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The Beatles will be coming to Rock Band this September and their Cirque De Soleil extravaganza, Love has been a financial success. The Beatles won't be going away any time soon if they can continue to market their catalog in the correct manner to win over new fans, or at least convince some old ones to by new Beatles merchandise.So, the capitalist and the stoner in me cheered when I found out that Disney and Robert Zemeckis (Beowulf, The Polar Express) are going to re-make the Beatle's psychedelic animation, Yellow Submarine for theaters.

After years of lounging in development, a live-action feature based on the classic 80's cartoon series "Voltron" is in the works at Atlas Entertainment says The Risky Biz Blog.

The series featured a band of five robot-lions who combined to form one super lion. A group of five pilots control the lions, which are charged with defending the planet Arus from villain King Zarkon, who dispatches evil creatures called Robobeats to fight the Voltron robots.

I'd like to think that someone was tapping into the liberty caps when they decided to make a live-action/animated movie of the Smurfs. It would, in so many ways, be fitting. Or at least an excuse.

Take a look at the Japanese animation guru's latest film.

Hey folks, ... with another year of awesome images from the far future. Quint posted his earlier report - this time we have even more - and don't forget - you can click and supersize any and all of these ...

Hollywood planned a 2nd straight weekend friendly for family filmgoers who have pent-up demand. With 20% of K-through-12 out of school today, Pixar/Disney's 10th pic and first 3-D movie, Up, was able to get a jump on the domestic box office with busy matinees from 1,534 3-D theaters -- a record -- and a total of 3,766 theatres total.

DreamWorks Animation will announce its schedule for the next few years today, and nestled in among the expected sequels ("Shrek Forever After," "Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom") and spinoffs ("Puss in Boots") are an array of original high-profile projects.

Pixar Planet is reporting that the stuffed animal found by the bed in the little girl's room is named Lotso. Really? Lotso? That's his name? Isn't that just a tab bit to similar to Luxo Jr., Pixar's lamp?

Disney's upcoming return to hand drawn animation.

A big announced for today's 25th anniversary celebration of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - the heroes in a half shell are returning to the big screen!