Yahoo! Movies for the UK and Ireland announces that the direct-to-video title starring The Lion King’s comedy duo, Timon and Pumbaa, Around the World with Timon and Pumbaa, is coming to DVD. Originally released on home video following the success of The Lion King, this compilation of the Timon And Pumbaa television show features the […]

TV Shows on DVD has the scoop that at the opening ceremonies of The Gathering of the Gargoyles, a Montreal-based Gargoyles convention for fans of the show, Greg Weisman announced that the Gargoyles: Season 1 two-disc DVD set will be released on December 7, 2004 for $29.99.

‘Inkan1969’ at the AN Forum points to the fact that the official website for Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, set to debut on the Disney Channel on August 20, is now online.

The Calgary Sun reveals what Leslie Nielsen’s title character in the soon-to-be-syndicated animated series Zeroman looks like in a humorous new picture.

Nick.com has the the details on Avatar: The Last Airbender, a new animated action series. At the website, one can check out the show’s trailer and meet its characters. The synopsis for Avatar, taken from the Internet Movie Databse, is, “When the hostile Fire Nation threatens to enslave the Water, Earth, and Air Nations, a […]

Dark Horizons indicates that DC Comics will be inserting a CD with the trailer and a sample game plus other extras from Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow in both Batman: Legends Of The Dark Knight #182 and Nightwing #96.

The official Spider-Man 2 website has been updated, now containing a nice featurette entitled “News Wrap”, which shows how the special effects in Spider-Man 2 were created.

IGN FilmForce takes an Adult Swim, finding an interview with Dr. Venture of The Venture Bros. The website also takes a look at the Futurama Volume 4 DVD, giving the set the “IGN.com Editor’s Choice Award” and a score of 8/10.

{{link http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/06/ireland.atlantis.reut/index.html CNN}} reports on a new theory by a Swedish scientist who beleives that the legendary city of Atlantis may actually be Ireland. Ulf Erlingsson says he is “amazed no one has come up with this before, it’s incredible. Just like Atlantis, Ireland is 300 miles long, 200 miles wide, and widest across the […]

The Internet Movie Database reveals that for over a year, the Cartoon Network’s lineup of adult-oriented late-night cartoons, airing under the banner Adult Swim, have been drawing more young-adult males than either The Tonight Show with Jay Leno or Late Night with David Letterman, Kansas City Star TV columnist Aaron Barnhardt observes today (Friday). Barnhardt […]

Business Wire has the press release for Clifford’s Really Big Movie, coming to video and DVD on August 24, 2004. Bonus features on the DVD include: Clifford’s Really Big Movie read-along of The Star of the Show and Amazing Animals, Big Time music video and sing-along, Cleo’s Crafts, Inside The Dog House behind-the-scenes featurette, and […]

Matthew Lillard (Shaggy in the two live-action Scooby-Doo films) tells SCI FI Wire that there is no hope for a third installment in the Scooby Doo series. “There will be no Scooby 3,” Lillard said in an interview. “The second one didn’t do as well as it was expected to do, and I completely hold […]

TV Shows on DVD reports that the eighth volume of the X-Men: Evolution animated series, X-Men: Evolution – Season 2 Vol 4: Mystique’s Revenge, is heading to DVD, filled with five year-two episodes, including the season finale. Bonus features on the DVD include a “Toad’s Test” quiz hosted by Toad of The Brotherhood, and “X-Men: […]

{{link http://corporate.pixar.com/news/20040805-141090.cfm Pixar}} announced they earned $37.4 million or $0.63 per diluted share for its fiscal second quarter, beating analyst predictions of 37 cents a share. In a statement CEO Steve Jobs, who is currently recuperating from successful cancer surgery, said “Our performance this quarter highlights the ongoing success of Finding Nemo and the longevity […]

Those intrigued as to what to expect from this fall’s Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest For Pappy (to air on the Fox network and appear as an extended DVD) can now hop on over to see a {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/594 trailer at DVD Toons}} in Windows Media format.

DVD Answers has posted the cover art and and technical specs for the upcoming Shrek 2 DVD. Of an interesting note – on initial speculation it seems that dedicated fans will have to jump through hoops to get a second disc for Shrek 2: “I’m afraid that details are still pretty sketchy, although as things […]

Ultimate Disney has posted a preview page of shots from the upcoming Disney Princess Collection releases – three DVDs focusing on the studio’s animated heroines, which are heavy on interactive material. All three discs are released on September 7th.

{{link http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2004080519560002585206&dt=20040805195600&w=RTR&coview= Reuters}} reports that Walt Disney’s President and Chief Operating Officer Bob Iger has said he said he would “welcome a shot to succeed Michael Eisner as chief executive, but has not actively campaigned for the job”. Iger, who is often considered a likely candidate for the post said, “Obviously if I was offered […]

The New York Times (registration required) reports that Disney are entering the personal computer market. With a childish design, built in content control and other kid-friendly features, it could be a breakthrough or just another specialized device flop. The $599 Dream Desk PC would be available through the Disney catalog and at www.disney.com beginning Aug. […]

Six screen shots from the preview for Disney’s upcoming CGI-animated feature Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas on the Three Musketeers DVD can be found here:

According to Newsarama and Heidi McDonald’s The Beat weblog, the estates of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster have filed papers to terminate Time-Warner’s copyright of Superboy. Additionally, Shuster’s estate may be considering to reclaim the rights to Superman himself. Both articles provide an in-depth look at the situation’s background history and consequences.

Paramount Pictures is inviting Sky Captain and the World Of Tomorrow fans to contribute to the film’s official website by designing it’s fifth and final theme. The grand prize winner will receive an AMD based Alienware Aurora Desktop. Please see the official Sky Captain and the World Of Tomorrow website for details.

Rope of Silicon has three new stills from The Polar Express.

Batman: Yesterday, Today and Beyond interviews Rino Romano, the voice of the title character in Kids WB/Cartoon Network’s upcoming The Batman.

Yahoo! Finance indicates that the U.S. District Court, Central District of California yesterday issued an important decision in the ongoing Federal copyright case between Disney and Stephen Slesinger, Inc., among others, in which the heirs of A. A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard are seeking to terminate the rights of Slesinger to the Winnie the […]

IGN FilmForce has released the first installment in a series of regular production updates from the set of Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

On one of the official Spawn website’s message boards are two model turn-a-rounds from the upcoming Spawn animated series. As Toon Zone notes, “The two models depict an ‘evolved’ Spawn, the current suit that he appears in the comic line, and has since Spawn #32, as well as a more comic-oriented Clown, reminiscent of Greg […]

The new poster for the Spongebob Squarepants Movie is now online at the Internet Movie Poster Awards.

From Don Bluth – master animator, artist, and director of such cartoon classics as The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Anastasia, and Titan A.E. – comes The Art of Storyboard, a one-of-a-kind textbook that describes in detail the technical and artistic processes involved in crafting […]