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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05/22/05 – 05/28/05:

Hello, and welcome once more 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 movers and shakers…



----FEATURE FILMS----

CHICKEN LITTLE – the new trailer is online:
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/chickenlittle/

NARNIA and CHICKEN LITTLE – a nice trade ad showcases Disney’s upcoming films, as well as the NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS video game:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=18820&item=7517712739&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

NARNIA – the film will get no less than four soundtrack releases:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007PIDBQ/qid=1117047170/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/104-1580348-7523904?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846

CINDERELLA III – may have a theatrical outing in Europe:
http://www.disneydatabase.com/forums/showthread.php?t=361

MADAGASCAR – our Animated News review:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003507.html

MADAGASCAR – Mike Barrier takes a look:
http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Commentary/Madagascar/Madagascar.htm

RAPUNZEL – the opening gets a classic treatment revamp:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003513.html

DREAM ON, SILLY DREAMWE – continues to draw attention to Disney animation (or lack of it):
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003517.html

SKY HIGH – not strictly animation, but heavily comic book inspired, is Disney’s superhero spoof. Trailer now up:
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=7590

KUNG FU PANDA – the DreamWorks feature has apparently moved into pre-production:
http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/fullstory.php?id=663

ENCHANTED – Kevin Lima has been tapped to direct this long-rumored on-and-off animation/live-action feature for Disney:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=9770

THE BARNYARD – Steve Oedekerk’s follow up to Jimmy Neutron has a teaser poster revealed:
http://www.impawards.com/2005/barnyard.html

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE – press release for the LA premiere:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003524.html

TIMEBOMB – Chris Romano’s short will be playing in some LA theaters this summer:
http://toonlets.com/time01.html

ASTERIX AND THE VIKINGS – the French animated feature, created by many of the laid-off artists from Disney’s Montreuil studio, has a teaser trailer online:
http://www.allocine.fr/film/video_gen_cfilm=54220.html

VALIANT – the full trailer for Vanguard’s fun animated adventure, goes QuickTime. Disney will release the film on August 19:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/valiant/



----DVD RELEASES----

TARZAN II – website updated with new clips and features:
http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/tarzan2/main.html

BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES: VOLUME 3 – full reviews:
http://wf.toonzone.net/WF/batman/DVD/Volume3/
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/dvdreviewsnews.php?id=9715

SUPERFRIENDS – Volume Two review:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/dvdreviewsnews.php?id=9714

SAMURAI JACK – Season Two review:
http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=3582

POOH’S HEFFALUMP MOVIE – “fun for kids”, says Coming Soon:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/dvdreviewsnews.php?id=9713

BALTO – unhappy with the way Universal Cartoon treat their second most popular franchise (after the endless Land Before Times)? Then sign up with this site (link at bottom):
http://baltosource.timduru.org/balto-act-b1infos.html



----INTERVIEWS----

ANDREAS DEJA – the master animator speaks about his own work and that of legendary Milt Kahl, in the third and final part of his Animation Podcast interview:
http://www.animationpodcast.com/archives/2005/05/23/andreas-deja-part-three/

MADAGASCAR – the directors speak:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9742

MADAGASCAR – the cast talk about getting animated, with Jeffrey Katzenberg:
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=7540

MADAGASCAR – the directors speak again:
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=7564

STUDIO GHIBLI – Cindy and Don Hewitt, and Rick Dempsey, talk about the process of converting the Japanese features into English-language versions:
http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/interviews/hewitt_interview2.html



----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY----

HENRY CORDEN, the voice of Fred Flintstone, passed away aged 85:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003508.html

HOWARD MORRIS, the Hanna-Barbera voice artist and MARIE JOHNSTON, wife of legendary “Nine Old Men” animator Ollie, both also passes away this week:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003511.html

THURL RAVENSCROFT – voice of Tony The Tiger and various Disney attractions including the Tikki-Tikki Room has died aged 91:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003514.html



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

HARVEY BIRDMAN – the cartoon lawyer returns from July 10:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003512.html

SKWIGLY – still some copies left of Big Animation’s glossy print magazine (ships internationally):
http://www.skwigly.co.uk/magazine/printmag.asp



----BUSINESS----

MADAGASCAR – the third widest release into theaters is expected to pull in between $56m and $63m this holiday weekend:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003530.html

MADAGASCAR – a $14m opening day, plus talk from Katzenberg and co on big-name voice artists in animated films:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003532.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.


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