
Columbia Pictures has teamed up with Frederick Warne & Co., part of Penguin Random House UK, for the Peter Rabbit movie, a new live-action/CG motion picture based on the internationally-beloved series of books written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, whose 150th anniversary is being celebrated this year. The Peter Rabbit movie will be directed by Will Gluck […]

Almost exactly a year ago, we got word that the classic character Astro Boy was going to star in his own live-action feature with Australia’s Animal Logic Entertainment (The LEGO Movie) partnering with Japan’s Tezuka Productions. Now, Heat Vision is reporting that New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros., is picking up the property with San Andreas writers Andre Fabrizio […]

Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and animation house Animal Logic Entertainment that they plan on making a feature-length film based on influential cartoon flapper Betty Boop. Fleischer Studios, who owns the character, has been working with Syco and Animal Logic (Happy Feet, The LEGO Movie) as partners to develop what’s planned on being a hybrid animated […]