Animation has taken over the nation’s movie screens this week as all of the top three showing films are animated films. According to {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/counts/chart/?yr=2004&wk=47&p=.htm Box Office Mojo}}, Disney/Pixar’s \\The…

{{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2004&wknd=47&p=.htm Box Office Mojo}} reports that \\The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie\\ opened with $32 million this weekend, coming in second to \\National Treasure\\’s $35.1 million. {{link http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041121/nysu023_1.html Nick Movies}} notes…

…JoBlo.com movie site has a {{link http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=5898 link to the teaser}} at MyMovies. In animation related news on the same site, JoBlo also has tidbits on the {{link http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=5901 Transformers…

…vein of Finding Nemo, we feel the movie will have legs throughout summer and beyond”. Pixar CEO Steve Jobs said, “\\Cars\\ longs to be a summer movie. We plan to…

…into the movie. As a case in point he mentioned Elastigirl fantastically sneaking into the secret base, then mundanely checking herself in a mirror once in the base Mentioned that…

{{link http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_product.asp?master_movie_id=24545 }}Max and Dave Fleischer’s 1936 classic \\Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor\\ and a rarely seen short by (hand drawn and stop motion) animator Charley Bowers titled…

…Also, Music from the Movies mentions Joel McNeely has composed the score for Mulan II and is now moving on to scoring Lilo and Stitch 2 and The Tinkerbell Movie….

Follow the ‘More’ link for five menu screens from Disney’s upcoming DVD release of Aladdin and the King of Thieves, the third and final Aladdin movie. Bonus features on the…

…through the exciting city of New York and the dangerous island of Madagascar, interacting with other animals and tackling obstacles and enemies in scenarios from the movie and beyond. Features:…

The official Kellogg’s website for Robots has debuted, advertising the movie’s cereal, Pop-Tarts, and fruit snacks. In addition, the website has info on Robot’s merchandise that can be found either…

The Hollywood Reporter indicates that Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies are working on a movie based on the preschool book The Krazees. Derek Guiley and David Schneiderman will pen the…

…the movie’s production, and information on the sequel Prince Caspian. In related news, Ustecký týdeníkhas contains 42 pictures from the filming at a snowy location, including what may be the…

…for the audience to get involved in, we merely get a chain of events, none of which are really enough to turn this very good movie to a great movie.”…

…Disney site and Disney’s Song of the South: Hollywood Scapegoat (includes two Quicktime clips from the movie) which points out several remarkable achievements for black actors made by the movie….

Hallmark and GoodTimes have announced a new direct-to-DVD title, Dinotopia: The Quest For The Ruby Sunstone: The Movie, which will be the first in a planned series of animated spin-offs….

Announced by Gamerz Edge, Kevin Munroe will write and direct a new computer animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. The movie is being produced by Tom Gray – who produced…

…or Nickelodeon’s magazine. Animated wiinners of the night include: The Incredibles for ‘Favorite Movie,’ Spongebob Squarepants for ‘Favorite Cartoon,’ Will Smith (Shark Tale) for ‘Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie,’…

…Muppets From Space and writer of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie) at the helm. No word yet on any returning cast members, or if Bill Murray will again voice Garfield. In…

…Vista Games. CL is BVG’s first cross-platform global launch, with 17 levels and bonus features that introduce characters that didn’t make it into the movie. DCP has also scheduled preview…

{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=43580 The Big Cartoon Forum}} reports that the sequel to the critically acclaimed French animated movie Kirikou et la Sorciere will be shown at Cannes Film Festival this May….

The Disney Database points to fifteen streaming Quicktime movie clips from the upcoming DVD for Pooh’s Heffalump Movie due out on May 24 (thanks to Adam for the heads up)….

Ain’t It Cool News has links up for the Chronicles Of Narnia: {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20172 The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe}} trailer, as well as the next Harry Potter movie,…

…that this may not be the fault of the movie’s production team. Apparently, the team was forced to make last minute changes to the film’s teleplay, as they had to…

…mess of a pirate from the movie Pirates Of The Caribbean, would be in the upcoming KH sequel”. It is not clear at this time whether Johnny Depp would reprise…

…“Seinfeld” scribe Pat Hazell to write the screenplay. The movie will mark the second collaboration between Exodus, led by John D. Eraklis, and Melwood’s Max Howard, who is also producing…

…MARK HAMILL became an international pop-culture icon as the protagonist in George Lucas’ original Star Wars trilogy. His illustrious career encompasses acting roles on stage, television, movies and video games,…

Three animated DVD releases hit stores shelves today. First up is Pooh’s Heffalump Movie [press release here], the latest Pooh offering from Disney. Budgeted at around $20 million, the film…

In its fourth weekend, DreamWorks’ CGI hit Madagascar continued to prove a favorite for moviegoers, as the comedy took in $11.1 million from 3,533 theaters. Box Office Guru notes that…

{{link http://www.dvdexclusive.com/article.asp?articleID=2224 DVD Exclusive}} reports that “After more than a year of speculation, Fox has announced the release of an animated DVD premiere movie version of Family Guy on September…

…of three low-budget G-Rated animated family films that the Florida company is looking to produce. Slated as follow-ups are The BOBO Blocks Movie and The Dino Bugs Movie. A full…