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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11/28/04 – 12/04/04:

Hello, and welcome once more to the Animated News Weekly. Please copy and paste any split links into your browser for more info on a given subject. This week’s toontown topics…



----FEATURE FILMS----

BOX OFFICE – it’s a toon top 20, with The Incredibles holding on to the second spot, Polar Express at four and Spongebob sticking to five, with Shark Tale still floating around at number 19:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2004&wknd=48&p=.htm

MADAGASCAR and the WALLACE AND GROMIT movie – new stills and synopsis here:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002785.html

MAMMUK – the status of Bruno Bozzetto’s proposed feature project is still unknown, but a promo reel played at the Cartoons On The Bay festival in Pisitano in 2002, and the participation of producers RAI Cinema has been announced, though the company has not committed to the production. Check out this original mix of hand drawn and CGI animation with the teaser now online:
http://www.ginuz.it/mammukpage.html



----DVD RELEASES----

GARGOYLES – Ultimate Disney has the first look at the season boxed set:
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/gargoyles-season1.html

MICKEY MOUSE IN BLACK AND WHITE VOLUME 2 – DVD Toons looks at the conclusion of Mickey’s filmography on disc:
http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/357

THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB – menu screens:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002779.html

MARY POPPINS – the fantastic new disc gets the once over:
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/marypoppins.html

MARY POPPINS – photos from the “re-premiere” of Walt’s masterpiece:
http://web.beimages.net/link/ecpoppins/

MARY POPPINS: THE CAT THAT LOOKED AT A KING – stills from the new DVD short:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002791.html



----INTERVIEWS----

CHEECH MARIN talks many things, including Pixar’s Cars:
http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=7361



----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY----

CARTOON ALLEY – finally recognising their cartoon library for the miniature pieces of film art that they are, the TCM channel will begin airing select cartoons as part of a new, hosted themed block:
http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=127945



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

EDUCATIONAL SMURFS – the classic TV versions of the Smurfs are coming back to TV, via selected episodes with an educational bent that will air in DIC’s cartoon block:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002773.html

A CBS CHRISTMAS – the channel will air several animation classics over the festive period:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002780.html

THE WIZARD OF OZ (in high-def!) and Chuck Jones’ How THE GRINCH Stole Christmas heads up the WB’s Crimbo line-up:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002782.html

THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS – vote in various animation-related categories here:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002784.html



----BUSINESS----

SAVE DISNEY has ended its year-long campaign to oust Disney head Michael Eisner from his position at the company:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/041203/disney_dissidents_2.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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