…in the Oscar race, Seabuscuit, is getting into animation. “Universal Pictures has optioned Kate DiCamillo’s Newberry Medal-winning novel The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess,…

Celebrated raconteur and Oscar winning actor Sir Peter Ustinov has died at the age of 82. He won one of his two Academy Awards for his role in Stanley Kubrick’s…

…songs were created by lyricist Glenn Slater and 8-time Academy Award winning composer Alan Menken, the most honored living Oscar winner. “I can easily imagine Gene Autry performing any of…

…live action and animated sequence [this new musical number is exclusive to the DVD] reuniting the film’s stars, Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, with music by Oscar-winner Richard Sherman”!…

…anime series, this game is a card battling RPG adventure. Shark Tale – ACTIVISION – PS2/GC/XBOX/PC The upcoming Dreamworks movie becomes a 3D platform game in which you control Oscar,…

…competition in two categories at this year’s Oscar awards, Best Animated Film and Best Original Song”, reports today’s {{link http://www.imdb.com/StudioBrief/#1 IMDB Studio Brief}}. “The Lumières winners are selected by 200…

…of Mike Myers as Shrek, Eddie Murphy as Donkey and Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona. Joining the all-star voice cast are: Academy Award® winner Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) and Oscar®…

…watching the film again while recording an audio commentary. “It’s not at all creaky; it’s not at all dated. It holds up brilliantly,” Andrews says of the Oscar-winning special effects….

…at hand-drawn animation. We also learned that their Oscar-nominated short Boundin’ is likely to be shown in front of The Incredibles this fall. Something cool we found out about at…

Oscar-winning Marlon Brando, who died last week in Hollywood aged 80, had just finished recording his lines for what will eventually be his final screen outing, Big Bug Man. {{link…

…Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, Donna Murphy and J.K. Simmons. The film is directed by Sam Raimi (\\Spider-Man\\, \\The Evil Dead\\). The screenplay is by two-time Oscar® winner…

…Harburg, probably best known for his Oscar-winning Wizard Of Oz song Somewhere Over The Rainbow, and How Are Things In Glocca Morra and Old Devil Moon, both from Finian’s Rainbow….

…of a demented circus owner. Press release, with initial art for Bunyan and Babe and Exodus’ previosuly announced project Igor, here: THREE-TIME OSCAR WINNER JIM RYGIEL TO DIRECT EXODUS’ BUNYAN…

…for the same Oscar prize. Now, following the fact that October’s SharkTale will try to swim into Nemo‘s waters, and that Disney is working on their own Madagascar-type tale, comes…

…a new exhibition, Aardman At-Bristol, providing a glimpse of studio’s history and Oscar-winning fimmaking. Featuring everything from storyboards to set design, this exhibition is free with a ticket to Explore….

…Commercial Adventures of Seinfeld and Superman – Unplugged Studio American Express, its agency-Ogilvy&Mather, Radical Media, world-reknowned comedian Jerry Seinfeld, and Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson teamed up to create two short…

Although we’ve mentioned it on a couple of past occasions, this really is my last chance to highlight the UK TV showing of the Oscar-worthy {{link http://www.bellevillerendezvous.com Belleville Rendezvouz}} (The…

…for the Oscar-nominated \\Puss Gets The Boot\\, the first appearance of Tom and Jerry and the first “full teaming of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with whom Urbano was long…

Sony Pictures Entertainment has confirmed that its six-minute, Oscar-winning short The ChubbChubbs is being readied as one of the first feature film offerings from their CG animation department, with the…

Grammy winning and Oscar nominated composer Michael Kamen has died of an apparent heart attack. Among his many credits, Kamen composed the scores of \\The Iron Giant\\ and the live…

According to the Internet Movie Database, “Phil Collins is refusing Disney’s request to campaign for an Oscar for his Brother Bear film score – and won’t even vote for his…

…Film Festival in the “best short” category for Mister Tao, and the 1991 Oscar Nomination for Grasshoppers. With his unique style and his great sensibility for humanitarian themes, Bozzetto’s work…

…Roger), legendary animators, a moose and squirrel double act, an Oscar winner, adventurous fish, singing vegetables, a very tired princess, a regal feline and a family of yellow people. In…

…two such artists: stop-motion animator Wah Chang (Oscar winner for special effects on George Pal’s The Time Machine and contributor to animated sequences in other Pal features), and voice actor…

Be sure to visit the Internet Movie Database‘s Daily Poll, which poses the question, “Do you think Ellen DeGeneres should receive an Oscar nomination for her voice performance in Finding…

Yahoo! Movies reveals that Barbara Walters will interview the Oscar-winning ogre, during her annual pre-Oscars interview show, set to air February 29th on ABC….

No silly, it’s Pixar’s latest Oscar worthy short directed by Industry vet Bud Luckey. VFXworld has a great article with some amazing images and detailed information about the production. Go…

…lyrics, and performs the song! \\Boundin’\\ is already up for an Annie and will probably be in the running for an Oscar too. But it will face stiff competition, especially…

…agent told him this job would consist of just 3 weeks of voice work for an animated character) to the end (talk of an Oscar is still in the air)….

…Oscar awards. The only other big winner, with three awards, was the wonderful Lost In Translation, which hits DVD next week, while Tim Burton’s Big Fish was nominated in several…