Final Shrek Movie to Open Tribeca Film Festival

Last year, Woody Allen’s Whatever Works got the honor. In 2008, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s Baby Mama led the way. At this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, the worldwide premiere of Shrek Forever After—the final installment in the tale of everyone’s favorite ogre—will open the event. This fourth Shrek chapter will be the first to appear in 3D, and the vocal lineup from the movie’s previous incarnations (Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas) will be present once again....  read more

DreamWorks Announces Hefty Release Schedule

If monsters, pandas and ogres were among your favorite big-screen movie stars in the last decade, then DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.'s latest news is sure to butter your popcorn. The animation division announced at a conference last week that it's planning to create one additional computer-animated, 3D film every other year, boosting its movie schedule to five films every two years....  read more

10 Best Animated Movies of All Time

Only once has an animated film every been nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars—Beauty and the Beast in 1991—but there’s talk that the Academy might give a nod to Wall-E this year. We thought we’d take a look at where the lonely robot stands among a rich history of animated film. There were tons more that we could have added…Fantasia, Pinnochio, The Secret of Nimh, The Triplets of Belleville, The Nightmare Before Christmas, so many other classic Disney films, most everything Pixar has ever released…but we thought we’d just give you our take on the best of the best....  read more

Shrek takes on Broadway this December

Although the fourth installment of the ongoing Shrek franchise is not scheduled to come out until 2010, this hasn’t stopped people from creating a buzz around the zygote beginnings of the latest edition of the animated film. Most recently, there has been talk of Sir Paul McCartney signing on to do the soundtrack and possibly even a little CGI cameo in Shrek Goes Fourth. But you won’t have to wait two years before hearing some new Shrek-inspired tunes. That’s because the big green ogre and all his fairytale friends are going to be hitting the stage. Although there will be...  read more