Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur becomes the biggest animation film in India!

September 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Tom Cruise's adopted son Connor has bagged a role in the remake of the 1984 film Red Dawn. It is believed the 14-year-old Connor will play Daryl Bates in the remake, a character played by Darren Dalton in the first film, reports Contactmusic.

September 14th, 2009 WATCHMEN star JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN will trade in his superpowers to join mere mortals in the U.S. Special Forces - he's set to join the remake of 1984 movie RED DAWN.

September 11th, 2009 LONDON - Former James Bond star Timothy Dalton will lend his voice to a cartoon hedgehog toy named Mr Pricklepants in an animation flick titled Toy Story 3. The announcement came from Disney/Pixar chief John Lasseter at a central London ceremony, where the animated slate of the joint studios was showcased, reports the BBC.ews was also let out that singer Mandy Moore will voice for Rapunzel in a cartoon film of the same name.

August 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - All Indian fans of pop star Michael Jackson gear up. Entertainment channel Vh1 is set to host "The Search For India’s Biggest Michael Jackson Fan” contest.

July 28th, 2009 20th Century Fox’s ‘Night at the Museum 2’ has got the highest opening in India for a comedy film out of Hollywood this year! The Ben Stiller starrer released in India on July 24th and has grossed Rs. 2.3 Crores across India, with a collection of Rs.

July 8th, 2009 LONDON - Animated movie 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' has topped the UK and Ireland box office after raking in 7.64 million pounds on its opening weekend. The third Ice Age film landed the top spot, pummelling gangster movie 'Public Enemies' into second place, reports the BBC.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The third instalment of the pre-historic animation series Ice Age released in India Friday and has grossed over Rs.2.2 crore (Rs.22 million) in its opening weekend. Made at a budget of Rs.436 crore (Rs.4.36 billion), "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" released here in 3-D computer animated format with 60 prints and has got the highest opening for any animation film in India surpassing the 2005 superhit Hanuman, which had an opening of Rs.1.5 crore (Rs.15 million) on 150 prints.

July 4th, 2009 Film: "Ice Age 3"; Directors: Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier; Voices: Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Simon Pegg; Rating: ***1/2 The characters from "Ice Age" are back and this time around they have dinosaurs for company. Not just that, they enter Dino-land for an adventure that is far better than what one saw in the first two instalments, courtesy a new character called Buck, who perks up the story.

June 25th, 2009 Garners the biggest opening in the U.S for 2009 & now the biggest opening in India as well! It’s the biggest opening this year for any Hollywood film in India It’s the 2nd biggest opening for any Fox movie ever in India after Slumdog Millionaire (16 crores in first week) After the long drought at cinemas, it seems Bollywood is taking a little while to gear up, while Hollywood overtakes at the box office with films like ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’. With a weekend collection of 7 crores rupees, the film has grossed a whopping Rs.10 crores in its opening week.

June 23rd, 2009 You would not expect a modern-day American comedian to have a lot in common with a grouchy cartoon mammoth. But Ray Romano admits his Ice Age character Manny seems to be following his own real-life path.

June 20th, 2009 Ice Age 3; titled ‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs’ is coming this July with the magic of 3-D The sub-zero heroes from the worldwide blockbusters “Ice Age” and “Ice Age: The Meldown” are back, on an incredible adventure...for ‘all’ ages. After the events of "Ice Age: The Meltdown", life begins to change for Manny and his friends: Scrat is still on the hunt to hold onto his beloved acorn, while finding a possible romance in a female sabre-toothed squirrel named Scratte.

June 15th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - 'Eyes of Silence' has becomes the first animation film from India to win five international awards and to be selected for screening in as many as 11 international film festivals. The film has so far won five awards internationally, including the highly coveted Accolade Award of Merit in Animation at The Accolade 2009, Best Animation Award at the Rockport Film Festival 2008, Aloha Award for Excellence in filmmaking at the Honolulu International Film Festival 2009, Silver award for Best Animation at the Lake arrowhead Film Festival 2009 and Best Drama and Animation at the Firstglance Hollywood Film Festival 2009.

June 3rd, 2009 MUMBAI - The Anil Ambani group has forayed into animation education by launching the Big Animation Infotainment and Media School or Big Aims, a training institute in Pune. "Big Aims is unique and a first-of-its kind," said Ashish Kulkarni, chief executive of Big Animation, the group company that launched the project and made the animated TV series "Little Krishna".

May 26th, 2009 MUMBAI - Yash Raj Films' animation flick "Roadside Romeo" has been selected for the Shanghai and Seoul Film Festivals. While the film will be screened as part of the Panorama section of the Shanghai fest (June 13-21), it has earned a place in the Invitation Section Out Of Competition category for the Seoul festival (Aug 19-25), said a Yash Raj Films statement released here.

May 18th, 2009 Looks like we have quite an audience waiting for the multiplex-producers strike to get over soon   And leaving aside the regular movie enthusiasts, now we also have our favourite saber-toothed squirrel Scrat from ICE AGE who is back - this time with an attractive female squirrel Scratte.   Welcome ....