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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10/24/04 – 10/30/04:

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 weeks headliners were. . .



----FEATURE FILMS----

THE INCREDIBLES – the hype heats up in the final week before release. TONS of new links and stuff from the film:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002592.html

INCREDIBLES – pics from the premiere:
http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=incredibles+premiere&ei=UTF-8&c=news_photos

INCREDIBLES – Soundtrack and audio story press release:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20041027005320&newsLang=en

INCREDIBLES – production press reports:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002618.html
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002627.html

CHICKEN LITTLE – a new trailer, set to debut with The Incredibles, is online:
http://movies.msn.com/movies/FamilyFilms/ChickenLittle

NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE – the success of the film depends on whether the series will continue with Prince Caspian:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/entertainmentstorydisplay.cfm?storyID=3595351&thesection=entertainment&thesubsection=film&thesecondsubsection=general

THE POLAR EXPRESS – an early look at the film:
http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=1151

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY – sneaked images of the factory:
http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=18710

INCREDIBLES and POLAR EXPRESS reviews – AICN has seen both:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002628.html

INCREDIBLES – another review:
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/incredibles-screening.html

FLUSHED AWAY – Nicole Kidman is in talks to join the cast of Aardman/DreamWorks’ comedy:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=6967

FANTASTIC MR. FOX – Joining the animation bandwagon is Revolution Studios, who will compliment Sony’s own (CGI) animation output with a stop-motion-animated telling of Roald Dahl’s book:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002633.html



----DVD RELEASES----

LOONEY TUNES GOLDEN COLLECTION VOLUME 2 – first in-depth review here:
http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/344

DAFFY DUCK FOR PRESIDENT – sneak peek images of the new short here:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002612.html

MULAN: 2-disc edition – another reason it’s worth the upgrade:
http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/342

BATMAN – more Timm-styled projects are on the way to DVD:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002584.html

TV SHOWS ON DVD – updated details on various shows including: Garfield, The Simpsons, Dastardly And Muttley, Penelope Pitstop, The Batman, Fat Albert, Smurfs, Atomic Betty and Family Guy:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002605.html

INVADER ZIM: HORRIBLE HOLIDAY CHEER – review:
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/561/561066p1.html

TOM AND JERRY: THE SPOTLIGHT COLLECTION – two reviews point out the disappointing set:
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/560/560458p1.html

THE IRON GIANT – pack the Golden Apple Comic store in LA for a reunion to mark the new DVD release:
http://goldenapplecomics.com/cal/11-20-04.html

STUDIO GHIBLI – release date updates on the next Miyazaki wave:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002623.html

MARY POPPINS – screenshots from the 2-disc, 40th Anniversary edition:
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5995



----INTERVIEWS----

The Incredible BRAD BIRD:
http://washingtontimes.com/arts/20041022-090900-7146r.htm

TOM HANKS and NONA GAYE take a ticket for THE POLAR EXPRESS:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002590.html

MING NA, for Mulan and the upcoming DTV sequel:
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/561/561101p1.html



----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY----

SCOOBY DOOBIE-DOO! The canine star recently made the World Records book, with his show – and connected spin-offs and specials – being the record breaker for the amount of episodes created:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_3951000/3951507.stm

GERTIE THE DINOSAUR – a look back at Winsor McCay’s animated creation:
http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=1150

MANGA and ANIME talent is recognised with the launch of a new annual competition:
http://www.skwigly.co.uk/magazine/news/article.asp?articleid=353&zoneid=12

MICHEL GAGNÉ reveals that he is developing two new Insanely Twisted Puppet Show shorts:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002632.html



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

David X Cohen and Ice Cube are teaming on a new animated sitcom for Fox:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002581.html

PAUL DINI throws his two cents into the ring on KRYPTO:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002587.html

FINAL FANTASY VII – the new animation made for the game series is making a lot of waves:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002598.html

FATHER OF THE PRIDE – the so-so kinda hit is in the running for the People’s Choice Favorite New Comedy award:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=494&ncid=762&e=2&u=/ap/20041026/ap_en_tv/people_s_choice_nominations

SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK is coming back:
http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=88



----BUSINESS----

THE MUPPETS – what has been happening to Kermit and Co since the Disney acquisition?:
http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=1145



----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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