Christmas Recommendations: What Animated Things You Should Be Watching This...
It's that time of year again (notice our festive banner and logo, once again designed by the fantastic Damien Chevrier), and we hope you're all having a restful, relaxing and enjoyable Holiday season...
View ArticleMunir’s Disney Retrospective - Animated Classic #48: Bolt (2008)
Last Week’s: Munir's Disney Retrospective - Animated Classic #47: Meet the Robinsons (2007).John Lasseter didn't have it easy when he arrived at the Disney Studio. First, Meet the Robinsons needed a...
View ArticleAwards Predictions 2014: Golden Globes Edition
We're starting the Awards season and while the Oscar nominations won't be announced until a few weeks, other major awards have already announced their nominees, including the Golden Globes and the...
View ArticleBolt Co-Director Chris Williams Joins Don Hall at Helm of Big Hero 6
Perhaps mirroring the production of their current mega-hit Frozen, The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Disney have added Chris Williams, who co-directed 2008's Bolt with Tangled's Byron Howard,...
View ArticleOfficial Still of the Guardians of the Galaxy Line-Up!
It's a few days late, but we are finally up to date with the first official image from Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy!James Gunn shared the image on his Facebook page, saying:"Okay, so I suppose...
View ArticleMunir's Disney Retrospective - Animated Classic #49: The Princess and the...
Last Week’s: Munir’s Disney Retrospective - Animated Classic #48: Bolt (2008).One of the most exciting things in 2009 was the release of The Princess and the Frog. After a decade of releasing (mostly)...
View ArticleSuper New TV Spot and Posters for The Lego Movie
Likely the best big-screen Justice League film we're going to get in the foreseeable future is assembling! Block by block. Warner Bros. have rolled out two super new posters and an awesome TV spot for...
View ArticleFirst Look: Monsters U Short Party Central; Now Attached to Muppets Most Wanted
Pixar have released the first look at their upcoming Monsters University-based short film, Party Central, which was formerly going to play before The Good Dinosaur in theatres. Now that The Good...
View ArticleBAFTA Nominees Are In: Frozen, Monsters U and Despicable Me 2 Vie for...
The nominations for the 67th British Academy Film Awards (or BAFTAs, because nobody wants to say that mouthful) were announced earlier today, and the animation nominees are a lot less contentious than...
View ArticleMiyazaki Un-Retiring?! Or Just a Rumor?
A Reddit article started making the rounds earlier this week citing a Japanese blogger, which claims that Hayao Miyazaki has retracted his retirement statement, made just four months ago, to work on...
View ArticleMunir's Disney Retrospective - Animated Classic #50: Tangled (2010)
Last Week’s: Munir’s Disney Retrospective - Animated Classic #49: The Princess and the Frog (2009).After The Princess and the Frog marked a glorious return to hand-drawn animation, I was disappointed...
View ArticleFrozen Takes Home WDAS' First Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature
It's not a shocker, but it's extremely well deserved nonetheless: last night at the 71st Golden Globe Awards, Walt Disney Animation Studios' acclaimed hit, Frozen, took home the statue for Best...
View ArticleBob Iger Confirms Frozen Headed to Broadway!
Disney CEO Bob Iger spoke to Fortune yesterday about the immense success of Walt Disney Animation Studios' runaway hit Frozen, and, particularly, about the company's plans of where to take it from...
View ArticleMichael Douglas for Ant-Man!
Looks like we now know what road Edgar Wright's Ant-Man is taking, as Michael Douglas has joined the cast as Hank Pym!Douglas with the Golden Globe he won for Behind the Candelabra onSunday.The 69 year...
View ArticleUniversal Slate Illumination's Despicable Me 3 and Grinch Remake for 2017
Universal had an incredibly profitable year with Illumination Entertainment in 2013; Despicable Me 2 made the best part of a billion dollars ($935m, in fact), and the company has just locked in 2017...
View ArticleOscar Nominations Are In! Here's What's Competing This Year.
The Oscar nominations for the 86th annual Academy Awards are in! There's a lot of deserving films nominated; American Hustle and Gravity are leading the pack with 10 nominations each, with hotly-tipped...
View ArticleNew Toy Story TV Special To Air This Christmas!
Credit: Bitten by the Travel BugPixar might not be putting out a feature film this year, but they're not resting on their laurels. The studio will release a Monsters U short film with Muppets Most...
View ArticleLoving Vincent Wants to Kickstart "World's First Feature-Length Painted...
BreakThru Films, the studio behind the Oscar-winning 2006 short film Peter and the Wolf, have launched a Kickstarter campaign for a very different sort of animated film. Loving Vincent is planned to...
View ArticleWhy I Stopped Caring About Award Shows
By now, you've already learned that Monsters University was not nominated in the Best Animated Feature category for the Academy Awards. And that the same thing happened for the Golden Globes. Judging...
View ArticleWatch: New Maleficent Trailer!
A new trailer for Disney's new adaptation of Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent, has been released! Click below to see the stunning, magnificent Angelina Jolie (and her scary cheekbones).This trailer plays...
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