The Incredibles website updated
The official website for The Incredibles has been updated, now including new video clips and a rather fun “Picture Yourself as a Superhero” game. Also, be sure to click on the television in “Bob’s Study,” located in the “Gallery” section, for an interesting video concerning lawsuits against superheroes. |
Poster: Racing Stripes
Warner Bros. has provided IESB with an exclusive first look at the poster for the upcoming comedy Racing Stripes, opening in theaters on January 14, 2005. |
“Daffy Duck For President”
Toon Zone reports that in celebration of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume Two DVD, Warner Bros. held a “Daffy Duck For President” press conference and campaign rally at the Sherman Oaks Galleria on Wednesday. “Daffy Duck for President,” a four-minute short based on Chuck Jones’ last book of the same title, will be included […] |
Forbes announces top-earning fictional characters
Forbes has announced the top-ten fictional characters, with the combined characters grossing more than $25 billion in 2003. Although Disney and Viacom received most of that revenue, videogame makers, publishing companies, and toymakers such as Mattel and Hasbro cashed in, as well. Mickey Mouse tops the list, earning $5.8 billion this year; the remaining 9 […] |
First Animated Reality Show: Drawn Together
Comedy Central will air the first episode of this new animated series next wednesday at 10:30 PM. Drawn Together is the true story of eight characters, picked to live in a house to find out what happens when people stop being real and start getting animated. Presented as if it were a real Primetime reality […] |
Robots featurette on Garfield DVD
The recently released DVD of Garfield: The Movie contains an interesting featurette on the making of Robots. The 4:26 sneak peek is anamorphic widescreen and contains several clips from the movie. |
Pics: The Incredibles and Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
The French Incredibles fansite, The Indestructibles, has exclusive pictures of the French posters for The Incredibles, coming to theaters November 5, 2004. In addition, The Disney Database has added five movie screens for Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas, coming to video and DVD on November 9, 2004. |
Third Balto movie announced for home video release
Check out DVD Toons for information on Balto III: Wings of Change, which is due for release on February 1, 2005. More Info |
Charlie Brown's third Christmas special coming to home video
The Paramount Pictures Home Video site has announced that I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown will be released on October 26. The running time is listed as 75 minutes, which makes it nearly twice as long as its broadcast version. Bonus features include Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tales and The Making of A Charlie […] |
All Too Superhuman
“Poor man – he’s addicted to heroism.” Richard Corliss of TIME Magazine gives a glowing review of Pixar’s latest film, The Incredibles; included, however, is a neat photo essay, as well as yet another reflection on the studio in general, attempting to examine what makes those crazy filmmakers tick. An intelligently written and free article, […] |
Happy ending for Pixar & Disney?
The Orlando Sentinel has an interesting speculative article about the future of Pixar and Disney’s relationship, especially in the anticipated wake of Pixar’s latest film, The Incredibles. “In an interview, Jobs would not answer questions about the Disney-Pixar disagreements. He said the companies were focused for now on making The Incredibles a success. He did, […] |
Truth, Justice and the Middle-American Way: The Politics of The Incredibles
The New York Times [free registration required] has a new article about the more possibly profound themes in the upcoming film The Incredibles. “‘The challenge in the post-9/11 world is that the news provides plenty of examples of genuine monsters, so how do you compete with that?’ [Martin] Kaplan said. ‘One way is going to […] |
Details on the Invader ZIM box set!!
Wondering where that Invader ZIM box set is that we mentioned back in January? Well, fear not! For TV Shows on DVD has the answers! The box, designed to look like Zim’s base, is empty save for a bonus disc of unfinished goodies from the cancelled second season, as well as a bonus figurine of […] |
Interview: Evan Spiridellis, the co-creator of Jib Jab
Skwigly Magazine speaks with Evan Spiridellis, the co-creator of Jib Jab, famous for such online spoofs as This Land is Your Land and Good to Be in DC. Thanks to ‘Muppet2004’ at the AN Forum for the heads up! |
Trailers and video clips for Sprung! The Magic Roundabout, Madagascar, and The Incredibles
A number of trailers and video clips have been mentioned at the AN Forum. ‘MrSwaan’ announces that the trailer for Sprung! The Magic Roundabout is now online at CineMovies, while ‘anvil’ mentions that United International Pictures has the international trailer for Madagascar. In addition, ‘anvil’ also brings to our attention film clips for The Incredibles, […] |
"Can you tell me how to get to Seward Street (animation blog)?"
One may want to check out the Seward Street animation blog. As Clay Kaytis writes in an e-mail, “This one has a very positive vibe and most of the guys who frequent it comment on how it has reminded them of some of the reasons they got excited about animation in the first place.” |
Fallen Art website now online
Following his Oscar-nominated 2003 short The Cathedral, Tomek Baginski’s second short animated film, Fallen Art, now has a new, redesigned, and updated website. Although using the same technique as in the previous film, stylistically Fallen Art is very different, as Baginski tried to create an animated short about the military with a touch of dark […] |
JibJab.com Traffic Skyrockets
Nielsen//NetRatings announced that traffic to political parody site jibjab.com jumped 493 percent for the week ending October 10. JibJab.com was also the fast growing site for that week, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. AtomFilms, which hosted the JibJab.com presidential election parody animation titled Good to be in DC, saw its Web traffic soar 341 percent to 2 […] |
The Super Milk-Chan Show on Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network has acquired The Super Milk-Chan Show, an irreverent, politically-incorrect anime series from ADV Films, which it will begin airing in November 2004. Mixing live-action with animation, this whacked-out series centers on the adventures of Milk, a selfish, foul-mouthed female superhero with no real superpowers. Far from the typical A-list superhero, Milk is assisted […] |
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series Second Season on the Way
Superhero Hype reports that Mainframe’s CG series featuring our favourite web slinger has been given a second life. The first season hired on MTV, scoring high ratings and is available on DVD. Apparently, another network will air the new series. |
Ollie the Otter and Sprung! The Magic Roundabout updates
Variety [paid subscription required], via Dark Horizons, reports that CritterPix Studios and Regency Enterprises are developing their first computer-generated animated feature, based on the bestselling kids book Ollie the Otter, by Kelly Alan Williamson. The story focuses on a courageous sea otter who leads a group of domesticated sea park friends to open water to […] |
Jobs looking for "incredible" new distribution deal
The Internet Movie Database reports Pixar chairman Steve Jobs believes that if The Incredibles becomes the blockbuster many are expecting it to be, the film’s success will give him additional leverage in negotiating a new distributor for Pixar. As Jobs tells the Los Angeles Times, concerning Pixar’s previous five film’s achievements, “Pixar is lucky enough […] |
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga DVD postponed
According to Toon Zone, Spider-Man: The Venom Saga, which was set to be released this fall, has been delayed indefinitely. |
Animated "auditions"; Reason revealed for Eddie Murphy's absense in Mulan II?
Jim Hill Media has an intriguing article entitled, “The next voice you hear …”, which deals with the animated “auditions” that some of the directors for Disney’s animated films have created in order to lure certain actors into their projects. Included in the article is a surprising possible explanation as to why Eddie Murphy is […] |
The Art of Silver
Stephen Silver is an artist who worked on the character design of such seminal TV series as Kevin Smith’s Clerks and Disney’s Kim Possible. This book collects many of his early drawings as a caricature artist as well as designs for animated series, including Nickelodeon’s upcoming Crash Nebula and previously unpublished sketches and designs for […] |
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\\{{link http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-10-17-box-office-analysis_x.htm USA Today}}\\ reports that \\Shark Tale\\ held on to the top of the box office for the third week in a row, easily beating a weaker than expected \\Team America: World Police\\. The puppets, despite good reviews, earned only $12.3 million to open in third place, behind \\Shark Tale’s\\ $22 million and \\Friday […] |
Harryhausen's fairy tale cartoons featured with low-priced horror DVDs
‘Special_Ed’ reports at the AN Forum that now available at Target stores are PD horror, double-feature flicks on DVD for only one dollar, with each disc featuring one of Ray Harryhausen’s fairy tale cartoons. |
International trailer for Robots now online
Apple.com has the international trailer for Robots, opening in theaters on March 11, 2005. Thanks to ‘piotr’ at the AN Forum for the heads up! |
The Business of Animation: an interesting new blog
‘Milton’ at the AN Forum has pointed out an interesting new blog, entitled “The Business of Animation: A Community.” At the blog, the site’s creator, ‘Staloren’, expresses strong views that you may or may not agree with. Be especially sure to take a look at the site’s review of The Incredibles. |

