Netflix Makes First Foray Into Original Childrens Programming With Series Based on DreamWorks Turbo

DreamWorks’ Turbo won’t even be in theaters for another five months, but the super-speedy snail at its center is already racing ahead to Netflix. The streaming service has just announced T... See full article

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Albert Brooks Returns For Finding Nemo 2; Disney May Help Andrew Stanton Return to Live-Action Directing

Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton had a rough year in 2012, but he’s going back to calmer waters for his next film. Stanton is set to direct Finding Nemo 2for Pixar, and last year he recrui... See full article

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Turbo to Debut Animated Series on Netflix This December

Turbo F.A.S.T. will be Netflix's first original series just for kids, based on the DreamWorks Animation movie debuting in theaters this summer. ... See full article

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Sandra Bullock Joins Despicable Me Spin-Off Minions as the Villain

Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda direct this animated comedy about the Minions searching for a new master in the 60s. ... See full article

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Sandra Bullock to Go Evil for Despicable Me Spinoff Minions

Sandra Bullock has shown a willingness to mix things up over the years, trying her hand at everything from comedy to drama and playing everyone from wacky free spirits to steady, soothing presences. B... See full article

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Escape from Planet Earth TV Spot Introduces Gary the Alien

Rob Corddry voices Gary, who must help save his brother Scorch Supernova from Area 51 in The Weinstein Company's animated adventure. ... See full article

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Pixar Bits: Monsters University Featurette; Pete Docters Next Officially Titled

Couple good little Pixar notes today. The first is that the next film from Up director Pete Docter has officially been titled. Instead of the Untitled Disney-Pixar Inside the Mind Film, it will be cal... See full article

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Universal Will Make a New 3D Animated Feature Version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Briefly: Ron Howard and Jim Carrey’s live-action version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, from 2000, isn’t the most beloved movie out there — why watch that one when the original C... See full article

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Animated Remake Coming from Universal Pictures

Peter Candeland is directing this 3D animated comedy for Universal and Illumination Entertainment based on Dr. Seuss' classic tale. ... See full article

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Two New The Croods Posters

Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, and Emma Stone voice this DreamWorks Animation comedy about a family of cavemen searching for a new home. ... See full article

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VOTD: Back to the Future Animated In 60 Seconds

The guys at 1A4 Studio have decided to try to animate Back to the Future Part I in just 60 seconds. Watch the cute black and white stick figure-style animated short film embedded after the jump. VOTD:... See full article

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Laikas The Boxtrolls Coming in 2014; Ben Kingsley, Elle Fanning, Simon Pegg, and Isaac Hempstead-Wright Among Voice Cast

Animation house Laika only has two completed features to its name, but thanks to the strength of those two outings (Coraline and ParaNorman), it’s already earned a reputation for unusually smart... See full article

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First Look at Henry Selicks The Shadow King; Voice Cast Includes Brendan Gleeson and Jeffrey Tambor

Henry Selick‘s stop-motion animation Shademaker hit a massive roadblock last year when Disney backed out of the project, but happily it turned out not to be dead so much as stalled. K5 Internati... See full article

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Mr. Peabody and Sherman and Me and My Shadow Get Pushed Back

Mr. Peabody and Sherman gets a March 7, 2014 release date, while Me And My Shadow gets pushed back into the development stage. ... See full article

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Henry Selick Gets New Backers For The Shadow King

Last year we got the disappointing news that Henry Selick‘s next stop-motion animated film had been canceled by Disney. But there’s good news: the film has come back to life, via a new pro... See full article

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From Up on Poppy Hill US Trailer

In March, Studio Ghibli’s latest film, From Up on Poppy Hill, comes to the US. Directed by Goro Miyazaki, son of Hayao Miyazaki, the film is a coming-of-age story set in Japan’s transforma... See full article

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Frozen Character Posters Introduce Elsa and Anna

Kristen Bell lends her voice to Anna, a mountain climber seeking Idina Menzel's Elsa the Snow Queen in this animated adventure. ... See full article

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Guillermo del Toros Stop-Motion Pinocchio Postponed

Guillermo del Toro always has a big handful of projects in various stages of development. That means, unfortunately, that as certain things come to the fore, others fall away. Sometimes they’re ... See full article

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Space Pirate Captain Harlock Trailer

Shinji Arakami directs this English-language anime adaptation of the Leiji Katsumoto manga, debuting in Japanese theaters this fall. ... See full article

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Star Wars Bits: Robert Rodriguez, Terence Stamp, Keri Russell, Amanda Lucas, Star Wars: The Black Series, The Yoda Chronicles, and More

Of course the big news this month is J.J. Abrams‘ hiring as the Episode VII director, but if you’re curious about what else is going on in the world of Star Wars we have several other odds... See full article

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Watch the Paperman Full Animated Short Film

Director John Kahrs' short was attached to prints of Disney's animated comedy Wreck-It Ralph in theaters last year. ... See full article

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Watch Disneys Hand-Drawn / CG Hybrid Short Paperman in Full

If you caught Wreck-It Ralph last fall — and considering its $182 million domestic box office gross, there’s a good chance you did — you’ve probably already seenPaperman, Dis... See full article

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Five Turbo Photos

David Soren directs this animated comedy about a snail whose racing dreams come true after a freak accident makes him inexplicably fast. ... See full article

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Seven Escape from Planet Earth Character Posters

Get to know the many aliens in The Weinstein Company's animated adventure from director Cal Brunker. ... See full article

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Sequel Bits: Monsters University, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, The Hangover Part III, The Legend of Conan, Riddick, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Whether your idea of fun is G-rated college kids or hard-R strippers, there’s something in today’s Sequel Bits for you. After the jump: Jessica Alba promises to do more dancing in Sin City... See full article

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