It seems Disney is tapping into its vast library of properties to look for more potential Narnia hits with the news that writer Pamela Pettler has been hired to update one of the Mouse House’s most popular films. Pettler, who took on duties for Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride and wrote the script in a month, […]

The new print edition of industry crew magazine Below The Line features their customary run down of all the films now shooting, and some of the titles will be of interest to animation fans. While filming on the second Pirates Of The Caribbean adventure is well known to be finished, the crew, under director Gore […]

Disney’s print campaign for their next collaboration with Pixar, Cars, has started up with a fun new teaser poster that looks like it may update itself and reveal more as the summer release date gets closer. Take a peek here:

The print edition of Video Business magazine out today carries a brief but detailed review of the upcoming Walt Disney Treasures release of The Chronological Donald: Volume Two, the second collection of shorts featuring Walt’s iconic Duck star. We have a copy of the review, which includes details on the bonus features featuring Leonard Maltin […]

After a while out in the cold (sorry!), with little news on how the film was progressing, George (Mad Max, Babe) Miller’s first fully animated feature Happy Feet looks to be coming along nicely. Three {{link http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs47&d=05380&f=Image0493.jpg first-look images}} from {{link http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs47&d=05380&f=Image0643.jpg behind-the-scenes}} have {{link http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs47&d=05380&f=Image067.jpg surfaced online}}, and though they may be rather fuzzy, […]

With Vanguard’s Valiant being distributed without much fanfare through Walt Disney Pictures, audiences may seem split on what to expect from the new studio’s debut movie and whether it’s worth the bucks to go and see it. Commenting on the UK release of the film from a few months ago, here’s what Animated News’ Ben […]

As expected, Warner Home Video will release the immortal 1933 adventure King Kong, featuring iconic stop-motion effects by Willis O’Brien, to coincide with the release of the new version coming to theaters in Novmber. {{link http://www.videobusiness.com/article.asp?articleID=11095&catID=0 Video Business}} reports that the 2-disc set (featuring archival interview commentary, deleted footage and documentaries) will also come housed […]

Popcorn Taxi is proud to present a special evening with animation giant Pixar at Cinema Paris, where the Sydney premiere screening of One Man Band will be held, with director Andrew Jimenez and producer Osnat Shurer in attendance. The event happens Monday, August 8th 2005 at 7:30pm. For more details, check out {{link http://www.popcorntaxi.com.au/Events.asp?Event_ID=400 this […]

The {{link http://www.editorsguild.com/newsletter/JulAug05/julaug05_bride.html Editor’s Guild website}} talks to editor Jonathan Lucas about the grounbreaking work he has completed on Tim Burton’s stop-motion animated fantasy The Corpse Bride.

Following the announcement a few days ago of a Barnyard teaser trailer being online, the official site for Barnyard has been updated with a new trailer. The latest video features a much better look at the animation, plot, and characters in the computer animated release from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.

Steve Buscemi and John Cleese have joined the cast of Exodus Film Group’s CG-animated short film Igor: Unholy Frijoles, announced Exodus’ president, John D. Eraklis. Buscemi will voice the part of Scamper, a super intelligent, yet sarcastic lab rabbit, while Cleese will lend his voice to the character of Dr. Glickenstein, Igor’s evil master. Buscemi […]

{{link http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117926154&cs=1 Variety.com reports}} that Paramount Pictures are “getting the blues, acquiring film rights to vintage cartoon characters the Smurfs and set up development of a 3D CG feature with producer Jordan Kerner and Nickelodeon Movies. They’ve conceived the project as a trilogy and are aiming to release the first film in 2008 to coincide […]

{{link http://www.aintitcool.com/ Ain’t It Cool News}} has a huge amount of San Diego Comic-Con coverage, as expected. Chief among the highlights for animation and related fans are these pages: – News on production of {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20725 A Scanner Darkly}}, with a panel including (dead) auther Philip K Dick – First look at Davey Jones, the […]

Video Business reports on the {{link http://www.dvdexclusive.com/article.asp?articleID=2260&categoryID= growing trend of DVD discs}} featuring interactive games and elements designed to promote upcoming theatrical and home video releases. Front of the pack is DreamWorks’ recent Madagascar Animal Trivia, which will be followed up by a Shrek activity disc in the fall, and is described as “the first […]

DVD Exclusive has the low down on a number of animation related stories today, First up is news that, on the heels of its foray into 3D computer animation last year with DVD premiere Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas, DisneyToon Studios is {{link http://www.dvdexclusive.com/article.asp?articleID=2263&categoryID= ramping up production}} of several more CG DVDs, including an indication […]

{{link http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117925521?categoryId=25&cs=1 Variety notes}} that Filmation Studios co-founder and former disc jockey (one of the original “Live Five”) Norm Prescott has died in Los Angeles. After producing the animated feature Pinocchio In Outer Space (1965), he partnered with former Bozo the Clown animator Lou Scheimer and former Disney animator Hal Sutherland to form Filmation Associates. […]

Disney’s August release of Vanguard’s fun animated feature debut Valiant has gotten a boost with the opening of the film’s {{link http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/valiant/ official website}}. Though there seems to be much more coming soon, the site does currently feature the trailer, production notes, character profiles and clips. Thanks to Cartoni in the {{link http://animatedviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6193#6193 Animated-News Forum}} […]

Following {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/393 DVD Toons’ review}} of the recent (and hard to find) Region 1 edition of the sadly truncated cut of director Martin Rosen’s animated adaptation of Richard Adams’ The Plague Dogs, the site was contacted by Big Sky Video in Australia, who are all set to release – for the first time since […]

Marc John (previously Head of Digital Cinema for the UK’s largest cinema chain, Odeon) has written in to tell us about a new book, due to be printed in the UK in August, that charts the birth and history of Digital Cinema, the new theatrical exhibition technology that will eventually replace film and revolutionise the […]

{{link http://www.comingsoon.net/news/waroftheworldsnews.php?id=10193 Coming Soon}} talks to ILM’s visual effects wizard Dennis Muren about his work on Steven Spielberg’s War Of The Worlds, including the tight deadline, the process of animating to the live-action, plus news on a Hulk 2, upcoming projects, and the future of CGI digital humans.

{{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/409 DVD Toons reviews Starchaser: The Legend Of Orin}}, the fun 1980s sci-fi precursor to such films as Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet and Titan AE, which is making a comeback on DVD. Though there are no points for the non-existent extras, MGM’s new disc of the fan-favorite does sport a spiffy widescreen […]

As well as three new hi-res images from Disney’s upcoming release of Chicken Little, we now have the full press release for the Studio’s planned collaboration with Dolby Laboratories and LucasFilm’s Industrial Light And Magic to issue the film in the new-fangled Disney Digital 3D format. For more, follow this link:

As well as two theme parks in the region, Disney is looking to make its presence felt in China with more traditional filmmaking ways as well. In somewhat animation related news, and seemingly putting an end to rumors of a sequel to Walt’s original, The Guardian newspaper in the UK today reports that “the Wicked […]

Regular Animated-News reader Robin Joseph has let us know that Patch Of Orange, his resumé website that we {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00001794.html reported on}} last summer, has closed down. However, Robin has started a {{link http://www.patchoforange.blogspot.com PatchOfOrange blog}} and has updated the page with Bird, the student short completed this year as his final project at Sheridan […]

Currently being sponsored by Volkswagen (shouldn’t they have done this for the Herbie film?) is the trailer for {{link http://www.kingkongmovie.com/ef239524432ba87f1ca8f70eed4b1fa7/en_splash.html 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 […]

Apart from The Jetsons, Yogi Bear and the return of Garfield to the big screen, {{link http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8184943/site/newsweek/ MSNBC’s Newsweek}} has a small piece on more cartoons set to “go live” in Hollywood adaptations, including John Woo’s He Man, with Jason Lewis, and The Smurfs, a long-rumored project, with Jeff Goldblum once listed as Gargamel!

Raven Moon Entertainment’s subsidiary Raven Animation has already produced the soundtrack and will begin animation next month on a 14-minute trailer for Gina D & The Transistor Sisters, the first of three low-budget G-Rated animated family films that the Florida company is looking to produce. Slated as follow-ups are The BOBO Blocks Movie and The […]

{{link http://www.dvdexclusive.com/article.asp?articleID=2224 DVD Exclusive}} reports that “After more than a year of speculation, Fox has announced the release of an animated DVD premiere movie version of Family Guy on September 27. Creator Seth MacFarlane’s 83-minute ‘unrated’ movie, Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story!, finds the maniacal baby genius distracted from his plans for […]