Variety reports that South Park will begin airing in syndication by September 2005, and will be broadcast by television stations covering more than 40% of the country. “By 2005, Marcus said, standards may have loosened enough for stations to play South Park not only post-11 p.m. but at 7 and 7:30 p.m., like Twentieth TV’s […]

Those who love Disney’s Beauty and the Beast will be interested to know that a new, Viking-era retelling is in the works, starring David Dukas, Jane March, William Gregory Lee and Justin Whalin, according to Dark Horizons. David Lister is set to direct.

‘MusicFan’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=765#post765 Animated News Forums}} points to a site that announces William Joyce as the writer of Disney’s latest pick-up, A Day With Wilbur Robinson, which Joyce originally wrote as a book in 1990. Steve Anderson is slated to direct.

The British Academy Of Film And Television Arts, known more succinctly as {{link http://www.bafta.org/press/releases/pr_071103_1.htm BAFTA}}, just announced the nominees for this year’s awards, which will take place in Leicester Square, the heart of cinema in London, on February 15th. The British equivalent to the Oscars, the awards often point towards who might pick up the […]

“What are your thoughts on Disney shutting down its Orlando animation facility, known for its traditional, hand-drawn animated films?” Be sure to cast your vote at IGN FilmForce.

The soundtrack to Lion King 1½ is available for pre-order, at the low price of $6.99 with free shipping and handling, at Best Buy’s website.

Coming Soon! gives the Spider-Man: The New Animated Series DVD a positive review, saying, “This is a fantastic DVD. Comic fans will love the show and at over 4 ½ hours of web slinging goodness, there’s more than enough excellent storytelling and animation to satisfy any Spidey fan’s addiction.” Unfortunately, Spider-Man: The New Animated Series […]

According to Ultimate Disney, the 2-disc “Masterpiece Editions” of Pocahontas and Lilo & Stitch will not be released until 2005, in order for the collector’s edition of Lilo & Stitch to coincide with the theatrical release of Lilo & Stitch II. Meanwhile, the 2-disc “Special Edition” of Mary Poppins will be released this December, along […]

Michael Barrier updates his {{link http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Feedback/feedback_funnyworld.htm Funny World}} site to include feedback from Robert Clampett, son of legendary animation director Bob, who writes to him following the re-print of an {{link http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Funnyworld/Clampett/interview_bob_clampett.htm interview}} between Barrier and his father. It’s a great piece that plays up his Dad’s role in the WB cartoons, as well as […]

TV Shows on DVD reveals that the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series may be heading to DVD in April 2004. However, whether the DVD’s will be “best of” episodes or season sets is unknown at this time. Thanks to Toon Zone for the heads up! Also, Animated Bliss provides information that two new […]

{{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=493&ncid=493&e=4&u=/ap/20040117/ap_en_mo/disney_speech Yahoo news}} reports on last night’s appearence of Roy Disney and his talk to around 200 collectors of Disney memorabilia at the semi-annual NFFC: The Club for Disneyana Enthusiasts meeting. The ex-Disney chairman spoke out again about the current management of the Walt Disney Company, and mentioned “a sense of frustration” about the […]

Animated Bliss reports that Universal will release Van Helsing: The London Assignment, the animated prequel to the anticipated live-action film, on May 11. Reprising his role from the live-action version, Hugh Jackman will voice Van Helsing, while Stephen Sommers and Bob Ducsay, the director and producers of the theatrical film, will also be involved in […]

It seems Invader Zim is back on the air, for how long I don’t know. All I know is that is playing right now on NickToons and wasn’t playing just a month ago. I’ve check my Tivo listing out and it seems Invader ZIM is playing at all sorts of times and dates from Saturdays […]

The official {{link http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/index.html Star Trek website}} is celebrating the 30th aniversary of the Star Trek Cartoon with a {{link http://www.startrek.com/startrek/cda/html/images/feature/community/contests/031202_animated/detail.jsp contest}}, {{link http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/bst/article/2843.html interview}} with the animated shows story editor and associate producer D.C. Fountana, and a {{link http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/specials/article/2674.html guide}} to the most memorable episodes of the short lived series.

Finding Nemo has moved into the Top 10 Worldwide Movies of all time according to Box Office Mojo and a few shakes of my Magic 8 Ball tells me that within the month it will break Spiderman’s web and find a home at Number 8. Stupid Magic 8 Ball isn’t telling me if Nemo can […]

Despite glowing reviews from critics, Teacher’s Pet was dismissed by audiences on Friday, giving the low-budget, traditionally animated film only $484,000, and placing it at 14th place, according to Box Office Mojo. Expect Teacher’s Pet to make a disappointing $2.5 million for the weekend, as predicted by Lee’s Movie Info.

The Video Premiere Awards reviews The Lion King 1½, saying, “Disney takes the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead route (for those who know the Tom Stoppard play that shows Hamlet from the point of view of two supporting players) for its second DVD premiere movie follow-up of The Lion King—and the results are just flat-out […]

Ultimate Disney has posted the press release for the Haunted Mansion DVD, arriving in stores on April 20. Special features for the DVD include bloopers, a deleted scene, the Raven “Superstition” music video, “Making the Mansion” behind-the-scenes featurette, “Anatomy of a Scene: Ghosts in the Graveyard,” and a feature audio commentary with Producer Don Hahn. […]

According to the Animation World Network, the computer animated In Search of Santa, co-produced by Tundra Productions and Colorland Animated Productions, will be distributed in North America by Miramax Home Entertainment. The movie’s premise is, “In the tradition of Christmas movies of holidays past, In Search of Santa tells the tale of two feuding penguin […]

Upon searching eBay, such finds as the Shark Tale teaser poster, four Home on the Range character banners, and the Garfield: The Movie theater standee and dangler were discovered!

Here’s the last three of the ten recently released pictures from the upcoming DVD release of Disney’s interquel, The Lion King 1½. All three are from the Virtual Safari 1.5, “Timon’s version of a theme-park ride, which includes spoofs on famous Disney attractions, including It’s A Small World and Haunted Mansion.” The second image is […]

Laughing Place reports on upcoming McDonald’s Happy Meals featuring Play-Doh toys that will center around Lilo & Stitch: The Series. There will be six different toys and each one will “feature an interactive figurine, a container of vibrant-colored Play-Doh and a two-sided coin stamp. From sprouting hair and hula skirts, to protruding Stitch tongues and […]

The Moose Hole gives a mixed review of the traditionally animated feature based on the Emmy winning animated series, Teacher’s Pet, saying “younger audience members will enjoy this heralding story about a dog wishing to be a boy while younger adults will be wishing for the quickest exit out of the theater”. Read the full […]

{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=17980 The Big Cartoon Database}} reports that this year’s {{link http://www.sundanceonlinefilmfestival.org Fourth Annual Sundance Online Film Festival}} includes 12 films in the Animation section. The films were chosen to represent the diversity and creativity of online animators and artists. The Online Film Festival will run until Feb. 15th. Showcased are Ahnold for Governor, by […]

The Invader Zim fan site, BadBadRubberPiggy.com, has posted a new interview with Medias Blasters representative Meredith Mulroney about the upcoming Zim DVD release. Put up against very specific, detailed questions, Mulroney has encouraging, albeit vague answers about the progess of the DVD volumes and the limited box set. Truth be told, the DVD is still […]

“This marvelously quick-witted and gloriously goofy hand-drawn feature shows there’s still more than 21 grams of life left in the form,” New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell writes. Wagging into 2,027 theaters today, Teacher’s Pet is receiving mostly praise from critics, with an 85% Tomatometer Fresh Rating at Rotten Tomatoes, and a score of 71 […]

With a 99% Tomatometer Fresh Rating, Finding Nemo has been found as the best reviewd movie of the year, according to Rotten Tomatoes, at the 5th Annual Tomato Awards. In the “Best / Worst Animation of 2003” category, Finding Nemo takes first place, while The Triplets of Belleville comes in second with a 95% rating, […]

TV Shows on DVD reports that Batman: The Animated Series will be heading to DVD in seasoned sets this summer, not to be confused with the soon-to-be-released Adventures of Batman & Robin DVDs, which will contain various episodes from the series. The website also reports that the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, owners of […]

In late but important news, congratulations to Johnny Depp for his Screen Actor’s Guild Award nomination in the “Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role” category, for his performance as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. See if Depp takes home the award at the 10th Annual SAG Awards, February 22, […]