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 08/08/04 – 08/14/04: Hello, and welcome to the latest Animated News Weekly. Please copy and paste any split links into your browser for more info on a given subject. Making the banners this week were… ----FEATURE FILMS---- SIGGRAPH PREVIEWS – maquettes, concept and advertising art for several upcoming features, including Rapunzel Unbraided, American Dog, Fraidy Cat, Chicken Little, Madagascar and A Day With Wilbur Robinson: http://www.skwigly.co.uk/magazine/articles/01-08-04/siggraph2004/images.asp TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE – an on set report with Matt and Trey: http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040810b.php TEAM AMERICA – the teaser one sheet, heroes and villain: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=5971 TEAM AMERICA – “terrorise this!” female character close-up: http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040814a.php THE INCREDIBLES – another (not so focused) new poster: http://www.hollywood4you.com/index.html?deptid=3027&parentid=1014&stocknumber=144411&page=1&itemsperpage=12 SHARK TALE – the final one sheet pushes the cast: http://www.impawards.com/2004/shark_tale_ver4.html NARNIA: LION, WITCH, WARDROBE – Ray Winstone (also lending a voice to the new Magic Roundabout) joins the cast as Mr Beaver: http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?dl=812060&id=76 MORE NARNIA – moving itself from the path of Peter Jackson’s KING KONG, The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe will now open two weeks earlier, on December 9 2005: http://filmforce.ign.com/narnia/articles/538/538135p1.html?fromint=1 CARS – Larry The Cable Guy will voice a tow truck in Lasseter’s final Disney/Pixar film: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002118.html Andrew Buckland’s internationally award-winning play FEEDBACK is being turned into what the creators hope will be South Africa’s first animated motion picture: http://www.thefeedbackproject.com/ BOX OFFICE – Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie, the critically panned Pokémon-styled feature, opened this weekend on over 2000 screens and looks like it will be an unexpected hit for WB, with a projected number four entry and $11.5m take. Meanwhile, the excellent I, ROBOT drops to number nine ($3.8m this week for a $133.8m total), while SPIDER-MAN 2 finally reaches its last legs in the top ten, just holding on with $3.3m and a $360.8m cume): http://www.boxofficereport.com/wbon/daily.shtml WAR OF THE WORLDS – Cruise and Spielberg, each with unexpected holes in their schedules, are due to fill them up with this new version of the classic book and sci-fi film: http://www.iesb.net/movies/movie81204.htm SUPERMAN – the search for a new Man Of Steel continues: http://www.iesb.net/movies/movie81004c.htm THUNDERBIRDS – the movie is awful, but check out the cool effects and how they were achieved: http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=319b255d&atype=articles&id=2178 ICE AGE 2 looks to be heading for a March 31 2006 date, just one year on from Blue Sky’s next, Robots: http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=5867 ----DVD RELEASES---- MICKEY’S THE THREE MUSKETEERS – fully in-depth review for Disney’s latest Mouse feature: http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/327 REX STEELE: NAZI SMASHER – the festival award winner saw a DVD debut at the ComicCon. Check out the full package and see if Rex holds up with this in-depth review: http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/328 LOONEY TUNES – GOLDEN COLLECTION VOULME TWO – cover art: http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=4598&n=1&burl= LOONEY GOLD 2 – initial specs and bonuses (more to be announced!): http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2004_08.html#000401 NO TRUE LIFE ADVENTURES THIS YEAR. . . but this press release reveals what we CAN look forward to with the second black and white Mickey set, a complete Pluto, and the first week of The Mickey Mouse Club: http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4779 COMEDY IS PARAMOUNT – a look at some end of year animated releases from the studio: http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/643 TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS – don’t let the Portuguese sound put you off this trailer for the “Mickeybot” movie: it only means that the sound will mean as much as the scary visuals: http://www.disneydatabase.com/movie_clips.php?movieid=293 AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE 3 and SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST 2 specs: http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=118794 LOVE TRICYCLE – a new independent CGI short gets reviewed on DVD: http://10secondclub.net/reviews.php?id=10006 More RANKIN/BASS animated specials on the way: http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=4710#post4710 GARFIELD THE MOVIE – fairly bland cover art, given the variety of theatrical posters: http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=4414 MARY POPPINS – full DVD specs including news of a NEW ANIMATED SHORT: http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4796 ----INTERVIEWS---- Incredibles’ BRAD BIRD and producer JOHN WALKER keep the hype build up coming, with this recent ComicCon appearance: http://movieweb.com/news/news.php?id=4675 ----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY---- DONALD DUCK’S HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME STAR – seventy years young and Donald has only just been celebrated in this way (though his “footprints” were cemented in history at Mann’s Chinese back in 1984). A selection of reports and photos can be found here: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002104.html That animated “beast” KING KONG (currently undergoing a massive restoration for a DVD release next year) lost his “beauty” this week, when FAY WRAY died in Manhattan, aged 96: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002101.html SHORTCUTS FESTIVAL – winners announced: http://www.secondcity.com/news/article.asp?nid=1720466689 PAUL AND HIS BANANAS – an independent film’s site just got a big update with the revealing of its main character: http://www.bishopanimation.com/ba.php Warner Brothers EGGBERT (AKA EGGHEAD JR) starring in Disney’s CHICKEN LITTLE? Here’s the “proof”: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2004_08.html#000399 DICK VAN DYKE – CGI ARTIST FOR HIRE? It appears that the 79-year old entertainer is well into his computer graphics on the side. Check out what he had to say at SIGGRAPH: http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=1036 ----TELEVISION / THEMED / STAGE---- Ten Questions with VENTURE BROS.’ Brock Samson: http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/538/538198p1.html REN AND STIMPY – a new promo site for Spike TV episodes has gone live (WARNING FOR MATURE CONTENT): http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002121.html CINEME FESTIVAL 2004 – rough schedule for this September’s Chicago event: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002125.html ----BUSINESS---- PIXAR AND THQ have announced a new partnership granting the game publisher exclusive interactive rights to Pixar’s first few non-Disney films: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002119.html PLASTIC ANIMATION PAPER – new 2D software is given the once over: http://10secondclub.net/reviews.php?id=10007 TIGGER CLEARS HIS NAME – after being arrested on molestation charges, a Disney worker is cleared and sent back to work: http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=31357 DISNEY FINED FOR “PLUTO” DEATH – a federal agency has fined the company following the death of Pluto cast member Javier Cruz: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/orl-bk-biz-disneypluto081104,0,224487.story ----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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