David Stainton steps down after a few months running Paramount Animation, leaving film chief Adam Goodman to step in and run the show

Gore Verbinski and ILM holed up at a ranch house to make the Oscar-nominated "Rango," the year’s most absurd and inventive animated film

Johnny Depp-voiced film will receive a week-long engagement at the ArcLight Hollywood

Awards contenders are hiring armies of publicists -- is it savvy campaigning, or desperation?

Producers of the foreign-language entry "Alois Nebel" also plan to enter animation race

Grey tells TheWrap: "It makes sense to work with Nickelodeon and build this into a global film business" as DreamWorks Animation deal set to expire

Not even the drawing power of Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski can warm ice-cold multiplexes, which were down about 34% this weekend; Damon's "Adjustment Bureau" did OK, grossing $20.9M

CG-animated family film is looking to gross over $50M, while Philip K. Dick adaptation should do over $20M as the domestic movie market looks to rebound from two very slow months at the multiplex

From "Thor" to "Cowboys & Aliens," studios have more than doubled last year's ad buy

Cartoon reunites Capt. Jack with his "Pirates of the Caribbean" director Gore Verbinski