With the release of Martin Rosen’s animated adaptations of Richard Adams’ novels Watership Down and The Plague Dogs to Region 4 DVD in Australia, {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/features/78 DVD Toons looks back}} on these two movies and their latest disc incarnations. Particular emphasis is given to The Plague Dogs, which marks the first time the fully uncut […]

Over at {{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002343504 The Hollywood Reporter}}, Frank Scheck has seen Disney’s The Wild – out tomorrow – and has posted a review of the apparently not-screened-for-critics movie. While he highlights the “impressive animation”, the “ultra-frenetic” direction seems to have left Frank with impressions of a “relentlessly loud and ultimately exhausting exercise”, though he misses […]

Eight new character posters for Disney/Core’s The Wild have been made available online, introducing the film’s characters and providing fun facts about the movie. The movie’s {{link http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/thewild/ official website}} has also been updated to include the full trailer in “Wild Vision”, more on the characters, slide show photos with voiceovers, downloadable stickers, wallpapers, AIM […]

{{link http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1743984,00.html Guardian Film}} reports that director Bryan Singer is creating an alternate 3D version of this summer’s anticipated blockbuster Superman Returns to be shown exclusively in Imax theaters. This version will “contain 20 minutes of 3D footage, with Singer inserting visual clues that tell audiences when to don their 3D shades”. movie will hit […]

Video Business magazine notes that King Kong has “aped its way to become the top-selling DVD in Universal Studios’ history, surpassing sales of $100 million in its first six days in stores. According to the studio, consumers bought 6.5 million discs through Sunday. Peter Jackson’s King Kong remake reached a worldwide theatrical gross of $550 […]

Often called the “Walt Disney of Norway” (though his puppet and stop-motion techniques are probably more akin to Ray Harryhausen’s fairy-tales or the Rankin/Bass specials of the 1950s and 60s), Ivo Caprino’s work is celebrated in a lavish new multi-disc DVD box set. The films, including Caprino’s international success Pinchcliffe Grand Prix, have all been […]

Aaron Hartline, animation lead on Scrat for Blue Sky’s Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, speaks to {{link http://www.strutyourreel.com/forum/feature/ Strut Your Reel}} about breaking into the business, the highs and lows, tricks of the trade, and turning in a big Hollywood movie sequel in under eight months. Hartline is also participating in a forum-based {{link http://www.strutyourreel.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=35&sid=d940df825b313a22fff1d5108b8e0410 […]

{{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/home_video/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002274534 The Hollywood Reporter}} announces that Disney’s Chicken Little “easily crossed the road to the top spot on the national DVD sales chart for the week ending March 26. According to VideoScan data, Chicken Little, the animated take on the classic sky-is-falling tale that grossed more than $135 million in theaters, outsold second-ranked Dreamer: […]

The {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=60988 Big Cartoon DataBase reports}} the very sad passing of a true Hollywood legend, director Richard Fleischer, son of animation producer Max and the captain of Walt Disney’s foray into large scale filmmaking and first American shot live-action feature film 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, for which he famously asked his father’s permission […]

DVD Toons adds to the growing amount of {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/479 Chicken Little reviews}} with their usual in-depth approach, saying that the sparse disc, released this Tuesday, reminds of the initial “Lilo And Stitch, which got a little more than this first time out and is itself due for a two-disc reissue. Should you hold off […]

Though there’s still not much there other than the movie’s spooky (take that how you want!) trailer, the Monster House website has recently been {{link http://www.monsterhouse-movie.com/ updated}} with info on the story and some downloads. Monster House opens this July.

{{link http://www.thesuperficial.com/archives/2006/03/22/paris_and_nicky_hilton_cartoon.html The Superficial.com}} has the first images of Hilton sisters Paris and Nicky in their animated incarnations, who they hope can be used in a TV show about their lives in the style of The Simpsons [WARNING for adult language in the comments section under the images].

Kinoo in the {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14029#14029 Animated News Forum}} has posted a newly-found Cars poster from {{link http://www.latinoreview.com/filmpreview.php?id=4 Latino Review}}; the first to be released, one each week, in the 12 week run up to the film’s theatrical release. And, just as Mac {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=13941#13941 wished for in our Forums}}, you’ll find a huge, high-res version […]

A story we {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00001846.html first reported}} on in 2004 has reached a resolution at last. The descendants of Zulu musician Solomom Linda had filed a lawsuit against Disney in South Africa claiming they were owed royalties for the popular song The Lion Sleeps Tonight that the company used in their Lion King feature and […]

{{link http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11924590/ MSNBC reports}} that Fox has greenlit two more seasons of The Simpsons, putting the show on the air through 2008 and bringing the number of series up to 19 and making it the longest-running entertainment primetime series on the air. Fox’s other popular animated comedy, King Of The Hill, will also return in […]

Often called the “Walt Disney of Norway” (though his puppet and stop-motion techniques are probably more akin to Ray Harryhausen’s fairy-tales or the Rankin/Bass specials of the 1950s and 60s), Ivo Caprino’s work is celebrated in a lavish new multi-disc DVD box set. The films – including Caprino’s international success Pinchcliffe Grand Prix – have […]

Just a week after its release, DVD Toons takes its customary {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/477 in-depth review}} format to Walt Disney’s Lady And The Tramp, with analysis on the film itself, extensive coverage of the disc’s bonus features and a commentary on the lack of the Academy ratio edition of the movie in the set, with accompanying […]

As has been the case all too often recently, we have to report the passing of another light in animation’s rich legacy, with a report in today’s {{link http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/obituary/0,,1724498,00.html The Guardian}} newspaper, which has announced the death of Carmen Miranda’s sister Aurora. Ms Miranda did not achieved the global success that her older sister did, […]

The Walt Disney Company and Britain’s BritishSkyBroadcasting have announced a new partnership that will see the introduction of two new channels for UK viewers. In addition to the Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney, Toon Disney, ABC and Jetix channels already on air, the new deal adds one new Disney channel, Disney Cinemagic (which will featuring its […]

Buena Vista has released details and artwork for the upcoming Dinosaurs: The First And Second Seasons DVD box set from Disney and Jim Henson Productions. For a look at the announcement in the current issue of Video Business magazine, plus a glimpse of the box art, follow this pre-hysteric link:

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts presented their awards to the international film industry this Sunday evening. The BBC has the full {{link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4730718.stm list of winners}} online. Taking home prizes for animation were Nick Park and company for the Best British Film, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit, while Fallen […]

{{link http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6296434.html Video Business}} indicates today that Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings and King Kong films will be among the first titles offered on high-definition DVD disc, alongside Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire and the Mission: Impossible trilogy, the third of which is out in theaters this summer. Other titles that feature […]

In a deal signed last Friday, DreamWorks, the independent studio founded by director Steven Spielberg, producer Jeffrey Katzenberg and music boss David Geffen, was sold to Paramount Pictures for $1.6 billion. After months of negotiations with Universal (Spielberg’s long-time base and current DreamWorks distributor), a deal could not be completed with Universal’s owners, NBC/GE. Conversely, […]

With a $65.5 million opening, Disney executives are more than pleased with the box office performance of The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe and have greenlit production of the next book in CS Lewis’ series, Prince Caspian. The {{link http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?id=705&dl=7532925 NarniaWeb site}} says they have received word from an anonymous […]