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Coming Soon has posted what looks like a mobile phone pic of a Despicable Me 2 poster. It’s not very revealing but confirms a 2013 release of the sequel.

A couple of weeks ago I posted a trailer for Cars 2 and noted, “My stomach knotted up after watching this trailer ? and not in the good way.”IGN has interviewed John Lasseter, Disney and Pixar Chief Creative Officer and director of Cars 2, and asked why the spy theme (among other questions). GN: What […]

Warner Bros. will produce three new 3D short animations of their Looney Tunes properties. More interestingly is that they’ll use the original voice recordings of Mel Blanc (the original voice behind Bugs Bunny) from the 1950s. The three shorts will include a Daffy Duck segment, a Sylvester the Cat and Tweety and anothe Road Runner […]

Back in February I linked to a New York Times video report of their sneak peak inside Pixar’s campus. Now we have a look inside Dreamworks Animation Studio via Cali Lewis of GeekBeat.TV. The video is a little less about the campus and work environment and more on how 3D animation is created.Hat tip: The […]

Animation Magazine reports that the Fox network is launching two new animated series this fall. The first is entitled “Allen Gregory” and is described as “the adventures of the world?s most celebrated seven-year-old going to school with normal kids.” The second show is an animated version of the 2004 indie film “Napoleon Dynamite.” The animated […]

Fox Entertainment has announced that Seth MacFarlane is going to resurrect the classic TV animated series The Flintstones. According to Deadline.com the series will begin production this fall with a 2013 premiere on Fox.The Flintstones will be produced jointly by 20th Century Fox Television and Warner Bros Television. Dan Palladino (Gilmore Girls) and Kara Vallow […]

The revelation that Arnold Schwarzenegger cheated on his wife 10 years ago isn’t changing production plans for the Governator animated series. From Hollywood Reporter:“It doesn’t affect this movie,” Cry Macho producer Albert Ruddy says of the unfolding Schwarzenegger scandal. “We’re shooting Aug. 24; we’re in serious preproduction now. It hasn’t affected our sales. It’s going […]

I LOVE Pixar films. My stomach knotted up after watching this trailer – and not in the good way.

Women’s Voices for Change has profiled Nina Paley and discusses her film “Sita Sings The Blues: The Greatest Break-Up Story Every Told.”Kicked to the curb by a beloved husband, many women would turn off the phone, grab the H”aagen-Daz and crawl under the covers. But Nina Paley channeled her own sorrow and rage into a […]

Pixar changed animation forever back in 1995. USA Today has posted a pretty good overview of the big six animation studios and what they’re releasing in the next couple of years.Regarding Dreamworks/Paramount:No fewer than 24 features are in various stages of production, including everything from a racing snail (Turbo) to a full-length film based on […]

You knew that there are only a handful of voice actors behind the myriad of Simpson’s characters, right? But did you know who voices which character? Hector Cortez, over at the Animation Blog, has posted an infochart on which voice talent is behind the various characters and towns peoples. Check out his blog for a […]

More information on Schwarzenegger’s Governator projectLast week news broke that former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was going back into entertainment with the help of Stan Lee to create an animated series, and comic books about a fantasy Governor with special powers. Drew Grant, staff writer for Salon.com questions motive and message behind a fantasy vigilante […]

The prequel to Monsters Inc. has been pushed back to 2013 according to Box Office Mojo. The original release date for Monsters University was November 2, 2012 but has been pushed back to a summer release in 2013. The November time slot is now given to a little known movie called Reboot Ralph. According to […]

Stephan Pastis reports new Pearls Before Swine animations have been posted on YouTube and new cartoons will be posted weekly.

From Hector over at TheAnimationBlog.com:Disney/Pixar has revealed that the 2012 sequel formerly known as Monsters, Inc. 2 will be officially titled Monsters University. No word yet on whether or not Billy Crystal and John Goodman have signed on to reprise their roles, but it is expected they will be back.Hector also reveals the general plot […]