Hop looks interesting, but where is the trailer!? From the creators of Despicable Me comes Hop, the comic tale of Fred (James Marsden), an out-of-work slacker who accidentally injures the Easter Bunny (voiced by Russell Brand) and must take him in as he recovers.

Hop opens in theaters April 1, 2011.

This looks like fun, the quality of the imagery is brilliant, and I love the change in tone.  The story is about star race car Lightning McQueen and the incomparable tow truck Mater take their friendship to exciting new places. They head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world’s fastest car.

But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage. Torn between assisting Lightning McQueen in the high-profile race and toeing the line in a top-secret spy mission, Mater’s action-packed journey leads him on an explosive chase through the streets of Japan and Europe, trailed by his friends and watched by the whole world. Adding to the fast-paced fun is a colorful new all-car cast that includes secret agents, menacing villains and international racing competitors.

Few days ago I posted two pictures from Disney’s Winnie the Pooh, and this morning I found the trailer.  The hand-drawing is beautiful and I hope the story is just as good. 

The late A.A. Milne penned two books and several poems about the beloved Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin (named after Milne’s son). His books are actually collections of stories, five of which inspired the film.  A.A. Milne’s son’s teddy bear inspired the beloved character. The child named his bear after Winnie, a Canadian black bear from London Zoo.  Pooh was the name of a swan they encountered together.

The movie opens next summer 2011.

Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, Piglet and their friends are back in the first Pooh adventure from Disney animation. It’s been more than 35 years since the “hunny” hungry bear appeared on the big screen. 

Disney sent me these two charming and whimsical images from Hundred Acre Wood and Winnie the Pooh, which is directed by Stephen J. Anderson and Dan Hall.

Anderson directed Meet the Robinsons and worked on Brother Bear, The Emperor’s New Groove and award-winning Bolt.  Hall is a veteran story artist at Disney with credits including The Princess and the Frog, Meet the Robinsons, Brother Bear and Tarzan. 

The late A.A. Milne penned two books and several poems about the beloved Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin (named after Milne’s son). His books are actually collections of stories, five of which inspired the film.  A.A. Milne’s son’s teddy bear inspired the beloved character. The child named his bear after Winnie, a Canadian black bear from London Zoo.  Pooh was the name of a swan they encountered together.

Winnie the Pooh arrives in theaters July 15, 2011.

Being grounded for life is not all that bad if Rapunzel takes a look at the whole situation.  This is kind of fun to watch if you feel like being amused.

The long-haired Princess Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) has spent her entire life in a tower, but when she falls in love with a bandit (Zachary Levi) who was passing by she must venture into the outside world for the first time to find him.

The movie opens November 24, 2010.

Kung Fu Panda 2 is fast as lightning and Dreamworks Animation launched the teaser trailer for movie.  3D in May 27, 2011.

Jack Black, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, Angelina Jolie, David Cross and Dustin Hoffman are returning to do it again. The sequel will also include Jean Claude Van Damme, Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh, and Victor Garber.

The story will return us to Po, who is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior. He is protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five – Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey.

Alas!  Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. 

Thanks to Latino Review for letting me know about a French web site called filmsactu that had scanned screen shots from The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, from Empire Magazine. Now, I don’t know if this is cool with Empire or not but here is one of the pictures. You can go to the French site and see the rest. The movie is looking mighty awesome. I just hope the story is as good.

Obviously, the film is 3D motion capture animation. The story based on the iconic character created by Georges Remi, better known to the world by his pen name “Herge” and is due for release in 2011.

The film stars Jamie Bell as Tintin, the intrepid young reporter whose unyielding pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig as the nefarious Red Rackham. Bell and Craig are joined by an international cast that includes Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Gad Elmaleh, Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook.

We all know the great stories of superheroes taking on their arch-nemeses. How brilliant masterminds take on paragons of might and virtue in epic battles, but somehow can never quite muster up the necessary…je ne sais quoi…for victory. And today we get a look at the downright cliched battle of good and evil…on a whole new level…with Megamind, which has just hit theaters.

Megamind follows two alien babies, one a misshapen blue-skinned spindly little thing with a huge head, and the other a surprisingly well-built muscle baby. Both of them are sent away in an hour of their respective planet’s deepest crisis (almost exactly like Superman himself was) and both find themselves on the same little blue planet far away from their now-destroyed homes, Earth. But while the muscle baby finds himself in the company of nobility, who provide their tot with every advantage, the spindly lump finds himself in a prison. Their formative years shaped by their respective environs, the two eventually grow to be bitter rivals. Until one day, when the supervillain finds himself on the winning end for a change. And that’s when everything is turned on its ear, and nothing is how it should be.

For a Dreamworks cartoon that’s really not much more than a gigantic restaged knockoff of The Incredibles (look at Syndrome and Tighten and tell me there’s not at least a casual resemblance), and a little too close a riff on their earlier go-round with Despicable Me, there’s actually quite a bit new here.

You’ll hear this several times–the voice cast is excellent. Will Ferrell is, for a change, in top form; I guess it’s just better when we don’t have to look at him, and are spared the inevitability of a shot of him in his tightie whities. That and the whole “mispronunciations” gag is pretty tiresome, but when it unexpectedly becomes a plot point, well, that’s a note of originality in its favor. Tina Fey is good in just about anything and Brad Pitt was actually a huge surprise here. Extra kudos to David Cross: there are few men who can play a mutated fish-monster with such aplomb, one of whom can only be the same man who gave us Dr. Tobias Funke.

And yes, there’s a lot here; have you ever considered how little evil is related to an actual desire to make people suffer, and how much of it is related to almost petty things? Megamind will make you consider just that. Is a villain always a villain? Can a hero be a villain? The other way around, maybe? All this philosophy and more awaits you here.

Megamind doesn’t even skimp on the laughs. I had several good chuckles; the surprisingly large number of kids in the place at the time roared gleefully on a regular basis.

Are you going to want to necessarily buy a ticket for this?  Don’t worry if you can’t make it–it’ll keep for DVD without incident. It’s good on the big screen, of course, but if you can wait, do. There is no serious reason to pick this up right away; it’s funny but not uproarious, entertaining but not too surprising, carrying more than its share of cliches but not without some originality.

The Screenhead Ten Scale gives a passing nod of respect to a superhero movie that will actually make you think, just a little bit, and gives it its appropriately better than mediocre due, a six out of ten.

I like this character because the bad gal (or guy) makes the movie interesting.  If the nemesis is not interesting to watch, then there is a problem with the movie. She seems to be doing a pretty good job. She may be controlling, manipulative and over-protective, but Mother Gothel (Donna Murphy) is the only mother Rapunzel has ever known.

By stealing Rapunzel as an infant and raising her in the tower, Gothel ensured that she alone would have access to Rapunzel’s magical hair, which she uses as her personal fountain of youth.

Gothel loves Rapunzel more as a possession than as a daughter, and uses every weapon in her arsenal – including a constant flow of subtle jabs, backhanded compliments and over-the-top guilt trips – to keep Rapunzel hidden away.

When Rapunzel finally defies her wishes and ventures out into the world, the delightfully deranged Gothel will stop at nothing to get her little girl back into the tower.

Screenhead picked four winners for the Bratz Giveaway to promote the fact that the Bratz are marking their 10th Anniversary this October in true Bratz style with a fabulous all-new Pet rescue adventure in BRATZ PAMPERED PETZ! Don’t miss out on this fun and adorable CGI animated movie when it becomes available on DVD, Digital Download and On Demand from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

The DVD is also joined by a brand new Bratz toy line that are in the stores now in celebration of the exciting 10 year milestone.

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