Last Saturday, a report was posted regarding what appeared to be the Happy Feet poster in towel form, as discovered at eBay. As it turns out, the towel does, in fact, bear the image of the Happy Feet teaser poster. This confirmation comes from The Happy Feet Special, which offers the actual teaser poster.

A Reuters’ composition, home at Yahoo! Movies, speculates on how upcoming family films will fare internationally, as the World Cup comes into play. Movies in the study include Over the Hedge, Cars, Monster House, The Ant Bully, and Garfield’s A Tale of Two Kitties.

The latest international poster for Curious George may be found at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. On the domestic front, the mischievous monkey will enter stores on June 27th.

CGCHAR relays the thoughts of Steve “Spaz” Williams, as the director comments on his work for The Wild. Likewise, the article briefly focuses on some of Williams’ career highlights.

DVDtoons spreads the word that a 2-disc Collector’s Edition DVD set of She-Ra: Princess of Power is coming this July 18th. Along with five favorite episodes from the series, The Best of She-Ra: Princess of Power will likewise boast the addition of the feature film The Secret of the Sword.

“Wendy’s Jane” at the Animated-News Forum points to Coming Soon’s Film Database, where a page reveals that a 3-D version of The Nightmare Before Christmas is in the works. The special edition of the film is scheduled to arrive in theaters on October 20, 2006.

The third and fourth volumes of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo will arrive in stores on July 18th, says Toon Zone. Both DVDs will hold four 22-minute episodes from the series. Specifically, Volume 3 will contain “Scooby-Doo Dude,” “Ghost Who’s Coming to Dinner,” “The Story Stick” and “Robopup.” Concurrently, Volume 4 will present “Lights…Camera… Monster,” “The […]

With the release of Martin Rosen’s animated adaptations of Richard Adams’ novels Watership Down and The Plague Dogs to Region 4 DVD in Australia, {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/features/78 DVD Toons looks back}} on these two movies and their latest disc incarnations. Particular emphasis is given to The Plague Dogs, which marks the first time the fully uncut […]

Ice Age: The Meltdown continued its impressive run this past weekend, as recorded by Box Office Mojo. The sequel dropped an understandable 36.1%, falling to fourth place in its fourth weekend. Nonetheless, Meltdown pulled in approximately $12,800,000 from 3,540 theaters, bringing its total domestic gross to an estimated $167,863,000. Meanwhile, The Wild gathered $8,050,000, having […]

TV Shows on DVD provides a bundle of DVD news regarding some popular animated favorites from the past. First of all, the site has uncovered the press release for the first DVD volumes of Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain. Simultaneously, TV Shows on DVD reports that the second volume of DuckTales will enter stores […]

Last Saturday night, the Creative Craft Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony took place, honoring some of the finest programming in daytime television entertainment. To view a list of animation-related winners, as found through the Associated Press’ report in The Los Angeles Times, one needs to only click:

A Rocklin direct mail company has entered a deal regarding Disney/Pixar’s Cars, involving a cross promotion with thousands of car dealers. The result of such a plan could allow the company to at least double its revenue. More information on this story may be found in The Sacramento Business Journal.

Jim Hill’s recent “Why For” column explains how Song of the South may be available to view legally online by 2010, the link between Gnomeo and Juliet’s salvation and Walt Disney Records, and why master Disney animator Andreas Deja is “on loan” to James Baxter Animation.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press looks at the “See Jane” program, which involves a study of male and female characters in G-rated films. Conducted by the Annenberg School for Communications at the University of Southern California, the report found female main characters to be lacking by a 2 to 3 margin, when compared to male […]

High-res versions of the cover artwork for the Little Mermaid Platinum Edition and Leroy and Stitch DVDs are now available at DVD Active. Though different from Ultimate Disney‘s preliminary version, this latest Mermaid artwork is likely preliminary as well, due to its repeating of “2-Disc” and Ariel’s seven fingers on her right hand.

The Nicksclusives section of Nick.com presents numerous television ads, including the “Helpful Hint from Hammy” segments, promoting DreamWorks Animation’s Over the Hedge. Concurrently, the DreamWorks Animation SKG Fansite has a brand-new featurette on Over the Hedge, with the video focusing on the movie’s cinematography. In other Over the Hedge news, two new posters for the […]

Next Saturday, April 22nd, the Boomerang network will air 13 episodes of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The episodes set to air compose a sixth season of the classic series, which, unlike the previous five seasons of the show, has yet to be seen in the U.S.A. For more details on this event, please click:

A second movie clip from the Warner Bros. picture Ant Bully, titled “World Wild Web,” has been added to the video section of Cartoon Network’s official website.

Recently discovered at eBay is a Happy Feet towel, a promotional item released by Warner Bros. Interestingly, the towel bears the marks of a teaser poster, from the location of the company logos to the tagline. Furthermore, past teaser posters for future Warner Bros. releases, such as Lady in the Water and Poisedon, have morphed […]

The Hollywood Reporter, via Coming Soon, notes that in its second week of release, Disney’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe held onto the #1 position aboard VideoScan’s First Alert DVD sales chart. Meanwhile, Universal Studios’ King Kong fell to #3 in sales, while slipping to #2 on the rental […]

Route 66 News offers a healthy sneak peek at The Art of Cars, a record of the inspiration and talent behind Disney/Pixar’s upcoming motion picture. Furthermore, the site reports that Route 66 Magazine‘s June edition will contain a main story on Cars, including an interview with director John Lasseter. Plus, Route 66 News brings the […]

Anyone wishing to view the two trailers for Brother Bear II may have their wish granted at the Brother Bear Online Archive. The film itself will enter stores on August 29, 2006.

Cartoon Brew investigates the recent turn of events that has lead Cartoon Network to adopt past and original live-action programming. One of the mostly widely-spread speculations involves the channel’s hopes to find the same audiences that Disney Channel and Nickelodeon currently enjoy.

The 300 Production Blog, covering the behind-the-scenes action for Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel, takes a very insightful look at the making of the film’s conceptual artwork.

Announcing itself as the “first daily vintage cartoon podcast,” ReFrederator is the newest creation from Frederator Studios. The podcast is dedicated to bringing classic cartoons, taken from public domain, to viewers each week. For further information on ReFrederator, please click:

Of interest to animation fans at this year’s Newport Beach Film Festival are Jim Henson’s The Muppet Musicans of Bremen on April 22 at 10:30am, Short Animation-o-Rama on April 22 at 4:30pm, Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation (12-yr. old boys remake Indiana Jones’ first movie and get Steven Spielberg’s approval) on April 24 […]

Several new Disney animated short films have just been added to Apple’s iTunes service. These include the Academy Award-nominated Chip an’ Dale, Donald’s Crime, Lend a Paw, Pluto’s Blue Note, and Squatter’s Rights.

New pictures of the “real world life-sized models of hotshot rookie racecar Lightning McQueen, Sally Carrera, and a special truck inspired by the character Mack” can be seen at o-meon.

Cartoon Network’s Emmy-winning Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends will launch all-new episodes starting Friday night, April 28, at 7 p.m., with an encore airing at 10 p.m. Information on the next four new episodes can be read here:

The following is a press release on the Animex Student Animation Awards special public choice award, in which everyone is invited to cast a vote: