The Looney Tunes Golden Collection – Vol. 2 DVD gets a highly positive review from IGN DVD. Receiving scores of 10/10 for the feature collection, 8/10 for the video, 8/10 for the audio, and 10/10 for the extras, the disc earns a total, not an average, score of 9/10. The Looney Tunes Golden Collection – […]

According to IESB, Salma Hayek has joined Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, and Keith Richards in the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean, which the website refers to with the oft-rumored title of Pirates of the Caribbean: Treasures of the Lost Abyss.

On the eve of its release, DVD Toons has posted the first online review for the {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/345 Shrek 2 DVD}}, saying that, although the film “may not be an all-time classic, it’s a fun, fun movie whose infectious atmosphere and spirited performances warrant a purchase. Kids will adore it even more, with whom the […]

Ultimate Disney has a first glimpse of the disc art for the upcoming Bambi Platinum Edition DVD, which arrives in stores March 1st, 2005.

TV Shows on DVD has obtained a tentative release date for what’s described as a “Season 2” DVD release date for the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tv series. According to an inquiry from Lion’s Gate, an April 26th date has been “penciled in” for TMNT, so it is by no means official. It’s good […]

Ultimate Disney has a review of the CGI direct-to-video sequel Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas, concluding that it’s “not a particularly inspired production, but it will entertain those who love these time-tested Disney cartoon characters and those who gobble up all the holiday viewing material they can. The film’s unspectacular but decent writing ultimately doesn’t […]

Getting back on track today after time and circumstance prevented postings earlier this week, we now present you with parts three and four of the production notes for Pixar’s The Incredibles. These segments discuss the voice casting and the visual design for the movie. Parts five and six will be presented tomorrow to complete the […]

A teaser trailer for what likely will be the final Disney/Pixar computer-animated comedy will be featured before their latest collaboration, The Incredibles, opening Friday. Hoping to parlay the public’s growing appetite for auto racing, Cars features the voices of track aficionado Paul Newman, who continues to compete at age 79, and NASCAR great Richard Petty. […]

The 90-minute CG movie X and I will be produced at the Bangalore-based Paprikaas Animation Studios (Pas) under the direction of Stanislao Pasqualini, an Italian director who has handled action movies. According to Pas president Srini R. Raghavan, the movie would be a major milestone for the nascent Indian animation industry. “We are doing the […]

Coming Soon reviews Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas, the computer animated sequel to 1999’s Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas. Giving the film a score of 8/10 and its extras a score of 7/10, the website concludes, “Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas is worth checking out not only for the computer animation but the fun Disney […]

As more reviews appear at Rotten Tomatoes, the first negative review for The Incredibles has finally arrived, thanks to The Village Voice. Nonetheless, an overwhelming majority of reviews for the film have been positive, including a new review from Quint at Ain’t It Cool News.

CJAD speaks with Rino Romano, who voices the Caped Crusader in The Batman, airing every Saturday on Kids’ WB.

Latino Review has an interview with The Incredibles producer John Walker. Meanwhile, Superhero Hype! has the poster announcing The Incredibles midnight screenings this Thursday.

Reuters reports that three months after suing The Walt Disney Co. in a dispute over royalties, Marvel Enterprises Inc. wants to strip the Magic Kingdom of its licensing deals for lucrative Marvel superheroes. In a new lawsuit filed on Friday in Los Angeles federal court, Marvel asks a judge to declare that Disney never legally […]

Zap2It has an article about NBC’s foreboding move to exclude Father of the Pride from its November sweeps slate. “A sweeps hiatus is rarely good news for any show, but it could be particularly dire for Father of the Pride since episodes of animated shows take so much longer to complete than live-action series. NBC […]

“Despite [the] CGI gold rush, animators’ salaries are generally down from a decade ago, and the employment picture is not too rosy,” states Variety, via Yahoo! News, in the article ‘Toonsters wait for big payoff’. The article is definitely recommended for those considering a career in animation.

In what the article describes as “animation style wars”, The New York Daily News compares the animation techniques and styles used for The Incredibles and The Spongebob Squarepants Movie.

MTV.com and Yahoo! Movies now feature scenes from The Polar Express. In related news, The Chicago-Sun Times takes a peek at the making of the film. The Polar Express will open in theaters on Wednesday, November 10, 2004.

Latino Review interviews Brad Bird, director of The Incredibles. Meanwhile, Superhero Hype has the eighth television spot for the film, entitled ‘Do the Incredible’, along with a batch of new pics.

In the article “A Very Muppet-y Monday Mélange”, Jim Hill Media speaks on the production of The Muppets Wizard of Oz, referring to its filming and the importance of its television ratings. The Muppets Wizard of Oz will debut on ABC in May.

Have an Incredible Hallowe’en, loyal A-N readers!

Just a quick mention that if you’re looking for some more Halloween goodness on the web, Roy Disney and Stanley Gold’s Save Disney site has a Halloween theme at the moment and links to several interesting articles about the Haunted Mansion, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, and more.

Before the Looney Tunes Golden Collection – Vol. 2 DVD comes out in stores on Tuesday, one can see one of its bonus features, the highly anticipated new short Daffy Duck for President, now at Yahoo! Movies. Thanks to Dan “Atomic” Fox for pointing this out.

DVD Toons reports a curt message they received about the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series from Lion’s Gate recently, after having sent an inquiry on what to expect for upcoming DVDs; “As for TMNT, expect to see another DVD Spring 2005.” Obviously no other specs are known at this point, but it’s good […]

Ultimate Disney’s webmaster was lucky enough to attend an early screening of The Incredibles, and has posted his first impressions of the film, as well as the forerunning Cars teaser and Boundin’ short, in this (very positive) early review.

Variety is reporting that Wes Anderson (Rushmore) and Revolution Studios will turn Roald Dahl’s book The Fantastic Mr. Fox into a stop-motion film. The book tells the story of a fox who finds him and his family targeted for death by three farmers who are tired of sharing their chickens with the critter. Anderson will […]

Renowned artist and special effects animator Michel Gagné has just announced on his site that a new series of 10 two-minute animated shorts is in the works. Dubbed the Insanely Twisted Shadow Puppet Show, Gagné plans to bring the shorts to life using “a combination of softwares such as Flash, After Effects, Photoshop, Maya as […]

Coming Soon is reporting that Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge) is in talks to provide her voice in the upcoming Aardman Animation/DreamWorks claymation comedy Flushed Away. If she accepts the role, Kidman would play “a street-smart sewer rat named Rita”. Flushed Away is about an upper-class British rat named Roddy (Hugh Jackman) who gets flushed down […]