The second Shrek Forever After trailer has arrived, giving us a much clearer look at the final installment of this mega-franchise. The DreamWorks Animation film hits theaters on May 21, 2010.

I don’t seek out opera tickets all that often, but here’s a production I’m dying to see. The Nose, an opera composed by Dmitri Shostakovich, opened last Friday at the Metropolitan Opera (six performances only) in New York City, and it features giant animated projections throughout the show. William Kentridge, the South African artist, is the director and set designer on the production, and he’s also a very accomplished animator. The Nose is based on Russian Nikolai Gogol’s short story, thus the heavy influence of Soviet avant-garde constructivist artwork. Here’s some clips from the production, and below that an interview with Kentridge.

Footage from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ upcoming CG feature, Tangled (previously titled Rapunzel), has leaked online. Below you can see a teaser trailer that includes some dialog, but not much else. Below that is a rough-cut of a long-form trailer, including everything from storyboard sequences to rough animation. It appears as though Rapunzel can use her hair like powerful tentacles. You can see below that when she first meets Flynn she snares him and ties him up with her long locks. The film, which is being directed by Byron Howard and Nathan Greno, is due in theaters on November 24, 2010.

Loads of new footage in the latest How to Train Your Dragon trailer. Some nice one liners from Jonah Hill’s character, Snotlout, and some pretty badass looking battle sequences. HTTYD arrives in theaters on March 26th.

I spotted a new trailer for a French CG feature titled Cendrillon, or as it’s known in English Cinderella. What you’ll notice straight away is that this take on the classic tale is set in the wild West, and you’d never know this story had anything to do with Walt Disney’s version. I love the use of vultures as horses. Pascal Herold is directing the feature with Paris-based Delacave producing.

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The more I see of The Minions, the squeaky, yellow baddies in this summer’s Despicable Me, the more they remind me of Rabbids, and that’s a good thing. We’ll see how the movie holds together, but these characters are growing on me. Here’s the latest trailer for the feature, which is due out on July 3rd, 2010.

After yesterday’s teaser, today we get a full trailer of this summer’s Toy Story 3. More of the plot is revealed, mostly centering on Sunnyside Daycare Center. You’ll also meet Lotso, the purple bear, played by Ned Beatty. If you were watching closely, you may have spotted Lotso in an Up scene. Also you can hear Kristen Schaal’s (Flight of the Conchords, Daily Show) performance as the Triceratops the instant messaging addict, and Michael Keaton as Ken. Lastly, you can hear Lee Unkrich, the film’s director, deliver his only line of the film (“new toys!”). As he revealed on Twitter, Unkrich plays Jack-in-the-Box.