So, have you seen this year's comedy about an overweight, overzealous, loser-y mall cop who takes his job way too seriously and is hopelessly in love with a fellow shopping center employee? If you're not sure whether I'm referring to January's hit Paul Blart: Mall Cop or the newest Seth Rogen comedy Observe and Report (in theaters now), don't be too hard on yourself: Both flicks have eerily similar plotlines. This isn't the first time two films with the same subject matter have been released within a year of one another; Hollywood has a talent for redundancy (see: recycling and ripping off)...

(Hollywoodchicago) – While perfection can be characterized in many ways, there’s only one way to define perfect in the world of film: a picture that has everything you could ask for with nothing you could cut. Though this is a highly unlikely proposition, “WALL-E” has become 2008’s first perfect film and one of the best Pixar projects of all time.

The man with the ingeniously imaginative story and the decisive direction to be credited with every inch of success “WALL-E” is destined to reap is none other than Andrew Stanton.

Indeed, Stanton is intimately familiar with w...

Leading independent publisher THQ Inc. today announced the release of the Cars video game, based upon the highly anticipated Disney/Pixar film, for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, Xbox video and game entertainment system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PSP (PlayStation Portable) system, Windows PC and Mac, at retail outlets nationwide.

The game will also be available worldwide in 18 languages, and in more than 40 countries including China, Thailand, Japan, Russia and Poland. Also this fall, the Cars video game is expected to release f...

Family entertainment giant Walt Disney Co. has agreed to a $7.4 billion deal to buy Pixar Animation Studios. The purchase has made Pixar Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs the biggest individual shareholder in Disney. Disney's lucrative distribution deal with the studio behind hit movies Toy Story 1 and 2, A Bug's Life, Monster's Inc., Finding Nemo and The Incredibles was set to be terminated at the end of the year - after the partners failed to agree on how to split profits.

However, Robert Iger has pulled off a major coup after Jobs fell out with previous Disney boss Michael Eisner ...

Family entertainment giant Walt Disney Co is reportedly in talks to buy its former partner Pixar Animation Studios. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Disney executives were considering paying a small premium to the animator's current stock market value of $6.7 billion.

Should the deal go ahead, Pixar Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs would become the biggest individual shareholder in Disney. Disney formed a partnership with Pixar in the early 1990s and went on to make the box-office hits Toy Story 1 and 2, A Bug's Life, Monster's Inc., Finding Nemo and The Incredibles.

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