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 06/19/05 – 07/02/05: 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. Headliners from the past couple of weeks were. . . ----RIP TIGGER AND PIGLET---- PAUL WINCHELL – last week saw the sad passing, at age 82, of one of animation’s most distinctive voices: that of Winnie The Pooh’s pal Tigger, Paul Winchell. Apart from his voice work, Winchell was also a prolific inventor, including an artificial heart that provided the basis for the development of the first implanted artificial hearts. As Tigger was often fond of saying (a phrase Winchell credits to his British-born wife), “T.T.F.N. – Ta Ta For Now”: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003658.html JOHN FIEDLER – not 24 hours after Paul Winchell passed away, news came in that his co-starring voice in the Pooh cartoons, that of Piglet’s John Fiedler, had also died, aged 80. Fiedler also provided voices for numerous other Disney characters, right up to a cameo in The Emperor’s New Groove and in his signature role in this year’s Pooh’s Heffalump Movie and the upcoming Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween Movie: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003659.html ----FEATURE FILMS---- CHICKEN LITTLE 3D – Disney’s big CGI release will also “go large” and do what the company had been toying with doing to the original Toy Story by releasing the film in 3D. With LucasFilm’s Industrial Light And Magic on board, the film will open in select markets in this “improved” edition. Full press release here: http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=1530 THE RETURN OF THE KING – currently being sponsored by Volkswagen (shouldn't they have done this for the Herbie film?) is the trailer for Peter Jackson's KING KONG, which features a surprising amount of full-on monkey business rather than the glimpses we usually catch in teasers for such big event movies. KING KONG, featuring Andy (Gollum) Serkis under a heavy, hairy load of CGI make-up, opens worldwide this December: http://www.kingkongmovie.com/ef239524432ba87f1ca8f70eed4b1fa7/en_splash.html NEW AMPAS MEMBERS – the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended its numbers by 112 members, including animation names such as Pixar’s Steve Jobs and Shrek/Narnia’s Andrew Adamson: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003669.html WONDERDOG – Disney’s planned live-action/CGI hybrid looks to be moving forward: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10086 ONE MAN BAND – more on Pixar’s latest short, including a look at the film’s official poster: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003637.html NEW KID ON THE BLOCK – another independent company, Raven Moon, is setting themselves up to take on Disney/Pixar and DreamWorks in the CGI feature animation stakes: http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/?d=80191 SMURFS / MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE / CHIPMUNKS / TRANSFORMERS – a brief look at some animation to live-action features on the cards: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8184943/site/newsweek/ NEW YORK LICENSING SHOW – lots and lots of promo images for upcoming films and TV including The Corpse Bride, Krypto, Loonatics, Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Shrek 3, Flushed Away, Over the Hedge, Bee Movie, Kung Fu Panda, Barnyard, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Monster House and Charlotte's Web: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003647.html TOY STORY 3 – definitely slated for summer 2008: http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117924842&categoryID=18&cs=1 REGAL FREEBIES – the Regal Cinema chain is once again enticing families to free movie shows: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003677.html ICE AGE 2: THE MELTDOWN – the teaser poster: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10235 ----DVD RELEASES---- CINDERELLA II – Europe looks to be getting a special edition re-issue of the DTV “sequel”. We didn’t think anything could make this poor attempt “special”: http://www.disneydatabase.com/forums/showthread.php?t=416 TARZAN – the 2-disc special edition of Disney’s original vine swinger will be re-issued in the US on October 18: http://www.disneydatabase.com/forums/showthread.php?t=420 TOY STORY – 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION – new, kid-friendlier cover art: http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&p=info&c=6557&t=3612&g=viewthread&n=1&n2=2&k= FAMILY GUY – a lot of plot and title news on Fox’s direct-to-video movie resurrection: http://www.dvdexclusive.com/article.asp?articleID=2224 SIMPSONS SEASON SIX – it’s fun, but so much for consistency with the box art for the next one: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3576 CINDERELLA – coverage of the DVD press launch event: http://www.ultimatedisney.com/cinderella-preview.html LILO AND STITCH 2 – press release for the UK version, which gives us a fair idea of what to expect: http://www.disneydatabase.com/forums/showthread.php?t=421 THE MUPPETS – menus from the original Muppet Show and the recent Wizard Of Oz TV movie: http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9977 STARCHASER: THE LEGEND OF ORIN – the fun 1980s sci-fi precursor to such films as Atlantis and Titan AE makes a comeback on DVD, with a spiffy widescreen transfer. Full review: http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/409 ----INTERVIEWS---- BILLY WEST on what it’s like to fill Mel Blanc’s shoes, in a no-holds-barred frank discussion: http://www.onionavclub.com/feature/index.php?issue=4124 ----CHARACTERS AND HISTORY---- JOE GRANT CELEBRATION – photos from the event last week (scroll down, down, down): http://www.asifa-hollywood.org/blogger.html JOE GRANT CELEBRATION – a full report, plus more pictures from the event: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003680.html REPLACING CAST MEMBERS – what happens (as with Paul Winchell and John Fiedler) when an animated cast member needs replacing? Slate looks into things: http://slate.msn.com/id/2121686/ COMPOSERS JOHN DEBNEY and ALAN SILVESTRI have signed on for more animated projects following their success on films such as Emperor’s New Groove and Lilo And Stitch, respectively: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003664.html LES NUITS MAGIQUES – the 15th annual French film festival is looking for entries to be submitted before the September deadline: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003650.html PRO-DIGITAL PAINTER 3.2 – specs on the new update: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003656.html CHEEKY’S ASTROTHRILL – the short is announced as screening at ComicCon: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003673.html GALAXY RANGERS – the show and its creator is also at ComicCon: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003678.html ELECTRONIC THINGS – Goofa Man’s short film will play at this year’s ComicCon: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003649.html DREAMWORKS’ COMIC-CON – the studio’s full run-down of what to expect at this year’s show, including first-looks at their live-action summer slate and footage from upcoming animated films: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003675.html ----TELEVISION / THEMED / STAGE---- AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD – Mike Mignola’s comic book comes to the small screen as a half-hour TV show: http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=0&id=31398 BATMAN and SUPERMAN animated series – start their runs soon on Boomerang: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003682.html IT PAYS TO BE A TV DAD – CNN looks at the average wage of all those fictitious heads of families in TV land: http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/15/pf/tv_dads/index.htm BISHOP’S JAMBOREE – opposites are made fun in this retro-styled animated short: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003638.html JO-JO’S CIRCUS – the title character will appear in balloon form at this year’s Macy’s Parade: http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=4157 STORE WARS – ever wondered what it would be like if Star Wars was acted out with groceries? Wonder no more: http://www.storewars.org/flash/index.html ----BUSINESS---- THE MOVE FROM STUDIO-BOUND PICTURES TO INDEPENDENTS – The LA Times looks at the trend that sees smaller production houses tied up in distribution deals with the big boys: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003635.html PINATA TROUBLE – Disney, Cartoon Network and Hanna-Barbera, among others, have launched a suit against a pair of LA vendors who were selling illegally produced merchandise: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003642.html CORNER STONE ANIMATION – another new company opens its doors: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-27-2005/0003982183&EDATE= VFX-JOBS – new website concentrates on finding work for Australian and New Zealand artists: http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00003672.html MADAGASCAR’S PENGUINS – about to become DreamWorks number one promoters: http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050629005368&newsLang=en ----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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