It's a perfect storm, with three giant franchises — from Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks — all competing against one another for the first time, and a slew of other films (including Netflix’s first ...

'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' and the final film from beloved Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki are the ones to beat in the animated race — and may face off in Oscar’s top category. By Tyler ...

Watch the Animation Teaser Trailer for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, an upcoming arcade racing game developed by SEGA. Fans can check out the latest teaser as Sonic and Shadow pull out all the stops to ...

NEW YORK — On the heels of the 50th anniversary of the first man traveling into space, Space Race (www.spaceracekids.com) announced today its release of two additional action packed, entertaining and ...

It looks like the best picture race isn’t the only one that’s growing ­­ — the animated feature race is shaping up to have five contenders this year. Under rules of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts ...

Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri, the creators of long-running CBS series The Amazing Race are among the investors in Northern Irish animation company Retinize. Retinize is run by CEO Phil ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With the surprise snub of a front-runner and five nominees featuring dragons, trolls, robots and mythical creatures, the Oscar for best animated film may deliver the most ...

Two years ago, when “The Lego Movie” was snubbed in Oscar’s animated feature category, fans of the movie cried foul. How could the year’s top-grossing ($258 million domestic) and best-reviewed (rated ...

You know your franchise has reached peak pop-culture importance when it gets a cartoon “baby” version of itself (see: Muppet Babies, Flintstones Kids, Care Bears ...

In the animated film space, two things naturally come to mind: stories for children and big-budget, formulaic projects. The former idea is something directors have been fighting for years, a recent ...

The setting was Spago in Beverly Hills. The decor was Far Far Away. The restaurant was transformed into the mythical land at the heart of “Shrek 2,” ostensibly to promote the DVD launch of the highest ...

In 2002, the Academy Awards first honored animated features with their own Oscar category — the inaugural winner was DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek. Before then, the stance on rewarding animated ...