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 05/02/04 – 05/08/04: 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 important stories in the world of animation were… ----FEATURE FILMS---- SHARK TALE – the movie got quite a reception last week at the Tribeca special event: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001413.html More Tribeca talk, plus promo partners for SHARK TALE: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001427.html SHREK 2 – good reviews continue to pop up: http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17465 SHREK 2 – release date change: it will now open two days earlier, on May 19: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001440.html More SHREK – DreamWorks new film will debut its first five minutes on the Nickelodeon channel: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000504352 Pre-visualization computer graphics helping out live-action films: check out this thirty second clip of a chase from the upcoming CATWOMAN movie: http://www.bet.com/articles/0,1048,p539gb9491-10442,00.html GHOST IN THE SHELL II: INNOCENCE – release date and early pics: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001424.html HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE – new images: http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=2306#post2305 PIRATES 2 – possible title and Depp’s dad casting rumor: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001445.html IMAX EXPRESS – As we reported last year, Warner Bros and the Imax Corp. have signed a deal to bring the WB’s biggest film releases to Imax’s biggest screens. Tests with the Matrix sequels proved successful and this summer will see the new Harry Potter film play in both regular and Imax theaters from the same date. Best of all is this new announcement that Robert Zemeckis’ next, THE POLAR EXPRESS, will debut in Imax in an exclusive 3D presentation!: http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4592 ----DVD RELEASES---- ROY DISNEY’s signature is still featured on the new collection of WALT DISNEY TREASURES, despite Roy leaving the Disney Company: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001437.html MICKEY MOUSE IN LIVING COLOR VOLUME 2 – delve into DVD Toons exhaustive review: http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/297 TOMORROWLAND – another in-depth look at a new Walt Disney Treasure: http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/298 Ultimate Disney opens up possibly the most anticipated of this year’s animation sets: http://www.ultimatedisney.com/onthefrontlines.html THE JETSONS: SEASON ONE gets the review treatment from DVD Toons: http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/296 IGN Film Force reviews INVADER ZIN VOL 1, SAMURAI JACK SEASON ONE and more: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001456.html MUCH better cover art for Mickey’s comeback movie, THE THREE MUSKETEERS: http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3902&n=1&burl= MULAN’s Special Features begin to surface: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001418.html American Idol’s Clay Aiken to sing PROUD OF YOUR BOY for the ALADDIN SE: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001455.html The Digital Bits report rumors that THE FLINTSTONS: SEASON TWO, TOP CAT and WACKY RACES are on their way: http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html ----INTERVIEWS---- On the eve of his 1977 feature coming to DVD, RALPH BAKSHI talks Wizards: http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review.php?id=1031 CHRIS MILLER, head of story on Shrek 2, talks green ogres: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_191257.html JEFFREY KATZENBERG on Father Of The Pride: http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/03/fatherofthepride.ap/index.html ----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY---- Another article on the future of traditional Disney animation: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/entertainment/2541824 Jersey City’s Landmark Loew’s theater will play host to RAY HARRYHAUSEN this Friday, with a screening of JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS with an intro by the man himself: http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=110145 Why no FLEISCHER POPEYE CLASSICS on DVD?: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2004/05/03/popeye_fans_get_animated_in_dvd_debate/ Some of the best recent animated and visual effects promos are presented at Animation World Network’s HOT SPOTS SHOWCASE 2: http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=2082&page=1 ----TELEVISION / THEMED / STAGE---- Animated pop – THE TRANSISTOR SISTERS, an animated band, will debut this fall: http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=24994 The ups and downs of the Disney Theme Parks: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001432.html Meanwhile. Disney unveil plans for DISNEYLAND’S 50th ANNIVERSARY: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001451.html Films created using ANIMTION MASTER now have their own showcase on the web, thanks to A:M FILMS, who have launched a free QuickTime viewer service to present individual works: http://amfilms.hash.com/ VIDEO GAMES – currently in development: http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=2269#post2269 SHARK TALE game preview: http://cube.ign.com/articles/511/511146p1.html Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA, the Disney musical currently playing on Broadway, will take its final bow on Sunday, September 5, after four and a half years at the Palace Theater: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001441.html ----BUSINESS---- LEGACY ANIMATION STUDIOS seems to be no more. Opened just this past January to continue in the footsteps of Walt Disney Animation Florida, manager Eddie Pittman had this to say on the rumors of the close: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001438.html Disney’s not the only one eyeing up India as a possible place to outsource animation: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001416.html Roy Disney and Stan Gold are to nominate an alternate board for the Disney Company if it “continues on its spiral downward”. Top of their list of who they feel could “fix” the company is Apple/Pixar CEO Steve Jobs: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5019135 ----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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