A new HD trailer for Blue Sky's Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is available here .   The film releases in the Summer of 2009. 

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Toy Story 3 will be released in June 2010 under the Pixar banner, while Disney Animation has an original, New Orleans jazz-flavored Christmas 2009 tale to tell in "The Princess and the Frog."

Announcement of the two features highlighted a three-hour presentation at the Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University, emceed by John Lassiter, chief creative officer for Pixar and Disney animation studios, who also said that all movies out of Disney animation will be in 3-D, beginning with "Up," an adventure-comedy about a 78-year-old with a walker (voiced by Ed Asner) who attaches balloons to his house and sails to South America. "Up" will be released next year. 

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The world of feature animation -- once thought to be the exclusive domain of Disney and DreamWorks -- is getting increasingly competitive, as studios left outside the gates of the toon kingdom are employing aggressive tactics to break in.  With the successful bow of "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who," Fox Animation reaffirms its place in the top tier, thanks to a string of hits from its Blue Sky CGI studio, capped by "Horton." 

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After serving as president of the digital division at Sony Pictures Entertainment for nearly 10 years, Yair Landau is planning to leave the studio in April, it was announced today by Sony Pictures Chairman and CEO Michael Lynton and Co-Chairman Amy Pascal. 

Landau, who has been with Sony Pictures for 17 years, is planning a new games and animation venture to develop and produce content for use across all media. 

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