Category: News

  • Minions becomes Second Biggest Animated Movie of all time

    According to The Wrap, the opening of Illumination Entertainment’s Minions in China sees the movie become the second highest-grossing animated movie of all time. The worldwide haul for Minions is $1.08 billion which narrowly edges past the $1.06 billion rung up by Toy Story 3 in 2010. The only film with a higher global total than these is Frozen,… Read More >

  • Animated Scooby-Doo Film in the Works

    After two pointless live-action feature films and a couple really pointless live-action direct-to-video films, Scooby-Doo will be returning to his roots with an animated, big screen mystery. Read More >

  • Plot details revealed for Toy Story 4

    We’ve known for a while that Toy Story 4 is on the way and that Pixar will attempt to turn the 4th film into a love story but Director John Lasseter took to the stage at this weekend’s D23 to fill us in with a few more details. “We have the old characters back and some great new characters we’ll tell… Read More >

  • Disney announces new movie Gigantic

    At this weekend’s D23 convention event, Disney announced that they would be bringing a new animated feature to the big screen. The movie titled Gigantic was introduced by Director Nathan Greno and Producer Dorothy McKim. Set in Spain during the age of exploration, this new take on Jack And The Beanstalk finds adventure-seeker Jack heading into… Read More >

  • Zach Galifianakis will voice Lego Batman’s Joker

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, Zach Galifianakis will be taking on the role of the iconic Batman villain in Lego form. The Lego Movie spin-off already has Will Arnett back voicing the caped crusader with Michael Cera recently signed to be Robin and now Galifianakis can add his name to an already impressive cast. With Jared… Read More >

  • Sony Wins Bidding War for Emoji Movie

    Anthony Leondis of Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters to direct Emoji movie for Sony. Read More >

  • Pixar Presents Sanjay’s Super Team

    With every new film released under the Disney label, we can typically look forward to a new animated short as well. Earlier this year, we saw the delightful Frozen Fever play in front of Cinderella and the heartwarming Lava play with Inside Out. Pixar’s upcoming The Good Dinosaur will be accompanied by Sanjay’s Super Team, which was presented at Comic-Con… Read More >

  • Lego Movie directors to make animated Spider-Man movie

    Sony look to continue their comeback from the devastating hacking scandal of last year with news emerging of a different take on their hottest property. New studio chairman Tom Rothman announced that Phillip Lord and Chris Miller are to create a new animated movie based on Spider-Man. The duo, who scored a huge hit with… Read More >

  • Winnie the Pooh latest Disney live-action update

    Joining the already announced remakes/reboots we have reported on in recent weeks, Winnie the Pooh has just been given the go-ahead by Disney to return in live-action form. The story will focus on a grown up Christopher Robin returning to his childhood home in Hundred Acre Wood to find Winnie the Pooh. Deadline have also… Read More >

  • Smurfs reboot planned for 2017

    Before you begin groaning about yet another Smurfs movie, hold on just a minute: the new Smurfs film, which is planned for release March 31, 2017, will be a reboot for the franchise, decidedly apart from the two other movies of recent years which blended live action and CGI animation. Rory Bruer, the President for Worldwide Distribution at… Read More >