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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05/29/05 – 06/04/05:

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----

OPEN SEASON – screen shots from Sony’s animated feature debut:
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=7630

THE LAST UNICORN – some good news/bad news for the troubled live-action screen adaptation of the book and 1982 animated feature:
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20336

WAR OF THE WORLDS – a recent set visit to Spielberg’s next yielded some interesting info on WETA doing effects work on the live-action Tintin, and an Alice In Wonderland remake:
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20215

MADAGASCAR – hear the entire soundtrack online:
http://movies.channel.aol.com/movie/main.adp?mid=19134

EXODUS FILM GROUP – the CG new kids on the block announce another couple of features to their slate:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003546.html#

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE – premiere press release, plus free kids screening:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003548.html

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE – limited LA release and Festival screening:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003551.html

HOWL’S MOVING CATSLE – latest clip online:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9870

NARNIA and CHICKEN LITTLE – images and display videos from the E3 Expo:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003556.html

NARNIA – a collection of recent images:
http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?id=287&dl=3066595

THE BARNYARD – nothing there yet, but the website goes live:
http://www.barnyardmovie.com/

BAMBI – a theatrical special screening of the digitally restored version at the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences on Wednesday, June 15:
http://www.oscars.org/events/bambi/index.html



----DVD RELEASES----

CLASSIC PINK PANTHER – joining a new collection of 124 animated shorts is the original film series, timed to coincide with the release of the doomed Steve Martin remake. Cover art and specs here:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003535.html

STEAMBOY – coming to region one in a director’s cut, with plenty of extras and a gift set edition:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003543.html

COUNT DUCKULA – two stories confirming the show is coming to region one:
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3470
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3479

SAMURAI JACK SEASON TWO – disc review:
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/621/621250p1.html

BIONILE 3 – teaser trailer for the next in the CGI DTV series, Web Of Shadows:
http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/781

FATHER OF THE PRIDE – the Complete Series gets a complete review:
http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/402



----INTERVIEWS----

JEFFREY KAZENBERG talks about what makes his studio special:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.06/dreamworks.html?pg=1&topic=dreamworks&topic_set

DOROTHY (D.C.) FONTANA – the Star Trek writer talks about the Animated Series:
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/bst/article/2843.html



----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY----

MARIE JOHNSTON – official obituary from the Disney Studios for last week’s passing of animation inker and Ollie Johnston’s wife:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003549.html

BEN BURTT – the legendary sound designer has left LucasFilm (after a much rumored falling out with George on Revenge Of The Sith) and has packed his bags to move up the road to Pixar:
http://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1117097132128010.xml&coll=1

CHUCK JONES NEWPORT BEACH GALLERY OPENING – if you’re in the area, and you hurry, you might just make Day 2 of this event:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003571.html

CHUCK JONES GALLERY – images from Saturday’s Day 1:
http://www.asifa-hollywood.org/blogger.html
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003573.html



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

DISNEY’S VIRTUAL MAGIC KINGDOM – visit DisneyLand from the comfort of you own home:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003552.html

DISNEY CHANNEL and TOON DISNEY specials and movie schedules for summer:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003558.html

BALL KIDZ – coming from Proud Family creator Bruce Smith:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/sports/3209374



----BUSINESS----

TRACE PICTURES garners five BDA award nominations and expands its scope:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003542.html

DARK PRINCE – the small Parisian studio updates on their GenerActor 2D software:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003544.html

DREAMWORKS SUED OVER SHREK 2 – following last week’s story that sales of the sequel went less than expected on DVD come reports that the Studio is being sued against hiding that fact from retailers:
http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/02/news/midcaps/dreamworks.reut/index.htm

DREAMWORKS SHARES – fell to a new low following the Shrek 2 lawsuit:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050603/dreamworks_shrek.html?.v=1



----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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