The first weekend of “Avatar: Special Edition” was a bomb. $4 million in three days on 800 screens is okay, but much less than what the studio and many movie insiders expected (I predicted it would do less that $5M). Not finishing in the top ten is a little embarrassing. Clearly fans realized they were […]

The writers of “Kung Fu Panda”, Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff, are set to write the screenplay for “The Karate Kid 2” (or as I’d rather call it, “The Karate Kid: Part II 2”). Maybe there will be a little more humor in the sequel, but why is there going to be a sequel anyway? […]

Variety reports that after nearly 30 years, Disney and Pixar will not submit nominations for their animated movies for the Annie Awards. People from those studios, including Pixar’s Ed Catmull, believe that there’s an issue with the way the Annie’s are judged. Organizers of the event still hope that “Toy Story 3” and “Tangled” can […]

According to Pixar Planet, there will be a teaser trailer for “Cars 2” on the “Toy Story 3” DVD, which is coming out November 2nd. Thankfully it’s pre-Thanksgiving, but it’s still a long time to wait – over two months! I wonder if something about it, or parts of the trailer itself, will leak out […]

It’s official, “Toy Story 3” is the highest grossing animated movie of all-time! Now, although it still needs to beat “Shrek 2” in the domestic box office (which it very likely won’t do because it needs another $40M), the film has beaten “Shrek 2” worldwide, with over $940 million. Overall, “Toy Story 3” is the […]

Tuesday was a big day in my career as a film critic and media personality. It’s the day I got blasted by Howard Stern. For some reason Stern decided to talk about me on his national satellite radio show on Tuesday morning, and the show was repeated throughout the day. I still haven’t heard the […]

Some sad news out of Hollywood, and it’s not because of the death of a famous celebrity. Disney has announced that “Beauty and the Beast 3D” will not be released in theatres next year. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Disney is waiting for more people to buy 3-D TVs. Wait a minute. That’s your reason? […]

As I’ve mentioned many times before, 2010 is so far one of the greatest years in animation in history. But the rest of the year could make me change my mind. Before “Cats and Dogs 2”, there were 5 trailers, mostly of upcoming animated films. Let me give you a rundown of those films (all […]