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 09/05/04 – 09/11/04: 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. This week’s stories… ----FRANK THOMAS (1912 – 2004)---- The legendary Disney animator passed away last Wednesday, three days after his 92nd birthday, leaving his lifelong friend Ollie Johnston as the last surviving of the original “Nine Old Men”, Walt’s inner-circle of his finest artists. Thomas worked at the Disney Studios from the days of the earliest color Mickey Mouse shorts up until 1978, when he and Johnston turned their attention to authoring several books on their craft, with the ground-breaking “Disney Animation: The Illusion Of Life” still being regarded as the best of its kind. In 1995, the two were documented in the feature “Frank And Ollie”, directed by Thomas’ son Ted. Recently, they set up a website and contributed again to the “Frank And Ollie” DVD release last year. Frank’s guidance in the world of animation will sorely be missed. Read The Walt Disney Company’s official statement: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002298.html Buy Disney Animation: The Illusion Of Life: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786860707/qid=1095078545/sr=8-1/ref=pd_cps_1/102-3809330-5636916?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 Buy the Frank And Ollie Special Edition DVD: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000TAYSO/qid=1095078648/sr=8-1/ref=pd_cps_1/102-3809330-5636916?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846 Visit Frank‘n’Ollie’s official website: http://www.frankanollie.com ----FEATURE FILMS---- THE INCREDIBLES – a new internet spot arrives online. He’s “Still first In Line”, folks! See the bottom of this page: http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=5730 INCREDIBLES – yet another new poster: http://www.latinoreview.com/films_2004/disney/theincredibles/poster-b.html TOY STORY 3 – apparently it IS in pre-production and it WILL be theatrical. The folks behind the Buzz Lightyear TV show know a thing or two: http://www.moviehole.net/news/4189.html SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW – the New York Times looks at a step-by-step account of how the live-action actors and the completely animated surrounds were meshed together: http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/movies/05TOPC.html MORE WORLD OF TOMORROW – 10 new clips in various formats: http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=5301 TEAM AMERICA – new stills and posters: http://latinoreview.com/films_2004/paramount/teamamerica/teamamerica.html TEAM AMERICA – a new, hysterical trailer for the action/comedy/musical/puppet movie: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/team_america/ IGOR – Disney exec Max Howard will oversee IGOR, the first CGI picture from the Exodus Film Group: http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117910044&categoryID=13&cs=1 ROBOTA – a new teaser is up for Doug Chiang’s epic: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/dc_studio/robota/ RACING STRIPES – an animated/live-action comedy gets the Apple trailer treatment: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/racing_stripes/ HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE – a winner of technical award the Osella in Venice: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002312.html HEIDI – in addition to opening up their company and applying to list its shares on the London Stock Exchange, TV-LOONLAND has announced another animated telling of the HEIDI story: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002297.html SHARK TALE – new hi-res stills: http://movies.monstersandcritics.com/archive/moviearchive.php?item_id=276&action=images ----DVD RELEASES---- FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN – the film spin off sequel from the video game premiered a special sneak peek at the Venice Film Festival: http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3134435 THE PASSION too much for ya? Well how about an animated version? Time (free sub req) checks it out: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040906-689456,00.html OH OH! Here comes YU-GI-OH to home video: http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=4799&n=1&burl= KANGAROO JACK: G’DAY USA – press release for those gagging at the possibilities: http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040908005404&newsLang=en BALTO 3 – scroll down Universal’s Japanese webpage to catch the (English-language) trailer for another direct-to-video sequel: http://www.universalpictures.jp/showcase.html TOM AND JERRY – Golden Age Cartoons has the list of complete and uncut cartoons that will appear on the first SPOTLIGHT COLLECTION: http://forums.goldenagecartoons.com/showthread.php?t=489 PSYCHING UP FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER – with the end of this year packed with animation and related DVD special editions and must-have boxed sets, get ready to spend like you’ve never spent before! DVD Toons looks at the upcoming releases and finds a few hidden gems among the more anticipated fare: http://www.dvdtoons.com/features/70 ----INTERVIEWS---- Producer JON AVNET and director KERRY CONRAN for Paramount’s SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=6284 GWYNETH PALTROW talks blue screens and acting with giant robots for THE WORLD OF TOMORROW: http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/546/546754p1.html ----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY---- Mike Barrier’s FUNNYWORLD website has been updated recently to include a fun war of words between himself and animator John Kricfalusi on the merits (or lack) of modern animation: http://www.michaelbarrier.com/index.html ----TELEVISION / THEMED / STAGE---- FATHER OF THE PRIDE – its adult skewed nature isn’t finding favor with the Family Friendly Programming Forum: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002287.html After teaming with Pamela Anderson for her superhero-styled Striperella show, STAN LEE is now taking on ALL of Hugh Hefner’s Playboy bunnies. HEF’S SUPERBUNNIES has been picked up for a pilot by MTV, which will see the silk-pyjama wearing publisher becoming a superhero by night, aided by a group of stunning, specially trained Playboy bunnies. Whatever next? http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/07/television.hefner.reut/index.html THE BATMAN – a “train wreck” according to one review, while the official site gets an update and the series debuts: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002290.html http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=121138 ----BUSINESS---- The SUMMER BOX OFFICE has closed for business now, so who were the winners and losers? Leading the pack were the inevitable sequels to Spider-Man and Harry Potter, with Shrek 2 the all-out champ, while solid earner status fell to The Day After Tomorrow, Troy and the excellent I, Robot. Bringing up the rear were public failures Around The World In 80 Days and the abysmal Catwoman. Even so, adding it all up means that Hollywood had a record-breaking summer, hitting ticket sales of $4 billion! Here are the official studio lines: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=762&e=1&u=/ap/20040906/ap_en_mo/film_summer_box_office Disney CEO MICHAEL EISNER is to step down from his position at the company when he contract expires in September 2006: http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=6203031 EISNER’S SUCCESSOR – the current chief wants current company president BOB IGER to follow in his footsteps: http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2004090513400002413752&dt=20040905134000&w=RTR&coview= MORE ON EISNER’S (eventual) EXIT – free subscription to read these articles: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002309.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. ---------------------------------------------------------- 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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