‘WolfTooth’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/newreply.php?s=&action=newreply&threadid=441 AN Forum}} points to an interesting article at {{link http://www.asahi.com/english/arts/TKY200406020134.html Asahi.com}} that looks at the ratios between the low wage a backroom animator earns in Japan and the huge amounts that merchandising deals can bring in on a popular anime manga title.

The DreamWorks Fansite has posted a number of screenshots from the upcoming {{link http://www.dreamworksfansite.com/fullstory.php?id=575 Shark Tale video game}} from Activision.

Disney’s Home On The Range, after being missing in action on the UK release date slate for a while, looks set to open in cinemas on August 6 2004, as part of the film’s international roll out. Home On The Range will arrive on DVD in the States just one month later, on September 14.

The DreamWorks SKG Fansite reveals that The Wallace & Gromit Movie: Curse of the Wererabbit will be released in theaters on October 7, 2005, in the tradition of DreamWorks’ other October releases of Antz and SharkTale. This move also puts the film almost a month before DreamWorks’ next animated movie Over the Hedge was due […]

From the film’s official website comes the news that the first two minutes of Garfield: The Movie will air on the Fox television network this Friday, June 4, at 8pm, during its broadcast of Cats and Dogs.

{{link http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0406035 Cinema Confidential}} has a full gallery of Garfield: The Movie pictures up, including some new images.

Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp has {{link http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=5329072 announced a new system}} that could speed up the time it takes to convert traditional movie theaters over to digital projection. Currently, the industry is tied to Texas Instruments’ DLP approach, but Sony (well known for bucking trends and starting their own) have developed their own take […]

Beginning to use its growing presence in India, The Walt Disney Company will launch three new TV channels in the area over the next twelve months, reports {{link http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=5319657 Reuters}}. David Hulbert, president of Walt Disney Television International, said that one of the three channels would have programing similar to Disney’s US network ABC, while […]

Following Michael Eisner’s quote on “the end of 2D animation”, {{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ Cartoon Brew}} has an amusing take on that comment, and news of a new Spanish-themed animated feature coming in 2005, which will be hand drawn. Sian Ka’an is directed by Raul Garcia, Disney animator on such films as Aladdin, The Lion King and […]

Speaking at the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. 20th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference ({{link http://disney.go.com/corporate/investors/events/presentations.html webcast replay here}}), Disney CEO Michael Eisner said that talks with Pixar could resume to try and reach a satisfactory distribution partnership between the two companies. The {{link http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=5327278 Reuters News Agency}} has the full story, also reporting the official […]

The new trailer (officially labelled as Teaser 2) for Robert Zemeckis’ {{link http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/p/polarexpress.php The Polar Express}}, featuring Tom Hanks under a ton of CGI make-up, is now making the rounds online. Check it out in a variety of Apple QuickTime sizes here:

With Shrek 2 on course to make a cool $300 million by the end of this week, DreamWorks has stepped up production on a third film, which was already rumored as early as January this year, for a holiday 2006 release. {{link http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4967 Coming Soon}} says the studio has hired Peter Seaman and Jeffrey Price, […]

{{link http://www.moviehole.net/news/3726.html Moviehole}} is reporting that the sequel to the surprise 2001 hit Cats And Dogs, originally to have been directed by Kevin Lima (A Goofy Movie, Tarzan, 102 Dalmatians), is on hold, according to animation supervisor Todd LaBonte. “We did tests for it like two years ago – but it’s been put on the […]

According to Yahoo! News, an NBC sales presentation containing clips of Father of the Pride was met with silence after its showing at Madison Avenue. “The animated series was in far worse shape than Horn, and the reaction of NBC’s advertising clients was so negative that it’s unlikely the program will last on NBC’s schedule,” […]

“The Joe Man” at Dark Horizons indicates that Shrek 3 will be written by Jon Zack (Out Cold, The Perfect Score). In the film, “Shrek and Fiona are King and Queen now and they hate it so Fiona tries to get friend Arty (aka. King Arthur) to do so but he’s still in college. From […]

The Dreamworks SKG Fansite reveals that the official website for Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence has been updated, now including a message board, news section, and a poster. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence will arrive in US theaters on September 17, 2004.

DavisDVD reports that the upcoming three-disc 10th Anniversary Edition DVD of Clerks will contain a special treat for fans, as the “Julie Dwyer Funeral” scene, which was scripted but never filmed, will be included as an animated bonus feature. Featuring the voices of Brian O’ Halloran, Jeff Anderson, and Joey Lauren Adams, the “lost scene,” […]