Rodney Figueiredo over at DVD Toons reviewes the new Warner Video release of {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/296 The Jetsons: Complete Season One}} box set on DVD. “It is great to see such a great cartoon get its due on DVD and I hope this is the first of many more releases”, says Rod. “When I was a […]

As {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000499.html we reported}} at the end of 2003, Warner Bros. Pictures and the Imax Corporation have announced that Robert Zemeckis’ latest film, the 3D animated The Polar Express is headed to Imax theaters day and date with the standard 35mm theatrical release. {{link http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4592 Coming Soon}} has the latest info, including the new […]

Popping up with a couple of interesting tidbits, {{link http://www.showbizdata.com/contacts/picknews.cfm/35384/DEPP_WANTS_KEITH_RICHARDS_TO_PLAY_HIS_FATHER Showbiz Data}} reports that Johnny Depp has announced on UK TV that he would like Keith Richards, member of the Rolling Stones and the model for Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow, to play his father in the upcoming sequel to Pirates Of The Caribbean. The story […]

Thanks to ‘monkeyboy12′ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=2277#post2277 Animated News Forum}}, who has posted a link to a preview of Activision’s upcoming game tie-in for DreamWorks’ October animated film {{link http://cube.ign.com/articles/511/511146p1.html Shark Tale}}.

Animation HQ’s {{link http://animationhq.net/v2/news/411.php Industry 411}} page has reported that Legacy Animation, founded only this past January with the goal of continuing Walt Disney’s vision of traditional hand drawn animation, is “no more”, according to directing manager Eddie Pittman. In a note to the site, Pittman says: “To set the record straight, Legacy is in […]

As a few early looks at this year’s Walt Disney Treasures line of DVDs begin to surface online, it’s surprising to see that no-one has commented on the “Roy Disney signature” situation. With a {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/297 review copy}} of Mickey Mouse In Living Color Volume Two having turned up, we can confirm that Roy’s signature […]

We’ve a couple of posters in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=353 AN Forum}} who point out that all Home On The Range merchandise in The Disney Stores from Pittsburgh to Florida has now been reduced in price to 50% off. Thanks to ‘macaluso’ and ‘Special Ed’, who adds: “Isn’t that a new record for a Disney film?”

What’s in development at which companies, and what can we expect to see playing in games consoles soon? Those are the questions ‘MusicFan’ answers in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=2269#post2269 Animated News Forum}}, with a list of all known games on the way across all platforms.

Reuters News have posted a story on the new $75 million {{link http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=5019361 Tower Of Terror}} ride at Disney’s ailing California Adventure theme park – a “haunted hotel” which will hopefully pull in more crowds. Meanwhile, DisneyLand Paris faces a continued {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/guest/mickeyfantasmic.05042004.1.htm financial crisis}}, and ‘Vee’ writes in to let us know that “It’s […]

Not as Earth-shattering as that headline sounds, the {{link http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5019135 Reuters News Agency}} has a little more on the story that former Disney board members Roy Disney and Stan Gold’s plans to put forward an alternate slate of directors next year if the current board does not “face up to the issues”.

The {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=24994 Big Cartoon DataBase}} reports that “The Transistor Sisters, a fully animated singing group created by Emmy-winning executive producers Joey and Bernadette DiFrancesco, will make their singing debut on three new Gina D’s Kids Club episodes scheduled for production in June, which will be offered to major stations this September by BKS Entertainment”.

Join Jerry Beck to have the Fleischer Brothers’ original 1930s Popeye cartoons – some of the most brilliant and inventive shorts ever created – released on DVD. Over at {{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2004_05.html#000133 Cartoon Brew}}, Beck points to an interesting article at the {{link http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2004/05/03/popeye_fans_get_animated_in_dvd_debate/ Boston Globe}} that puts the fans’ views forward in regards to the […]

Stop-motion effects legend Ray Harryhausen will present lucky attendees at this year’s Sci-Fi And Fantasy Classic Film Weekend to a special screening of perhaps his most revered work, Jason And The Argonauts, on Friday May 14 at the Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre in Jersey City. {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=110145 Toon Zone}} announces that “Harryhausen’s talk, which will […]

{{link http://www.thehotbutton.com/today/hot.button/index.html The Hot Button}} files in with another report on this weekend’s presentation of Shark Tale at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival in New York, and over at the ever-reliable {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17480 Ain’t It Cool News}}, there’s another version of events, plus a description of the completed scenes that were played from the movie. […]

DreamWorks head honcho Jeffrey Katzenberg continues to play up his upcoming NBC animated series Father Of The Pride, which will begin airing later this year in the slot vacated by Friends. Over at {{link http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/03/fatherofthepride.ap/index.html CNN.com}}, there’s a sense of deja-vu in what is said, but some new tidbits emerge nonetheless.

{{link http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_191257.html Chris Miller}}, head of story on DreamWorks’ Shrek 2, is interviewed over at Pittsburgh Live’s Tribune Review.

Pittsburgh Live’s {{link http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_191258.html Tribune Review}} has the first couple of images from DreamWorks’ Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence online, while {{link http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=4451 Coming Soon}} features a little more info, including a release date of September 17 2004 in the US.

Demonstrating how computer animated pre-visualization can help a director plan a scene, BET.com has an interesting {{link http://www.bet.com/articles/0,1048,p539gb9491-10442,00.html 35-second clip}} combining CGI and a green-screen-shot Halle Berry for a chase sequence in the upcoming Warners feature.

{{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040503d.php Dark Horizons}} posts this weekend’s box office figures, and it seems that Disney’s last 2D hope, Home On The Range, hasn’t hit the bottom of the top ten after all, taking just over $2.2 million to sit in ninth place with a $45.5m total. Bringing up the rear is WB’s Scooby-Doo 2, with […]

Not so much as a review than a general onceover of all the shorts, bonuses, interviews and extra clips to be found in the set, Kirby Holt’s Toon Talk takes a look at what to expect from Mickey Mouse In Living Color Volume 2, one of this year’s 2-disc packages in the lavish Walt Disney […]

Craig writes in with a report on Sunday’s DreamWorks event at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where completed scenes from their October animated film Shark Tale were revealed. The event was “awesome”, says Craig, adding it was the “best $25 I’ve ever spent”. Thanks very much for the for taking the time to send this […]

Promoting the upcoming DVD release of his 1977 animated feature {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001NBMIK/ref%3Dnosim/cartoonresearch/TARGET%3D/102-4687562-8010520 Wizards}}, director Ralph Bakshi has spoken to {{link http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review.php?id=1031 Fulvuedrive-in.com}} about the film, its techniques, and his other animated work, including the 1978 The Lord Of The Rings. A very informative and entertaining Sunday read – thanks to {{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ Cartoon Brew}} for […]

DVD Answers has a host of new region one DVD shots for upcoming cartoon and superhero box sets in the works. As well as cover art and menus for {{link http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3640&n=1&burl= Wonder Woman}} (the live-action 1970s television series), there’s an early look at the menus for {{link http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3812&n=1&burl= Challenge of the Superfriends: The First Season}} […]

Klasky Csupo, the studio responsible for a great deal of animation on television these days, has found a way to release some of the tension that must have built up over rumors of its recent financial struggles. {{link http://www.globaltantrum.com. Global Tantrum.com}}, the studio’s new site, is naughty, rude and full of very adult-natured content. The […]

As the Big Idea studio continues to pick up the pieces on the way to financial recovery, Senior Designer John Trauscht has alerted us to a new upcoming DVD set featuring the VeggieTales characters. {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000228EZY/qid=1083429086/sr=1-23/ref=sr_1_23/102-4687562-8010520?v=glance&s=dvd The Bumblyburg Super-Hero Value Pack}} contains the complete Larry-Boy collection in a 4-disc DVD collection, including Larry-Boy and the […]

Word comes directly from Universal Home Video in Montreal that a two disc edition of The Triplets Of Belleville will be released on May 18th. Still no word on what this {{link http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00021447W/qid=1083180812/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_2_3/701-1499626-2443528 mysterious listing}} is on Amazon.ca though. In the meantime, the US single disc has been getting good reviews for the film and […]

‘MusicFan’ lets us know that the cast dispute for The Simpsons has been finally settled, with the actors getting, to borrow the {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=494&e=1&u=/ap/tv_simpsons_dispute Associated Press}} story’s words, more “D’oh! Despite speculation the dispute would shorten the 2004-05 season, the studio said it was optimistic that all 22 planned episodes could be finished. ‘We couldn’t […]

The ups and downs of Disney’s trials and tribulations are played out again tonight, when the UK’s BBC ONE repeats a 60-minute documentary (originally produced for Three) on the company’s recent woes. The series {{link http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tv/outrageous_fortunes/disney.shtml Outrageous Fortunes}} “goes in search of the real stories behind the success of the biggest brands in the world […]

Peggy Villar, of the Wonderful World of Animation, has let us know about a signing event set to take place at the {{link http://www.comic-con.org/Pages/WCWhatsNew.html WonderCon}} this weekend in San Francisco. The WWA is an art gallery specialising in original animation art, and will have Alan Burnett, Paul Dini and Bruce Timm on hand to sign […]

Valerio Mandova from Italy writes in to tell us about the Shark Tale trailer, which saw caught during a UIP (United International Pictures – DreamWorks and Universal’s worldwide distributor) presentation. Check out the description {{link http://www.cinemaplus.it/leggi-news.asp?id=220 here}}.