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 04/17/05 – 04/23/05: Hello, and we’re back with another Animated News Weekly. Please copy and paste any split links into your browser for more info on a given subject. This week’s toontown happenings were. . . ----FEATURE FILMS---- OVER THE HEDGE – a report on DreamWorks’ now-in-production comedy, which marks screenwriter Karey (Chicken Run, Hitchhiker’s Guide) Kirkpatrick’s directorial debut: http://www.blackfilm.com/20050408/features/wandasykesnews.shtml CHARLOTTE’S WEB – Jennifer Garner joins the cast: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9206 ROMEO AND JULIET: SEALED WITH A KISS – Phil Nibbelink’s sea-lion starring feature has been picked up for distribution (scroll down for the last paragraph in this link): http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003337.html THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE – the official website goes live with a new instalment of the production featurettes: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia/ KIRIKOU ET LE FETICHE EGARE, a sequel to the critically acclaimed French animated movie Kirikou et la Sorciere, will debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May: http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=43580 HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE – full trailer for Miyazaki’s latest: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003352.html STUDIO GHIBLI’S NEXT – news on their new animated film: http://www.onlineghibli.com/ BEE-MOVIE – DreamWorks’ next has added a returning Renee Zellweger (after Shark Tale) to the cast: http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=9275 SUPERMAN – the world got the first look at new Man Of Steel Brandon Routh in his big red S outfit, only there’s not much of the big red S (but there is a lot of camp), and the outfit looks more like a space-age Speedo suit: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003363.html DREAM ON SILLY DREAMER – a full report on the screening on Saturday: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003371.html ----DVD RELEASES---- POCAHONTAS: THE 10TH ANNIVERSAY DVD EDITION gets a thoroughly in-depth once over, along with comparisons to the highly detailed LaserDisc boxed set that it draws a lot of its supplements from: http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/396 CHICKEN LITTLE – yes, THAT Chicken Little, the Chicken Little that’s not even in theaters for another six months or so, has already been lined up for DVD release next March 2006. A full report of the merchandising plans follows: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003337.html MR PEABODY & SHERMAN and DUDLEY DO-RIGHT, both coming to disc: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003347.html LILO AND STITCH 2 – new promo pic images from the new movie: http://www.disneydatabase.com/media_index.php?subject=300&st=movies&maincat=images&cat=promoimg&type=opm POOH’S HEFFALUMP HALLOWEEN – trailer for the DTV sequel’s sequel now online: http://www.totaleclips.com/player/splash.aspx?playerid=2&custid=3&clipid=e23548 LILO AND STITCH 2 and POOH’S HALLOWEEN – the Stitch sequel gets the DTV group’s fist PG rating for a home video title, while there’s cover art for Pooh: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003365.html MORE POOH – clips from the Heffalump Movie (no, not the Halloween one): http://www.disneydatabase.com/forums/showthread.php?t=339 ----INTERVIEWS---- DOUGLAS GRESHAM, an expert on the life and work of CS Lewis, speaks about becoming a consultant on the CHRONICLES OF NARNIA movie: http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?id=239&dl=2553715 MEL BROOKS on Spaceballs transition to the small screen in the shape of the Animated Series: http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/spaceballs%20cartoon%20series%20in%20the%20works ----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY---- WARD ON WALT – no news for a while from the SaveDisney website, but these memoirs from Ward Kimball, one of Disney’s “Nine Old Men” makes for fascinating reading: http://www.savedisney.com/news/essays/wk041905.1.asp ASIFA-HOLLWOOD 2D EXPO – location announced: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003345.html THE COMPLETE PEANUTS VOLUME 3: 1955-1956 – a reminder that the new compendium is now in stores: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003350.html VIOLENT FAIRY-TALES? Yahoo has an interesting story up that links childhood stories to later problems in adult life: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1540&ncid=1540&e=2&u=/afp/20050422/sc_afp/sciencebritainwomen_050422114707 DISNEYTOON STUDIOS – Andreas Deja thinks the Australian animators are getting “better and better” and that the Bambi sequel may be “their best one yet”: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=48790 ALADDIN REUNION – words and pictures from Friday’s event in Glendale: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003368.html ----TELEVISION / THEMED / STAGE---- JAKERS – the show grows with more commissions, plus more showings: http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=13647 THE INCREDIBLES TEAM UP WITH VERIZON – news on the new 3D mobile game coming to Verizon’s broadband service: http://www.superherohype.com/news/incrediblesnews.php?id=2877 STAR WARS – lots of goings on, including a new CGI series, a new live-action series, plus the long rumored overhaul of DisneyLand’s Star Tours ride: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9301 ----BUSINESS---- RAVEN MOON ENTERTAINMENT INC have announced a move into animation production, with TV and no less than four theatrical features in their pipeline: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003341.html As well as their deal with Hewlett-Packard, DREAMWORKS have just announced a new partnership with ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC that will see the company use AMD chips in the rendering of their animated features: http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/va/20050418/111386471600.html JOHN COHEN has been promoted to VP of production at Fox Animation/Blue Sky: http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=13658 BOB FELDMAN moves to DreamWorks Animation to head up communications: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050419/latu096.html?.v=5 EBAY’S MEG WHITMAN joins DreamWorks Animation’s board of directors – it’s a big week for the musical chairs at the top! And this coming close after her potential tie-up with Disney too: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/04-21-2005/0003442229&EDATE= SUING NEMO – the French writer who claimed Pixar stole elements for their film Finding Nemo has found himself in a complete 180 turnaround, with the case ending in his conviction for fraud: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003358.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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