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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05/09/04 – 05/15/04:

Hello, and welcome to a rather belated Animated News Weekly. Please copy and paste any split links into your browser for more info on a given subject. Last week’s better-late-than-never news was…



----FEATURE FILMS----

THE INCREDIBLES – incredible new trailer online now:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/the_incredibles/

Facing up against the Incredibles, DreamWorks’ SHARK TALE trailer also debuts this week:
http://movies.channel.aol.com/feature/exclusives.adp

SHREK 2 – out now – looks to be another hit for DreamWorks. Here are photos from the GREEN carpet premiere:
http://www.iesb.net/movies/shrek2premiere.htm

Catch the “Accidentally In Love” music video from SHREK 2:
http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=545053

More and more Shrek – new info on upcoming sequels:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001498.html

Shrek 2 reviews:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001502.html

CHICKEN LITTLE – Disney are preparing early to turn their potential hit film into a video game in-house:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4635

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS – new trailer:
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?id=1808450090&d=hv&cf=trailer

KAENA: THE PROPHECY doesn’t get a very enthusiastic response from AICN:
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17532

With the big studios closing up the 2D shops, more and more animation is being produced internationally and independently. Check out an independent on the way, WOLF:
http://www.wolfmovie.com/



----DVD RELEASES----

SPECIAL REPORT – WALT DISNEY TREASURES – WAVE 4 CONFIMRED! Direct from the Front Lines comes Animated News’ report on a recent LA screening celebrating the release of Disney’s wartime films on DVD. During the event, the next wave of Treasure DVDs were announced. Look for The Complete Pluto, The Mickey Mouse Club, True Life Adventures and Mickey Mouse In Black And White Part II as this year’s releases, due for December:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001479.html

Walt Disney On The Front Lines gets glowing reviews from a number of sites:
DVD Toons in-depth review:
http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/301
Laughing Place:
http://www.laughingplace.com/News-PID280190-280190.asp

MULAN – full specs for the collectors’ edition 2-disc set:
http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/570

Inside the ALADDIN GIFT SET. Artwork now up:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001495.html

JONNY QUEST – FIRST SEASON disc given the thumbs up at DVD Toons:
http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/299

CLASSIC MGM TOONS – hidden in WB’s new issue of The Marx Bros Collection are a number of fantastic gems. Check it out:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001492.html

MIYAZAKI – WAVE TWO cover art:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001478.html

SPIDER-MAN Vs DOC OCK – episodes to be included revealed here:
http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=110615

TEACHER’S PET – a look at Disney’s DVD menus:
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/tpmenus.html

Independent producer Jeff Haas debuts his animated film THE DALMARIAN CHRONICLES on DVD:
http://www.haasanimation.com/



----INTERVIEWS----

Screen legend JULIE ANDREWS speaks about Shrek 2:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/shrek2news.php?id=4638

Shrek 2 director ANDREW ADAMSON:
http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/shrek2/

ANTONIO BANDERAS jumps on the Shrek 2 junket wagon:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/banderas.php

CAST AND CREW of Shrek 2:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/shrek2news.php?id=4664



----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY----

SUPERMAN, following his web comeback with Jerry Seinfeld for American Express, will be back in a new special for NBC:
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-tv.html?2004-05/07/10.30.tv

Andreas Deja is confirmed as working on BAMBI II. Plot outline and more here:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001488.html



----TELEVISION / THEMED / STAGE----

The E3 GAMES EVENT in LA revealed an amazing amount of new games in development. Here’s a look at what might appeal to animation fans, including new outings for Jimmy Neutron, Aladdin, Lilo And Stitch, Kingdom Hearts and various new franchises:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001504.html

More CLONE WARS? The animated hit series may be on the way back:
http://www.theforce.net/episode2/index.shtml#23848

Beach Boy Brian Wilson is set to appear in caricatured form on DUCK DODGERS:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=musicNews&storyID=5079419

THE EXORCIST and THE SHINING, not two movies usually associated with animation, get “bunnied up” with these two very funny spoof shorts:
http://www.angryalien.com

SPAWN – Todd McFarlane’s franchise is on the comeback trail:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4678
OutKast’s Andre 3000 is developing material for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim brand:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?section=CELEBRITY&oid=50754

Following his work on Clone Wars, could Genndy Tartakovsky be heading into Stephen King territory next:
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17560

Final Fantasy – a new game for a new format:
http://www.gamespot.com/psp/rpg/finalfantasyviiadventchildren/index.html

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS – the video game is shaping up nicely for a Halloween release. Take a look at the full trailer:
http://www.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_nightmarebc_or_e3_2k4.html



----BUSINESS----

Stanley Gold isn’t just out to SaveDisney:
http://www2.ocregister.com/ocrweb/ocr/article.do?id=94139§ion=BUSINESS



---AND FINALLY!----

By way of making up for the delay in sending out this week’s newsletter, and since things have been decidedly SHREK 2 themed this week, how about a sneak peek at SHREK 2? The official site has made available the first five minutes of their latest animated blockbuster – if you like what you see, the film has just opened in theaters across the US! Catch a bunch of Shrek here:
http://www.shrek2.com/firstfive.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.


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