Subject: Animated News Weekly

01/09/05 – 01/15/05:

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----FEATURE FILMS----

SHREK 2 – as well as being the biggest film of last year, it’s the People’s Choice, too:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002909.html

SHREK 3 – Sarah Jessica Parker has joined the cast of the next one:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=7895

THE VISUAL EFFECTS SOCIETY’S NOMINATIONS – this year’s VES shortlist:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002913.html

CARS – starting on the promotional road early (the film was recently moved to a summer 2006 slot) and making up for a trailer widely seen as “ho-hum” by its viewers, is Pixar’s John Lasseter, who calls his studio’s next “our love letter to the car”:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002914.html

HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE – some early GALAXY development art:
http://disneyinfo.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2714

THE INCREDIBLES – the first time a “cartoon” has been nominated for the Art Director’s Guild awards:
http://www.artdirectors.org/awards/winnerlist.php?year=2004

INCREDIBLES II – do Pixar and Disney know? Director Brad Bird says he wouldn’t mind being involved with a possible sequel. Here’s what he said to the LA Daily News:
http://u.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,211~23521~2647310,00.html

PINOCCHIO 3000 – the long delayed Spanish feature (with an English dub already completed and featuring Whoopi Goldberg) gets a French release under the mundane title Pinocchio: The Robot:
http://www.impawards.com/2005/pinocchio_three_thousand_ver2.html

DISNEY SUMMER NEWS – moves for HERBIE and SKY HIGH, while HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE has been switched back from a Disney picture to a Touchstone one:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002930.html

TRON – not the long sought after sequel that many have been clambering for, but a remake – uh oh! Hopefully, it will work as both, and there is a world of possibilities out there in cyberspace:
http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=7913



----DVD RELEASES----

KRAZY KAT – the latest Inkwell Images anthology and tribute to animation’s past, gets the very good thumbs up from DVD Toons:
http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/366

KRAZY KAT – Golden Age Cartoons has a look at the character’s history:
http://reviews.goldenagecartoons.com/pietro-krazy.html

BAMBI II, LILO AND STITCH II and TARZAN II – first look images at these upcoming sequels:
http://www.disneydatabase.com/

CLONE WARS – the DVD extras:
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2693

BATMAN: ANIMATED SEASON TWO – cover art:
http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/712

THE INCREDIBLES – this Dutch site holds what will likely be in store for the eventual DVD menus:
http://www.mda.dds.nl/7-2menu.htm



----INTERVIEWS----

RACING STRIPES – the voice cast talk comedy animals:
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/579/579364p1.html



----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY----

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN – only a matter of time, wasn’t it? Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack will be added to Walt’s historic ride:
http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=1261

JIB-JAB – the internet shorts company goes from strength to strength, with anew commission from the Sundance Film Festival:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002925.html



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

DISNEYLAND’S 50TH – The park gave the 72,000 strong crowd at last week’s Orange Bowl football game a ticket each:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-0105disney,0,1880058.story?coll=sfla-news-florida

KRYPTO – Superman’s superdog will fly from April:
http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=131133

DISNEY CHANNEL will play host to a number of new series and TV movies, including an Emperor’s New Groove spin off, and more Kim Possible. After the success (or lack of) Teacher’s Pet in movie theaters, the previously mooted for the big screen The Proud Family Movie will go directly to the channel too:
http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=131248



----BUSINESS----

BOB IGER – Disney’s President and Chief Operating Officer looks forward for the company at his speech at the annual Entertainment and Technology conference. Audio re-play available here for a couple of more days only:
http://corporate.disney.go.com/investors/presentations.html

ANNUAL REPORT – the Walt Disney Company has posted its Annual Report, with financial information and first looks at upcoming product including the new Herbie remake:
http://corporate.disney.go.com/investors/annual_reports/2004/key_businesses/studio_entertainment/executive_photo.html



----WRAP UP----

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Have a great week,
The Animated-News Team.


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