Tag: Disney
Pixar’s ‘Brave’ Is No. 1 Animated Pic of 2012
Brave, Disney/Pixar’s charming tale of a bold Scottish princess, took the crown as the best-selling animated movie of 2012. Directed by Mark Andrews and...
‘Tad, the Lost Explorer’ Becomes Spain’s Top Animated Film
In 2012, while American animation fans were enjoying the usual handiworks of DreamWorks, Pixar, Disney, Sony and Fox, Spanish audiences chose to take in...
Disney’s ‘Planes’ to Take Off in Theaters in August
Disney has announced that it will release Planes, a new CG-animated feature “inspired by” the world of Pixar’s Cars in theaters on August 9,...
One ‘Hobbit’ to Rule the Box Office
Warner Bros. had another great weekend with its tentpole pic The Hobbit sitting on top of the charts, with another $36.7 million at the...
‘Roger Rabbit’, ‘Mulan’, ‘Hunchback’ and More BR Dates
Disney will be unleashing a disc-borne tidal wave of titles on March 12 of 2013 with the debut Blu-ray releases of Who Framed Roger...
Videogame Company THQ Files for Bankruptcy
Agoura Hills, Calif.-based videogame company THQ filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday and said it will sell its business. The news sent THQ's stock 74 percent...
‘The Hobbit’ Delivers a Record Weekend
Filmgoers all around the world proved that they are still in love with J.R.R. Tolkien’s characters as Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey...
The Winning Scores
The composers of some of the best animated soundtracks of the year discuss their craft and inspirations.
Over the past year, there have been plenty...
Yvette Kaplan Looks Back at ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’
Over the weekend I had the opportunity to come face to face one of the many, many people I knew only over the telephone,...
Five Animated Pics Nab Golden Globe Noms
The Golden Globes 2013 nominations were announced this morning (Dec. 13).
The five animated features up for the award are:
The big surprise was the...
‘Frankenweenie,’ ‘ParaNorman’ Receive More Awards
Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie added two more honors to its fast-growing arsenal of critics awards this past weekend. The acclaimed Disney release is slowly but...
Canal J Launches ‘Redakai’ Holiday Contest
Paris-based Canal J has launched an online holiday competition to give away 100 Redakai TCG box sets to fans of Marathon’s action-packed boys’ series....
Ty Burrell to Star in ‘The Muppets’ Sequel
Modern Family’s Ty Burrell has joined the cast of Disney’s upcoming sequel to 2011’s The Muppets movie. Oscar-winning Austrian actor Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds)...
DreamWorks’ ‘Guardians’ Rises to the Top
Santa, Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and the rest of the gang had a great weekend at the box office as DreamWorks’ Rise of...
BabyFirstTV Seeks More Animated Growth Spurts
It’s been quite an eventful quarter for BabyFirstTV as the fast-growing channel hit the 35 million home mark in the U.S. and named Trifecta...
Gene of All Trades
Some things stay with you for a lifetime. When I was a kid I read a Yogi Bear comic strip in the newspaper in...
Henson’s ‘Pajanimals’ Lands on Disney Jr., EMEA
The Jim Henson Company has licensed all 52 x 11’ episodes of its new preschool series, Pajanimals to Disney Junior platforms in France, Italy,...
Dive into New Cartoon Lagoon of Fun
New York-based animation veterans Manny Galán & Pat Giles know their toons! They are the type of creative guys who have a deep passion...
40th Annie Nominations Reveal Cluttered Field
The 40th Annie Award nominations were announced this morning (Dec. 3) and it looks like ASIFA voters decided to spread the wealth among many...
‘Rise of the Guardians’ Makes $105.9 Mil. Worldwide
DreamWorks holiday feature Rise of the Guardians landed on the number-four spot at the U.S. box office this weekend, bringing in $13.5 million and...
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