The AWN Showcase submits a couple of new pictures from Pixar’s latest short film, One Man Band. Meanwhile, a recent poster for the short may also be found at the Internet Movie Database.

IGN FilmForce examines Scooby-Doo! Unmasked for the Nintendo DS, uncovering what it holds to be a fine, if not spectacular, game. Providing the title with an overall score of 6.5, the site writes, “Scooby-Doo! Unmasked is undone by its lack of polish, making it hard to recommend even though there’s a lot to like. If […]

The newest trailer for next May’s DreamWorks CGI entry Over the Hedge has hit Yahoo! Movies, in both Windows Media and QuickTime versions. Also available at the site is the film’s poster, seen to the right of this news brief.

Once the company’s executive vice president and CFO, Alan Bergman has been promoted as president of Walt Disney Studios, reports bizjournals.com, via Yahoo! Finance. With this new title, Bergman will report directly to Chairman Dick Cook, while overseeing operations for all business units such as Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, Miramax, and Disney Theatrical Productions. […]

AWN points to Variety, where news comes that Jared Stern has signed a two-year deal to pen both original and existing projects at Walt Disney Feature Animation. Stern made headlines earlier this year, when it was announced that he had sold his idea for Toy Story 3 to Disney, during his time in the Feature […]

The Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit DVD will be released on February 7th, in a single-disc edition, DVDActive reports. Offering the film in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, the DVD will likewise contain English and French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround tracks for the movie.

DVDActive also has the latest on some re-releases of favorites from Fox Home Entertainment. First up, an Anastasia: Family Fun Edition DVD will arrive in stores on March 14th. The two-disc set will present the film in widescreen and full screen, with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 track. Bonus features for the DVD involve: a […]

Rumor has it that the 1959 television series of Quick Draw McGraw, which also featured segments from Augie Doggie & Doggy Daddy, and Super Snooper & Blabber Mouse, will be riding the next wave of Hanna Barbera Collection sets. The news comes from TV Shows on DVD, which further indicates that a set dedicated to […]

The School of Visual Arts (SVA) has announced the “Which Way Did They Go?” exhibition, to be held Thursday, December 15, 2005 through Saturday, January 21, 2006. The exhibit displays work from five alumni of SVA’s Film, Video & Animation Department: John R. Dilworth, Yvette Kaplan, Alex Kupershmidt, Chris Prynoski and Tom Sito. Drawings, sketches, […]

Yahoo! News reports on TV ratings of recent holiday special broadcasts, incuding the fact that A Charlie Brown Christmas received its best ratings in at least 4 years and did quite well up against Survivor and other holiday specials and first run shows. Thanks to Kristin for the heads up.

The Star Tribune reports that the Walt Disney Co. is looking into a unique way of spreading its media content, with the news being discovered from a currently pending patent application. Apparently, Disney is considering a plan such as this: Upon buying a meal at a restaurant, one will receive a portable media player and […]

The entire soundtrack to Hoodwinked, the computer animated comedy from Weinstein Co., may heard completely free at AOL Music.

Ultimate Disney has the details about the March 21st DVD release of Chicken Little. The film will be presented in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, with Dolby Digital 5.1. Bonus features for the DVD include: the “Hatching Chicken Little” making-of-featurette, deleted scenes (including three alternate openings), the “Where’s Fish?” interactive game, a Karaoke sing along, and music […]

Anime director Hayao Miyazaki’s oldest son, Goro Miyazaki, will make his directorial debut with the animated film Tales from Earthsea, says distributor Toho Co., via The Big Cartoon Database. The project will be based on the Earthsea fantasy novels from author Ursula Le Guin, particularly the third and fourth books of the series. Revealing the […]

In a deal signed last Friday, DreamWorks, the independent studio founded by director Steven Spielberg, producer Jeffrey Katzenberg and music boss David Geffen, was sold to Paramount Pictures for $1.6 billion. After months of negotiations with Universal (Spielberg’s long-time base and current DreamWorks distributor), a deal could not be completed with Universal’s owners, NBC/GE. Conversely, […]

With a $65.5 million opening, Disney executives are more than pleased with the box office performance of The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe and have greenlit production of the next book in CS Lewis’ series, Prince Caspian. The {{link http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?id=705&dl=7532925 NarniaWeb site}} says they have received word from an anonymous […]

Nominated for three Annie Awards, including Best Home Entertainment Production, Kronk’s New Groove appears to be drawing mixed reviews, though all of them seem to indicate that the movie will at least be enjoyed by younger audiences. “Humor abounds in this successful sequel, the animation and voice talent are strong, and the characters are just […]

Today marks the release of two Disney titles new to DVD: Valiant from Vanguard Animation and distributed by Disney, and Kronk’s New Groove, a fun and inventive sequel to Yzma’s New Groove The Emperor’s New Groove. Animated News’ Christian Ziebarth gives some of his thoughts on each:

Opening Wednesday at New York’s Museum of Modern Art is ”Pixar: 20 Years of Animation,” reportedly the “most extensive gallery exhibition” the Museum of Modern Art has ever devoted to animation. Displaying paintings, concept art, sculptures, and a collection of “digital installations,” the exhibit promises a treasure of more than 500 pieces from Pixar studios, […]

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe roared with an impressive debut, taking the top spot in last weekend’s box office, with $65,556,312 from 3,616 theaters. In the meantime, another Disney release, Chicken Little, fell to #9 with $2,306,627 from 2,326 theaters, for a total domestic cume of $127,280,176. At #12 […]

New images from DreamWorks’ computer animated comedy Over the Hedge are up at Latino Review, which also has a picture of what appears to be a theater standee for the film.

The Legions of Gotham Forum reports that Robin will be joining the cast of characters in The Batman’s fourth season.

Toon Zone indicates that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has given a PG-13 rating to the DTV Marvel project Ultimate Avengers, hitting stores next February.

Apparently Kronk’s new groove is a philanthropic one. The following is a press release about and a couple pictures from last Saturday’s charity screening of Kronk’s New Groove held in Marina del Rey:

The film awards season was kicked off Saturday when the {{link http://www.lafca.net/Home/News/2005_lafca_awards_winners.html Los Angeles Film Critics Association}} announced their winners at their 31st annual festivities. Animated films picked up two awards. “Best Animation” went to \\Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit\\. And Joe Hisaishi took the “Best Music Score” award for \\Howl’s Moving […]

A Hi-Def version of the Ice Age 2 trailer has just been posted at the official Apple Trailers site.

In an effort to support the company’s plans to release two CGI films a year, along with a number of DTV films, DreamWorks Animation has announced the hiring of John Batter and Nancy Bernstein, and the promotion of Jane Hartwell. Batter will serve as a senior production executive, with Bernstein acting as Head of Production […]

The complete cast for Disney’s Broadway version of Tarzan has been revealed. According to Playbill, Josh Strickland will play the title role, as Jenn Gambatese will portray Jane. Other members of the cast include: Merle Dandridge as Kala, Shuler Hensley as Kerchak, Chester Gregory II as Terk, Timothy Jerome as Professor Porter and Donnie Keshawarz […]

Sporting a new design, Latino Review examines Hoodwinked and likes what it sees. “Some of the script could have been a little funnier, but it was defiantly good enough for the kids and adults,” says the site, before adding heartily, “I would definitely recommend this film for the whole family!” Hoodwinked will open in LA […]

The Big Cartoon Database indicates that following two months of investigation, a conclusion has been drawn regarding how a fire began at Aardman Animations, on October 10, 2005. Investigators say that the accident occurred due to an electrical fault with an appliance, not arson. Furthermore, they have pinpointed the fire’s creation to the ground-floor office […]