‘Ros’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1385#post1385 AN Forums}} posts that Brad Bird’s highly anticipated debut CGI project The Incredibles is to be Disney/Pixar’s first PG-rated collaboration. “I couldn’t believe my eyes – both Disney animated movies this year (Home On The Range and The Incerdibles) rated PG. It’s an official source but right now I can’t […]

Following yesterday’s news on Sony’s {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000955.html Triplets Of Belleville}} disc release comes news from the studio that they will be issuing their other international pickup film, Tokyo Godfathers to DVD on April 13 2004 on their Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment label. The single disc comes with an exclusive Satoshi Kon character illustration postcard and […]

Steaming ahead with their sudden attempt to cram every Hanna-Barbera television classic onto DVD, Warner Brothers Home Enteratinment have just announced {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/522 The Jetsons: Season 1}} for a boxed set disc release, according to DVD Toons. The 24 episodes will be joined on the set by Judy Jetson herself, Janet Waldo, providing commentary on […]

{{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040223/film_nm/france_nemo_dc_3 Yahoo News}} reports that author Franck Le Calvez is continuing with his crusade against Disney and Pixar, whom he says stole the core idea for Finding Nemo from a French children’s book he published in November 2002. Thanks to ‘Wolf Tooth’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1347#post1347 Animated News Forums}} for posting the current goings […]

John Lasseter’s next (and final for Disney), Cars has been confirmed not to have any human characters in its line up. {{link http://comingsoon.net/news.php?id=3608 Coming Soon}} reports that voice cast member Owen Wilson has been speaking to About.com. The actor says: “It’s a world of cars. That’s the hook”. Wilson’s automobile character is “a race car […]

With the wider release of the acclaimed documentary Walt: The Man Behind The Myth making its way to DVD on March 2nd, DVD Toons have updated Ben Simon’s {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/275 original review}} of the disc, from November 2002, which comes highly recommended for those unlucky enough to not catch it first time around. Also on […]

DVD Toons spins the new DVD release of Joe Dante’s {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/276 Looney Tunes: Back In Action}}, and it seems as if the film is worthy of another chance on disc. “On speaking about the Spielberg/Zemeckis movie 1941, critic Pauline Kael wrote that it was ‘like spending two hours with your head stuck in a […]

{{link http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3359&n=1&burl= DVD Answers}} has a first look at the cover artwork for a new Tom And Jerry: Classic Collection, due on region 2 disc in the UK from April 5th. No details on whether the cartoons will be restored, or which titles will be included, but it is stated there will be no extras. […]

At one point included among Disney’s line up of animated stars (well, he was an inanimate object come to life!), it seems the next Herbie movie has picked up pace on its was to theaters. Chris Gardner of {{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2096346 The Hollywood Reporter}} writes: “Fresh from the Sundance Film Festival premiere of D.E.B.S., her feature […]

Chris Wedge’s next computer generated film, Robots is gearing up nicely to win over audiences next Spring 2005. This week at the {{link http://www.action-figure.com/Article11063.html US ToyFair}}, while the manufacturers were busy getting retail orders and the media were getting pictures, the movie studios were announcing some new licenses, with Robots being among them. Thanks to […]

First it was the battle of the bugs, then we got not one but two asteroids-heading-to-Earth flicks, two Latin-American set comedies, and a couple of mythical monsters in the running for the same Oscar prize. Now, following the fact that October’s SharkTale will try to swim into Nemo‘s waters, and that Disney is working on […]

Toon Zone reports that the re-branded Jetix action-toon blocks on ABC Family and Toon Disney (which we {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000602.html originally revealed here}}) have brought “ratings improvements for both channels, versus previous weeks and year-ago numbers”. Links to Disney’s official numbers, which programs performed the best, and other details can be found at {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=103046 Toon […]

The {{link http://www.imdb.com/StudioBrief/#1 Internet Movie Database}} today reports that “The Walt Disney Company has hired corporate lawyer Martin Lipton, famed for developing strategies used by companies to avoid hostile takeovers. Lipton is credited with developing the ‘poison pill’ defense, a corporate strategy aimed at inflating the cost of a takeover, usually by issuing new shares […]

Sylvain Chomet’s Les Triplettes De Belleville was awared the prize for Best French Film of 2003 at the Lumières Awards in Paris on Tuesday night. “The film is also in competition in two categories at this year’s Oscar awards, Best Animated Film and Best Original Song”, reports today’s {{link http://www.imdb.com/StudioBrief/#1 IMDB Studio Brief}}. “The Lumières […]

Always on the pulse with new goings on in the world of film, {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/ Ain’t It Cool News}} weighs in with several new updates of interest to animation fans. Firstly, an “insider” plays up the upcoming DTV release of {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17019 Mickey’s Three Musketeers}}, really going to great lengths to promote this as “the […]

Although both films have yet to see theatrical release, rumors are rife that this summer’s two big animated comedies, Home On The Range (opening April 2) and Shrek 2 (May 21) look like they’ll be heading to disc by the end of the year. As yet unconfirmed by the Studios, of course, sources say that […]

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts have just completed the presentation of this year’s British Academy Awards. Animation did not feature strongly this year, with Belleville Rendezvous (The Triplets Of Belleville) losing out to In This World for Best Foreign Film, and Finding Nemo losing Best Original Screenplay to The Station Agent. Jojo […]

Garth Franklin’s always up-to-the-minute movie news site {{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040212c.php Dark Horizons}} posts some new details on Steve Martin’s attempts to revitalize the Pink Panther movie franchise, with a new film set to be released in 2005. It’s changed it’s name from Birth Of… (which would have seen the series start from scratch again) to the […]

The Looney Tunes are set to repeat the Stateside success of their Golden DVD Collection, when a similar four disc boxed set is issued in the UK tomorrow, Monday 16 February. Two seperate “All-Stars” discs have already been released, but the new box (advertised as seemingly only available exclusively at HMV stores) collects these cartoons […]

In their continuing attempts to strike a deal with Disney, the {{link http://www.nypost.com/business/16234.htm New York Post}} reports that Comcast have been “wooing” Pixar Animation, or more precisely Steve Jobs, believing that “they will have an easier time convincing Disney shareholders to accept their buyout proposal if it is likely to come with a renewed movie […]

The ever reliable Jim Hill is back today with more on the possible Disney-Comcast merger. He’s put together a full, exclusive transcript of yesterday’s {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/02122004.1.htm press conference}} from Comcast heads Brian Roberts and Steve Burke, which looks into general detail their vision for the new Walt Disney Company, especially playing up their devotion to […]

The Disney Company, who until now have enjoyed an un-official online relationship with Apple to distribute clips and trailers for their movies, willl move over to Microsoft later this year, or early 2005 according to {{link http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4310373&section=news Reuters}}, when their copy-protection devices will enable the Mouse House to offer full-length movies for downloading over the […]

Though laying dormant since the recent holiday season and throughout January, the animation-on-disc website {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/ DVD Toons}} sprung back into action this week, with no less than four major updates. First, Randall Cyrenne looks back at the career of legendary stop-motion effects animator {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/features/62 Ray Harryhausen}} with a wonderful article that takes a […]

Famed English adventurer Rupert The Bear is coming back home, with the issue of Paul McCartney’s Rupert And The Frog Song, the first time the little bear was animated on film, and a theatrically released short that played with McCartney’s Give My Regards To Broad Street movie from 1984. The Rupert featurette, previously only available […]

Two animation events across the UK were highlighted today, in The Guardian newspaper’s listings supplement, The Guide: {{link http://www.britishanimationawards.com/ The British Animation Awards}}: “When you consider that past contributors have included Nick Park, Steve Bell and Tim Burton, you get a good idea of the quality expected in this competition. Plus you – yes, you […]

Since we {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000789.html reported}} the domain name registrations that point to the fact that DreamWorks’ sequel to the still-to-be-released original Shark Tale will go under the moniker of Another Shark Tale, we’ve had several messages sent to us from various sources confirming this fact. Nothing can be counted on for certain until we hear […]

{{link http://www.animationblast.com/ Animation Blast}} updates this weekend with some new info on Bill Plympton’s independent animated feature Hair High, the sci-fi comedy that fans were able to see him create “live” on the internet. The Blast announces a “West Coast premiere at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival on Saturday, February 14. Bill will be […]

Amazon.com remind us that seven Disney DVD titles go back into the vaults today, and will probably remain out of print until an eventual re-emergence on high-definition disc format. The classic titles include Sleeping Beauty, Fantasia and its continuation Fantasia/2000, as well as the box that brings both of these films together and adds The […]

‘MusicFan’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=933#post933 AN Forums}} points out that DreamWorks have “registered the domains ‘anothersharktale.com’, ‘anothersharktale.net’ and ‘anothersharktale.biz’”, so it looks like the upcoming first film’s sequel will go under the title Another Shark Tale. However, was this title choice based on the fact that a too-eager cyber squatter had already registered the name […]

As expected, Jim weighs in on the current hot topic concerning The Walt Disney Company and their splitting with blockbuster supplier Pixar Animation Studios. Posted late last night (early this morning?), {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/01302004.3.htm Jim chimes in}} with the latest, as well as a report on {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/01302004.2.htm some emails}} Disney Animation head David Stainton has […]