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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11/07/04– 11/13/04:

We’re back with 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. . .



----FEATURE FILMS----

THE INCREDIBLES – the story dynamics behind Pixar’s latest smash:
http://www.biganimation.com/magazine/news/article.asp?articleid=380&zoneid=3

THE POLAR EXPRESS – mixed reviews and box office:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002687.html

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY – poster art:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/041108h.php

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE – early review:
http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=18784

CASSHERN – DreamWorks have picked up rights to another manga-styled project:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002689.html

NOAH’S ARK – Quest For Camelot’s William Schifrin is boarding the project (is this the same CG Ark as the one Disney is producing for TV?):
http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=12410



----DVD RELEASES----

ALADDIN SEQUELS – no fancy box set art for Jafar and King Of Thieves – just a plain two pack bounding slip:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002673.html

SHREK 2 – $185 million worth of sales in its debut weekend:
http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/fullstory.php?id=296

DISNEY CARTOON FAVORITES – new budget lines for Mickey and co:
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6186

THE BOY WHO WANTED TO BE A BEAR – an independent animated film gets a wider release:
http://www.animatedbliss.com/news.asp?TID=2035

TARZAN II – Phil Collins website confirms he has written new songs and will appear on the soundtrack:
http://www.philcollins.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1098992454

SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW – with two commentaries, featurettes galore, plus the 6-minute test film that sparked the project in the first place, could the World Of Tomorrow find a new population of fans on home video:
http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=5261



----INTERVIEWS----

MATT STONE AND TREY PARKER for Team America:
http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=18752

BRAD BIRD for that superhero family movie:
http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=18753

TOM HANKS on Polar Express and the potential Toy Story 3:
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/564/564950p1.html



----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY----

THE INCREDIBLES – McDonald’s is promoting the film with a series of Happy Meal characters:
http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/ronald/happy.html

BILLBOARD ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS – the winners:
http://www.digitalentertainmentawards.com/

THE ART AND ENTERTAINMENT OF CHUCK JONES – the master animator/director is remembered in California on November 20:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002692.html



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

THE LITTLE MERMAID – Disney’s stage-bound production has a director:
http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=502193

INSANELY TWISTED PUPPETS – a new teaser:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002686.html

NEW LOONEY TUNES – flash animation shorts online:
http://looneytunes.com/



----BUSINESS----

DISNEY INTERACTIVE – become more active in the games market:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=7&u=/nm/20041108/tc_nm/media_disney_games_dc

WALT DISNEY TV ANIMATION – new roles for execs at the small screen co:
http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=12388

THE UPS AND DOWNS OF WALT DISNEY FEATURE ANIMATION – the rollercoaster ride of the last twenty years:
http://www.o-meon.com/pages/business_of_show/bos_11-09-04.html

On the other side of the fence, STEVE JOBS TALKS ABOUT PIXAR’S FUTURE:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002707.html

PAM COATS – the shock firing of the Mulan executive has sent waves through WDFA. Just don’t get on the wrong side of chief David Stainton, previously of the TV animation division:
http://www.o-meon.com/pages/news%26features/n%26f_11-12-05.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.


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