USA Today has an interesting piece on the creation of Buckbeak, the half-horse, half-eagle creature known as a hippogriff, who plays a key role in the new Harry Potter film. “‘The hippogriff was probably one of the most complex creatures we’ve ever done (in the three Potter films),’ producer Mark Radcliffe says. Several artists, Radcliffe […]

Ultimate Disney has the picture of the Mickey, Donald, and Goofy: The Three Musketeers Gift Set.

IGN FilmForce chats with the creator of Garfield about his comic strip and the upcoming movie.

‘Mckain’ in the Animated News Forum {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=3364#post3364 links to}} a page which has the details on Oddworld’s First Ten Years: The Art of the Oddworld Universe 1994 – 2004, a new book that celebrates the art and design of this computer animated game.

Garfield may want to stay in bed so he doesn’t see any of the reviews pouring in today. The {{link http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Garfield-1133038/ Rotten Tomatoes}} tomatometer gives the film a dismal 11% freshness rating, with only 5 reviewers out of 46 giving the film a thumbs up. Some choice quotes include: – “The film is a veritable […]

If you haven’t made a trip over to Jerry and Amid’s {{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ Cartoon Brew}} recently, you’ve been missing out on some fantastic stuff! A couple of reports from the Annecy Animation Festival, a piece of rare Merrie Melodies artwork, new shots for the 3D TV special Popeye’s Voyage and some not so enticing images […]

The {{link http://www.latimes.com/business/custom/cotown/la-fi-rup10.8jun10,1,2887305.story?coll=la-headlines-business-enter LA Times}} (free subsription required) reports that Sharon Morrill has stepped up from being executive vice president to her new job as president of DisneyToon Studios, the animation department that produces the last of Disney’s 2D output, including the DTV releases. The brief report says that the unit is “fast-growing”, adding to […]

Toon Zone links to new images from the WB’s upcoming kids animation series based around Superman’s amazing canine, {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=113309 Krypto The Superdog}}, coming to Cartoon Network for spring 2005.

Find out for yourselves just how good or bad the new {{link http://www.garfieldmovie.com/main.html Garfield: The Movie}} really is – it’s in theaters in the US now! Fans of the comic orange moggy can catch the cat in the UK on 30 July, while the film is due to open in Europe from mid-August to early […]

The Internet Movie Poster Awards has a new Danish poster for Garfield: The Movie, which will be in theaters tomorrow.

Slate magazine, over at MSN, has a fascinating new article by Clive Thompson in their Gaming section about the increasing CG uber-realism of human characters in video games, and the repulsive effect it has on its audience. Citing a phenomenon called the Uncanny Valley, discovered by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori, Thompson reflects on this trend […]

3DY Animacion takes a look at Fox and Blue Sky Studios’ Robots, and has some very positive comments, along with some new pictures, for the film. “It will be the year of Robots. You will see. Pixar, Disney and Dreamworks fear them,” claims the website.

One can now see the disc art for Home on the Range at Ultimate Disney, as well as a very positive reivew for Teacher’s Pet. “Energetic and funny, Teacher’s Pet maintains its Saturday morning TV feel but works as a clever feature film,” admits the website. Home on the Range will be available in stores […]

Cover art for Spider-Man: The Venom Saga is now available at DVDtoons. A trailer, along with a four-minute sneak peek, for the release will be available on the Spider-Man vs Doc Ock DVD, which will be released on June 29th. While DVDtoons states that Spider-Man: The Venom Saga will be released this winter, Toon Zone […]

Filmax Animation have posted their release schedule for their animated films being released up until 2006, as ‘tapestry100’ points out in the AN Forum.

At the AN Forum, ‘scoFo’ reveals that pictures of the 16-month, 2005 calendar for The Incredibles are now available at the French Incredibles fansite, The Indestructibles.

Variety, via Cinescape, is reporting that Dreamworks will be using popular television morning show journalists for the voice of a character in Shark Tale called “Katie Current”. US audiences will hear the voice Today co-host Katie Couric, but Australian audiences will hear the voice of popular morning personality Tracy Grimshaw. Shark Tale opens in Australia […]

Ain’t It Cool News has done it again with a first look at The Corpse Bride, which showed up at the Licensing 2004 show in New York. Another delightfully macabre stop-motion feature from Tim Burton, and produced at Will Vinton Studios in Oregon, The Corpse Bride is tenatively slated for October 2005. The template of […]

Over at DVD Toons, Ben Simon takes a look at the new Spike And Mike DVD compilation, {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/309 Cutting Edge Classics}}. “With this particular collection it may be true in a couple of occurrences that films come and go with little story or character cleverness apart from the odd technical touch, but overall this […]

With all the fuss over his co-star Mickey’s 75th anniversary this year, it seems the irascible Donald Duck has once again been shunted out of the spotlight. Well, let’s set that straight right now! It seems quite a few of us have forgotten, but ‘rodneyf’ in the {{link http://forums.dvdtoons.com/showthread.php?p=20818#post20818 DVD Toons Forum}} reminds us that […]

{{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=113150 Toon Zone}} reports that “Tom Staggs, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Walt Disney Company, will be speaking at the Thomas Weisel Partners Growth Forum on Tuesday June 15 2004, at 2:05 pm EDT”. A live webcast will be provided by the official {{link http://www.disney.com/investors Disney Investors}} page (point […]

‘WolfTooth’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=3294#post3294 AN Forum}} links to a new poster for Miyazaki’s {{link http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/newspro/latest_news.shtml#newsitem1086640326,67212, Howl’s Moving Castle}}.

In the AN Forum, ‘scoFo’ points to the French Incredibles fansite, The Indestructibles, where one can see two new French posters for the film.

The Star Wars Official Site updated yesterday with information confirming that there will indeed be a new run of Clone Wars cartoons filling in the gap between the live action movies Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III. Considered by insiders and outsiders alike to be complete after its […]

Moviefone has an exclusive, new trailer for The Spongebob Squarepants Movie.

Variety reports that director Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas) will serve as Vinton Studios’ supervising director. Selick has already begun work on Vinton’s first high-budget, computer-animated, short film, Moongirl. Also, Frances McDormand has signed on to co-star with Charlize Theron in Paramount Pictures’ live-action adaptation of the futuristic MTV toon series Aeon Flux, coming […]

Toon Zone has the details on new direct-to-video movies based popular toys. First up, Paramount Home Entertainment will provide worldwide distribution to Hasbro’s direct-to-video titles, both companies yesterday. Releases this September include G. I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom and Tonka Tough Truck Adventures: The Best Show on Wheels, while October will bring Transformers Energon and […]

In what appears to be a change from {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00001580.html previous reports}}, {{link http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html#0608 The Digital Bits}} says that November 5th looks to be the day \\Shrek 2\\ will appear on DVD. As DreamWorks did with the original \\Shrek\\ DVD, \\Shrek 2\\ will come out the same day that a Pixar film opens in theatres […]

Roger Friedman’s latest Fox 411 column over at FOX News discusses the never released documentary The Sweatbox, which is about the making of the film The Emperor’s New Groove and its transformation from a serious cartoon called The Kingdom of the Sun to what came out in theaters.

Variety, via Coming Soon!, reports that Kevin James (CBS’ The King of Queens) will voice the lead character, a party-animal cow named Otis, in Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies’ CGI-animated feature The Barnyard. In affiliation with his Omation studios, Steve Oedekerk (Bruce Almighty, Ace Ventura) will serve as writer, producer, and director for the motion picture. […]