Tag: Universal
‘Avengers’ Anime Tops Busy Disc Week
It's a huge week for home video releases, but with superheroes all the rage there's no way we could start off with a look...
‘Aachi & Ssipak’ and More Oddballs on Disc
Topping our new DVD/Blu-ray release list this week is Zack Keller and Ed Skudder's (yes, the brilliant minds behind webtoon sensation Dick Figures) English...
VFX Heat Up Hit Release of ‘Catching Fire’
Catch up with Katniss Everdeen as she once again fights for her life in the home-video release of the VFX blockbuster The Hunger Games:...
‘Nut Job,’ ‘Frozen’ Hold Up Well in Strong MLK Weekend
It was a strong MLK holiday weekend for movie ticket sales, with a strong domestic debut for Open Road Films' animated feature The Nut...
Five Animated Pics Nominated for Academy Awards
This morning (Jan. 16), the nominations for the 86th Annual Academy Awards were announced at a news conference at the Samuel Goldwyn theater in...
‘Riddick,’ ‘Marvel Knights’ Top Busy Week for New Discs
The return of Vin Diesel's cult-favorite sci-fi hero in Riddick leads a strong and diverse week of animated and visual-effects home video releases.
Riddick (Universal,...
Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Wins Golden Globe for Best Animated Pic
Disney's Frozen won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, beating DreamWorks' The Croods and Universal/Illumination's Despicable Me 2 at the awards ceremony on...
Animated Titles Dominated 2013 Global Box Office
The animation community got some great news as the final numbers for the 2013 box office came out. Universal/Illumination's Despicable Me 2 ($393.5 million),...
‘Despicable Me 2’ Blu-ray Breaks Animation Sales Records
It definitely seems that audiences can't get enough of Gru and his hard-working Minions. The newly released Universal/Illumination movie Despicable Me 2 generated $80...
Three Toons to Vie for Golden Globe
The nominees for the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards have been unveiled, and Toon Town seems a bit under-represented considering all the great flicks...
‘Moshi Monsters’ U.K. Debut Imminent
On December 20, a very cuddly-cute invasion of strange beings will descend on U.K. theaters as the animated Moshi Monsters: The Movie arrives. The...
Walden Restructures for Film & TV Expansion
Walden Media, a division of Anschutz Film Group and producer of fantasy family films like The Chronicles of Narnia series, Bridge to Terabithia, Charlotte's...
Milk to Deliver VFX for New ‘Doctor Who’ Series
Milk Visual Effects, the company behind the visual effects created for the BBC's Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special: The Day of the Doctor -...
ASIFA Unveils List of 41st Annie Awards Nominees
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the nominations for the 41st Annual Annie Awards. In the Best Animated Feature category, 2D is...
Obama Gets the Star Treatment at DreamWorks
President Obama talked about the economy, praised DreamWorks and got the inside scoop on two of the studio's upcoming movies, during his visit to...
Minions Take Over Manhattan
The team at Universal is doing a fantastic job promoting Despicable Me 2's digital HD release this week and the Blu-ray/DVD arrival on December...
‘Room on the Broom,’ ‘Adventure Time’ Win BAFTAs
BBC's acclaimed TV special Room on the Broom, Cartoon Network's Adventure Time and BBC/Aarmdan's Timmy Time were among the top TV winners at last...
‘Despicable Me 2’ Helps Deliver Universal’s Best Year
Universal Pictures announced this week that the studio has set a new record for its highest-grossing year ever at the North American box office...
Bela Lugosi Meets a Hollywood Animator
Halloween is upon us once again, which set me thinking about Walter Lantz.
What, you may ask, does the purveyor of Woody Woodpecker and Andy...
New DVDs: ‘DreamWorks Holiday Classics’ and More
It's one of those off weeks in which we don't have a lot of high-voltage animated titles hitting the home entertainment market. However, if...
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