Animated News Weekly Archive
One downside to getting to celebrate another big milestone like our 20th anniversary is that there's not a lot more left to show or tell about our history. However, after some major excavation deep into the embarrassingly cluttered AV archives, we were able to find another dusty bit of long lost content under some old boxes of cease and desist letters and moldy Norm Of The North promotional plush.
From the first week of our launch in October of 2003 and intermittently over the next six years or so, we had an email newsletter. Sure these messages may not be too useful anymore! But they're actually kind of fun as a sort of virtual time capsule. And perhaps some future animation researcher might find the links useful. Either way, they're part of our story and we're happy to be able to move them from the dark, cobwebbed recesses of the AV archives and back into the warm light of our anniversary celebration!
So travel back 20 years with us to see how we covered the top stories of the day!
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Subject: Animated News Weekly 01/04/04 – 01/10/04: Hi again, and welcome to another Animated News Weekly. Please copy and paste any split links into your browser for more info on a given subject. Making news this week… ----FEATURE FILMS---- This year’s ANNIE AWARDS nominations have been announced! Among the feature films in competition are NEMO, BELLEVILLE, BROTHER BEAR and LOONEY TUNES, while the shorts category lines up BOUNDIN’ and DESTINO as favorites. More at the official site: http://www.annieawards.org/ FINDING NEMO has been named eligible to appear on the shortlist for Best Achievement In Sound at this year’s Academy Awards. Other animation-related films that could wind up being nominated are KILL BILL, LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING, and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL: http://news.awn.com/index.php3?ltype=top&newsitem_no=9951 TEACHER’S PET, the TV spin-off feature from Disney that opens January 16, gets an enthusiastic review from Cartoon Research’s Jerry Beck: http://www.cartoonresearch.com/reviews.html The LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS named THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE the Best Animated Feature, with a Special Citation going to Disney/Dali’s DESTINO short. BELLEVILLE also won Best Music Score: http://www.lafca.org/Home/News/2003_lafca_awards_winners.html VARIETY reviews the Spanish animated feature EL CID: THE LEGEND: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1941&ncid=2020&e=3&u=/variety/20040105/va_fi_re/el_cidthe_legendel_cid__la_leyenda TOKYO GODFATHERS has its US website updated, with movie details and the trailer. It’s out in limited release on January 16: http://www.sonypictures.com/cthe/tokyogodfathers/ ----DVD RELEASES---- It may not be a packed edition, but DVD Answers has the specs for the upcoming LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION disc. No directors’ commentaries, so there’s potential for another future release aimed more squarely at animation fans. Space Jam took three goes to get it (half) right, so maybe a two-pack with that film is the one to wait for? BACK IN ACTION hits disc on March 2, with widescreen transfer, The Whizzard Of Ow short, deleted scenes and more: http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=2946&n=1&k=looney+tunes&burl=r%3D0%26g%3Dinfo%26s%3D1%26k%3Dlooney%2Btunes%26x%3D0%26y%3D0 FUTURAMA VOLUME 3 is headed to DVD in a boxed set similar to the previous two, on March 9. All 22 episodes are featured, with cast and crew commentaries and behind-the-scenes featurettes: http://www.davisdvd.com/news/bg1.html Artwork and specs for THE CAT IN THE HAT: http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3007 ----INTERVIEWS---- ANIMATION BLAST, the popular online and print magazine for animators and fans alike, is taking pre-orders for the ninth print edition. 100 pages and ad-free, take a gander at what’s inside (including many new interviews and articles) here: http://www.animationblast.com/inprint/ ----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY---- TINTIN, the famous junior investigative reporter, turns 75 this year! Strips are to be printed in the big French newspapers: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=493&ncid=493&e=1&u=/ap/20040108/ap_en_mo/belgium_tintin As well as a pair of commemorative Euro coins: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040108/481/bru10401081829 ----TELEVISION / THEMED / STAGE---- DISNEY and FOX are pooling resources to create a newly branded block of toon programming and a new animated channel, according to the Guardian Newspaper in the UK. The new brand, to be named JETIX, will launch on ABC Family, before appearing on Toon Disney. The international Fox Kids channels will be totally re-named JETIX later this year. Animated News has the transcript of the original article: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000602.html Walt Disney's 1961 live-action feature The Parent Trap (which featured a classic stop-motion animated opening sequence) is being lined up to appear on the Mouse's ABC Network as a new TV show: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000564.html Disney’s long in development stage musical HOOPZ this week hit another stumbling block: the show just lost its composers: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/83566.html French artist Moebius, aka Jean Giraud, has launched a TV series based on his Arzak character, on the France 2 channel. ARZAK RHAPSODY comprises 14 three-minute episodes. Check one out here: rtsp://rmedia.francetv.fr:554/france2/emissions/histoirescourtes/arzak.rm And visit the official French site here: http://www.arzakrhapsody.com/ DIC ANIMATION look to be reviving 1970s characters THE TROLLS for a new series: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000585.html Changes at Nick and the WB: while one steps up, another steps down. We have the details on executive switches at the nets: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000586.html DreamWorks looks to be outsourcing animation production to Hong Kong for its FATHER OF THE PRIDE series: http://www.caltradereport.com/eWebPages/page-two-1073607565.html STAR WARS: CLONE WARS returns on March 26 for another ten episodes: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/15282.htm The new series of TEEN TITANS is profiled here: http://teentitans.aifandom.com/source/00indexanimated.html Comics2Film reports a new pre-school series based on Superman’s dog KRYPTO is in the works at the WB: http://www.comics2film.com/StoryFrame.php?f_id=4816 ----BUSINESS---- JIM HILL MEDIA has this week been spotlighting the decision by Disney to shut down its Florida Feature Animation department. Follow the progress through these articles: http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/01052004.2.htm http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/01062004.1.htm http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/01072004.1.htm http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/01082004.1.htm http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/01092004.1.htm The Reuters News Agency reports that the Orlando Sentinel is saying that Disney is expected to close the Florida Animation department and make an official announcement on Monday 12 January: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=4105748 What next for those who have left, or may be leaving Disney Florida? The answer could lie with LEGACY ANIMATION, a new company founded by members of Disney Animation Florida, that sets out to continue the working practises and traditional values of Disney animated feature films: http://www.legacyanimation.net/ The LA TIMES made some interesting predictions for some of the big media companies this year, including Disney, Fox and DreamWorks Animation: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000576.html Michael Eisner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, gave a presentation at the 14th Annual Smith Barney Citigroup Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference, pointing towards record attendance at WDW during December and strong Studio performance as signs of the Company’s turnaround. A webcast replay is available only for a couple more days, until January 13: http://disney.go.com/corporate/investors/events/presentations.html Roy Disney and Stanley Gold make their feelings on Eisner’s presentation known at their site, SaveDisney.com: http://www.savedisney.com/ Following Roy and Stan’s leaving Disney, the Company has revised its corporate governance guidelines, resulting in the supposedly “independent” John Bryson losing that classification: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000590.html Despite some recent troubles, BIG IDEA posted its 2004 slate: http://www.bigidea.com/company/news/2004_preview.htm ----WRAP UP---- That’s all for this week, folks! Don’t forget to visit us online at http://www.animated-news.com and contribute through our forums: http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/ Have a great week, The Animated News Team. ---------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: The news shared in this email contains material and links to other non-associated websites. Animated-News.com is not responsible for any consequences arising from the participating and use of these sites, and cannot be held liable for any content that may prove to be untrue, or stories that may later have elements within them changed by the creators of the reported projects. Original content ©2004 Animated-News.com.
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