Though the stills they have up “as new” are nothing the die-hard fan hasn’t seen before, {{link http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/552/552993p1.html?fromint=1 Film-Force}} has an exclusive new character profile spot featuring Edna Mode (voiced by director Brad Bird!), gadget genius and fashion designer to the Incredible family. Just one month to go!

The entertainment news site {{link http://www.medaverse.com/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=131 Medaverse}} has scored an early look at the Aladdin Platinum Edition (as well as several game spin-offs), adding to the growing number of glowing reviews the disc has received. The 2-disc set, as well as a luxury boxed set version, is out this Tuesday!

The Disney Database has added six Mulan II promotional images and a Mulan II movie screen [the last one, featuring Mushu and Crickee, on the page], along with six Mickey’s Twice upon a Christmas promotional images.

Shark Tale opened with approximately $12.9 million on Friday, leading that DreamWorks’ computer animated film could finish the weekend with $41-46M. As Box Office Guru notes, the opening day performance of Shark Tale was only a little bit below Ice Age’s $13.7 million take on Friday, March 12, 2002. The Fox CGI flick went on […]

The Internet Movie Poster Awards contains a new poster for Les Indestructbles, the French version of The Incredibles. Meanwhile, MovieGoods has quite a few new 11×17 posters for The Incredibles, in addition to having another new poster for Les Indestructibles.

In Focus has a hilarious interview with the geniuses behind this upcoming puppet action movie: South Park masterminds Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

The first toys from Pixar’s next movie are now available at Toys R Us. See them all here:

Follow the ‘More’ link for nine photos of last night’s Hollywood premiere for this coming Tuesday’s DVD release of Disney’s Aladdin. The evening began with a red carpet event outside the theater then moved inside where Clay Aiken performed Proud of Your Boy and the audience was treated to the first ever digital theatrical presentation […]

The French Incredibles fansite, Les Indestructibles, has an exclusive French trailer for the film. Frédéric, the site’s webmaster, mentions the fact that the trailer is similar to the second international trailer, and, among other new shots, includes a first look at the film’s villain Syndrome in true action. Look for the new Incredibles trailer, labeled […]

We now present for you five storyboard images from the Why Me musical sequence which was deleted from Disney’s theatrical release of Aladdin but included as a bonus feature on the upcoming 2-disc Platinum Edition release. Much of the material in in this sequence was later used in the reprise of the Prince Ali musical […]

MTV.com has the track listing for the Spongebob Squarepants Movie’s soundtrack, in which Avril Lavigne performs her version of the show’s popular theme. Within the article, other artists on the soundtrack speak their thoughts concerning the project. In related news, USA Today notes that David Hasselhoff has been added to the film’s cast, as he […]

Sci Fi Wire indicates that Genndy Tartakovsky, producer of Cartoon Network’s Clone Wars series, has stated that upcoming episodes of the series will feature longer segments and tie in to Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “We’re doing 12-minute episodes this time, as opposed to the three-minute […]

Jerry Beck, at the {{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2004_09.html#000487 Cartoon Brew}} website, reports on Wednesday evening’s tribute to animator Frank Thomas. Among other things, scenes shown at the memorial included Frank and lifelong friend Ollie Jonston’s appearance in The Iron Giant, as well as a hint that a similar cameo may be in store in that film’s director […]

{{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=123092 Toon Zone}} has an interesting snippet up which states that Disney president Bob Iger has announced a return to hand-drawn feature animation from the company. The catch? Apparently, “another animation company will be brought into Disney” to complete these productions…

Just released are new clips profiling a few more of the cast of the upcoming Disney/Pixar blockbuster The Incredibles. To see these spots, one for Violet and one for Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl, in a variety of Windows, QuickTime and Real Player formats, check out here:

Scribes Lisa Addario and Joey Syracuse have been hired to write Surf’s Up, Sony Pictures Animation’s second animated feature about surfing penguins. The doc-style feature is based on the theory that surfing was invented by penguins. The central character, Cody, is a small Rockhopper penguin who dreams of finding fame and fortune on the Penguin […]

Roger Allers has joined the directing team of Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming animated feature Open Season, and Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman have come on board as writers. Open Season, which features the voices of Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher, is a buddy comedy about a happily domesticated 900-pound grizzly bear named Boog (Lawrence), […]

After opening at #1 in Australia and New Zealand last weekend with $3 million, Shark Tale opens domestically in 4,016 theaters, the largest launch ever for a fall film and the widest opening in history for a non-sequel. Debuting in a lackluster marketplace, Shark Tale finds itself with optimistic box office expectations. Box Office Guru […]

A quick re-cap announcing the joint online debuts for the first-look teasers for Fox/Blue Sky’s {{link http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/robots.html Robots}}, director Chris Wedge’s follow up to Ice Age, and DreamWorks Animation’s {{link http://www.tribute.ca/synopsis.asp?m_id=8641 Madagascar}}, two highly anticipated computer animated comedies set for release in 2005. These clips are also playing with DreamWorks’ just-released Shark Tale in theaters.

The Disney Database has posted 8 menu screen shots from Disney’s direct-to-video title Mulan II which is due for release in February 2005.