Earlier this week Collider was invited to visit Disney’s animation studios to check out almost half-an-hour of footage from its upcoming video game riff, Wreck-It Ralph and chat with the film’s director  Chris Moore and several of the animators.  During the visit, we saw how the film moved from concept to screen and got a peek inside the technical challenges involved in bringing the Ralph’s five wildly different worlds to pixelated life. Hit the jump to find out about Paperman, the innovative new short that will be paired with Ralph, and the top 25 things to know about the feature.

Earlier this week Collider was invited to visit Disney’s animation studios to check out almost half-an-hour of footage from its upcoming video game riff, Wreck-it-Ralph and chat with the film’s director  Chris Moore and several of the animators.  During the visit, we saw how the film moved from concept to screen and got a peek inside the technical challenges involved in bringing the Ralph’s five wildly different worlds to pixelated life. We’ll have all of that for you in the coming days, right now, let’s just focus on the footage screening.

Hit the jump for a summary of what we saw. 

With the Olympics currently dominating TV viewership, the animated characters of ParaNorman and Wreck-It Ralph have decided to get into the games.  Two new TV spots have gone online for ParaNorman, the stop-motion animated tale directed by Chris Butler and Sam Fell that tasks Norman (Kodi Smit-McPhee) with preventing a curse that will allow the dead to overrun his hometown. Rich Moore’s Wreck-It Ralph also gets into the act with a spot featuring stars Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch.  Hit the jump to check out the TV spots.

Following their Hall H panel at Comic-Con, Wreck-It Ralph director Rich Moore, along with voice actors John C. Reilly (Wreck-It Ralph) and Sarah Silverman (Vanellope von Schweetz), held a press conference to discuss the highly anticipated animated feature.  The story follows a bad-guy character in a classic game, who longs to be a hero, but brings trouble to his entire arcade after sneaking into a new first-person shooter game and unleashing a deadly enemy.  Check out what they had to say after the jump.

Three international character banners have been released for Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph (or as it will be known in Spanish-speaking countries, “Ralph El Demoledor“).  John C. Reilly voices the eponymous character, who has been forced to play the villain in a Donkey Kong-like arcade game for the past thirty years, but now wants to be the good guy.  He decides to abandon his game, and goes searching for a new world where he can play the hero, but this ends up throwing the arcade world into upheaval.

Hit the jump to check out the banners.  The film also features the voices of Jack McBrayer, Sarah Silverman, and Jane Lynch.  Wreck-It Ralph opens in 3D on November 12th.

Yesterday, we showed you some new images from Disney’s animated film Wreck-It Ralph, and now the first trailer has gone online.  John C. Reilly voices the eponymous character, who has been forced to play the villain in a Donkey Kong-like arcade game for the past thirty years, but now wants to be the good guy.  He decides to abandon his game, and goes searching for a new world where he can play the hero, but this ends up throwing the arcade world into upheaval.  There are nice touches of Toy Story in here (what gaming characters do when we’re not watching), and I love all the cameos and gaming jokes (The “Q-bertese” bit had me cracking up), but the non-gaming stuff doesn’t quite click as well as everything else.  Hopefully, it will all come together in the finished feature.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer.  The film also features the voices of Jack McBrayer, Sarah Silverman, and Jane Lynch.  Wreck-It Ralph opens in 3D on November 12th.

Disney has released new images from their upcoming animated film Wreck-It Ralph.  We had previously seen some images of the film’s various settings, but the image above gives us our first good look at the eponymous 8-bit villain (voiced by John C. Reilly) who tries to become a hero in other video game worlds, as well as the loads of Easter eggs the movie will contain. You can see Chun-Li and Zangief walking by Q-bert, and if you comb the background you can find M. Bison.  The movie is shaping up to be a gamer’s delight, and with Futurama veteran Rich Moore at the helm, I’m pretty sure it will have strong comedy to back up the great premise.

Hit the jump to check out the images and more info on the movie.  The film also features the voices of Jane Lynch, Sarah Silverman, and Jack McBrayer.  Wreck-It Ralph opens November 12th.

In the all-new contemporary take on The Three Stooges, from Peter and Bobby Farrelly, actress Jane Lynch plays Mother Superior, the head nun at the orphanage where newborns Moe, Larry and Curly were left on the doorstep.  Now adults (and played by Chris Diamantopoulos, Sean Hayes and Will Sasso), they set out to help out the nuns, which also include Sister Mary-Mengele (Larry David) and Sister Rosemary (Jennifer Hudson), and raise enough money to save their childhood home, with all of the pratfalls and slapstick comedy that they’re famous for.

During this recent exclusive phone interview with Collider, the always funny and charming Jane Lynch talked about talked about her first exposure to The Three Stooges, how blown away she was to see them brought back to life so meticulously, how she got involved with the film, her most memorable moment with Larry David, working with Jennifer Hudson as a singing nun, wearing a nun’s habit in Atlanta in the summer, and what made Peter and Bobby Farrelly the right filmmakers to bring The Three Stooges back to life.  She also talked about voicing a character for the Disney animated feature Wreck-It Ralph, about a character from a 1980s video game who wants to get out of his game and into a more high-tech one, her role in A.C.O.D. (which stands for Adult Children of Divorce), the status of the Party Down movie, and what she’s looking forward to on her Fox TV series Glee.  Check out what she had to say after the jump:

Six new clips from The Three Stooges have gone online.  Yes, the movie looks terrible, but it also looks like it’s staying true to the source material.  The problem is that staying true to the source material and then trying to transport it into a modern setting doesn’t look like it will work.  There’s also the argument that the movie is for kids, who will enjoy the slapstick and goofy sound effects.  Unfortunately, there probably aren’t a lot of kids who are die-hard fans of a 1930s comedy trio.  It all comes back to “Who is this movie for?” and I don’t have a good answer.  But I will say this: Fox is screening the movie for critics, and despite the cringe-worthy trailers and clips, I’ll do my best to give the movie a fair shake when I see it in its entirety.

Hit the jump to check out the clips.  The film stars Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jane Lynch, Jennifer Hudson, Sofia Vergara, Craig Bierko, Stephen Collins, and Larry David.  The Three Stooges opens April 13th.

Yesterday came the joyous news that we would finally be getting a sequel to Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.  We know that Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, and Steve Carell will all be reprising their lovably buffoonish character, Adam McKay will return to the director’s chair, and filming is set to begin in February.  If Anchorman 2 returns with only people from the original cast, I have no problem with that.  But sequels usually bring new faces, so I’ve compiled a list of 12 actors who would fit well within the Anchorman universe.  Keep in mind: I have no idea what the plot will be, or if there will be roles for these actors, and how radically McKay will change the look of the first movie.  The Legend of Ron Burgundy has a goofy 70s vibe, but it’s possible they’ll reset the time and place (the first movie ends with Ron and Veronica leaving San Diego to become worldwide news anchors).  Also, I’m not saying that all of these actors should be in the movie.  I’m just saying I can see them fitting into an Anchorman sequel.

Hit the jump for my criteria on making the list and who made the cut.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead has joined Adam Scott, Jane Lynch, and Richard Jenkins in the comedy A.C.O.D. The title stands for “Adult Children of Divorce”, and the plot centers on a guy (Scott) who has been caught in his parents’ ugly divorce of the past twenty years, and matters become even worse when his brother gets engaged.  Then the details of the feud are revealed in a definitive new book on children of divorce.  According to Deadline, Winstead will be the rock and long-time girlfriend of Scott’s character.  Stuart Zicherman will make his directing debut on a script he co-wrote with Ben Karlin (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart).

Winstead gave one of the more buzzed-about performances coming out Sundance this year with her captivating dramatic turn as an alcoholic in Smashed, but she’s been crushing it in movies for a while now.  She’s convincingly played a bad-ass in The Thing, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and Live Free or Die Hard, and I’m excited to see how she’ll play off Scott, Jenkins, and Lynch in a comedy.  Winstead will next be seen playing Mary Todd Lincoln in the action flick Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

This November, Disney Animation Studios will release the video game-inspired Wreck-It Ralph.  The film centers on an 8-bit arcade villain named Wreck-It Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) who grows sick of constantly being viewed as the bad guy, and decides to prove he can be a hero by traveling into other video game worlds.  I love the concept and now some early images from the movie have gone online.  The image with the bug-zapping soldiers is “Hero’s Bounty” and has Ralph meeting Sgt. Calhoun (Jane Lynch).  All of the images look a little simple and untextured, but keep in mind that the movie is still ten months away.

Hit the jump to check out the images.  The film also features the voices of Sarah Silverman and Jack McBrayer.  Wreck-It Ralph opens November 12th. [Update: We've updated the article with high resolution versions of the images]

Fox has released the first trailer for The Three Stooges, directed by the Farrelly Brothers.  Will Sasso, Sean Hayes, and Chris Diamantopoulos star as Curly, Moe, and Larry in the new feature, divided into three segments.  It looks awful, but in a fascinating way.  This has been a passion project for the Farrellys and the final result makes me wonder: could The Three Stooges ever work in the present day?  Doesn’t their slapstick seem quaint while their antics come off as obnoxious?  And yet there’s also something mean-spirited mixed in.  I’m sure the Farrellys thought, “Hey!  Let’s poke Snooki in the eyes!  That will put the audience on our side!”  I almost feel sorry for Snooki.  Almost.

The film also stars Jane Lynch, Sofia Vergara, Jennifer Hudson, and Larry David.  The Three Stooges opens on April 4, 2012.  Watch the trailer after the jump.

Last week we showed you the first images from the new Toy Story short film, Toy: Story: Small Fry.  The movie focuses on Buzz Lightyear getting left at a fast food restaurant and requiring the help of Happy Meal-like toys in order to get back home and stop a diminutive Buzz imposter.  In the clip, we see Buzz trying to escape but landing right in the middle of a support group for discarded Fun Meal toys (you’ll briefly hear Jane Lynch as the group’s narcissistic leader, Neptuna).

Hit the jump to check out the clip.  The short film also features the voices of Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, John Ratzenberger, and Joan Cusack. Toy Story: Small Fry will play in front of The Muppets, which opens November 23rd.

The first image from the new Toy Story short, Small Fry, has popped up online.  We reported in August that short film would have Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) getting left behind at a fast-food restaurant and trying to find his way back home with the help of less popular, Happy Meal-like toys.  It turns out there’s a bit more to it because one of the Happy Meal-toys kidnaps Buzz and tries to take over his play-filled existence.  Jane Lynch (Glee) will make her Pixar debut as the Happy Meal toys’ narcissistic support-group leader Neptuna.

Hit the jump to check out the full image and adorably tiny Lightyear feet.  The seven-minute short will be attached to The Muppets, which opens November 23rd.  Toy Story: Small Fry also features the voices of Tom Hanks, John Ratzenberger, and Joan Cusack. [We have added a new image, and updated the story with a hi-res version of the previously-released image]