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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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03/13/05 – 03/19/05:

Hello, and we’re back with the Animated News Weekly. Please copy and paste any split links into your browser for more info on a given subject. This week’s headliners were. . .



----FEATURE FILMS----

FLUSHED AWAY – the film’s original title (it was renamed Ratropolis for a spell) has been reinstated:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003193.html

MADAGASCAR – a very fun Spanish release poster:
http://www.impawards.com/2005/madagascar_ver8.html

MADAGASCAR – cast and crew party description:
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/596/596713p1.html?fromint=1

CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE – news that the teaser will debut in April have begun to spread into rumors to look for the clip attached to Disney’s HITCHHIKER’S GUID TO THE GALAXY:
http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/news/publisher/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000838303

IT’S A 3D WORLD, AND WE’RE NOT JUST TALKING CGI – how’s this for a panel: James Cameron, Robert Zemeckis, George Lucas, Peter Jackson, Robert Rodriguez and Randall Kleiser (well, okay, we see your point about the last one). The group were on hand (Jackson via videolink) to push the next generation of movie formats: 3D. No, not the coloured glasses of old, but real Imax-level quality in a standard-screen theater. The digital pioneers expect their next few projects to be made with the new technology in mind, with Lucas revealing scenes from the upgraded Star Wars: A New Hope, as well as examples from The Lord Of The Rings and Disney’s Lilo And Stitch:
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=19681



----DVD RELEASES----

THE INCREDIBLES – a couple of in-depth reviews of this week’s big seller:
http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/387
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/theincredibles.html

INCREDIBLES DVD SIGNING – photos from a recent in-store appearance by the filmmakers to promote first day sales of Pixar’s latest:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003207.html

INCREDIBLE DVD SALES – the title hit five million shifted units in its first day:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050316/166038_1.html

BUENA VISTA PLANS – several press releases and lots of news of summer releases:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003203.html

TARZAN II – website updated with sneak peek and snippets of Phil Collins’ new songs:
http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/tarzan2/

DINOTOPIA – the CG/live-action series turns direct-to-video animated, looking to strike it big with the Land Before Time sequel crowd:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003194.html

CINDERELLA – well, it doesn’t look like a lot of the material from the deluxe LaserDisc boxed set will be making it over to DVD, and some of the specs look very suspect (sneak at Cinderella “III”, an ESPN Classic tie in??), but otherwise it looks like an adequate presentation:
http://www.tlavideo.com./details/product_details.cfm?v=1&sn=1&id=129843&g=0



----INTERVIEWS----

ROBERT IGER – the new CEO of the Mouse House speaks about the company’s future (also see related business articles below):
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050318/q_a_robert_iger_2.html



----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY----

HANNA-BARBERA – the duo are remembered forever with a new sculpture unveiling at the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences:
http://www.povonline.com/notes/Notes061.htm



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

BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS – tag along online with DisneyLand’s latest attraction:
http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/03/17/sections/business/business/article_446035.php

LEGO STAR WARS: THE MOVIE – the juggernaught continues in the run up to Episode III with an exclusive Cartoon Network movie, premiering May 8 at 7pm:
http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=2420



----BUSINESS----

JOBS AT DISNEY? With new CEO Bob Iger at the helm, what are the chances of patching up Disney’s relationship with Steve Jobs’ Pixar Studios?:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003202.html

MORE ON DISNEY’S FUTURE (OR NOT) WITH PIXAR:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/orl-bizpixar16031605mar16,0,6003045.story?coll=sfla-business-headlines

DISNEY’S FUTURE UNDER IGER – the Motley Fool has some words:
http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2005/commentary05031701.htm?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y"

IGER AND EISNER TO SHARE – the incoming and outgoing CEO will spilt duties until September 2005:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=industryNews&storyID=2005-03-17T233135Z_01_N17175812_RTRIDST_0_INDUSTRY-INDUSTRY-DISNEY-CEO-DC.XML



----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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