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 03/07/04 – 03/13/04: Welcome to the latest edition of the Animated News Weekly. Please copy and paste any split links into your browser for more info on a given subject. This week’s headlines… ----FEATURE FILMS---- THUNDER-BOMB? The new Thunderbirds live-action film isn’t getting great notices from those who have seen early versions: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001059.html GARY ROSS, director of the live-action Seabiscuit, is looking to keep Universal’s animation department open after they complete CURIOUS GEORGE. Ross is turning children’s book THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX into an animated film: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=598&ncid=790&e=7&u=/nm/20040308/film_nm/film_ross_dc Following news of several DreamWorks’ unannounced features, such as REX HAVOC AND THE ATOMIC 8, comes news of a possible CHICKEN RUN 2, KUNG FU PANDA and SPACE MONKEYS: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001069.html Writer Scott Rosenberg is crafting the REX HAVOC screenplay: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001076.html BACK TO GAYA: Germany’s first CG animated film, has some screen shots up at MySan: http://www.mysan.de/article2246-seite5.html FAT ALBERT: the new film will begin and end in the animated world, with the main feature set in the real world: http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=3841 More CHICKEN LITTLE: screen grabs from the preview teaser contained on the upcoming Brother Bear DVD: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001093.html POOH’S HEFFALUMP MOVIE: next February’s theatrical film is previewed on the new Springtime With Roo DTV release: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001099.html ----DVD RELEASES---- Original ALICE IN CARTOONLAND, KO-KO THE CLOWN and more, all now available on DVD from Inkwell Images. These are really great compilations, folks: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001062.html The biggest film of the year so far – THE RETURN OF THE KING – is coming to DVD on May 25. Check out the specs, menus and cover art here: http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3471&n=1&burl= The best of the touring ANIMATION SHOW, on DVD, now up for pre-order: http://www.animationshow.com/dvd.html DVD Toons looks at the KIM POSSIBLE movie, A SITCH IN TIME: http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/280 Roy Disney would, if restored to an influential position at Disney, support the release of THE SONG OF THE SOUTH to disc. News from the horse’s mouth, right here: http://www.songofthesouth.net/news/index.html Disney classics: a whole new bunch of live-action catalog fare is coming to disc: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001070.html More animated box sets on the way from Warner Bros, including more LOONEY TUNES and TOM AND JERRY: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001072.html SCOOBY-DOO: The first and second season box set DVD is reviewed at DVD File: http://www.dvdfile.com/software/review/dvd-video_8/scoobydoo_s1_s2.html THE SIMPSONS: SEASON FOUR – at last, it’s coming: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=1229 PAUL McCARTNEY: THE MUSIC AND ANIMATION COLLECTION: view a series of story sketch images here: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001089.html THE WORLD’S BEST INDEPENDENT ANIMATED SHORTS is looking for your cartoons. The website for submissions just went live: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001098.html ----INTERVIEWS---- ANIMATED BUZZ talks to two animators with a passion to keep 2D alive, Eddie Pittman of Legacy Animation, and Mike Disa: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001080.html JOHN MUSKER and RON CLEMENTS are talk very frankly and in-depth in an interview for The Laughing Place: http://laughingplace.com/News-PID210250-210250.asp ----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY---- 2D animation production in the US is at an all time low, especially at Disney, the place it used to call home. With much movement in this area in Europe, many ex-Mouse House animators are finding themselves back under Mickey’s watch…down under at the Toon Studios facility in Australia, which should mean a continued rise in quality level from all those sequels: http://www.showbizdata.com/contacts/picknews.cfm?id=34899 ----TELEVISION / THEMED / STAGE---- Popeye dropped from Cartoon Network! Here’s the full story: http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=21067 Avenue Q director JASON MOORE has been tapped to direct the live-action version of Disney’s THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, based on the structure of the German stage musical. Original composers ALAN MENKEN and STEPHEN SCHWARTZ wrote several new songs for the musical, which will be carried over, as well as some new material: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/84832.html NOSFERATU: the terrifying vampire icon is about to go techno, with a futuristic-looking CG animated re-take, from Wolfland Pictures: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001091.html Game over for GAME OVER? The CGI-animated sitcom based around video game characters, shown on UPN, had a lacklustre debut Wednesday, even worse than previous slot-holder, Star Trek: Enterprise: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001095.html Win a deal with MTV! Their animation department is looking for the “next big show”! Could it be you? Possibly, but only if you check out the contest: http://www.mtvu.com/contests/mtvu_animation/ ----BUSINESS---- What does Michael Eisner look to gain by standing down from CEO of Disney? Well, quite a lot actually: http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2004/nf2004035_4187_db016.htm The New York Times has more on Eisner’s good fortunes: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/10/business/media/10place.html?ei=5065&en=f3c12b7b9c37c729&ex=1079586000&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print&position= There’s video up from Roy Disney’s SAVE DISNEY conference from last week, at The Laughing Place: http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID508040.asp While she agrees that Disney needs a new leader, Walt’s daughter DIANE DISNEY-MILLER has spoken up about the fight for control at the company which bears her father’s name, calling her cousin Roy Disney’s move to oust Eisner “vicious and personal”. Read her thoughts on the situation here: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001083.html The case of the fishy fish: a French author is finding his claim against Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo has taken a dive: http://www.forbes.com/business/2004/03/12/cx_al_0312nemo.html Combining Apple’s Wavelet technology with Pixar’s abilities and demands has created the Pixlet codec – the main reason the CG animation company is now completely moving over to production on the Mac. Steve Jobs is a very happy man: http://www.macnn.com/news/23784 ----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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