It certainly was an eventful night in the Kodak Theater, Hollywood, last night. Returning to the role of host, Billy Crystal enlivened proceedings with his now traditional mocked up appearances in several of the year’s big movies, as well as his razzmatazz singsong announcements of the five Best Picture nominees, “It’s A Wonderful Night For […]

The voting is over, the numbers are in, and it’s Oscar night not only in Los Angeles’ capital of film itself, Hollywood, but the world over, with an estimated one billion people tuning in and watching the film industry’s most important event on television and the web. As well as the predictable winners (Finding Nemo), […]

After many rumors that the high DVD sales of the show could urge the networks to commission new episodes of Family Guy, it looks like it’s finally happening. At {{link http://dvd.ign.com/articles/495/495464p1.html?fromint=1 IGN}}, creator Seth MacFarlane reveals “he’s been given the go-ahead and the only question mark left is whether the new material will air initially […]

{{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=103993 Toon Zone}} points to a new editorial at the New York Times, where The Triplets Of Belleville director Sylvain Chomet argues for “the merits of animation as a great and legitimate artform”.

Just as they’re doing with the Van Helsing movie, Universal is issuing an animated prequel to their Vin Diesel film, The Chronicles Of Riddick, the sequel to sci-fi shocker Pitch Black, this summer. Retailing for $14.98 and arriving on June 15, The Chronicles Of Riddick: Dark Fury will come with a 1.78:1 anamorphic transfer, Dolby […]

Thanks go out to ‘MusicFan’ who sent in {{link http://www.venturadistribution.com/new_releases/serve/7811/Undercover+Brother%3A+The+Animated+Series this link}} to the full spec, details and hi-res cover art for the animated Undercover Brother DVD coming from UrbanWorks Entertainment on May 18th. The disc collects all 12 episodes and features “an intro and commentary by the Undercover Brother himself, star Eddie Griffin”, who […]

Thanks to the {{link http://www.impawards.com/2004/shark_tale.html Internet Movie Poster Awards}}, we have a chance to see the initial one-sheet teaser poster for DreamWorks’ upcoming Shark Tale. Interestingly, the word “theaters” is spelt on the poster as “theatres” – could this be an international poster, with October 1 the UK release date also? Hats off to ‘Dalboz’ […]

“Designed like a run-of-the-mill graphic design tome, this is more than the sum of its parts. The authors have chosen 50 animators – from around the world, and across generations – dividing their work into four loose categories: Form, Sound, Words and Character. Each animator is represented by a short: the formal Synchromy (1971) for […]

It’s been a good couple of weeks for animation and fantasy films at this week’s theaters in the UK, mainly due to the school holidays. The Haunted Mansion was off to a good start at number one with $10.1 million in the bank, and Looney Tunes: Back In Action stayed the course after two weeks, […]

Those people who supported Roy Disney’s recent call to email the Board of The Walt Disney Company and voice their concern at the direction the company was taking have been finding a direct response from board member George Mitchell in their inboxes. “Thank you for your recent email. I appreciate your taking the time to […]

In addition to the specs we {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000959.html listed yesterday}}, the official Amazon.com pages for the DTV releases of Mickey Donald And Goofy: The Three Musketeers and The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride have been updated to show a few more details. {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001I55VA/qid=1077810357/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/102-4687562-8010520?v=glance&s=dvd Mickey’s Musketeers}}’ The Many Hats of Mickey Mouse featurette will “discover […]

{{link http://www.dvdfile.com/software/dvd-video/archive/2004/02_24.html DVD File}} lists some new amendments to the previously announced Disney animated video features The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride and Mickey, Donald And Goofy: The Three Musketeers. The 2-disc new edition of the Lion King sequel, due on August 31, comes in a THX-certified 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer with Dolby Digital 5.1 […]

‘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 […]