Not to be outdone by their Western counterparts, the Last 10 Chapters of Star Wars: Clone Wars will begin this coming Monday, March 29, 7:25 am (Hong Kong & Philippines) on Cartoon Network Asia.

The Hollywood Reporter’s 33rd annual Key Art Awards’ list of finalists has been revealed, with the Walt Disney Company and Sony Pictures leading the pack, as they each received 23 nomations. Animated highlights from the list include Finding Nemo receiving 11 nominations (the most for any movie this year), Pirates of the Caribbean receiving 5 […]

Latino Review interviews Jennifer Tilly about her work in Home on the Range.

The Dreamworks SKG Fansite points out that DreamWorks’ official Ghost in the Shell 2 website has been updated with two different links. According to the fansite, “The first section ‘Section 9’ will give sketches of the main characters, while the second link ‘cyber agents’ takes you to another website www.ghost2.com, giving you additional links to […]

The second season of Star Wars: Clone Wars is set to premiere tonight at 9:30, on Cartoon Network, following an airing of the complete first season. Check out the Clone Wars’ official website for a complete schedule and details.

Toon Zone reveals that during the week of May 23-27, Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening will provide introductions for his favorite Futurama episodes, each night at 11:00pm (ET/PT). Also, Seth McFarlane will present behind-the-scenes information concerning Family Guy during his favorite episodes, from July 11-15 at 11:00pm (ET/PT).

The good word about {{link http://www.inkwellimagesink.com/ Inkwell Images}}’ excellent series of animation anthology discs keeps spreading, as Del Walker at {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/286 DVD Toons}} takes a look at Max Fleischer’s Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes (1925-1927). Though the series has been put together by an independent producer, you’d never know from the quality that the discs were […]

Be sure to check out Clay Animator: Clay Animation and Stop Motion Animation How To Site, which ‘Clayanimator’ has informed us of at the AN Forum! Clay Animator is described as, “The most in depth information on the clay animation and stop motion animation process. This website is designed with interactive tutorials on how to […]

Ultimate Disney has a new review of the Brother Bear DVD, along with the cover art for the upcoming Mary Poppins “40th Anniversary Edition” DVD.

Script Sales reveals that an animated series based on The Mark, a new sci-fi action movie from Paramount Pictures and Overbrook Entertainment, may be heading to SpikeTV. In The Mark, “An everyman discovers a strange mark has transferred to his body from the corpse of a Confederate soldier. Although the mark grants him special powers, […]

Alfred Molina, soon to be seen as the CG-enhanced Spider-Man villain Doctor Octopus in the upcoming web-head sequel, has also recently completed voice work on an interesting sounding animated feature film, Sian Ka’an, according to {{link http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-film.html?2004-03/23/11.30.film Sci-Fi Wire}}. “It’s like a modern-day fable,” says Molina. “I’m a good guy who has a few bad […]

DreamWorks’ {{link http://www.shrek2.com/ official Shrek 2 site}} has been updated to include some new info on the movie, new “fun and games”, as well as new sections for media and behind-the-scenes (coming soon).

{{link http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/501/501364p1.html?fromint=1 IGN FilmForce}} reports that ShoWest, the biggest gathering of theater owners and exhibitors in the industry, has been shown a special clips reel put together to promote Disney/Pixar’s upcoming The Incredibles. “The trailer also debuted and is easily among the most crazed of any Pixar release. It is a collection of snips but […]

Although the US DVD is about to ship to stores for its March 30th release, the film is newly released in Germany, where ‘Frieder’ has written in to tell us that it is number one at the box office. The film has now taken around $200 million around the world.

AnimationHQ will be welcoming back voice actor, David Kaye (Inu Yasha, X-Men: Evolution, Transformers: Energon, Armada, Beast Wars, etc) for a second chat session. The chat will be held this Saturday, March 27th, at 7pm EST in the {{link http://AnimationHQ.net/v2/features/events.htm AnimationHQ IRC chatroom}}. Kaye’s first chat with AnimationHQ can be {{link http://www.animationhq.net/v2/vainfo/chat-logs/kaye_12-13-03.htm re-read here}}.

Starting to think that things in the Roy Disney camp had gone a little quiet in the past few days? Well he’s back folks, asking for a count of employees who voted against Michael Eisner at the recent shareholders meeting in Philadelphia, according to the {{link http://drudgereport.com/flash.htm Drudge Report}}. “Roy Disney said he believes a […]

Jim Harvey at {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=106207 Toon Zone}} has scored some exclusive information from Warner Brothers about their planned season box set releases of their most popular superheroes to DVD. Apparently, fans of the characters and shows need not worry: “WB is listening”. The sets will be similar to the Hanna-Barbera titles recently released, and with […]

The {{link http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=trailer&id=1808406138&intl=us Yahoo Movies}} page for Home On The Range has updated with several new clips, plus some very fun behind-the-scenes vignettes. Thanks to ‘PatrickvD’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=291 AN Forum}} for the alert!

Coming Soon! reports that Scarlett Johansson, Alec Baldwin and Jeffrey Tambor have signed on to provide voices in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

Check out Animation World Magazine for a new article on the development of and animation techniques used for the upcoming Disney short Lorenzo which is about “a snooty and spoiled cat in a sleepy South American town that receives his comeuppance when his tail becomes hexed and takes on an uncontrollable personality of its own.” […]

Adding to the growing number of reviews the upcoming March 30 DVD edition of Disney’s latest 2-disc set is getting, the ever in-depth DVD Toons weighs in with {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/285 their take on Brother Bear}}. While the disc gets good marks, the film doesn’t fare so easily: “It’s almost a case of Disney by numbers. […]

The widespread U.S. comic strip FoxTrot is just beginning a new storyline this week; their target – Eisner! Well, specifically – what the character Jason would do if Eisner were ousted. So far Jason’s got some… interesting… ideas; including the ever-popular crossover gimmick! That said, you can see Monday’s strip here, and Tuesday’s is here. […]

The Big Cartoon Database reports that the Pink Panther may soon get a facelift, in the upcoming The Birth of the Pink Panther. When asked by Variety reporter Army Archerd if he is involved with the new project, Blake Edwards, who has directed many of the Pink Panther films, replied, “I’m not sure, but I’ve […]

The cover art for Spider-Man vs Dock-Ock is now available at TV Shows on DVD. Thanks to Toon Zone for the heads up!

Those lucky enough to be near the OU tonight from 7pm will have the chance to catch Douglas Rogers, co-art director of the original Shrek, and his presentation on how the animated film was made and his role in its creation. There’s also a screening of the film, and a Q&A session with Rogers, where […]

Jump over to {{link http://www.nick.com/ads/garfield/garfieldmovie/ Nick.com}} where they have a number of online fun and games promoting the upcoming movie. There’s also a new picture of the feline on the page too!

‘Wolf Tooth’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1759#post1759 Animated News Forum}} reports that Nausicaa.net just heard about the DVD specs for a clutch of new Miyazaki releases, including new dubs for My Neigbor Totoro, Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind and Porco Rosso, as well as the original Japanese soundtracks, storyboard versions of the full films […]

The {{link http://www.dreamworksfansite.com/fullstory.php?id=448 DreamWorks Fansite}} points today to an interview at icScotland.co.uk with John Cleese, soon to be heard as Princess Fiona’s dad in the Shrek sequel, who took the role “because he didn’t need to shave for it or learn any lines”!

{{link http://www.mainframe.ca/mainframe/ Mainframe Entertainment}}, the Canadian animation company responsible for some of the most prolific CG television animation of recent years, including Re-Boot and the Barbie video movies, is developing its deal with extreme skateboardist Tony Hawk. Previously announced as Feasters, it now looks like the show, about “a rag-tag group of unlikely heroes trying […]