Ultimate Disney has posted a review of the upcoming 2-disc 40th Anniversary Edition DVD of Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins represented the most ambitious blend of live action and animation up to that time. The review is summed up with, “Disney has put together an excellent two-disc set worthy of Walt’s most brilliant live action film. […]

Following the release of DreamWorks/Go Fish Pictures’ 2005 Preview, Coming Soon! has new plot summaries for the Wallace & Gromit movie and Madagascar, with the latter film also having released two new production stills.

Don’t forget to vote in the 31st Annual People’s Choice Awards’ animation categories, including “Favorite Animated Movie” and “Favorite Animated Movie Star”. Animated films are also featured in several other categories, such as “Favorite Movie”, “Favorite Movie Comedy”, “Favorite Sequel”, and “Favorite Villain Movie Star”. Voting for these categories ends December 13, 2004. The 31st […]

Toon Zone point out that Turner Classic Movies will become more animated with the premiere of Cartoon Alley, a new franchise hosted by TCM’s weekend daytime host, Ben Mankiewicz. Coming from Turner Broadcasting’s library of more than 1,000 classic cartoon titles from both MGM and Warner Bros, three classic cartoons focusing on the same subject […]

The WB television network holiday slate this year features several perennial favorites, the biggest being the exclusive network broadcast airing of the \\The Wizard of Oz\\. The film will air on Sunday, December 19 at 7:30pm ET. \\The Wizard of Oz\\, based on the book by L. Frank Baum and starring Judy Garland, will be […]

The Internet Movie Database indicates that The Incredibles was named ‘Best Animated Feature’ by the The National Board of Review on Wednesday, beating out such competition as Shrek 2 and The Polar Express. Unfortunately, animation was left out- again- of the board’s list of the top 10 films of the year, which held Finding Neverland […]

A holiday tradition continues this week when the CBS television network begins airing its holiday animated specials. First up is the 40th anniversary broadcast of \\Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer\\ on tonight at 8pm ET. \\Rudolph\\ features a popular musical score from Johnny Marks and the voice talent of the legendary Burl Ives. It was produced […]

While it was predominantly live action, the Mickey Mouse Club show from the 1950’s did have that militantly fun animated opening sequence and other animated bits. The first week of this show will be available on December 7 as part of Wave 4 of the Walt Disney Treasure series. The show is certainly a product […]

The menu screens from Disc 2 (which are formatted completely different from the ones on Disc 1) of Mickey Mouse in Black and White: Volume 2 can be found here:

NarniaWeb has an exclusive photo of the beautiful movie poster stand for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. One can see the six-foot display in some Cinemark theaters on the west coast.

While it is unfortunate that the packaging is cheaper and not completely consistent with earlier waves, the upcoming Wave 4 of the Walt Disney Treasures series still has plenty of great content. Follow the ‘More’ link to view four menu screens from Disc 1 of Mickey Mouse in Black and White: Volume Two and stay […]

The British site Sky News has posted a list recently of the Top 20 most viewed movies of all time. The list only looks at total viewings by UK citizens. It does not look at critics ratings or financial intake. Only two animated films (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at No. 3 and The […]

An international poster for Robots has appeared on eBay. Robots will storm into U.S. theaters on March 11, 2005.

{{link http://www.mushroomvillage.com/smurfs-article049.html MushroomVillage.com}} reports that DIC Entertainment has acquired the broadcast rights to 26 half-hour episodes of the classic cartoon series \\The Smurfs\\. “\\The Smurfs\\ will begin airing in January 2005 on the top-rated DIC Kid’s Network, a unique three-hour programming block designed to provide stations with children’s programming that meets ‘core’ FCC requirements. DIC […]

{{link http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=7361 ComingSoon.net}} notes that Cheech Marin has said in an interview that he is part of the cast for Pixar’s \\Cars\\. His character, named Ramon, is “the auto–body shop, paintjob and interior type guy. He’s a ’58 Chevy and every time you see him he’s got a new look, a new paintjob, new interior; […]

The three animated films released this month all remain in the top 5 at the box office this week according to {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2004&wknd=48&p=.htm Box Office Mojo}}. \\The Incredibles\\ held steady at #2 with $24 million ($214.7 million total). With the unofficial start of the Christmas season this past weekend \\The Polar Express\\ charged past \\The […]

In the first of their reviews on this year’s animated releases in the new Walt Disney Treasures line, DVD Toons {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/357 takes an in-depth look}} at the second collection of black and white Mickey Mouse shorts. “What’s great this time around is that, with all the more famous and requested shorts out of the […]

Ultimate Disney has a fabulous review of the 2-disc season set of Gargoyles, due in stores on December 7th. Certainly an event for Gargoyles fans, the set also marks a Disney milestone, as this is the first Disney animated series to be released in a complete season format. As the review puts it, “Whether or […]

Tonight is a great night for animation fans as two broadcast networks are airing two popular computer animated films. NBC will air DreamWorks’ \\Shrek\\, while FOX will air Twentieth Century Fox/Blue Sky’s \\Ice Age\\. Both begin at 7pm ET (barring sporting events running late). And for those able to receive it, both will air in […]

According to {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2004-11-26&p=.htm Box Office Mojo}} estimates \\The Incredibles\\ topped the $200 million mark on Friday. The take is just below \\Finding Nemo\\, which had earned $213 million by its 22nd day of release, and well behind \\Shrek 2\\, which had earned $325 million by its 22nd day of release. \\The Incredibles\\’ box office […]

Head on over to Apple’s Movie Trailers page and catch TV-level animation in the full trailer for {{link http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/poohs_heffalump_movie.html Pooh’s Heffalump Movie}} and the new preview for the animation-inspired sequel {{link http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/sonofthemask.html Son Of The Mask}}. “Somebody, stop them!”

Animation World Network has an exclusive new article collecting remembrances of animation great Frank Thomas from many of today’s heavyweights in the animation industry, including John Canemaker, John Lasseter, Leonard Maltin, Tom Sito, Andreas Deja, Gary Goldman, Ron Clements, Gene Deitch, and more.

Valiant, the CGI film being produced at England’s Ealing Studios by John H Williams, and who Disney see as a potential replacement for Pixar when that partnership ends next year, has seen its first teaser trailer sneaked online. Debuting without much fanfare, the clip plays perhaps a little too strongly on current Brit-com favorite Ricky […]

A new figure celebrating Jim Henson is now on sale from Palisades Toys, makers of the acclaimed Muppet series of action figures. Head on over to the direct-sale {{link http://www.palisadesdirectstore.com/viewproduct.asp?productid=63 Palisades store}} to check it out and place an order!

Though the content is as strong as ever, the new wave of the acclaimed Walt Disney Treasures has a number of disappointments in store for long-time series collectors. In another display of a Disney DVD line not following the style design laid out in previous editions, the new wave will definitely not feature the wraparound […]

During a press conference held by Howl’s Moving Castle producer Toshio Suzuki, an announcement was made that Pete Docter (director of Monsters, Inc.) will lead production of the English version of Howl’s Moving Castle. John Lasseter, the first choice to head the production, was unable to work on the film, due to his involvement with […]

Latino Review indicates that despite Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow doing only moderate business in theaters, the possibility of another Sky Captain film still remains. Jude Law states, “Yeah, I think there might be. I don’t really plan that far ahead. Obviously, I’m here with this film and I’m in rehearsals for another.” […]

IGN FilmForce chats with Transformers screenwriter John Rogers, concerning the theatrical version of the popular toy, comic book and cartoon franchise.