Month: January 2006 – page 5

Audio tour of Pixar: 20 Years of Animation

Luxo focuses on the Museum of Modern Art’s website, where an audio tour of Pixar: 20 Years of Animation awaits, along with a Flash arrangement of images from the exhibit.

Lilo & Stitch Special Edition DVD coming in July

Ultimate Disney reports that the Lilo & Stitch Special Edition DVD will finally hit U.S. stores in late July. Likewise, the website confirms that the Classic Cartoon Favorites DVD series has not been cancelled, as speculation of the matter came with the introduction of the Funny Factory DVD series. A fourth wave of Classic Cartoon […]

Miyazaki projects ready for Studio Ghibli Museum and TCM

Starting today and lasting until March 13th, the Studio Ghibli Museum in Japan is presenting three new short features from Hayao Miyazaki, notes AWN. The three shorts include: House-Hunting, the tale of one spirited girl’s journey to find a house; Mon-Mon, the Water Spider, in which a water spider falls in love with a water […]

Details on Cars clip uncovered at the Pixar MoMA exhibit

During John Lasseter’s presentation at the Pixar: 20 Years of Animation Museum of Modern Art exhibit, some new footage from Cars was presented. A description of the sights shown in the clip may be found at Kottke.org via Route 66 News.

"Curious where great sound comes from?"

Discovered at Dolby’s official website is a Curious George-themed trailer promoting Dolby Digital sound and the puzzled primate’s February film.

DVD news: Life with Louie, Little Pony, All Dogs Go to Heaven

TV Shows on DVD has a slew of news for animation lovers young and old. First up, Louie Anderson has acknowledged that his ’90s series Life with Louie is coming to DVD in the near future. The information was made known when the comedian stopped by the KQRS morning show. Meanwhile, Rhino will release My […]

Bambi II English theatrical poster

An English-language version of the theatrical poster for Bambi II has been uncovered at eBay. A similar, French version of the poster was posted at the Animated-News Forum, in November.

Bacon bit

Cinematical contemplates who is playing the role of Wilbur in the upcoming live-action/CGI hybrid Charlotte’s Web. The site’s search spied a forum post at the Internet Movie Database, created by a user known as “soybeanoil,” which reveals that Wilbur will be voiced by a young actor under the age of 18 years old, rather than […]

Happy Feet teaser poster?

The website Little-Elijah has what may be either an official teaser poster or simply a promotional image for Warner Bros. animated comedy Happy Feet, found here.

Incredibles, Cinderella, Kong DVDs contain some of 2005's best extras

In a list of the best DVD extras of 2005, Sun-Sentinel.com has named Mr. Incredible & Pals, from The Incredibles DVD, the “best satirical extra.” Concurrently, the site provides the honor of “best-looking DVD release of the year” to the Cinderella Platinum Edition DVD, though the project must share the award with The Wizard of […]

Future looks promising for Pinoy animators

According to Ma. Lourdes Gopalan, board member and education committee head of the Animation Council of the Philippines Inc. (ACPI), the call for animation services from the Philippines is assuredly looking to rise, should current trends remain. Furthmore, Gopalan states, the global animation industry may reach the $50 billion mark worldwide within the next couple […]

Meet Tracy VonGruben, digital artist for AniMagic Productions Inc.

At STLtoday.com, the spotlight is on Tracy VonGruben, a digital artist for AniMagic Productions Inc. The brief but informative article is especially recommded to those people considering a career in a similar line of work.

MG Studio invests in Raven Moon's Golden venture

Raven Moon Entertainment, Inc. has issued a press release, through Yahoo! Finance, regarding the news of MG Studios’ investing in approximately half of the $3.2 million budget for Raven Moon’s first “G-Rated family animated theatrical film,” Gina D & the Transistor Sisters: In Search of the Golden Record. A trailer for the movie may be […]

Most Magical Celebration on Earth Rose Parade float

It looks like it was a little rainy but that didn’t keep Disney’s float, comprised of “five beautiful Disney castles from around the world seeming to float . . . on a pillow of clouds,” from participating in the 117th Rose Parade in Pasadena. Complete story at Disneyland News. Three images can be viewed here:

Spielberg settles Mary Poppins remake rumor

Dark Horizons points to Spielberg Films, where the rumor of Steven Spielberg hoping to shoot a Mary Poppins remake finally comes to rest. Steven Spielberg’s rep Marvin Levy responds, “I never heard of this and couldn’t imagine Steven ever doing a remake of a classic – and a [Walt Disney] classic at that. There’s a […]

Bambi II cast discloses plot hints

Discovered at Wikipedia is the cast listing for Bambi II, as the latter characters mentioned for the midquel hint at what may be some interesting plot pieces. The casting is as such: Alexander Gould (Bambi), Patrick Stewart (The Great Prince of the Forest), Brendon Baerg (Thumper), Nicky Jones (Flower), Kristen Chenoweth (Faline), Anthony Ghannam (Ronno), […]

Ice Age 2 to have an ice premiere?

The Big Cartoon Database reports that organizers of the World Ice Art Championships are looking to host the premiere of Ice Age 2: The Meltdown. With talks already in progress with the film’s distributor, 20th Century Fox, plans for the premiere include such unique features as ice sculptures of Ice Age 2’s characters, a children’s […]

Paramount Pictures preview pictures

One new photo each from Barnyard and Charlotte’s Web has been posted at Latino Review, courtesy of the Paramount Pictures 2006 preview.

Future VeggieTales projects unveiled

The VeggieTales entry at Wikipedia reveals three upcoming projects from the faith-promoting foods: Larry-Boy and the Bad Apple [or Larry-Boy Returns] (2006), Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler (2006), and Minnesota Cuke and the Quest for Noah’s Umbrella (2006-2007).

Animation scheduled for Disney channels

AWN releases helpful info regarding the January schedule for Disney Channel, Toon Disney, and ABC Kids. It is especially worth noting Disney Channel’s premiere of The Emperor’s New School, debuting Friday, January 27th, at 7:30pm ET/PT. The following day, the series will begin its run on ABC Kids.

Clips: Hoodwinked

Yahoo! Movies has added seven video clips from Hoodwinked, in its section devoted to the Weinstein Co. film.

Spongebob visits Barnyard

According to the Wikipedia, a brand new Spongebob Squarepants short will accompany fellow Nickelodeon effort Barnyard, when the CGI comedy hits theaters on October 6th.