{{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ Cartoon Brew}} posts the first image from Popeye’s new special (right) and also offers its forums open for discussion. The picture, showing the spinach loving sailor man in his new 3D incarnation, comes from this month’s print issue of Time Magazine. They also outline the show {{link http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040419-610090,00.html online}}, which actually sounds a […]

When DreamWorks’ animated comedy Father Of The Pride comes to NBC this fall, studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg is hoping that the show will be an immediate hit – especially with a price tag of up to $2.5 million per episode, making it one of the most expensive half-hour TV series ever! The {{link http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/12/arts/television/12DREA.html New […]

Jim Hill Media returns to reporting on all things Disney today, with a story that’s doing the rounds saying that Disney is looking to launch a new {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/04122004.1.htm satellite studio}} specifically to produce sequels to Pixar’s hit films. Though Disney Studio chairman Dick Cook recently said that work was “nowhere near starting” on any […]

Out this Tuesday on DVD, {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/288 Paul McCartney: The Music And Animation Collection}} collects Sir Paul’s three animated films together for the first time. DVD Toons takes a look at the disc, saying that although “Miramax’s idea to collect [the] various animated projects together in one place is a great one, this new DVD […]

Over at DVD Toons, the {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/features/65 Ink And Paint Club}} is a great place to brush up on cartoon history and discover a few rarities. This time around, Randall Cyrenne clocks in with an article on EC Segar’s amazingly popular and durable creation Popeye The Sailor, this year celebrating his 75th Anniversary. Starting with […]

{{link http://www.movie-list.com MovieList.com}}, a great archive of classic, new and coming soon trailers online, have posted a hi-res version of the teaser for Disney’s first CGI-without-Pixar film. The {{link http://www.movie-list.com/trailers.php?id=chickenlittle Chicken Little teaser}} debuted last month on the Brother Bear DVD and is now up at the site in full QuickTime quality. Despite rumblings that […]

Floyd Bishop, a Dad of two (a four year old and a one year old) who is fed up with the “junk that passes for educational or entertainment nowadays”, has decided to take it upon himself to create Paul And His Bananas, an educational short film geared toward young children who are just learning to […]

The complete specs for Paramount’s May 19 release of South Park: The Complete Fourth Season have been posted at {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/552 DVD Toons}}. No Spirit Of Christmas (the first-ever outing for the South Park characters and a short that many hoped would finally turn up in this set), but the five to seven minute “mini-commentaries” […]

As anticipation for the new Spidey flick heats up, a new trailer for {{link http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/spider-man_2/trailer/ Spider-Man 2}} has just gone live at Sony Pictures’ site.

The {{link http://www.nypost.com/business/18437.htm New York Post}} is confirming that Steve Jobs has indeed put on hold discussions with other studios about forming a new partnership deal until the dust settles on the battle over Michael Eisner’s future as CEO of Disney. In their report filed today, the Post indicated that Jobs has told associates that […]

‘MusicFan’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=310 Animated News Forum}} points out that “game developer Digital Extremes has released a movie of in-game footage from the game Dark Sector“, adding that “the game is at least one and a half years away”. Check out the {{link http://www.digitalextremes.com/ company’s site}} as well as this direct link to the […]

For those anticipating the CG feature Through The Moebius Strip, check out the {{link http://www.moebiusstrip.net/start.htm official website}}, which is now live and is packed with info on the project. Thanks to ‘MusicFan’ for the link.

Walt Disney Home Entertainment will launch the Walt Disney Treasures series in the UK with two releases, {{link http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3723&n=1&burl= Silly Symphonies}} and a separate {{link http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3724&n=1&burl= Mickey In Living Colour}} collection. Both will be two-disc sets featuring multiple animated shorts similar to the region one editions already released, though the Mickey set will apparently also […]

The Sylvain Chomet film picked up by Dimension Films that we {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00001255.html reported yesterday}} will not be his already in-the-planning Barbacoa, but “another new project”.

Don Hahn, producer of Disney’s theme-park ride adaptation The Hanted Mansion, talks to {{link http://actionadventure.about.com/cs/weeklystories/a/aa042004.htm About.com}} and what went into the planning for the April 20th DVD.

While the new live-action feature is still picking up bad word of mouth and distributors Universal continues to fail to drum up the hype even weeks to its unveiling, DVD Toons has the specs on a new box set from MGM that contains the original two {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/551 Thunderbirds: International Rescue}} films from producer Gerry […]

{{link http://www.dvdfile.com/software/dvd-video/archive/2004/04_07.html DVD File}} today posts the specs, dates and prices for a crop of new DVD titles, including The Simpsons: Season 4. Of most interest is the announcement that December’s 40th Anniversary edition of Mary Poppins will include “a brand-new live action and animated sequence [this new musical number is exclusive to the DVD] […]

The {{link http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/#tv4 Internet Movie Database}} today reports that last week’s episode of South Park: The Passion Of The Jew was a big hit for Comedy central, much like the film that inspired it, Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of The Christ has been in theaters. “4.4 million viewers – equally stupendous by cable TV standards […]

As DreamWorks continues to bow to pressure from groups claiming it is trying to sell offensive Italian-American stereotypes to children in the guise of animated “mob comedy” Shark Tale, the official site reveals another change: that of Robert DeNiro’s character’s name change. Dropping the “Don”, he’s now just known {{link http://www.sharktale.com/character2.html simply as Lino}}. Peter […]

Cyper Media Inc, a 3D animation studio currently producing the $15 million feature The 5th Glacial Epoch, has acquired Joongang Movie Entertainment Co. Ltd, a producer of animated content for the Pokemon series. Joongang is a profitable 13-year-old animation company with more than 60 different Japanese TV clients, and which also has numerous contacts in […]

Ain’t It Cool’s {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17300 AnimAICN}} takes it’s usual look at the world of manga and Japanese anime projects in various states of development. There are a ton of links in there, with news and reviews on films coming soon and now available on DVD, as well as this image of a figure of {{link […]

{{link http://www.showbizdata.com/contacts/picknews.cfm/35108/EISNER_SAYS_HE’S_HAPPY_NOT_TO_BE_DISNEY_CHAIRMAN ShowBiz Data}} reports that Disney Copmany CEO Michael Eisner, who was recently stripped of his additional Chairman role, has said that he’s “happy with this arrangement” and that he will now be able to “devote more time to working with company executives on reinvigorating the company’s animation unit and reviving the ABC television […]

“Six new shows, three new acquisitions, greenlights of two existing shows and future programming events” will feature strongly in Cartoon Network’s new Adult Swim blocks, to begin with an extra night of action and anime programming on Saturday, April 17th. The kick-off will see the broadcasting of The Animatrix, while new animation deals with Seth […]

The Triplettes Of Belleville director Sylvain Chomet’s next film, according to Done Deal’s Script Sales, has been picked up by Dimension Films for US distribution. Chomet was belived to be assembling a team and creating a new studio in Scotland to tell the story which, if this is the same film he has previously mentioned, […]

The {{link http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/#film5 Internet Movie Database}} is reporting that “New York Post film critic Lou Lumenick has reviewed a five-minute ‘movie’ starring Jerry Seinfeld and has extolled it as ‘the year’s funniest new movie so far’. A Uniform Used To Mean Something is being screened {{link http://www.americanexpress.com/jerry only on the internet}} and is in fact […]

DVD news and reviews site The Digital Bits has their classics expert Barrie Maxwell return today with three new articles of particular interest to animation fans. As well as his usual {{link http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/barriemaxwell/maxwell032904.html Coming Attractions}} page (which highlights many animated titles in the works), Barrie also gets to grips with a {{link http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews3/disney3.html group of […]

The {{link http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/#tv3 Internet Movie Database}} reports thst “The controversy over Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ spills over into Comedy Central Wednesday night when South Park offers an episode titled The Passion of the Jew“. The Viacom-owned channel released a statement which described the episode: “After weeks of pressure from Cartman, Kyle finally […]

Roseanne really seems to be pulling the stops out in making the rounds promoting Disney’s Home On The Range. Now, the {{link http://latinoreview.com/films_2004/disney/homeontherange/roseanne-interview.html Latino Review}} has a chat with the star, who provides the voice of Maggie in the film, out this Friday, April 2.

Fox Home Entertainment, via DVD Toons, announces a new disc and specs for {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/549 Garfield As Himself}}, a collection of three animated episodes (Here Comes Garfield, Garfield On The Town and Garfield Gets A Life) coming to DVD on June 29. Retail is a low $14.95, with no known extras at this point.

It didn’t do too well in theaters and the theatrical poster (lampooning Pinocchio) may have been jettisoned, but here’s the much more “kid-friendly” and colorful artwork for the Teacher’s Pet disc, out June 15, courtesty of {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/550 DVD Toons}}.