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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01/16/05 – 01/22/05:

Hello, and welcome 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 big stories…



----FEATURE FILMS----

THE CORPSE BRIDE! The teaser trailer for one of 2005’s most anticipated films is now online:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/corpse_bride/

HERBIE: FULLY LOADED – the swinging poster goes online:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=7955

HERBIE – enjoy a two minute “Sizzle Reel” of behind-the-scenes fun from the shoot of the Disney update:
http://bvbp-qt.vitalstream.com/HerbieLoaded/Herbie_Sizzle_4891_1500.mov

ROBOTS – the official Fox website gets an update:
http://www.robotsmovie.com/index.php?dl=

POOH’S HEFFALUMP MOVIE – website updated:
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/heffalump/main.html

TOY STORY 3 – definitely going ahead with a plot suggested by a member of the feature Animation Writing Program:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002954.html

CHARLOTTE’S WEB – the new CG take on the story gets some star voices:
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=19159

PIRATES 2: DEAD MAN’S CHEST – a new rumored subtitle for Captain Jack Sparrow’s second outing:
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=6297

PIRATES 2 and 3 – more on the upcoming sequels:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002960.html

Britney Spears will voice a character in the animated version of Madonna’s book THE ENGLISH ROSES:
http://movies.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_3594.php/Spears_to_Star_in_Madonna%27s_Animated_Movie

NARNIA: LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE has some new art posted online:
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=6326

FANTASTIC FOUR – website launch and teaser trailer:
http://www.fantasticfourmovie.com/

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE – a possible June 10 release in the States:
http://boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=changes&p=.htm

CHICKEN LITTLE – a sneak peek review:
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=19188



----DVD RELEASES----

STICTH HAS A GLITCH – pics from the Lilo And Stitch sequel:
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6983

EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE 2, TARZAN II and POCAHONTAS: 10th Anniversary Edition DVD news:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002948.html

JACK-JACK ATTACK – more on the new short created for THE INCREDIBLES DVD:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2005-01-17-incredibles-dvd_x.htm

THE MARVEL SUPERHERO SHOW – coming to DVD:
http://www.comics2film.com/FanFrame.php?f_id=11259

BAMBI – digital restoration comparisons:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002958.html

LION KING “TRILOGY” – the three films will disappear slowly from the end of this month:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002959.html

ALADDIN SEQUELS – the DVDs get the not so good rundown:
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/aladdinsequels.html

THE INCREDIBLES – the official word on what to expect:
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7008

MULAN II – how does the sequel compare:
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/mulanII.html



----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY----

RUTH WARRICK, who played Miss Sally in Walt Disney’s brilliantly magical mix of animation and live-action Song Of The South, died last week, aged 88:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00002949.html



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

HE-MAN, SHE-RA and more from the Filmation library have had a rights change from Hallmark to Entertainment Rights:
http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/715



----BUSINESS----

ROBERT IGER is being seen as Michael Eisner’s “inevitable” replacement at the top of the Disney Company (free sub req.):
http://www.latimes.com/business/custom/cotown/la-fi-iger18jan18,1,1807731.story?coll=la-headlines-business-enter&ctrack=1&cset=true



----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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