\\Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit\\ has been nominated for the Outstanding British Film of the Year in the annual {{link http://www.bafta.org/site/page287.html British Academy of Film and Television Arts}} Awards. Nominated for Short Animation Film are: \\Fallen Art\\, \\Film Noir\\, \\Kamiya’s Correspondence\\, \\The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello\\, and \\Rabbit\\. Nominated in Achievement […]

An overview of the features found on DisneyToon Studios Bambi 2 (due out Feb. 7 in the U.S. as a direct-to-video title and shortly thereafter in Europe as a theatrical feature) can be viewed here:

“The odd are about to get even” in the poster for Sony Pictures Animation’s Open Season, coming to theaters September 29th. A larger version of the one sheet is available to view at Latino Review.

As a result of Disney’s acquiring Pixar, David Stainton is leaving Walt Disney Feature Animation, an e-mail notice sent to the studio’s employees reveals. In his notification, the former president of the animation division is quick to point out that Disney’s buying Pixar “is not about a lack of confidence by Bob [Iger] and Dick […]

With Pixar’s Steve Jobs and Disney’s Bob Iger making huge news today, it’s probably just coincidence that Disney chose today to made good on its {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00004368.html previous announcement}} concerning Job’s other company. Ten classic Disney Academy Award winning or nominated shorts can be downloaded from Apple’s iTunes Music Store starting today for $1.99. Now […]

It’s official! Yahoo! News reports that Disney is acquiring Pixar. The all-stock transaction is worth $7.4 billion. Pixar’s Ed Catmull will become president of the combined Pixar and Disney animation studios and John Lasseter will be Chief Creative Officer of the animation studios, as well as Principal Creative Advisor at Walt Disney Imagineering. Steve Jobs, […]

The Orange County Register online has posted a minute and a half streaming video of a ride-through on the Monster’s Inc. Mike and Sulley to the Rescue ride at Disney’s California Adventure. Looks like they have done a good job of re-creating the Monster’s Inc. in true three dimensions. Even the octopus at Harry Hausen’s […]

CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment will cease operations of their respective networks – UPN and The WB, the companies announced today. Instead the two will join forces to form a new 5th network, The CW, to be launched in the fall of 2006. The new broadcasting network will be a joint venture between Warner […]

From people who were briefed tonight on the negotiations, CNN Money via The New York Times has learned that the Walt Disney Company is reportedly planning to announce its acquisition of Pixar Animation Studios as early as Tuesday, in a stock transaction valued at about $7 billion. Supposedly, Disney’s directors are expected to vote in […]

As the film nears its February due date, the official website for Bambi II has been updated, now providing video clips, downloads, games and activities.

To Sci-Fi Wire, Patrick Dempsey mentions that he has joined the cast of Enchanted, playing a single father and lawyer who helps the princess find her way throughout New York. The article further notes that the film will be using computer animation, rather than traditional.

AWN lists the animated films to be present at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, including At the Quinte Hotel, Fable, The Wraith of Cobble Hill, Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot, and Wristcutters: A Love Story.

Ain’t It Cool News has posted an early review of Curious George.

From February 2 -14 Lady and the Tramp will be shown in an exclusive engagement at Disney’s historic El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. This may be the only chance to see this classic animated feature in a proper theatrical presentation for years. A panel discussion will be held prior to the screening of the […]

The Disneyland news service has issued a press release and photos announcing the official opening of the new Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! ride at Disneyland’s California Adventure which can be read and viewed here:

Podcast enthusiasts should take note that Disneyland has recently begun their own monthly podcast, “featuring many of the magical moments from the biggest celebration in Disney history. Join host Michael W. Geoghegan as he brings interviews, stories and event highlights from the 50th Anniversary of Disneyland® to your mp3 player.” Some of the podcast moments […]

The poster for Sony’s computer animated Monster House has been found at eBay. This particular one sheet is lenticular, meaning that as one walks past it, the image transitions from a normal house to a monstrous abode.

A teaser website for the Disney/C.O.R.E. project The Wild has opened, currently only containing the movie’s trailer in a variety of sizes and formats.

From a “very reliable source,” TV Shows on DVD brings the news that Darkwing Duck, one of Disney’s hit animated series from the early ’90s, will arrive on DVD in 2006. The site further speculates that the DVD set will be released simultaneously with another Disney animated series’ DVD debut.

The writer and director of Hoodwinked, Cory Edwards, makes a surprise visit to Animation Nation, responding to questions and concerns some people might have regarding his film.

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo: 2. Hoodwinked with $11,078,000 ($29,304,000 total in its 2nd week, over 3,002 theaters) 7. The Chronicles of Narnia with $6,067,000 ($271,682,000 total in its 7th week, over 2,757 theaters) 11. King Kong with $4,134,000 ($209,788,000 total in its 6th week, over 2,205 theaters)

The trailer for Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild may be seen at Video Detective. The film itself, which has already been released in a number of countries, will hit stores in the US and UK in February.

Ultimate Disney has the press releases for Dinosaurs: The Complete First and Second Seasons, coming May 2nd, and Little Einsteins: Team Up for Adventure, coming April 25th. One may view cover artwork for Dinosaurs at DVD Active. Meanwhile, Ultimate Disney confirms that an April 4th release date appears to be set for the Chronicles of […]

There’s been a lot of talk and rumors floating around this week about a possible buyout of Pixar by Disney. Chuck Oberleitner helps to make sense of it all at o-meon (see the “Mickey and the iSteve” article). Also, see a recent Motley Fool article in which Rick Aristotle Munarriz draws a particularly apropo analogy […]

An updated press release for DisneyToon Studios’ Bambi II emphasizes that the film will go into moratorium only 70 days after its release on February 7, 2006. This is “in tribute to the 70th anniversary of Walt Disney’s inception of his animated classic, Bambi,” referring to the year 1936 when work on Bambi commenced.

Cartoon Brew reports on the recent passing of animation legend Norman McCabe. “Between 1934 and 1999, McCabe worked at Schlesinger’s, Warner Bros., US Army Air Corps Training Film Unit, MGM, Swift Productions, Five Star Productions, Telemation, Pacific Title, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, DePatie-Freleng, Ruby-Spears, Filmfair, Marvel and Universal.”

Yahoo! News reports on a new Peter Pan book being written by a Geraldine McCaughrean and commissioned by the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. The sequel will be entitled Peter Pan in Scarlet and will feature the well-beloved characters “Peter, Wendy, Tinkerbell, the rest of the Darling family and the fearsome Captain Hook.” No […]

This week’s AutoWeek.com had some “spy photos” from Disney/Pixar’s Cars. The two pictures (large file sizes!) can be viewed here:

Three images from the Brother Bear 2 trailer found on the Bambi II DVD can be viewed here (yes, Rutt and Tuke are in it):

Ultimate Disney indicates that the Dumbo: Special Edition DVD is due for release on June 13th. The site also records that Little Einsteins: Team Up for Adventure!, the sequel to last year’s Little Einsteins: Our Huge Adventure, will arrive in stores on April 18th. On a final note, Dinosaurs, the ’90s Michael Jacobs/Jim Henson sitcom, […]