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 04/10/05 – 04/16/05: Hello, and welcome again 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 top stories. . . ----FEATURE FILMS---- VALIANT – the fun feature will debut in American theaters (on August 19) as a Walt Disney Pictures release after all, as the new poster reveals: http://www.latinoreview.com/films_2005/disney/valiant/poster.html CAT TALE – a none too original outline sees new kid on the block Imagi entering the CGI feature boom: http://www.moviehole.net/news/5423.html CHICKEN LITTLE – the film’s merchandising machine kicks into gear with a Queen-warbling plush toy – surely “Singing Little”?: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003308.html CHICKEN LITTLE – more toys: http://www.disneydatabase.com/forums/showthread.php?t=334 HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE – the poster arrives online: http://www.impawards.com/2005/howls_moving_castle.html WALT DISNEY PICTURES WEBITE – now updated with the summer slate including Herbie, Howl’s Moving Castle, Valiant and Chicken Little: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/index.html RAPUNZEL and sequels to SHREK and BAMBI have all had recent movings on the voice cast fronts: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003320.html SONG OF THE SOUTH – ready to fork out $25,000 for Walt’s story notes on an apparently original script (under the original “Uncle Remus” title) for the film? Then head on over to eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13847&item=6514858109&rd=1 THE 8TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD – Keanu Reeves will step into the legendary sailor’s shoes for Rob Cohen’s adventure. It has been reported (see below) that stop-motion master Ray Harryhausen, producer of the special effects for the previous Sinbad films, had been coaxed on board, but we at Animated News have had word direct from Harryhausen’s representative that nothing has actually been sealed yet: http://www.mymovies.net/news/news_listing.asp?filmid=4198&week=true&sec=news MADAGASCAR – could the first commercially released 3D animated film be DreamWorks’ latest?: http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=1395 MADAGASCAR – rated PG, as the website update reveals: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003331.html HAPPY FEET – George Miller’s penguin musical is set for a November 2006 release: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366548/releaseinfo ----DVD RELEASES---- THE PLAGUE DOGS – a review for the hard-to-find recent release of the truncated American cut: http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/393 BAMBI AND THE GREAT PRINCE – a “great job” by Disney’s Toon Studio?: http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050411b.php FANTASTIC FOUR – the Complete 1990s TV series cover art: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3242 HE-MAN – the original series is coming to disc in season sets: http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/pulse.cgi?http%3A//www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi%3Fubb%3Dget_topic%26f%3D36%26t%3D003651 SHARK TALE – the recent DVD gets reviewed: http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/390 THE KIM POSSIBLE MOVIE: SO THE DRAMA – the extended edition of the recent TV movie (the Mouse’s first original movie for TV) gets a widescreen DVD: http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8526 KIRBY – Who? What? Why? The game character comes to disc in yet another DTV knock-off: http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2005-0413.pdf DISNEYLAND: THE SECRETS, STORIES AND MAGIC OF THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH – a very long title for a very big occasion, with this new documentary released as part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations. Extras include the long-sought after 1962 CinemaScope short “DisneyLand USA” and a replica of the original E-ticket book. Other discs, including THE BEST OF THE ORIGINAL MICKEY MOUSE CLUB, are outlined in this press release: http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8589 ----INTERVIEWS---- KEVIN MUNROE on the new Ninja Turtles movie: http://www.gamerz-edge.com/news/articles/040705Turtles.html JOHN LASSETER – not so much of an interview, but a nice 'n' short profile of the Pixar director with a few words on his upcoming Cars: http://infiniti.msn.com/?source=email&ID=35 ----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY---- ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD’S 2D EXPO – Saturday, June 25 is the date to keep in your diaries: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003304.html HAYAO MIYAZAKI makes Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people list: http://www.time.com/time/2005/time100/artists/ DARTH MICKEY – the headline says it all: http://www.creationscelebrations.com/images/starwars2005mickey.jpg STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE BRICK – the Lego legacy keeps growing, with this latest addition to the CGI Lego universe: http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/lego/news20050411.html ----TELEVISION / THEMED / STAGE---- GROWN UP DISNEYLAND GEEK GUIDE – more words of wisdom on how to relax and enjoy the park: http://www.o-meon.com/pages/geeks_guide/gg_04-12-05.html INSPECTOR GADGET – DIC Animation is going the CGI route too, with one of their most bankable characters: http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=13626 REBOOT – the series reboots online: http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=2829 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS – catch the complete epic on May 14: http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=2892 ----BUSINESS---- THE INCREDIBLES – counterfeit merchandising fills the gap Disney can’t accommodate: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003298.html MADAGASCAR – in the same way that The Lord Of The Rings helped New Zealand tourism, it is hoped that DreamWorks new film might boost the number of vacationers to the island: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050405/en_nm/madagascar_tourism_to_1 CRITTERPIX STUDIOS has secured the gap financing needed for it to set up in business. Current projects including partnering with New Regency on Ollie The Otter: http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=43237 OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN – The announcement of DISNEY MAGAZINE’s demise may have been premature, since public outcry has been “noted” by the company: http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=1389 CGI IN COURT – Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has questioned whether computer animation reconstructions should be allowed in court: http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/local/11385602.htm THE “GLUT” OF ANIMATED FEATURES – The Motley Fool responds to Jeffrey Katzenberg’s recent comments: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003322.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. ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 ©2005 Animated-News.com.
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