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

11/21/04 – 11/27/04:

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. Last week’s top stories…



----FEATURE FILMS----

VALIANT – Disney’s co-pro with Vanguard Films is hoped to be the start of another Pixar-type relationship between the two. Check out this sneak peek at their first effort, the story of a WWII homing pigeon voiced by Ewan McGregor:
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=5898

ROBOTS – following Treasure Planet, Harry Potter and The Polar Express as big family films opening on the IMAX circuit, Fox has announced that Blue Sky’s ROBOTS will get the same privilege next spring, on March 11:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=7344

THE INCREDIBLES has become the 16th fastest film to reach the $200 million gross barrier:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002766.html

SKY CAPTAIN – though the theatrical film wasn’t the hit they were hoping for, star Jude Law has stated that the producers are still looking into the possibility of further adventures. The DVD of The World Of Tomorrow is out next February, which might seal the decision on whether to proceed with a sequel:
http://www.latinoreview.com/interviews/lawonsk2.html

HARRY POTTER 5 – new writer/director team for the next in the big screen adaptations:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002752.html

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE sets a 2-day opening record in Japan:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002747.html

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE – With John Lasseter hard at work on Cars, another Pixar veteran, Pete Docter, will oversee the English-language translation of Miyazaki’s latest feature:
http://animated-news.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=126



----DVD RELEASES----

WALT DISNEY TREASURES – the new wave might not stack up as neatly to previous titles in the series as collectors would have hoped:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002761.html

MICKEY MOUSE IN BLACK AND WHITE VOLUME 2 – the web’s first look at the most anticipated in this year’s wave:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002769.html

LIL’ PIMP, the badly troubled and long delayed Flash animated movie, will finally make its debut, on DVD, bypassing theaters where it was originally headed and rated R:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002751.html



----INTERVIEWS----

JOHN ROGERS talks about transferring the Transformers from toys to the big screen (and therefore back to toys again, natch?):
http://filmforce.ign.com/transformers/articles/567/567989p1.html



----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY----

FRANK THOMAS REMEMBERED – a wonderful account of the recent tribute, and words of remembrance from those who attended and who knew Frank:
http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=2305

FENG SHUI DISNEYLAND – Hong Kong will see the park opened on a date advised by a master of the practice:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hkdisney23nov23,1,7240083.story

JIM HENSON ACTION FIGURE – from the producers of the Muppet figures comes a very cool addition:
http://www.palisadesdirectstore.com/viewproduct.asp?productid=63



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

FAMILY GUY’s “banned episode” will air on December 10:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002750.html



----BUSINESS----

THE DISNEY STORE’s sale has been completed. The chain of shops will now operate under license to The Children’s Place:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002754.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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