For most of you animation fans, summer ends in just a few weeks--maybe even days if you're going off to college like me. I feel like Andy in Toy Story 3, complete with my vintage Toy Story action figures. But enough about that. Time for the stuff you're all wanting to read. (By the way, thank you steet for making "Lady and the Tramp Source". It's one of my favorite films of all time.)

First off, I want to inform you with something that might come as a shock, at least if you were looking forward to this as much as I did. It would appear that Beauty and the Beast's 3D re-release in theaters has been postponed indefinitely.

The official explanation for this is so that families can get used to the home-theater 3D format that many manufacturers are pushing for. Personally, I'm of the opinion this is because the transition of the film from 2D to 3D is behind schedule, which is not surprising considering how time-consuming the process is. The release of the film has been pushed from February 2011 to sometime in 2012--or even beyond. In the meantime, there's the DVD and Blu-Ray versions of the film that we can watch.

On another note, Toy Story 3 has become not only 2010's highest-grossing film in the U.S. and Canada, but also the highest-grossing Pixar film of all time, both domestically and worldwide. As of the time I write this, Box Office Mojo has reported that the film has grossed $398,602,095 domestically, about the 11th highest-grossing film of all time. Worldwide, it has grossed $897,302,095, making it the 15th highest-grossing film of all time worldwide--the highest-grossing film behind Shrek 2. I'm of the opinion that, giving the film another few weeks in theaters, it could pass up Shrek 2 to become the highest-grossing film of all time. It is slated to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on November 2 in the United States.

Apart from that, there are a few interesting bits on another Ice Age movie coming in 2012, a third Madagascar film coming during the same time, and a sequel to How to Train Your Dragon. But the biggest new piece of news is Winnie the Pooh, a theatrical cell-animated movie from Disney Animation, is on schedule and will arrive in theaters on July 15, 2011.

The film will feature five stories, adapted from the original books by A.A. Milne, animated in the same style as the original Pooh stories. This isn't anything like the Pooh cartoons you might have seen on TV when you were younger. This film seems like a very serious attempt by Disney to get into the spirit of the original stories. And it's not just a movie some people decided to make because they were bored, either. Burny Mattinson, who worked personally on some of the previous films, is the lead storyboard artist. John Lasseter, famous for being Pixar's co-founder and currently head of Disney's animation department, is producing the film, and has stated that the film will be made as a parallel to the books, rather than as a spin-off or sequel to other Winnie the Pooh movies made by Disney. Since it's coming out in just eleven months, this, I think, is something to look forward to!