MovieWeb talks to director Brad Bird about the Ratatouille DVD, among other things. Topics in the conversation also include the benefits of Blu-ray, the usefulness of motion capture, the possibility…

…of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Hal Hickel, Charlie Gibson) for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture and Battlestar Galactica – Episode…

Three brand-new posters for the upcoming motion-capture film Beowulf can be seen on Internet Movie Poster Awards here, here, and here. All three posters feature Angelina Jolie and Ray Winstone’s…

JoBlo features six clips from Disney’s Enchanted. Concurrently, MySpace presents two extended scenes from the motion picture, revealing the film’s musical numbers Happy Working Song and That’s How You Know….

Variety reports that the Motion Picture Academy’s visual effects branch has included Ratatouille and Beowulf among the contenders for the visual effects Oscar. The two animated films feature in the…

…the first Cine-Explore featuring full motion picture-in-picture. This interactive visual commentary with director Andrew Stanton, co-writer Bob Peterson and co-director Lee Unkrich will allow the viewer to dive deeper into…

…animated films had been nominated for the overall Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) award — with Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Toy Story 2 winning it….

The Producers Guild of America has announced the nominees for their 19th annual awards. Getting nods in the Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures categoy are:…

…feature of all time. He is currently in production on the motion picture Up, scheduled for release in 2009. Animation Mentor’s nontraditional graduation ceremony included an award ceremony that honored…

Coming Soon reports on Empire Film Group’s recent acquisition of the motion picture and distribution rights for Henson, an original screenplay by Robert D. Slane that chronicles the life and…

Announcing their 2011 slate, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has revealed a host of sequels and franchise extensions that will power their movie year. As Dark Horizons reports, 2011 will…

Variety reports that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will toast toonmasters Tex Avery and Michael Maltese with “Putting Looney in the Toons,” a tribute marking the centennial…

…character we create at Pixar and Disney has a thought process and emotion that makes them come alive.” Glen Keane, one of Disney’s top supervising animators and director of the…

It’s official! The Indiana Jones director will next tackle the first chapter of the long-delayed Tintin trilogy. Production on the motion capture film is expected to wrap early next year….

…and Jackson didn’t rule out the possibility of directing it together. WETA will produce the motion caption animation for all three films in which Andy Serkis will give life to…

…Awards which honor the design and creation of theatrical and home entertainment motion picture marketing materials such as posters, standees, trailers, or TV spots. Winners will be announced June 13th….

…producing groundbreaking 3D motion pictures, and has an ambitious slate of projects starting with the November release of our newest animated feature, Bolt.” Fox’s President of Domestic Distribution Bruce Snyder…

VFX World offers a short recap of last Friday’s discussion at the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences about “The Art, Science and…

…flower gets its color…or pondered the source of a dew drop … or contemplated from where rainbows originate? It’s all the work of fairies! This landmark motion picture from DisneyToon…

…years ago, felt as though she was embarking on her own adventure when she signed up for his inter-planetary epic and was plunged into a world of digital animation, motion-capture…

…is currently being helmed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson and will open on May 26th, while Robert Zemeckis’ motion-capture A Christmas Carol will hit theaters on November 6th, 2009….

Variety reports that Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will deliver “A Salute to the National Film Board of Canada” on October 27 to honor Canadian animated shorts. The…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 14 films have been submitted for consideration in the Best Animated Feature category for the 81st Academy Awards: Bolt,…

Michael Giacchino, has been tapped to serve as the music director for the upcoming Oscar ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. “Michael is an extraordinarily…

…song from a Motion picture. Full list of the nominees can be found here. The Golden Globes will be presented on January 11, 2009 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in…

…of America has announced the nominations for their annual awards. Bolt, Kung Fu Panda, and WALL-E will compete for the Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures….

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the films that will compete for the three Oscar nominations in the Visual Effects category at the 81st Academy Awards:…

A photograph of a new poster for Robert Zemeckis’ motion-capture film A Christmas Carol can be seen at MarketSaw 3D. The one-sheet features a look at the character of Scrooge,…