• Sequel Bits: 'Tintin', 'Ralph Breaks The Internet', 'Bumblebee', 'The Croods', 'Star Trek', 'Enchanted', 'Top Gun'

    In this edition of Sequel Bits: Peter Jackson gives a potential Tintin sequel update. Ralph Breaks the Internet features some internet stars, plus: check out early story notes Bumblebee screenwriter Christina Hodson talks about crafting a Transfomers movie for a wide audience. The Croods 2 is still happening, and Peter Dinklage has joined the cast. Karl Urban would…

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  • Nineteen Films Submitted For Best Animated Oscar Consideration

    Award season is ready to get into full swing, and one of the early stages of the runup to the Academy Awards is the submission of Best Animated Feature options. This year there are nineteen submitted features, including big studio fare (Cloudy 2, The Croods, Despicable Me 2, Monsters University), one from Studio Ghibli (The…

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  • Check Out This Exclusive Concept Art From 'The Croods'

    Movie stars, directors, producers and writers get the credit, but without concept artists they'd be nowhere. That goes double for an animated feature like The Croods, which is about an isolated family discovering a world of wonder and beauty they never thought imaginable. The film, featuring the voices of Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds Emma Stone,…

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  • Second 'The Croods' Trailer Explores The Big Bad World

    DreamWorks just took a giant bath on Rise of the Guardians, but is soldiering on with the task of selling its upcoming slate. The next release from the company's animation arm is The Croods, an Ice Age-style story about a prehistoric human family who daughter (voiced by Emma Stone) is desperate to explore the outside…

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  • 'The Croods' Teaser Trailer: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone And More Discover A New World

    For DreamWorks Animation's upcoming film, The Croods, the voice cast alone is enough to get me interested: Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke and Cloris Leachman. Then some enticing images were released that showed an extended family of cave people who are about to have their idea of the world changed forever. Now…

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  • DreamWorks Animation Reveals Slate Of Twelve Movies Over The Next Four Years

    Most movie studios release information about their upcoming slates a year or two at a time. But today DreamWorks Animation released a four-year slate, driven in part by the new distribution deal the company has with Fox, as well as the long lead time needed to make animated films, and also perhaps by the not-so-hot…

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  • The Family's All Here In A New Image From DreamWorks Animation's 'The Croods'

    Next year, you'll be able to see Nicolas Cage playing a caveman. And by "see" I mean "hear." He's the star of The Croods, a brand new 3D animated film from DreamWorks Animation. The film, directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco, is about a prehistoric family traversing a wild environment looking for a new cave to call home.…

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  • Emma Stone And Catherine Keener Join The Croods

    Emma Stone and Catherine Keener havce joined the voice cast of DreamWorks Animation's 3D computer animated film The Croods. Why You Should Care: Lilo & Stich/How To Train Your Dragon helmer Chris Sanders and Space Chimps helmer Kirk DeMicco are co-directing the caveman comedy, based on a screenplay originally developed by Monty Python alumni John…

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  • Nicolas Cage And Ryan Reynolds In DreamWorks Animation's Caveman Comedy The Croods

    Nicolas Cage and Ryan Reynolds in will headline the voice cast for DreamWorks Animation's 3D computer animated film The Croods. Lilo & Stich helmer Chris Sanders and Space Chimps helmer Kirk DeMicco are co-directing the caveman comedy, which was formerly titled Crood Awakenings when it was set up with Aardman Animation. The official plot synopsis…

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