Watch: Inside Out Teaser Takes Us Through a Montage of Pixar Emotions

In the absence of a feature film release, it's been a rather quiet year for Pixar news. But here, at long last, is the teaser trailer for Pixar's fifteenth feature film, Inside Out. The trailer introduces the five main characters of the new film, by reminding us of the times each of the emotions has cropped up in Pixar's previous classics. It's being billed as "a major emotion picture" and here's the trailer.

Pixar's Next Short Film Will Be Lava; Will Play Before Inside Out

Pixar have announced their next short film, which will play before Pete Docter's Inside Out next summer: Lava! It's described as "a musical love story that takes place over millions of years." Check out more details on the project below.

First Teaser for Disney's Cinderella!

The first trailer for the new adaptation of Cinderella found its way online a few days ago! Check it out below.

Star Wars: Episode VII Cast Revealed (May the Fourth Be With You!)

It's a bit delayed from us (apologies!), so surely everyone knows by now but if you don't - THE CAST FOR STAR WARS HAS BEEN REVEALED. (It's a good day for the post though - happy Star Wars day!)

The cast and crew of Star Wars: Episode VII

Watch: First Trailer for Aardman's Shaun the Sheep Movie

The teaser trailer for Aardman's sixth feature film, Shaun the Sheep Movie, has made its way online. And, un-shockingly, it looks great! Check out the baa-rilliant trailer below.

Good Grief, It's a CG Charlie Brown - Teaser Trailer for Blue Sky's Peanuts Film

Blue Sky Studios have finally released the teaser trailer for their upcoming CG adaptation of Charles Schulz's beloved Peanuts comics. And it's actually not half bad.

Sony Detail Third Smurfs Film, Hotel Transylvania 2 and New Original Genndy Tartakovsky Film

Sony Pictures Animation have announced some juicy new details about their upcoming slate. Across the next few years, the studio will release a third Smurfs film, a second Hotel Transylvania film, and a brand new, original film from Genndy Tartakovsky (Hotel Transylvania, Samurai Jack), says The Hollywood Reporter!

Michael Douglas for Ant-Man!

Looks like we now know what road Edgar Wright's Ant-Man is taking, as Michael Douglas has joined the cast as Hank Pym!

Douglas with the Golden Globe he won for Behind the Candelabra on
Sunday.

Star Wars: Episode VII Gets Release Date

With open auditions starting this weekend, Disney have finally announced the release date for Star Wars: Episode VII, ending months of speculation. It will be a Star Wars Christmas, because it's due to open on 18th December, 2015.

Leaked Teaser Poster for Pixar's The Good Dinosaur

Pixar's dino flick may have been delayed until November 2015, but that doesn't mean we're hearing nothing about it. The Good Dinosaur has now got an extremely colourful teaser poster, leaked via jPosters! UPDATE - 21:33 (GMT): Poster removed at the request of Disney and Pixar.

Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg Making R-Rated Animated Film, Sausage Party, For Sony

Animation isn't a genre. It's not something solely aimed at kids and families, it's a medium that can be put to any one of hundreds of different ends. It just so happens that the majority of American animated films are family-oriented. For a long time though, there's been a large number of adult animated series on television; not just as in clever, oft-satirical sitcoms like The Simpsons, as in raunchy, gross-out comedies like Family Guy and South Park. Well American feature animation's about to get a big dose of that too.

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the writers of comedies like Superbad and The Pineapple Express, who this year turned their hands to directing with This is the End (Rogen also starred in all three), are now trying their hands at animation. Sony will release Sausage Party, an R-rated animated comedy scripted by the pair. And it's at least not as smutty as you think!

Aardman News: Shaun the Sheep Movie Coming March 2015

Aardman announced, back in April, that their next film would be a feature adaptation of their Shaun the Sheep TV series, and that the film would be released in 2015. Richard "Golly" Starzak (who's directing the film with Mark Burton) announced on Twitter that the film is now set to bow on 20th March, 2015.

Despicable Me Spin-Off, Minions, Also Delayed to 2015

It's not quite as drastic as Pixar's 18 month delay on The Good Dinosaur, but yet another highly anticipated 2014 animated film has been pushed back to the already packed 2015. Variety reports that Illumination Entertainment have delayed Minions, their spin-off of the Despicable Me franchise, from the originally reported 19th December, 2014 release date, to one of 10th July, 2015.

Breaking: The Good Dinosaur Pushed Back to November 2015; Pixar Will Release No Film Next Year

Concept art for The Good Dinosaur, which stars the voices of Lucas Neff, Neil
 Patrick Harris and Judy Greer. It will now open November 2015.

When Bob Peterson was removed as director of The Good Dinosaur, particularly as we're so close to its planned 30th May, 2014 release date, it seemed incredibly unlikely that the film would be ready on time. In fact, it seems the situation is worse than anticipated, as Pixar have announced (via the L.A. Times) that they're pushing their fifteenth feature film all the way back to 25th November, 2015.

James Spader to Play Lead Villain in Avengers: Age of Ultron

James Spader (Boston Legal, The US Office) will be battling against Earth's mightiest heroes in Joss Whedon's sequel to The Avengers, as the titular baddie, the villainous artificial intelligence Ultron.

New Pirates Film Has a Title

The next instalment in the Pirates of the Caribbean films (yes, there is going to be a number 5) is to be titled Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.

We previously reported that Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg (Kon-Tiki) will be directing the next Pirates, with production beginning next year.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is due out Summer 2015.

Via Den of Geek

Paramount's Plan: SpongeBob 2 and Monster Trucks for Release in 2015

Paramount Animation set up shop in the wake of Rango's success and the studio's expired distribution deal with DreamWorks (who are now under the Fox banner). We heard about their plans back in August of last year, but have heard close to squat since. Today, we got details and release dates for their first two projects: SpongeBob SquarePants 2 and Monster Trucks.

Disney's Cinderella and Untitled Marvel Film Get Release Dates

It seems Disney are rolling out release dates for films that haven't been made yet, every week! Their live-action Cinderella has now been slated for a 13th March, 2015 release while another Marvel film has a date for 2016.

Sony Pushes Genndy Tartakovsky's Popeye Back to 2015

Sony Pictures Animation had a profitable 2012, with the financial success of Hotel Transyvania. The film was also very enjoyable though (our review here), not so much due to the somewhat derivative characters and story, but rather because of the inherent sense of fun and the wonderfully stylised CG orchestrated by Dexter's Lab creator Genndy Tartakovsky. Although Sony are moving ahead with a sequel to that film, Tartakovsky won't be at the helm, as he's instead shepherding the studio's CG reimagining of the gravel-voiced, spinach-stomaching sailor man, Popeye.

Edgar Wright's Ant-Man To Undergo Rewrites

Now that Phase 2 has officially begun, it's no surprise that Marvel are starting to knuckle down in preparation for the rest of their MCU films. Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright's Ant-Man is going to get a rewrite, but it's for a good reason.