Month: January 2008 – page 3

2008 animated slate firms up

During the last few weeks the major studios firmed up the dates for their 2008 releases. Here’s a look at how the year in animation is shaping up so far: • January 11 – The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything – A VeggieTales Movie (Universal) • March 14 – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! […]

Rumored Rumblings: Pixar's Up chasing windmills?

As with everything in Rumored Rumblings, take the following with a grain of salt. Several different web sites around the net are buzzing that Pixar’s slightly mysterious 2009 release, Up, may be a re-telling of Miguel de Cervantes’ classic 17th century story Don Quixote. Variety wrote in the summer of 2007 that Up was “about […]

Disney musicals set records in last week of 2007

BroadwayWorld.com reports that Disney Theatrical Productions’ three shows currently running on Broadway all set box office records for the week ending December 30, 2007. The Lion King, a six time Tony award winner now in its tenth year, set a new record at the Minskoff Theatre with $1,571,937. Mary Poppins set a record at the […]

Woody Woodpecker Volume 2 DVD coming in April

The Digital Bits reports that Universal Studios Home Video will be releasing The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2 DVD on April 15th for $39.98. According to The Bits, the 3-disc set will include some 75 remastered shorts — though the actual titles are unknown at this time. For now, you can […]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Just a quick note to wish all our readers and forum posters a very happy new year! We’ll keep the reviews coming in 2008 and have some exciting new interviews and features in the works too! If you haven’t had a chance to catch up, our Best Of 2007: The Year In Review looks back […]