Disneytoon Studios, the Glendale-based outfit spearheaded by former Disney animation chief John Lasseter, will be shutting down, Disney has confirmed. In a brief statement, a company spokesperson said, "After much consideration, we have made the decision to end production activity and close Disneytoon Studios." About…

Pixar took the lid off a pair of new films during the animation panel today at D23, Disney’s semi-annual fan convention in Anaheim. One new project, with the working title Suburban Fantasy World, was introduced by Monsters University director and Pixar veteran Dan Scanlan. He said the plot is inspired by the story of…

The 3D sequel comes on the heels after last year’s Planes, which was originally a direct-to-video title before Dane Cook came aboard as the lead voice and Disney put its muscle behind it. The pic has made $90M domestic and $219M-plus worldwide to date after opening to $22.2M in August. Cook is back for the sequel, Plan…

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Planes tells the story of Dusty – a single-engine crop duster who has dreams of competing as an air racer. Just one problem: he’s afraid of heights. Disney has dropped a new trailer for the studio’s sort-of Cars spinoff which features Dane Cook as the voice of Dusty. Cast also includes Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards…

Disney‘s previously untitled 3D animated pic that had secured a November 7, 2014 wide release now has a name: Big Hero 6, which is inspired by the Marvel comics superhero team. The Walt Disney Animation Studios pic is an action comedy adventure about robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who finds himself in the grips of a…

Dane Cook is officially aboard as the voice of Dusty, a crop-duster who dreams of competing as an air racer but must overcome his fear of heights with the help of a seasoned pro (Stacy Keach). The Cars-in-the-air 3D pic is exec produced by John Lasseter and due out August 9. Klay Hall directs. Here’s a teaser for Plane…

Here’s the official trailer for Disney’s Planes, the studio’s sort-of Cars spinoff that last month replaced Jon Cryer with Dane Cook as the voice of the main character, Dusty — a single-engine crop-duster with sky-high ambitions with just one problem: he’s afraid of heights. Disney slotted the former direct-to-video ti…

Disney in December set an August 9 wide release date for the semi-Cars spinoff, which originally had Jon Cryer doing the lead voice of Dusty the cropduster.  The animated pic executive produced by John Lasseter had been slated to be a direct-to-video release when it was first previewed at last year's D23 Expo. Now…

UPDATED: Disney has set a wide release date for its animated feature Planes for August 9, 2013. The pic is a semi-Cars spinoff about airplanes and centers on Dusty, a cropduster, who Jon Cryer was originally going to voice before that fell through. The film had been slated to be a direct-to-video release here when it…