Dan Whitney (AKA Larry The Cable Guy) is to play to a “new crowd” in 2005, when he provides the voice of a tow truck in the upcoming Disney/Pixar film Cars. Speaking to the {{link http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2004/08/08/entertainment/local/dbcfaa1b1d68728386256eea0015cab4.txt Sioux City Journal}} (subscription required), Larry, whose voice was heard by director John Lasseter after hundreds of auditions, says […]

The Second City.com have announced the winners of this year’s {{link http://www.secondcity.com/news/article.asp?nid=1720466689 ShortCuts Film Festival}}. Lee Lanier and Jeffrey Dates of Boulder City, Nevada. Lee and Jeffrey wrote, directed, and animated their film Day Off The Dead and will each receive a scholarship for one term of the Second City Writing Program, and the opportunity […]

The official site for Disney/Pixar’s {{link http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/incredibles/main.html The Incredibles}} now has a coloring game up in which younger fans can fill in the character’s costumes and print them out.

Dark Horizons posts a report from the set of Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s new ‘super-marionette’ musical movie {{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040810b.php Team America}}, where the boys reveal their Thunderbirds influences and the tricky act of juggling South Park and making an action puppet blockbuster!

DVD Toons takes an in-depth look at Disney’s new Mickey Mouse movie, {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/327 The Three Musketeers}}, also starring Donald and Goofy. “For a medium that is supposedly running out of steam, this traditionally animated feature looks refreshingly vibrant and colorful. With character models and actions absolutely so spot on, certain sequences will have even […]

It’s official: we’ll not be getting a set of Walt’s True Life Adventures this year as part of this year’s wave of Disney Treasures releases, due in part to the fact that we’ve already had one series this year (the delayed wave three) and Disney didn’t want to flood the market with the same themed […]

{{link http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4764 Ultimate Disney}} has scored another first: screen shots from three of the upcoming Walt Disney Treasures titles. Still no word on whether True Life Adeventures has been postponed for now, but check out stills from Mickey Mouse In Black And White Volume Two, The Complete Pluto and The Mickey Mouse Club.

To grab a peek at Paramount’s animated DVD line-up for October/November, hop on over to {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/643 DVD Toons}} for a full list and some early artwork.

‘Special Ed’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=4710#post4710 Animated News Forum}} links to a few classic Rankin/Bass animated specials coming to DVD this winter: Frosty’s Winter Wonderland, T’was The Night Before Christmas and Rudolph And Frosty’s Christmas In July. The discs are now up for pre-order from Amazon, with an October 5 release date.

Fay Wray, one of the first actresses to star with an on-screen animated co-star, the stop-motion special effect King Kong, has died at her Manhattan home this past Sunday. A full look at her career can be found here:

Those intrigued as to what to expect from this fall’s Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest For Pappy (to air on the Fox network and appear as an extended DVD) can now hop on over to see a {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/594 trailer at DVD Toons}} in Windows Media format.

‘Avdcd’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=4606#post4606 Animated News Forum}} links to Amazon.com, where this year’s selection of Walt Disney Treasures are now up for pre-order. Set for release on December 7, the titles confirmed so far are Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume 2, The Complete Pluto, Volume 1 and The Mickey Mouse Club. A […]

Just a quick reminder of news we posted last week that {{link http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=thursday&service_id=4224&filename=20040805/20040805_1100_4224_10234_95 BBC 2 will be showing Walt Disney’s Song Of The South}} tomorrow, at 11am on Thursday, August 5th. Though the film is unavailable officially and is rarely seen, this marks the seond time in a year that the channel has run it […]

With NBC/Universal dropping out of the running in the bid to pick up “mini-major” MGM Pictures, it’s now back down to Sony and Warner Brothers to take control of the lion. The bidding battle has been raised due to MGM’s 4000 strong library (it already owns films from such independents as Orion and Polygram, as […]

DVD Toons has posted the cover art and an {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/641 announcement}} for the animated film that beat Disney’s Destino and Pixar’s Boundin’ as favorites to win this year’s Best Short Academy Award, Adam Elliot’s Harvie Krumpet. The 72-minute run time indicates that there will be more on the disc other than just the short: […]

Don’t say we didn’t warn you! After months of rumored production stories and the reportedly terrible film that emerged, the Spy Kids-update of Thunderbirds has crashed and burned in the US top ten, following a less than stellar debut in its UK homeland last week. With estimates entering the film in the {{link http://www.boxofficereport.com/wbon/daily.shtml American […]

Movie site JoBlo.com has a first look up at the Spongebob Squarepants Movie {{link http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=4901 poster banners}}, which reveal a couple of new characters. The Paramount film opens November 19.

{{link http://www.skwigly.co.uk/magazine/articles/01-07-04/pixar/bradbird01.asp Skwigly}} online has a look at the Incredibles chat with Brad Bird, from last week’s Comic-Con.

Over at Ain’t It Cool News, ‘Quint’ files a couple of Comic-Con event reports. First, he {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=18062 meets Incredibles director Brad Bird}} and interviews him on his latest film and the transition from hand-drawn to CGI. Then he gushes aplenty over the exclusive screening of sci-fi/animated/live-action epic {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=18056 Sky Captain And The World […]

‘RandCanuck’ and ‘GeorgeC’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=339 Animated News Forum}} remind us that Whohoo Pictures’ animated short version of Bill Presing and Matt Peters’ Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher, one of the most original and well made shorts in recent years, is now available on DVD, after premiering at last week’s Comic-Con. The traditionally animated award-winner […]

“Never-before-seen clips” from Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence will be presented this Friday, July 30th, between 11:30am and 12:30pm to attendees at Otakon 2004, the second largest animé convention in the US, being held from July 30 to August 1, in Baltimore, MD. Read the press release and get access to the new trailer […]

As if to make up for the fairly poor showing at this year’s Comic-Con (where a big unveiling event was expected), Warner Brothers has released the {{link http://batmanbegins.warnerbros.com/ Batman Begins teaser trailer exclusively on the official site}}. It’s available in a multitude of different formats…NOW!

One of Walt Disney’s most cherished (by those who have seen it) and much requested (by those who haven’t) films, Song Of The South, will be showing on BBC 2 next Thursday, 5 August, at 11am. This will be the second time within a year that the film has been screened on the channel – […]

Those in the UK will have already been able to see Don Hahn’s directorial debut, the animated short One By One, on the Lion King II DVD now available (US owners may want to wait for the region one edition in August that supplies an additional disc of extras). Now, {{link http://www.ultimatedisney.com/onebyone.html Ultimate Disney}} has […]

Putting the awful new feature film (which opened in the UK last week with a poor $2m take) behind us, Rand Cyrenne at DVD Toons looks at the Anderson Supermarionettes proper, with MGM’s new release of the {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/324 Thunderbirds: International Rescue Giftset}}, a stunning and feature-packed collection of the two 1960s theatrical outings. “MGM […]

Animation World Network’s VFX World takes a look at two recent feline featured films: Disney’s short {{link http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=319b255d&atype=articles&id=2169 Lorenzo}} and the visual effects-created world of {{link http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=319b255d&atype=articles&id=2168 Catwoman}} (which is still clawing on to a number three spot in the top ten, with a $20m total pull so far).

Though often rumored, {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=117377 Toon Zone}} reports that Canada.com has posted the first real confirmation that a {{link http://www.canada.com/entertainment/story.html?id=ca78e65d-d4e4-4dd6-b69e-a509e11773b2 Family Guy movie}} is indeed “in the works”. The story points out that new episodes of the resurrected cartoon sitcom are scheduled to air next spring on Fox and that a new music CD of […]

The sometimes provocative and always entertaining Mike Barrier has promised to update his {{link http://www.michaelbarrier.com/index.html Funny World website}} more often, and is off to a good start, with several new articles posted. Probably the one to make the most waves will be a {{link http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Commentary/Shrek2/Shrek2.htm review of Shrek 2}}, which he picks apart with customary […]

{{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=117410 Toon Zone}} has a great article up about a half-hour stop-motion animated Korean film, Doggy Poo, which turns out to be a surprisingly tender, gentle and profound story that the site describes as “beautiful”.

{{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/ Animated News Forum}} member ‘Angus McBadger’ reminds us that lucky region two owners in the UK can purchase Duck Tales The Movie: Treasure Of The Lost Lamp on DVD from today. Coming with a new 1.66:1 anamorphic transfer and Dolby Stereo surround sound, the only bonus is a set-top game, but the disc […]