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 04/05/04 – 04/10/04: 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’s news… ----FEATURE FILMS---- HOME ON THE RANGE, is being praised for its music, even in reviews were the critics have not been too favorable: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001238.html The Motley Fool also makes a case for HOME ON THE RANGE and 2D animation in general: http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04040602.htm?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y SHREK 2 a bust? No, not at all going by early reports, but check out these head-and-shoulder replicas here: http://www.masterreplicas.com/(44wdb33xh4docn455pv00s55)/Shrek/SKCatalog.aspx MORE BILL: Quentin Tarantino is planning an animated prequel to his Kill Bill franchise, to be drawn in the style of the anime segment in the first film. He also might go back in 15 years or so to produce a true sequel that would catch up with the surviving characters from the second film, out next week: http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040407b.php SIMPSONS movies: they’re coming, but only after the show ends after all, says Coming Soon: http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4211 Tons of new anime news and reviews, as well as an image of a figure from HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE, all over at AICN: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001258.html More SHARK TALE changes: now “Don” Lino is known simply as Lino: http://www.sharktale.com/character2.html FILMAX, the prolific Spanish studio responsible for providing the majority of quality 2D animation such as El Cid: The Legend and Nocturna, is heading into 3D territory and adding another production to its slate: DONKEY XOTE, which will retell the classic Don Quixote story from the view of the old man’s horse and his servant’s donkey. The fun sounding film is on its way “as soon as possible”, but will probably appear after the studio’s other CGI project Pinocchio 3000. Catch a teaser at the official site: http://www.filmaxanimation.com/scripts/seccion/seccion_trailer.php?id_pelicula=1262&tipo=teaser&anchura=480&SESION=c1a62eb693b2d96bfb4a635cc4c7ab38 SuperheroHype has a couple of new INCREDIBLES stills: http://superherohype.com/cgi-bin/imageFolio.cgi?direct=The_Incredibles/Movie_Stills FANTASIA DIS-CONTINUED: Following our story last week that it looked as if a third musical anthology film was now no longer set up at the Mouse House, Jim Hill chimes in with his take on things. Due to Destino, One By One and Lorenzo all being issued outside of the project, it can now be confirmed that the film, also known as Fantasia 2006 is now dead: http://www.jimhillmedia.com/legacy/index.htm?../articles/04092004.2.htm~contentFrame SYLVAIN CHOMET, director of The Triplettes Of Belleville, has not one but two new features in development. As well as his film BARBACOA (centering on a monkey from the Jardin des Plantes and taking place during the repression of 1871 Paris), he also has set up a new deal with Disney’s Dimension Films for a new, as yet untitled, project: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001269.html SPIDER-MAN 2: new final trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/spider-man_2/trailer/ ----DVD RELEASES---- NEW ANIMATION AND SEQUENCE FOR “MARY POPPINS” – DVD File gives us the initial specs on the 40th Anniversary 2-disc edition, coming in December, also announcing “a brand-new live action and animated sequence [this new musical number is exclusive to the DVD] reuniting the film's stars, Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, with music by Oscar-winner Richard Sherman”: http://www.dvdfile.com/software/dvd-video/archive/2004/04_07.html TOKYO GODFATHERS, which saw a limited run in theaters earlier this year but failed to really pick up major plaudits, can be caught again on DVD and is well worth hunting down, according to IGN FilmForce: http://dvd.ign.com/articles/504/504219p1.html?fromint=1 WALT DISNEY TREASURES: frame stills and menus from the upcoming “Wave 3” on May 18th: On The Front Lines: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001246.html Mickey In Living Color, Volume 2: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001247.html Disney In Space: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001250.html The Disney Treasures line is also headed for the UK market, with the release of Silly Symphonies and Mickey In Color Volume One: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001270.html THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO: the two original features are coming to DVD: http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/551 THROUGH THE MOEBIUS STRIP: the sci-fi actioner’s website gets an update: http://www.moebiusstrip.net/start.htm SOUTH PARK: THE COMPLETE SEASON FOUR – specs and cover art: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001275.html POPEYE: 75TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION: Just as expected, the 3-disc box set (which does NOT contain any of the classic Fleischer shorts, just the 1960s TV episodes) gets a drubbing at Cartoon Research: http://www.cartoonresearch.com/reviews.html PASSION OF THE MEL: before he cleaned up with Jesus in theaters, Mel Gibson’s Icon Entertainment co-funded and distributed the stop-motion animated film THE MIRACLE MAKER. DVD Toons takes a timely look: http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/272 ----INTERVIEWS---- After the cow-girls of last week’s junket rounds, it’s the turn of RANDY QUAID, voice of Alameda Slim in Home On The Range: http://www.indystar.com/articles/7/134294-3657-064.html Don Hahn on the upcoming HAUNTED MANSION disc: http://actionadventure.about.com/cs/weeklystories/a/aa042004.htm ----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY---- DISNEY SHUTTERS ANOTHER STUDIO: this time over 70 people in Japan will lose their jobs when Disney closes their satellite studio there. 30 or so of the staff will relocate to Burbank’s HQ, leaving the Australian ToonStudios as the only facility in the Disney organization capable of producing traditional animated content. Workers at the Japan studio are looking to open their own independent production company, when Disney Japan closes its doors in June: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/FD09Dh02.html During last Sunday’s Wonderful World Of Disney presentation of The Emperor’s New Groove, “head of Walt Disney” Michael Eisner called animation the “cornerstone of family entertainment” at the company. Catch audio of the entire intro here: http://thegreatjpsclan.tripod.com/WWoD.html The plane wreckage of ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY, author of The Little Prince (currently being turned into an animated film), has been found after six decades. He disappeared during a solo flight over France in 1944: http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/04/07/world/author_plane040407 ANIMATED VIOLENCE ON TV: experts in New Zealand have been monitoring kids cartoons and come up with some surprising figures: http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=23514 ----TELEVISION / THEMED / STAGE---- AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD, based on Hellboy’s Mike Mignola’s comic book, is headed to a prime slot as an animated show, courtesy of the Sci-Fi Channel: http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=23212 Reverse engineering: Chris Robinson pulls JUSTICE LEAGUE apart (but in a nice way!): http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=2050&page=1 Animation Magazine reports that Nickelodeon and Noggin have been added to cable giant Comcast’s On Demand service: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001254.html News shows, new direction for ADULT SWIM on the Cartoon Network. An extra night – Saturday – will be home to action and adventure programming, kicking off with The Animatrix on April 17th: http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10581 SOUTH PARK’s Passion Of The Christ spoof drew in record numbers for Comedy Central: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001262.html JIMMY NEUTRON and TIMMY TURNER’s worlds to collide: a new special will meld the casts of Boy Genius and The Fairly Oddparents, continuing Nickelodeon’s trend of mixing shows: http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-6566/epid-279245 ----BUSINESS---- Another railroad accident in the Magic Kingdom: http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=4852723 ShowBiz data reports that Michael Eisner is happy NOT to be chairman of the Disney Company: http://www.showbizdata.com/contacts/picknews.cfm/35108/EISNER_SAYS_HE'S_HAPPY_NOT_TO_BE_DISNEY_CHAIRMAN CYPM and Joongang: the 3D and 2D studios are teaming up to compete with Disney and Pixar, for MGM: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001260.html STEVE JOBS has indicated that he will wait to see how the Michael Eisner/Disney situation plays out until he looks for a new partner for Pixar: http://www.nypost.com/business/18437.htm ----WRAP UP and CONTEST WINNERS---- Thanks to all who entered our HOME ON THE RANGE CONTEST. The winners were: http://animated-news.com/contest.html 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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