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Disney has Elliot, DreamWorks has Toothless, and now Warner Bros. is unleashing their fire-breathing reptile with the Ice Dragon! Deadline broke the news that Warner Animation Group is adapting George […]

Warner Animation Group to adapt George R.R. Martin’s ‘The Ice Dragon’

Do you find most adaptations of Alice in Wonderland to be too colorful and cheery? Do you think Alice would be a better character if she were played by a […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 17: ‘Alice’ (Neco z Alenky)

Disney released a new poster for the latest in their string of reimagined classic stories, Christopher Robin. We get our first look at Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore, who we haven’t seen […]

New ‘Christopher Robin’ Poster Reunites Old Friends

In 2015, Marvel’s Ant-Man made his cinematic debut to a mostly unfamiliar audience. Other than the name of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the average movie-goer really had no idea what to expect, […]

MCU Countdown #12: Ant-Man

Chris Miller and Phil Lord’s untitled animation project for Sony Pictures Animation has received a title, and a synopsis! The Mitchells Vs. The Machines is an animated comedy that will […]

Family fights an AI uprising in ‘The Mitchells Vs. The Machines’

Aardman animation has become one of the most reliable animation studios out there. Whether it is Wallace and Gromit or Shaun the Sheep Movie, their films never fail to entertain […]

[BLU-RAY REVIEW] ‘Early Man’

Aardman’s Early Man is now available on DVD and Blu-ray! With over a half an hour of behind the scenes bonus features, Aardman fans are not going to want to miss this […]

[Blu-ray Review] ‘Early Man’

The Beatles stand as a cultural phenomenon, a band famous not only for their music but also for their dynamic as group. They starred in several films of various […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 16: ‘Yellow Submarine’ Review

Nick Park is a bonafide animation legend. The creator of Wallace & Gromit is not only the winner of 4 Academy Awards but has also directed 8 films & shorts […]

Interview with ‘Early Man’ Director Nick Park

Amongst several live-action films, The Beatles also boast this pop psychedelic world of whimsy, bringing to life their classic songs in a strange and amusing animated trip. In the […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 16: ‘Yellow Submarine’

I sit writing this article with the view of serenity. I’m on the front porch of a local coffee shop in the middle of a small-town downtown. Other homegrown business […]

Top 10 Times ‘Once Upon a Time’ Took Its Disney Heritage Too Far

A feature-length adaptation of the classic comic strip B.C. is currently in development by Parallax Media Ventures and John Hart Studios. B.C. – Back to Civilization, as the film is currently […]

Classic Comic Strip ‘B.C.’ in Development as an Animated Feature

In case you missed it earlier this week, a new trailer has dropped for the third and final season of Guillermo del Toro’s Emmy-winning Netflix series Trollhunters, which releases on […]

New trailer drops for third and final season of DreamWorks ‘Trollhunters’

There must have been a breathless anticipation over the stakes in making this film. The first Avengers film had been a colossal success, and the follow-up was highly anticipated. But […]

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Marvel’s Black Panther is available on DVD and Blu-ray today! With tons of bonus features including interviews, bloopers, deleted scenes, and more, this will be a set that Marvel fans will not […]

[Blu-ray Review] ‘Black Panther’

Have you ever wondered what Han was doing with his life before he met Luke Skywalker? How about the real story on how he won the Millennium Falcon? Or how […]

[REVIEW] ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ gets a solid “Meh.”

Just when we think we’re done talking about Frozen, Disney makes certain that’s far from the case. The gargantuan hit from Walt Disney Animation Studios hit theaters in 2013 and has […]

[REVIEW] ‘Frozen: The Broadway Musical’ Original Cast Recording Is More Franchise Noise

I know many don’t consider the Barbie movies to be true indies but, for the purposes of this club, they fit because they aren’t widely talked about, and we are […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 15: [SPOILER] ‘Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper’ Review

*This is a user-submitted post by Jordan Hashemi-Briskin* As we all know, pre-existing stories are the most common bases for animated features, whether folk tales, myths, short stories, or books. […]

Book Series That Deserve to be Animated

Before they go on hiatus, Morgan and Chelsea take your calls and talk about the past 6 years of the Animation Addicts Podcast! Highlights We are so overwhelmed with the […]

Animation Addicts Podcast #170: Voicemail Listening Party – “Imaginary Party!”

Attention all anime fans! The next entry in this year’s Studio Ghibli Fest, Porco Rosso, is coming up, and GKIDS has a special giveaway for rotoreaders to mark the occasion! […]

‘Porco Rosso’ Giveaway

We have already sung the praises of the Barbie films as part of this club in our review of Barbie as Rapunzel. Well, this weekend we are talking about quite […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 15: ‘Barbie as Princess and the Pauper’

Guardians of the Galaxy marked a huge turning point in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, both in terms of the direction that the franchise was heading, as well as for me personally. […]

MCU Countdown #10: Guardians of the Galaxy

From numerous sources including Cartoon Brew, we have learned about LAIKA’s upcoming fifth stop-motion animated film. Planned for a while now, LAIKA’s next production will be titled Missing Link and […]

LAIKA Announces ‘Missing Link’ Plot + Voice Cast Info

It’s official: Sony has green-lit a sequel to the surprise hit CG/live-action hybrid Peter Rabbit. The sequel is currently slated for release on February 7, 2020 in the U.S. and […]

Sony green-lights sequel to sleeper hit ‘Peter Rabbit’

Steven Spielberg might not be the first thing that comes to mind whenever animation is brought up but, believe it or not, he’s actually made a big impact to the […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 14: ‘We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story’ Review

Are you ready to return to a strange animated movie from your childhood? The next Indie-Mation Club film we’ll be looking at is We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story. This is […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 14: ‘We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story’

“The cost of freedom is high. Always has been. But it’s a price I’m willing to pay.” I’ve loved the Marvel movies since they started the series with Iron Man […]

MCU Countdown #9: ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’

Get out of the hen house and get ready to celebrate: Aardman Animations is planning a sequel to its 2000 critical and commercial hit Chicken Run. Almost 20 years after […]

Aardman Animations planning ‘Chicken Run’ sequel

*Disclaimer: This review contains some spoilers.* Laika Entertainment’s first feature film, Coraline, takes Neil Gaiman’s book of the same name and runs with it, expanding it with creepy and colorful […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 13: ‘Coraline’ Review

For many animation fans GKIDS has become an important player in the animated film landscape. Each year we eagerly await the indie and anime films they are releasing and they […]

‘Lu Over the Wall’ Giveaway

Ten years. Six stones. Two teams. One universe. It’s all been leading up to this moment, and Avengers: Infinity War delivers all the adrenaline-packed action and raw emotion Marvel fans have been waiting […]

[REVIEW] ‘Avengers: Infinity War’

Welcome to Indie-Mation Club’s film for Week 13! A spooky number warrants a creepy movie, and few movies fit that tone better than Laika’s first feature film, Coraline, based on […]

Indie-Mation Club Week 13: ‘Coraline’

Though Star Wars Rebels came to a close just last month, fans will be launched back into the animated version of a galaxy far, far away with a new series […]

New Series ‘Star Wars Resistance’ Announced

Here’s the sitch: the Kim Possible live-action film has found its leads. Sadie Stanley, a 16 year old from Columbia, South Carolina, landed the role of the red headed hero […]

‘Kim Possible’ Live-Action Movie Leads Revealed

The Angry Birds will launch onto the big screen once again on September 20, 2019 with The Angry Birds Movie 2, which features a recently announced, star-studded cast. The Angry […]

Star-Studded Cast Announced for ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’