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 02/23/04 – 02/29/04: Hello – it’s been a packed week in the world of animation and the film world in general, and we have it all here in the Animated News Weekly. Please copy and paste any split links into your browser for more info on a given subject. And here we go… ----ACADEMY AWARDS---- It was Oscar’s big evening last night, with some predicted big winners (Nemo) as well as the predictable surprises (Harvie Krumpet, anyone?), though there was clearly only “one film to rule them all” in Peter Jackson’s epic culmination of his Rings Trilogy, with a record full score of eleven for eleven. The big animation and related winners were: Best Animated Feature: FINDING NEMO Best Animated Short Film: HARVIE KRUMPET Visual Effects: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Art Direction: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Music (Score): THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Music (Song): THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Costume Design: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Make Up: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Sound Mixing: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Film Editing: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Adapted Screenplay: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Best Director: PETER JACKSON, LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING Best Picture: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING For a full count of Academy Award winners, check out the run down: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000995.html ----FEATURE FILMS---- It’s all over now, but here’s what VARIETY had to say about this year’s Animated FEATURE hopefuls: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000949.html And here we are with a run-down on the Animated SHORT Films: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000973.html National Public Radio has a nice piece on the music of TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE: http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1688131 Could THE INCREDIBLES be Disney/Pixar’s first PG-rated movie? http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000958.html Pixar now “more Disney than Disney”? That’s what “Merlin Jones” thinks at SaveDisney and the Animation Nation boards: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000986.html HERBIE, the almost animated car star of the Love Bug series, is making a comeback and heading for the world of NASCAR: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2096346 “No humans” in CARS’ cast: http://comingsoon.net/news.php?id=3608 DreamWorks Fansite has some new art from SHREK 2 and SHARK TALE: http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/shrek2/ SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED poster, unleashed: http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=3648 Dr Suess’ HORTON, who once heard a Who and hatched an egg, is turning next to the big screen for a fully animated feature based on the characters from the books: http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=20271 LIVE FREAKY, DIE FREAKY, a new stop-motion movie in the works for release this spring, looks set to cause some controversy with its story of Charles Manson-worshipers: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000968.html DRAGONBALL Z: live-action movie on the way with Smallville’s Tom Welling as Guko?: http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040226e.php THUNDERBIRDS: the live-action movie based on the cult puppet show, has its Japanese teaser poster leaked: http://www.latinoreview.com/films_2004/universal/thunderbirds/intl-poster.html SHREK 2’s new poster: http://www.impawards.com/2004/shrek_two_ver8.html SHARK TALE’s initial one-sheet teaser: http://www.impawards.com/2004/shark_tale.html ----DVD RELEASES---- DVD Toons takes a look at LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION and thinks it deserves another chance at finding an audience on disc: http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/276 WALT: THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH also gets the in-depth DVD Toons treatment: http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/275 THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE has been announced for May 4: http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/521 More animation coming to disc: JETSONS SEASON ONE: http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/522 JONNY QUEST SEASON ONE: http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/523 TOKYO GODFATHERS: http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1389#post1389 MICKEY’S THREE MUSKETEERS and LION KING II: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000959.html Classic TOM & JERRY coming to region 2: http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3359&n=1&burl= UNDERCOVER BROTHER the complete 12 episode series: http://www.venturadistribution.com/new_releases/serve/7811/Undercover+Brother%3A+The+Animated+Series Ultimate Disney DVD has a first look at tentative cover art for the ALADDIN: PLATINUM EDITION, coming in October: http://www.ultimatedisney.com/ Ralph Bakshi’s WIZARDS, long rumored, is finally really coming: http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/525 FUTURAMA: SEASON 3 is reviewed: http://dvd.ign.com/articles/495/495024p1.html …And finally: an animated CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK prequel will be released to DVD as a teaser to the theatrical sequel to Pitch Black, coming this summer. Universal are also using this tactic with their Van Helsing movie: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000991.html ----INTERVIEWS---- Promoting WALT: THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH, DVD Toons got to talk with Walt’s daughter DIANE DISNEY-MILLER on life with Walt: http://www.dvdtoons.com/features/64 Toon Zone points towards a new editorial at the New York Times, where The Triplets Of Belleville director SYLVAIN CHOMET argues for "the merits of animation as a great and legitimate artform": http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=103993 ----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY---- The closing party at Walt Disney Feature Animation-Florida, in pictures: http://snagson1.com/AnimationClosingParty/index.htm ANIM-WATCH, the independent animation websource, has updated with several new additions: http://www.animwatch.com/ ANDREW STANTON has been named animation director of the year at the ShoWest theaters exhibition: http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10323 ANIMATION UNLIMITED: INNOVATIVE SHORT FILMS SINCE 1940 is a new book and DVD combination that takes a look at the work of 50 independent and diverse animators: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000978.html ----TELEVISION / THEMED / STAGE---- Major new announcements from CARTOON NETWORK, who announced 500 new half-hours including five new shows and a superhero revamp: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000965.html More new INSPECTOR GADGET! After the re-vamped cartoon show, two movies and a direct to video feature, DIC Entertainment is join with Mainframe to turn the robo-detective into a CGI character for a debut in a new TV special and DVD release. “No, no, Gadget, No!”: http://comingsoon.net/news/dvdnews.php?id=3669 HELLBOY set for TV series? It’s happening in Japan: http://www.countingdown.com/features?feature_id=3368843 Can’t wait for this summer’s next HARRY POTTER big screen adventure? Well, then, check out Harry Potter Puppet Pals, a fun Flash-animated series on the web: http://www.potterpuppetpals.com/ FAMILY GUY is back! Looks like all those DVD sales finally paid off, with new episodes of the show on the way for the end of the year: http://dvd.ign.com/articles/495/495464p1.html?fromint=1 ----BUSINESS---- A French author is continuing his case that Disney/Pixar’s FINDING NEMO lifted elements from his book in the courts: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040223/film_nm/france_nemo_dc_3 Straight talk from two men with a mission: Roy Disney and Stan Gold talk to USA Today: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20040223/bs_usatoday/stagesetforconflictatdisneymeeting Despite claims that the Mouse has “lost the magic”, Fortune Magazine has found The Walt Disney Company to be “America’s Most Admired Entertainment Company”: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040223/235966_1.html Mickeyfan posts Roy Disney and Stan Gold’s recent letter to shareholders, as well as other letters in the Save Disney campaign: http://mickeyfan.netfirms.com/cgi-bin/EisnerDisney.cgi?id=index As the campaign gains strength, the nation’s largest public pension fund and the 29th single largest investor in The Walt Disney Company is withholding its votes for Disney chief Michael Eisner’s re-election to the board, after Glass Lewis, an independent analyst, advised against re-election. Another analyst company, ISS, also urged a “no” vote to keeping Michael Eisner on the board: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000961.html Another SIX state pension funds have announced a “no” vote for Eisner as well: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000976.html Meanwhile, Disney board member George Mitchell has been directly replying to those who supported Roy Disney’s Save Disney email rally: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000972.html It had to happen: While the site isn’t as flashy as Save Disney.com, it seems there’s at least one person out there that wants to SAVE MICHAEL EISNER: http://www.savemichaeleisner.com/ It seems New York agrees with saving Eisner: the police, fire, school and municipal workers pension fund are due to vote “yes” to re-election: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00000987.html ----DISNEY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING---- The annual shareholders' meeting of The Walt Disney Company will be available live via webcast, beginning at 10:00 a.m. EST on March 3 2004. A re-play will be provided through Wednesday March 10 at 5:00 p.m. PST, here: http://disney.go.com/corporate/investors/ ----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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