One can view two new featurettes focused on the making of Team America: World Police, “Build and Blow-Up” and “Action Guy”, at Yahoo! Movies.

Ultimate Disney has the press release for Kim Possible: The Villain Files, the new compilation DVD that will hit stores on December 7, 2004. In related news, Toon Zone notes that the third season of the hit Disney Channel series will debut on Saturday, September 25, at 8:30pm (ET/PT).

Ain’t It Cool News has a dazzling new clip from Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.

Jim Hill Media gives a very positive look at the new Mary Poppins Broadway musical, though the play does not resemble the classic 1964 film as much as one might think.

MSNBC reports that, following a recent trend, the tv show Alias is getting the animation treatment. The season three DVD of the show will include a seven-minute animated short called Animated Alias. The live-action cartoon trend started with The Animatrix,a series of animated shorts that ranged from realistic computer graphics to moody Japanese anime — […]

The DreamWorks Fansite is {{link http://www.dreamworksfansite.com/features/contest/gis2.php giving away}} Ghost in the Shell 2 posters – one of them signed by director Mamoru Oshii – and the DVD of new TV incarnation Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex to fans across North America courtesy of Go Fish Pictures.

The Disney Channel is airing commercials that announce there will be a new sneak peek at The Incredibles during the {{link http://psc.disney.go.com/disneychannel/clickit/index.html Click It To Pick It}} block this Sunday, September 19, between 6:30/5:30c to 8/7c.

Ay Carumba! Canadian Simpsons fans are sure to be left smiling when Emmy Award winning voice actor Nancy Cartwright stages the North American premiere of her one woman show My Life as a Ten Year Old Boy in Toronto this October. Keeping with the theme, audiences will also hear from David Silverman, the Simpsons director […]

Over at Jim Hill Media, story-man Floyd Norman {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=1080 hints at the plot problems}} a certain troubled monkey movie is having, as well as his experience working on the project and was like to work in the story department at Walt Disney Studios back in the 1960s. Universal, who are producing Curious George with […]

The {{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000629093 Hollywood Reporter}} has an interesting article up which looks at the ever growing need for CGI artists in the industry’s dominating reliance on those techincal aspects of filmmaking. In fact, Pixar’s Suny Behar believes that his experience with 3D compositing, in combination with his cinematography skills, made him more attractive than the […]

Obviously content with the tidy sum Garfield The Movie made over the summer season, 20th Century Fox are to bring another 80s cartoon favorite to the screen in the form of a live-action/CGI feature. Read the press release here:

Things in the Ghost In The Shell world are about to go stellar. In addition to DreamWorks’ Go Fish Pictures release of the sequel, Innocence, we have word that the cult franchise is staging a major comeback with the new movie, and a TV series, videogame, graphic novel, and DVD releases in the pipeline. In […]

Don’t forget that today you can bring Disney’s last – for now – traditionally animated film home on video. {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/334 DVD Toons looks at the disc}} and is pleased with the supplements on offer: “A single disc doesn’t mean that it’s not pretty packed, with a couple of real surprises! Perhaps the best and […]

At the AN Forum, ‘ScoFo’ points out that Skwigly Animation Magazine features the new article “Baer-ing Up in Tough Times”, in which Jim Hill speaks to animation industry vet Dale Baer on how he transitioned from doing traditional to computer animation.

Latino Review has the dazzling final poster for The Incredibles! Also located at the website are two photos, available here and here. Meawhile, JoBlo has three new character posters for the film, including a hilarious one focused on Mr. Incredible. Finally, the official website for The Incredibles has been given an update. Thanks to ‘scoFo’ […]

In an end to a long-wrangling bidding war between Time Warner Entertainment and Sony (Columbia) Pictures Entertainment, trade paper Variety is today announcing {{link http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117910349&categoryID=18&cs=1 the sale of Metro Goldwyn Mayer to Sony}}. Variety reports that “A group led by Sony Corporation agreed in principle to terms with Metro Goldwyn Mayer to acquire the studio, […]

The Laurel Springs School website mentions that Jeremy Suarez will once again be providing the voice of Koda the young bear for an upcoming Brother Bear II as well as a Brother Bear television series. Hopefully this means there will also be more Rutt and Tuke. Thanks to Kristin for the heads up.

Though the news has yet to be confirmed, Dark Horizons indicates that DreamWorks in New Zealand are planning for the first Madagascar trailer to appear with the prints for Shark Tale. It is assumed that this practice will follow in all other areas of the world when the film is released from October.

Mainichi Shumbun, via the Internet Movie Database, reports that the Walt Disney Co. has apologized to Japanese customers who purchased copies of the DVD version of Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, only to discover that the film had a red tint to it. The apology came as part of a settlement that Walt Disney Japan reached […]

Two shows by Genndy Tartakovsky dominated the Prime Time Emmy Awards last night, winning the trophies for Outstanding Animated Program. Samurai Jack: The Birth of Evil won in the Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour) category, beating The Simpsons, Futurama, South Park and Spongebob Squarepants. Star Wars: Clone Wars beat The Powerpuff Girls: […]

The Animation World Network has posted Michael Eisner’s {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=11910 end-of-contract letter}} to the board of The Walt Disney Company, in which he announces his intentions to step down as CEO in September of 2006. Also re-printed on the page is the response to the news by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, one of […]

The Care Bears are the latest set of traditionally animated characters to go CGI, with the release of Jouney To Joke-a-Lot, a new direct-to-video title. Despite widescreen frame grabs and a letterboxed trailer, the 80-minute film will be made available only in fullframe by Lion’s Gate Entertainment on October 5. Check out the new look […]

‘Bill1978’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=5099#post5099 Animated News Forum}} lets us know that Amazon.com is listing an {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002ZMJF2/qid=1095076983/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-3809330-5636916?v=glance&s=music Aladdin Special Edition Soundtrack}} CD, to coincide with the film’s Platinum Edition DVD release next month. No song or score listing yet, but the title does mention “Extra Tracks”, which points to Proud Of Your Boy as […]

Randall Cyrenne at DVD Toons looks at the huge amount of animated and related box sets and special editions that we, as responsible animation fans, must all go out and buy between now and the end of 2004. {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/features/70 Psyching Up For The Fourth Quarter}} is a light-hearted but serious take on the big […]

‘RandCanuck’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=5065#post5065 Animated News Forum}} has pointed out Miyazaki’s latest, Howl’s Moving Castle, has won the Osella Award for technical achievement at this year’s Venice Film Festival. More details at the {{link http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/newspro/latest_news.shtml#newsitem1094928518,24799, Nausicaa}} site, and congratulations to the Studio Ghibli team.

IGN FilmForce talks to Gwyneth Paltrow about her role in the upcoming Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, opening in theaters this Friday.

Monsters and Critics has new photos from Shark Tale.

The Orange County Register Online has an extensive new article dealing with Michael Eisner’s recent announcement that he will step down as Disney CEO in two years. (Free subscription required to read article online.) Related articles in today’s Register: Embattled Disney CEO will leave in 2006 Time will tell Eisner’s legacy Top candidates in line […]

There is a new trailer for South Park creators’ puppet extravaganza.