Merida Armed and Dangerous in New Brave Poster and Clip

Ahead of tomorrow's debut of the latest (final?) Brave trailer, Apple's iTunes Movie Trailers brings a first look at Pixar's newest poster for the film. Disney.com/Brave has also been updated with an illustrated synopsis and mini character bios.

Update (Feb. 23): Surprise! It wasn't a trailer Disney/Pixar has been teasing for the past few days, but actually an extended clip from Brave. (Apple labels it as "Trailer 2".) If you didn't already, you'll want to watch the movie after seeing it.

Ice Age Parodies The Artist

Have a laugh watching this black-and-white parody of critical favourite The Artist, starring Scrat from Ice Age. It's promoting the series' fourth installment, Ice Age: Continental Drift, opening on July 13.



The next trailer for the film lands at iTunes Movie Trailers on March 5.

(via Total Film)

Oriental DreamWorks to Open This Year in Shanghai

DreamWorks Animation announced this hour its agreement with a group of Chinese media companies to form a new family entertainment studio in China, named Oriental DreamWorks.

The joint venture, first reported in late November 2011, will open later this year.

One of the areas the new Shaghai-based company will focus on will be the creation of 'high-quality, original Chinese animated content'.

While emphasis is placed squarely on content for the Asian market, it's likely that the Shanghai studio will also allow for the outsourcing of some work on future DreamWorks Animation projects.

New Still from La Luna

Disney/Pixar just debuted this beautiful new still from La Luna at Stitch Kingdom. Another clip from the short has also been around for a few days, but I'd recommend against watching it if you care about spoilers.

La Luna opens in theatres on June 22 with Brave.

The Pirates! Behind the Scenes Featurette

A brand new, 'making of' featurette for Aardman Animation's The Pirates! Band of Misfits has moored at Yahoo! Movies. The film opens in North America on April 27.



There's some great footage of the enormous stop-motion sets, plus some facts about the animation process. Producer Julie Lockhart calls The Pirates! "the most ambitious film Aardman's ever done".