Variety reports that the directors of Team America: World Police, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, are contractually obligated to Paramount Pictures to deliver a cut of the film that gets an R rating from the MPAA, despite recent talk that Team America may aim for an NC-17 rating. [paid subscription required for Variety]

Jim Hill Media reports that Disney is currently offerring Lizzie McGuire star Hillary Duff a large sum of money to take on the role of Dorothy in Muppets’ Wizard of Oz. Should Duff agree to play Dorothy in the film, it will be the first time ever that Oz author L. Frank Baum’s heroine will […]

Dark Horizons reports on a recent {{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040820a.php industry gathering}} at which Disney’s Buena Vista Home Video entertained guests in a bid to push the studio’s upcoming DVD slate. Along with composer Alan Menken playing a medly from Aladdin to promote its October 2-disc release, animator Eric Goldberg was on hand to magic up some […]

Vinicio Mckay, an Animated News reader from Guatemala, has written in to let us know about the Lilo And Stitch 2-disc Special Edition DVD that has just been successfully released there. The disc follows along the same lines as reports of other foreign-language editions of this title, featuring director’s audio commentary, music video clips, a […]

The {{link http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=5069 JoBlo movie site}} has a story up reporting that, as it currently stands, South Park‘s Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s new puppet-animated musical action farce Team America will be rated NC-17, revealing “the current version of the Paramount film [contains] surprisingly graphic scenes of puppet sex”. The page also has new pictures […]

‘ScoFo’ at the AN Forum notes that Latino Review has three new pics from The Incredibles.

The official website for Home on the Range’s DVD release is now online, while the video and DVD will “moo-ve” into stores on September 14, 2004. Thanks to ‘PatrickvD’ at the AN Forum for the heads up!

Echoing Ultimate Disney’s thoughts on The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride, {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/329 DVD Toons says}} that “to be fair, it stands up against an impossible to top original pretty well, though admits defeat to the law of diminishing returns, at least artistically. With nothing too outstanding to shout about, nor anything too objectionable to […]

Ultimate Disney has a new DVD review up today – this time around it’s for the Special Edition 2-discer of Simba’s Pride. “Lacking the power and prestige of its predecessor and the clever irreverence and humor of Lion King 1½, The Lion King II feels like a traditional animated sequel. But, to its credit, Simba’s […]

The DreamWorks Fansite has posted a look at the {{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/sharktale/games.php Shark Tale video game}}, with screenshots and specs for three console editions.

Well, now that the new Mickey Mouse feature, The Three Musketeers, is actually on shelves in stores ({{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/327 review here}}), there’s no one better placed than director {{link http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/539/539804p1.html?fromint=1 Donovan Cook to reveal all}} about the making of the picture. He writes for IGN-FilmForce about the three-year production, his genuine respect and enthusiasm for […]

‘Prgoddess’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=4864#post4864 Animated News Forum}} links to Cuppa Coffee’s new site promoting an upcoming stopmotion film that crosses The Nightmare Before Christmas with the classic Rankin/Bass television shows, {{link http://www.averybarrychristmas.com/flash/index.html A Very Barry Christmas}}. Set in Australia, the hour-long special sees animal charity worked Barry Buckley trading places with Santa (voiced by […]

Rhino continues the ’80s cartoon invasion, as TV Shows on DVD gives us the scoop. Rhino plans to release My Little Pony: Season One – Part One on October 26th, with a retail of $59.95. Specs include 24 original, uncut episodes from the original My Little Pony and Friends series, the original pilot episode, and […]

TV Shows on DVD has the details on Fox’s official announcement for the second volume of Garfield and Friends, due out this December 7th. In addition to an episode list, the site give the few other specs – full screen ratio, a trailer for the live-action film, and both audio and subtitles in English and […]

The Disney Database has a preview page of the disc art for two of the three upcoming Walt Disney Treasures DVDs, coming December 7th. Continuing the simple graphic-art look of the previous releases, they look great! Check them out!

Edinburgh based Red Kite will start producion on the animated feature Nocturna in collaboration with Filmax Animation (Spain) and Animakids (France). Nocturna tells the story of Tim, an orphan who sees a star fall from the sky and is instantly transported into a world of dreams, darkness, and the mysteries of the night. The film […]

Four previously unreleased images from the One By One animated short which is included on Disney’s upcoming 2-disc special edition of The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride can be found here:

The new classic animation website {{link http://www.goldenagecartoons.com Golden Age Cartoons}} has been formed by a group of long-time toon-loving webheads, and looks to be an amazing place to keep up to date on the past. Among their {{link http://forums.goldenagecartoons.com/showthread.php?t=70 forum topics}} is leaked news that on top of a new 20-minute Bob Clampett featurette, the […]

‘Special Ed’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=4851#post4851 AN Forum}} has linked to an interesting piece at CBS News, which looks at a new series of commemorative stamp pressings coming for 2005. Of particular note will be the series of ten Muppet characters, sharing a sheet with a single stamp for their creator, Jim Henson. Also in […]

‘Athena’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=4845#post4845 AN Forum}} points out that the animation resource site {{link http://www.keyframeonline.com/kf.php Keyframe}} has been updated. In their Top 5 stories is news of the previously unannounced Balto 3: Wings Of Change appearing on Universal’s {{link http://www.universalpictures.jp/balto3wingsofchange/catalog_item_sell.html?#850 Japanese website}}, though no release dates have been set yet.

Just weeks after losing gifted film composer Jerry Goldsmith, another Hollywood legend, Elmer Bernstein, has passed away. While not as strongly tied to the animation world as Goldsmith, Bernstein’s {{link http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000930/ long-spanning career}} saw him write music for many special effects blockbusters, such as The Ten Commandments, GhostBusters and Wild Wild West. Perhaps his biggest […]

Surf’s Up is the second feature announced by Sony Pictures Animation, co-directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck, and produced by Chris Jenkins. The CGI pic will be a clever riff on the cult-surfing film Endless Summer with one catch – it stars penguins. The movie will be a mockumentary based on the groundbreaking revelation […]

DVD Toons has a trailer up for the fourth computer-animated video movie to star Mattel’s Barbie, {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/595 The Princess And The Pauper}}, with the twist this time being that she will sing her own songs on screen (previous outings have seen dance sequences and villains hogging the spotlight). Barbie: The Princess And The Pauper […]

“I thought it looked like a commercial for Pixar stock” says one particularly disgruntled money manager about the teaser for Chicken Little. He’s quoted in a story at {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20040815/va_ne_al/inside_move__beak_preview&e=5 Yahoo Finance}} about Disney’s upcoming CG boom-without-Pixar. “In recent months, he and many others have seen clips of the film at investor conferences. Reaction was […]

The official website for Walt Disney Pictures has been given a new look. Thanks to ‘monkeyboy12’ at the AN Forum for the heads up!

If you’re still wondering if you should rent or purchase a copy of Disney’s new DVD feature The Three Musketeers, here are three more reviews to help you make your decision: Laughing Place Jim Hill Media Animation World Magazine

PR Newswire has the press release for Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo, a new Disney On Ice production.

At the official FoxBox website, one can vote for which new fall series FoxBox should show on Saturday, September 4, 2004, at 9:00am Eastern. Choices include F-Zero, Mew Mew Power, or One Piece. All votes must be in by August 30. The three shows will have their official premiere on Saturday, September 18, 2004.

The New York Times focuses on Craig McCracken and his new Cartoon Network show Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends. [free registration for The New York Times required]