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 12/12/04 – 31/12/04: Hello, and welcome to a rather belated final – but packed – edition of the Animated News Weekly for 2004. Please copy and paste any split links into your browser for more info on a given subject. Headliners from the past couple of weeks were… ----PICKS OF THE YEAR---- The Animated News team look back on the year and a selection of all fine things animated. Picks include the best DVD, CDs and animation related items that could (should?!) find their way into your collections soon: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002873.html ----FEATURE FILMS---- VALIANT – with Chicken Little now bowing in November, it means a US opening for Disney/Vanguard’s World War II comedy adventure in April: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002841.html THE GOLDEN GLOBES – animation features strongly in this year’s nominations: http://www.hfpa.org/nominations2005.html AMPAS VISUAL EFFECTS – the seven films under consideration for the Best Visual Effects Oscar are revealed: http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2004/04.12.17a.html THE INCREDIBLES – one of the AFI’s best of the year: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=7065798 THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE – a behind the scenes featurette reveals what lies in store: http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=18980 THE WALLACE AND GROMIT MOVIE – first sneak peek looks at the Aardman/DreamWorks feature: http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/041203e.php SUPERTRAMPS – CGI and model animation feature coming from Spain: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002838.html THE INCREDIBLES – a screening with director Brad Bird reveals many information nuggets: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002839.html DYLAN DOG – the Italian comic book character will come to life in a new Canadian feature: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002840.html TOY STORY 3 – Meet The Parents/Fockers co-writer James Herzfeld has written a draft: http://www.iesb.net/movies2/movie121904b.php THE PINK PANTHER – Steve Martin’s “What the…?” remake has its first trailer online. Dare you look?: http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=19009 APPLESEED – coming to the US very soon: http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=464 SON OF THE MASK – an early review points out it’s pretty much what one would expect from a Carrey-less sequel: http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=19031 ----DVD RELEASES---- MARY POPPINS – you should already have this! But if not, maybe the DVD Toons review will help set you on the right path: http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/362 BAMBI – the list of bonus features for the March DVD begins to grow. Seems quite a bit of “kiddie-filler” for a Platinum release: http://www.ultimatedisney.com/bambi-preview.html FATHER OF THE PRIDE – DreamWorks animated CGI TV comedy will come to disc by Thanksgiving, with plentiful special features yet to be announced: http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/fatherofthepride/fullstory.php?id=424 BAKSHI’S FIRE AND ICE – the animator’s film will come to disc in July: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002844.html THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE – early info and cover art: http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/703 ALADDIN SEQUELS – website updated with more info: http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/aladdin2and3/ THE INCREDIBLES – anywhere between March and April is being touted as the disc’s release date, with a very in-depth amount of special features – including new short JACK JACK ATTACK – being lined up. So far, here’s what’s beginning to surface: http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=94456#94456 ----INTERVIEWS---- HENRY SELICK, director of The Nightmare Before Christmas and sequences in Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic, speaks to AWN: http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=2328 ASHANTI – the new Dorothy speaks to Blackfilm about the Muppet Wizard Of Oz, and how much she loved “Fragile Rock”!: http://www.blackfilm.com/20041210/features/ashanti.shtml ----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY---- JERRY ORBACH – the “Be Our Guest” singer, star of many Hollywood films and TV shows including as Lumiere in Disney’s Beauty And The Beast, has died at the age 69: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002872.html ELLENSHAW COLLECTIBLES – grab a piece of history with these stunning reproductions of Disney art: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002833.html DAWS BUTLER – the website has been updated to coincide with a new biography: http://www.dawsbutler.com/ CLASSIC POPEYE and EARLY CHARLEY BOWERS films have been inducted into the NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY, ensuring their restorations and preservations for future generations: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002870.html WORLD’S OLDEST ANIMATION – a 5,000 year old piece of pottery has been found to contain the world’s first animated cartoon – that of a goat eating leaves from a tree: http://www.payvand.com/news/04/dec/1249.html ----TELEVISION / THEMED / STAGE---- WALT DISNEY TELEVISION ANIMATION – the past and the future for the Mouse’s increasingly busy unit: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/television/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000740307 SPIDER-MAN 2: THE PERIL OF DOC OCK – a new ending for the acclaimed Lego short: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002851.html THE MUPPETS WIZARD OF OZ – pics from the TV movie: http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=19028 ----BUSINESS---- EISNER’S GRASP – the Disney CEO intends to have some say in the company after he officially leaves in 2006: http://www.o-meon.com/pages/news%26features/n%26f_12-14-04.html ROY DISNEY has spoken out against a shareholder proposal to see a Disney family member on the board of the Walt Disney Company: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002862.html THE PITCH BIBLE – ready to get a greenlight for your big idea? You may not be as ready as you think! Check out the tips on offer here: http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=2338 DISNEY’S 2004: A YEAR IN REVIEW – the key “highlights” in the Mouse House’s dealings this past year: http://www.o-meon.com/pages/news%26features/n%26f_12-31-04.html ----WRAP UP, AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!---- 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/ Happy New Year, The Animated-News Team. ---------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: The news shared in this email contains material and links to other non-associated websites. Animated-News.com is not responsible for any consequences arising from the participating and use of these sites, and cannot be held liable for any content that may prove to be untrue, or stories that may later have elements within them changed by the creators of the reported projects. Original content ©2004-2005 Animated-News.
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