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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10/31/04 – 11/06/04:

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 big stories were…



----FEATURE FILMS----

CARS – Disney/Pixar’s next – and last – has its teaser trailer up online and looks like another buddy-buddy double-act for Pixar:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/cars/

ACADEMY AWARDS 2005 – Eleven animated features have been deemed suitable for pushing forward as candidates for next year’s Oscars. Leading the pack are DreamWorks’ Shrek 2 and Shark Tale, Disney’s The Incredibles and Home On The Range, and Warners’ The Polar Express:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002665.html

THE POLAR EXPRESS – a sneak peek at the making of the film:
http://www.suntimes.com/output/movies/sho-sunday-polar31.html

MR INCREDIBLE VS. SPONGEBOB – it’s the battle of the 3Ds versus the 2Ds:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/247510p-211985c.html

THE INCREDIBLES – mostly good, but some negative views too:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002648.html

INCREDIBLES – production notes looking at voice casting and visual design, plus the technology used in the movie and the style of the musical score:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002653.html
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002664.html

THE INCREDIBLES BOX OFFICE – a $70 million major hit or average success? Some points of view:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002660.html

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN II – Salma Hayek has joined the sea faring cast:
http://iesb.net/movies2/movie110304.php

X AND I – the first major animated feature to be produced in India gets underway:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002651.html

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE – new trailer:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002662.html



----DVD RELEASES----

SHREK 2 – forget The Story So Far and stick with the single disc widescreen edition. Review here:
http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/345

LOONEY TUNES GOLDEN VOLUME 2 – another good review:
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/563/563252p1.html

BAMBI: PLATINUM EDITION disc art:
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/coverart.html#march

MICKEY’S TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS – the Mickeybots’ movie gets a couple of reviews:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/dvdreviewsnews.php?id=6985
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/mickeystwice.html

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES – Season Two tentative details:
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2391



----INTERVIEWS----

BRAD BIRD speaks on the just-released The Incredibles:
http://latinoreview.com/films_2004/disney/theincredibles/birdinterview.html

Incredibles producer JOHN WALKER:
http://latinoreview.com/films_2004/disney/theincredibles/walkerinterview.html

RINO ROMANO, the voice of the caped crusader in WB’s THE BATMAN:
http://www.cjad.com/content/cp_article.asp?id=/global_feeds/canadianpress/entertainmentnews/e110119A.htm



----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY----

IVOR WOOD, the creator of historic UK animated series such as The Wombles, Paddington Bear, Postman Pat and the original The Magic Roundabout, has died aged 72:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002667.html



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

MUPPETS WIZARD OF OZ – an update on the TV movie:
http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=1156

FATHER OF THE PRIDE – lost in the shuffle for NBC’s November sweeps:
http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|91539|1|,00.html



----BUSINESS----

ANIMATORS’ SALARIES are under review, and even though there’s a CGI gold-rush right now, it’s only a matter of time until the next big industry slump:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1940&ncid=2020&e=11&u=/variety/20041031/va_fi_ne/toonsters_wait_for_big_payoff
DISNEY and MARVEL are in dispute regarding copyrights on the superhero publishers licenses, which were acquired during the Mouse’s purchase of Fox Family:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=6680819&src=rss/Entertainment§ion=news



----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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