Jim Cox, the co-exec producer of OVER THE HEDGE and writer of OLIVER & COMPANY, will write the script for Marathon Media's first 3-D feature, reports VARIETY.

Rhythm & Hues is close to moving two feature films from development into production, reports VARIETY.

Walt Disney Pictures has set Christmas Day 2011 for the release of the new Muppet movie, reports VARIETY.

An anonymous MORTAL KOMBAT short popped up on YouTube.

Visual effects veteran Steven Quale has been hired by New Line to helm FINAL DESTINATION 5, reports VARIETY.

Since the announcement of James McAvoy as Prof. X in X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, rumors have been circling about who else will fill out the cast.

AIN'T IT COOL NEWS has revealed the titles to the upcoming FANTASTIC FOUR and DIE HARD films.

Today, Marvel Studios announced that Oscar nominated actor Stanley Tucci has been cast to star as Dr. Abraham Erskine in "Captain America: The First Avenger" opposite Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Hugo Weaving, and Hayley Atwell.

Cinesite and Rhythm & Hues combine to bring Marmaduke to life on the big screen.

DreamWorks Animation's SHREK FOREVER AFTER regained the top spot at the U.S. box office for the weekend of June 4-6, 2010.

In collaboration with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and as a precautionary measure, McDonald’s USA today issued a voluntary recall of its four Shrek Forever After glassware recently offered in its U.S. restaurants.

The Grünwald-based brand management and media company m4e AG has sold the free-TV rights of the German version of the movie “Winx Club – The Secret of the Lost Kingdom” to the Viacom-subsidiary Nickelodeon.

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For the first time in company history, Mattel will roll out a new intellectual property, Monster High, across a number of diverse consumer products categories simultaneously at launch.

VARIETY posted a list of ten animators that are on the brink of stardom.

HEAT VISION reports that Jeremy Renner is in closing talks to play Hawkeye in Joss Whedon's THE AVENGERS for Marvel Studios.

Neal McDonough (TV's DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES) is in negotiations to join the cast of CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER, reports Deadline.com.

Relativity Media has paid low six-figures for Melisa Wallack's script THE BROTHERS GRIMM: SNOW WHITE, reports Deadline.com.

Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) announced today a landmark year ahead for DC Comics and master toy licensee Mattel, led by programs in support of summer 2011's Green Lantern from Warner Bros. Pictures.

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, BATTLE ROYALE will be converted into 3-D and re-released in Japanese theaters in November, reports VARIETY.