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 05/30/04 – 06/05/04: Hello, and welcome to another Animated News Weekly. Please copy and paste any split links into your browser for more info on a given subject. This week’s headlines were… ----FEATURE FILMS---- With HARRY POTTER opening this week, SHREK 2 saw its first big drop of 50%, but still managed to bring in over $36m this weekend for a $312m total so far. Harry’s Azkaban adventure looked to open with close to $96m, hitting the number one spot: http://www.boxofficereport.com/wbon/forecast.shtml SHREK 3 will have the ogres team up with King Arthur, and is being written by Roger Rabbit scribes Peter Seaman and Jeffrey Price: http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4967 POLAR EXPRESS – the surprisingly under-whelming new teaser premieres online: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001617.html CATS AND DOGS 2 – the animated/live-action sequel is on hold: http://www.moviehole.net/news/3726.html GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE – website updated: http://www.gofishpictures.com/GITS2/ SIAN KA’AN is one of a number of animated features striving to keep traditional animation alive: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ YU-GI-OH! THE MOVIE – trailer now up: http://www.darkhorizons.com/trailers.php CHARLOTTE’S WEB – the EB White book turned Hanna-Barbera animated feature is getting the CGI treatment from director Gary Winick for Paramount: http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=5010# In a pointless exercise, SHREK 2 will have a couple of new voices dubbed in for the UK edition: http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/features/story.jsp?story=527813 Disney’s HOME ON THE RANGE is set to bow in the UK on August 6: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001626.html ASTROBOY – the Japanese character is headed to the big screen in an animated/live-action adventure from Jim Henson Pictures: http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040603i.php SONY’S DIGITAL PROJECTIONS – the Japanese electronics giant has announced an amazing new system for converting film-based theaters over to digital projection, with anew system that cuts costs and increases the quality: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=5329072 THE FUTURE OF ANIMATED FEATURE VIEWING – more on Sony’s projection system and how it works: http://www.digitalproducer.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=25972 ----DVD RELEASES---- Disney update – specs and artwork for MULAN 2-disc, THE BLACK HOLE and DARBY O’GILL: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001634.html HOME ON THE RANGE menus and specs – not a full blown edition, but anamorphic transfer, 5.1 surround and extras featuring a documentary, deleted scenes, music video and – most intriguingly – a bonus short titled A DAIRY TALE: THE THREE LITTE PIGS – could this be one of the three Totally Twisted Fairy-tales Disney produced in the 1990s? The series was a precursor to the lopsided “Once Upon A Time” humor of Shrek and the upcoming Chicken Little: http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=4088&n=1&burl= REX STEELE: NAZI SMASHER – more on the short, coming to DVD this summer: http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/guest/colton.06042004.1.htm INCREDIBLES – Playstation 2 game trailer and interview video clips (free sub req): http://media.ps2.ign.com/media/568/568280/vids_1.html The 10th anniversary, three-disc edition of CLERKS will see a new animated sequence produced in the style of the short-lived animated series: http://www.davisdvd.com/news/rumors.html A round-up of all things Japanimation: http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17721 SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED – the DVD specs are right here: http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=112820 ----INTERVIEWS---- Join the creators of THE LION KING for a special 10th anniversary discussion on the making of the film. Taking place at the Glendale Public Library on Monday June 14, the panel includes Jeffrey Katzenberg, directors Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff and animator Andreas Deja. Full details of the ASIFA-Hollywood event here: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001637.html JEFFREY KATZENBERG on DreamWorks’ animation philosophy and new 3D direction, plus release dates for MADAGASCAR, WALLACE AND GROMIT and OVER THE HEDGE: http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-05-13-shrek-main_x.htm ----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY---- “The 2D business is coming to an end, just like black and white came to an end”. So said Michael Eisner this week, prompting outrage and comments from professionals and fans alike. Here’s cartoonist Pete Emslie’s take on ME (the “Monkey Exec”): http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/guest/emslie.06042004.1.htm The Disney-themed stamps from last year proved popular enough to warrant a re-print: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Disney%20Stamps Mike Barrier’s FUNNYWORLD REVISITED takes a look back on the production of Ralph Bakshi’s Fritz The Cat: http://www.michaelbarrier.com/funnyworld_revisited.htm ----TELEVISION / THEMED / STAGE---- FATHER OF THE PRIDE – could the new series fail to live up to expectations? Clips from the ambitious DreamWorks show, which looks to provide feature quality writing and animation on NBC, have not been getting good marks at an early screening: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040601/ap_en_tv/ap_on_tv_father_of_the_pride_1 CAR TALK – the popular radio show could be coming to PBS: http://www.current.org/radio/radio0409cartalk.shtml DISNEY is to launch three new channels in India, as well as their UK version of ABC: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=5319657 SHARK TALE – new video game grabs up: http://www.dreamworksfansite.com/fullstory.php?id=575 MORE CLONE WARS – Twenty new episodes are said to be in the pipeline: http://www.theforce.net/episode2/index.shtml ----BUSINESS---- DISNEY STILL OPEN TO TALKS WITH PIXAR – Eisner leaves door ajar for negotiations: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001619.html THE RISE AND FALL OF JAPANIMATION – interesting cost comparisons between what the animators take home and what a big franchise can bring in: http://www.asahi.com/english/arts/TKY200406020134.html “FRANCHISE EXTENTIONS” – a quick buck for the studios, or a way for fans to get more of the series they love? Universal has an interesting hook on the DTV market: http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-05-31-dvd-franchises_x.htm ----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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