not your thing, stay away. The revival of the popular 90s cartoon buddies (remember that one year when they were Oscar presenters? Because that happened)… |
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To Infinity And Beyond with Lightyear Production Designer Tim Evatt
…for the 2020 Oscar-nominated animated short Kitbull. Here’s our conversation. Editor’s note: This article contains spoilers for the film. Animated Views: From set designer to production designer for the first… |
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Lightyear
…two, still won the Oscar for Best Animated Film. Can the studio keep the franchise moving towards infinity and beyond? Or after flying so high is it about to fall… |
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Animated Van Gogh movie now in the works
…at BreakThru Films, the studio responsible for the Oscar-winning 2008 animated short Peter and the Wolf. The aim of the film is to tell the story of Van Gogh in… |
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Disney announces Moana to set sail for Blu-ray combo pack and 3D edition March 7
…the Frog,” and co-directed by Chris Williams & Don Hall (Oscar-winning “Big Hero 6” -Best Animated Feature Film in 2015), “Moana” is produced by Osnat Shurer (“Lifted,” “One Man Band”),… |