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 03/28/04 – 04/04/04: Hello, and we’re back with 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… ----HOME ON THE RANGE CONTEST---- We’re offering six chances to win soundtracks and toys from Disney’s latest animated feature, Home On The Range – in theaters now. Check out the details for the easy-and-free-to-enter contest, and remember that entries must arrive before 5pm ET on Wednesday 7 April. Good luck!: http://animated-news.com/contest.html ----FEATURE FILMS---- HOME ON THE RANGE provides Disney with a respectable but not Earth-shattering $14m opening weekend, though the per-average theater takings were well above those for other films in the top ten which had been seen as “sure things” with longer legs: http://www.boxofficereport.com/wbon/daily.shtml The SHARK TALE website has undergone a flood of new information and flash animation. Look for a teaser to debut soon: http://www.sharktale.com/ Jack Bauer…whoops, sorry, I mean KIEFER SUTHERLAND appeared on the TONIGHT SHOW recently, and revealed some details on Disney’s CGI feature THE WILD: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001204.html No long wait for UK DreamWorks fans: dates are set for SHREK 2 and SHARK TALE, not long after their US theatrical bows: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001209.html GARFIELD: THE MOVIE – a new full trailer is now online: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/garfield/trailer/ SPONGEBOB SQAUREPANTS: the movie’s website gets an update: http://www.nick.com/all_nick/movies/spongebob/index.jhtml ----DVD RELEASES---- Hot on the heels of a good, if unimpressive, box office opening for his second feature, SCOOBY DOO’s DVD box set fares a little better, thanks to an enthusiastic review from DVD Toons: http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/287 First-look at the cover art for the upcoming TOM AND JERRY COLLECTOR’S EDITION DVD: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001205.html Menus, disc art, specs and cover art for PAUL McCARTNEY: MUSIC AND ANIMATION: http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/547 Dropping the fun and pretty nice theatrical poster art, check out the over-bright and over-colored cover art for the upcoming TEACHER’S PET disc: http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/550 Great reading from THE DIGITAL BITS, including reviews of recent Disney documentaries Frank And Ollie, and Walt: Man Behind The Myth, plus an interview with Ted Thomas: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001216.html GARFIELD AS HIMSELF – perhaps already aware that the new CG cat look is none-too-popular with fans, the title of this new DVD release refers to the original animated show, coming to disc: http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3687&n=1&burl= Taking only six-months and one man to create, KAZE: GHOST WARRIOR is a short CG Samurai movie with a cast of animals in the leads. Check out the site and a trailer for the film, coming to DVD this month: http://www.wordware.com/ghostwarrior/index.htm ----INTERVIEWS---- Roseanne and Jennifer Tilly of Home On The Range have certainly been out promoting their movie! Check out these links for their words on making the picture: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/featuresnews.php?id=4110 http://latinoreview.com/films_2004/disney/homeontherange/roseanne-interview.html http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/503/503594p1.html TED THOMAS talks Frank And Ollie and the process of making the 1995 film and its journey to DVD: http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/barriemaxwell/tedthomasinterview.html Neil Fanning, the voice of Scooby-Doo, on speaking like a dog: http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/31/q.a.scoobys.voice.ap/index.html ----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY---- Sir PETER USTINOV, best known to animation fans as the voice of Prince John in Disney’s Robin Hood, died aged 82: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001199.html SUPERMAN is back, repeating his “friendship” with Jerry Seinfeld in a new American Express short film, only available on the internet at a fun-filled exclusive site: http://www.americanexpress.com/jerry The Nickelodeon KIDS CHOICE AWARDS were held Saturday. The animated winners included Finding Nemo and SpongeBob SqaurePants: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001237.html ----TELEVISION / THEMED / STAGE---- The first-look pic from DreamWorks’ NBC show FATHER OF THE PRIDE appeared in Entertainment Weekly. Coming Soon has a scan: http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4078 ON THE RECORD, the Disney compilation of musical favorites, is heading out on the road before a Broadway bow. Playbill has the dates: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/85262.html DORA THE EXPLORER has won a Peabody Award, the prestigious broadcasting prize, while the show is also looking to launch a spin-off, Go, Diego, Go: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001225.html Following Disney’s lead with its Jetix-branded action line up, Cartoon Network is to launch MIGUZI, a similar sounding concept aimed at 6-11 year olds and featuring action/adventure programming: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001226.html KING OF THE HILL’s writers are hoping to be recognized by their peers when the show goes head to head with other, live-action shows in competition, after forgoing their participation in the animation categories: http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10647 ----BUSINESS---- POOH LAWSUIT thrown out: after 13 years and countless returns to the courts, the Slesinger family were finally given an answer over their claim for supposedly unpaid royalties from Disney – the Mouse wins. The judge dismissed the case after Disney had called for the case to be dropped since Slesinger investigators were alleged to have stolen evidence: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001200.html SIMPSONS voice cast family sticks tight: Just like their on-screen counterparts, the artists who voice The Simpsons are sticking together in an attempt to end contract disputes. The cast have not shown up for recent script readings, asking for a substantial raise in pay: http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/01/television.simpsons.reut/index.html The Not-So Wonderful Thing About Tiggers: an employee at Walt Disney World has been arrested and charged with molesting a 13-year old girl and her mother while dressed as Winnie The Pooh’s bouncy friend: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-bk-tigger040204,0,396560.story?coll=orl-home-headlines ----AND FINALLY: APRIL FOOLS DAY--- Since this past Thursday was indeed the beginning of April, regular readers of the site might have wondered what was up with a couple of stories we posted that day. For those who missed them, there are some fun, if shockingly possible, ideas out there: Pinocchio sequels: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001220.html Bug’s Life prequel: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001219.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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