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 01/08/04 – 01/24/04: Hello, and welcome again to the Animated News Weekly. Please copy and paste any split links into your browser for more info on a given subject. This week… ----FEATURE FILMS---- BAFTA, the British equivalent to the Oscars (and a fair indication of where those awards will end up), have announced their nominations for this year: http://www.bafta.org/film/announce.htm Despite a poor showing at the box-office last week (it didn’t even break the top ten), Disney are insisting that TEACHER’S PET is “on target”: http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040118/leisure_boxoffice_1.html Pixar’s latest short BOUNDIN’ is getting enthusiastic mentions across the web. The animation studio recently added a “sneak peek” to its website: http://www.pixar.com/shorts/bdn/ THE FANTASTIC FOUR, the long in development live-action adaptation of Marvel Comics’ superhero family stories, looks like it might have a new director on board. Long in the hands of Harry Potter’s Chris Columbus, it’s Samwise Gamgee himself now in talks to take the helm – Lord Of The Rings actor Sean Astin. However, he faces competition from Steven Soderbergh (Solaris, Ocean’s Eleven, Eric Brockovich) in the director’s chair for the film, aiming for a 2005 release: http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=3631a5a1&atype=news&id=10076 Several new posters this week for the upcoming SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED: http://www.impawards.com/2004/scooby_doo_two_ver3.html …and the final one sheet for the March 26 release is revealed: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000729.html So, what are the 100 GREATEST CHILDREN’S MOVIES? Peter M Nichols draws up the list, which includes a healthy dose of animation: http://www.azcentral.com/families/articles/0120fam_topmovies.html Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 1943 story THE LITTLE PRINCE, is to be turned into an animated film from Pathé Pictures, who co-produced Chicken Run with DreamWorks and also have a CGI feature version of The Magic Roundabout in the works: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3408799.stm India’s 3D computer animated PANDAYAS: THE FIVE WARRIORS (said to be the first to come from the country, but where does that leave Sinbad: Beyond The Veil Of Mists – wait, you’re right…it’s best left forgotten!) is coming to region one DVD on April 20th: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000709.html HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE has complete initial storyboard planning and will now move into animation production: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000710.html More mainstream manga: the Japanese strip APPLESEED is getting the CG treatment, though it will be shaded to retain the original hand-drawn look. A trailer and more now online at the official site: http://www.a-seed.jp/ SHREK 3 (which will see the green ogre take on the legend of King Arthur – a script that was offered to and turned down by British scribe Ben Elton) and SHARK TALE 2 are already in development over at DreamWorks, even though Shrek 2 and the first Shark Tale have yet to even open: http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=3133 Director Andrew Adamson talks Shrek 2: http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=3107 Comedy animated short BOY’S NIGHT OUT continues to be highly praised: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000726.html ----DVD RELEASES---- THE CRITIC: THE COMPLETE SERIES really is a complete DVD set, also encompassing the full 10-episode internet series developed for the web in 2000. A couple of nice extras, including commentary on eight of the full episodes, rounds out a nice little package: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000727.html Animated Bliss has more on the animated VAN HELSING prequel, including specs and cover art: http://www.animatedbliss.com/news.asp?TID=310 The complete song listing for THE LION KING 1½ is now online, and includes new and old re-dos of several Lion King staples. Note that this list probably accounts for the entire DVD and its extras, not just simply what will appear in the actual movie: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000717.html ----INTERVIEWS---- ANDY SERKIS, the disguised character actor behind all that CGI make-up as Gollum in The Lord Of The Rings, has written a warts and all book that reveals what it was like going from “three weeks of voice-over work” (according to his agent) to talk of Oscar gold: http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/20/serkis.gollum/index.html Animation World Network talks to TEACHER’S PET creator Gary Baseman on the success of the television series and the challenges of transferring the format to the big screen: http://mag.awn.com/?ltype=pageone&article_no=1975 ----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY---- CNN reports that GEORGE WOODBRIDGE, a Mad Magazine illustrator with an exquisite eye for detail, has died aged 73: http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/01/22/obit.woodbridge.ap/index.html CAPTAIN KANGEROO himself, BOB KEESHAN, has also passed away, aged 76: http://www.nynewsday.com/ny-kangaroo0123,0,1776938.story?coll=nyc-topheadlines-left RON AND JOHN…gone? Two of Disney’s greatest directing teams, John Musker and Ron Clements (The Great Mouse Detective, Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules and various other story development roles) have been let go by the Mouse House, apparently due to the poor performance of Treasure Planet. Jim Hill Media looks at what a backwards decision this really is: http://www.jimhillmedia.com/legacy/index.htm?../articles/01232004.1.htm~contentFrame The Apple Mac (or as it was know back in the day, the Macintosh) is celebrating its 20th birthday! Not only changing the face of digital content creation around the world, the early success of the Mac allowed Steve Jobs to buy the experimental computer division of LucasFilm – a division which has had a “little” success under its new name Pixar: http://www.macminute.com/ ----TELEVISION / THEMED / STAGE---- The producers of SOUTH PARK stand to earn more than $100 million in royalties thanks to a deal that will see the show air in syndication: http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=100126 The Writers Guild of America has revealed its nominations, with The Simpsons taking away three out of the six awards for television animation writing: http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=100236 So, what are the 100 GREATEST SIMPSONS SPORTING MOMENTS? All 14 seasons of the show were scanned to pick the best for ESPN: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=Simpsons%20Sports%20Moments1 Anime headed for Cartoon Network: GUNDAM SEED and DETECTIVE CONAN will appear in the Adult Swim block in April: http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10092 ANIMAX, the 24 hr Asian anime channel, started with a successful launch on January 19, broadcasting to several countries: http://www.animax-asia.com/ Disney Television Animation’s latest series DAVE THE BARBARIAN premiered on the Disney Channel this past Friday: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000725.html ----BUSINESS---- Animated World Network reports on another studio hungry for out-of-work Orlando animation talent. Raven Animation is looking to expand its television animation output: http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10091 Silly old bear: the Pooh case continues: http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10093 Would Walt have approved? This week the Disney Company sold off the town center of CELEBRATION, the unique project that saw the Mouse build and nurture an actual town: http://www.local6.com/news/2782804/detail.html ----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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