The DreamWorks Animation fansite {{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/fullstory.php?id=632 contest has one of six copies}} to be won of the Father Of The Pride 2-discer, set to hit stores on June 7.

As {{link http://ps2.ign.com/articles/614/614488p1.html IGN’s PS2 page}} says, “Avast, ye Kingdom Hearts fans! At Square Enix’s E3 conference, one of the surprises in the unveiling was that Jack Sparrow, the drunken mess of a pirate from the movie Pirates Of The Caribbean, would be in the upcoming KH sequel”. It is not clear at this time […]

Bishop Animation recently announced the opening of their full service {{link http://www.bishopanimation.com animation studio}}. Their own in-house project Paul And His Bananas continues in production.

Effects house Shynola’s most recent animation adventure involved the Guide entries for the big-screen adaptation of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. Chris Harding {{link http://www.vfxblog.com/articles/shynola_on_hitchhikers/index.html talks to vfxblog}} about the creation of the Guide’s graphics.

Coming this fall, Activision’s Shrek SuperSlam game pits the characters from the DreamWorks franchise against each other, combining “the twisted humor and pop culture parodies of the Shrek universe with the fast-paced action of a melee fighting game”. Signature fighting moves like Shrek’s Green Storm, Donkey’s Juggle Punt, and Puss-in-Boots’ Love-Stun bring variety and personality […]

Looks like the four penguins from Madagascar got ahold of some lightsabers.

The movie itself may be only partly animated but BigAnimation.com has a new article on that blockbuster of blockbusters, Star Wars, and they promise a George Lucas audio interview to come in about a week or so.

The newest trailer for Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, in theaters on October 7, 2005, has popped up at Moviefone.

CellSoft has released Take5, the PC version of the Take2 linetest software. Take5 allows users to capture video camera and webcam images, before playing them back instantly as animation. The timing and order in which the images play can be easily changed, using the virtual exposure sheet. These changes can then be seen with a […]

Jim Hill Media writes that though the film is not bad, The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz is being touted as a “middling affair” from several critics. However, the site writes that this may not be the fault of the movie’s production team. Apparently, the team was forced to make last minute changes to the film’s […]

Chuck Oberleitner’s industry watchdog site o-meon has updated with an article conjecturing on the possible reasoning behind the recent lawsuit filed by Roy Disney and Stanley Gold against The Walt Disney Company over the recent selection of Bob Iger as Michael Eisner’s eventual successor. The article questions the timing and propriety of the lawsuit and […]

The press release for the Samurai Jack: Season 2 DVD is available to view at Toon Zone. Episodes included with the DVD are: #14- “Jack Learns to Jump”, #15- “Jack vs the Worm, The Metal-Eaters, & The Fairy”, #16- “Jack and the Smackback”, #17- “Jack and the Scotsman II”, #18- “Jack and the Ultra-Robots”, #19- […]

According to a press release for the upcoming DVD set of both Ghostbusters movies, two episodes of the 1986 animated show The Real Ghostbusters will be included as bonus features for the set. Meanwhile, a slew of new information on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe DVD sets is listed in the latest issue […]

Toon Zone lists the Emmy Awards that Disney Channel series picked up on Saturday at the 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards creative arts ceremony in Beverly Hills. Among the recipients were Rolie Polie Olie, for “Outstanding Special Class Animated Program”; Kim Possible, for “Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing – Live Action and Animation”; and Brandy […]

Guardian Film Unlimited reports that DreamWorks Animation missed earnings expectations in the first quarter, due to their expectation that Shrek 2 would bring in more than it did. DreamWorks, which distributes through Universal Home Video, over-projected the amount that the Shrek 2 DVD would make, thus allowing Universal’s costs on marketing and distributing the film […]

Within Project Firefly’s portfolio is a 3D animation reel that features some early animation from the now-cancelled A Few Good Ghosts, which was being worked on by Florida Disney Feature Animation before its demise.

Coming Soon has two featurettes, four TV spots and nine clips from the computer animated comedy Madagascar, coming to theaters on May 27th.

IGN FilmForce reviews the Son of the Mask DVD, hitting stores tomorrow. Their verdict: Son of the Mask is a “mindless, noisy, derivative, flat-out unfunny and pointless sequel that should bury the franchise forever.” Nonetheless, the DVD’s video, audio, and extras garnered scores of 10/10, 8/10, and 7/10.

JoBlo writes of the festivities that went on during DreamWorks’ press event for Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, held at the Cannes Film Festival. Present at the event were Jeffrey Katzenberg; Peter Lord and David Sproxton. the guys behind Aardman; and Nick Park, the creator of Wallace & Gromit. In a presentation much […]

ASIFA-Hollywood will be holding a members-only screening (but anyone can be a member) of DreamWorks/PDI’s upcoming CGI film Madagascar on Monday, May 23rd, at Hollywood’s historic Egyptian Theater. And look for Animated News’ review of Madagascar in the next couple of days.

Two trade ads, one from Variety and one from Pixar, commemorating the contributions the recently departed Joe Grant made to Disney lore, from Snow White down to Lorenzo, can be viewed here:

It’s not just Disneyland’s 50th anniversary, it’s also Gumby’s 50th. Yahoo! News has a fairly comprehensive article detailing the origins of that lovable green slab of clay as well as mentioning future plans, including new TV episodes and a new movie.

Following is a personal report by Animated News’ Christian Ziebarth on the funeral services held yesterday in memory of Joe Grant:

Hollywood News, The Hollywood Reporter and Empire Online all have some new plot information on DreamWorks/Aardman’s Flushed Away.

Ultimate Disney has the cover art for the Disneyland 50th Anniversary Edition DVD release of Secrets, Stories, and Magic on the Happiest Place on Earth. The DVD is scheduled to enter stores on July 12, 2005.

DVD Answers has the menus for the DVD release of DreamWorks’ animated series Father of the Pride, set to pounce into stores on June 7th.

Ain’t It Cool News indicates that the Henson Company is currently at work on The Power of the Dark Crystal, the sequel to the 1982 film. The Power of the Dark Crystal is being scripted by David Odell, writer for the first Dark Crystal film, and Annette Duffy.

JoBlo has the teaser poster for the computer animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie coming in 2007.

Ultimate Disney has six screencaps from Kronk’s New Groove, which looks to have a December 2005 or January 2006 direct-to-video release. A 30-second promo for the film will be available to view from the Sneak Peeks menu of Disney’s Classic Cartoon Favorites, coming to DVD on May 31th.

Toon Zone points to the Station 8 Comment Room, where Chad Kultgen of 3oh!5 Creative, a company involved in DVD production, reveals that the second season of Gargoyles is coming to DVD. At the moment, Mr. Kultgen is searching for a Gargoyles fan in the LA area to maybe be featured in a bonus feature […]