Kristin writes in to point out that the image at Amazon.com for the DVD cover of the Rankin-Bass Easter special Here Comes Peter Cottontail mentions that there is a Peter Cottontail: The Movie coming Spring 2006. A look at its IMDb page confirms that this movie is in production and features several big name celebrity […]

“Bob Tucker Director Media Relations for the Disneyland Resort (DLR) has released a statement concerning the incident in Disneyland Park with author Jim Hill this past Sunday.”

It appears that the Road Runner (Fastius Tasty-us) is the latest celebrity to get caught up in the blogging craze. Read all about his dealing with iPods, Jimmy Buffett music, Pilates, and that wiliest of coyotes, Wile E. Coyote (Apetitius Giganticus) (original link via Cartoon Brew; for further reading check out James T. Kirk’s Captain’s […]

Toon Zone informs us that a sequel to Blue Sky’s CGI hit Robots is very likely to be made. Producer William Joyce assures that the sequel will have a stronger storyline than the first, which was more of a set up for the audience to be introduced to the robotic world. Robots 2 is likely […]

If you’re going to be giving your own guided tours of Disneyland make sure you don’t charge for them and make sure folks who paid for an official tour don’t get confused and assimilated into your group or they might report you and you might get kicked out of “The Happiest Place on Earth,” as […]

Cartoon Network’s official site for Season 3 of Star Wars: Clone Wars is now up. This season will consist of five 12-minute episodes (beginning tonight) rather than ten 3-minute episodes as the first two seasons did. It will still be action-packed but also considerably more character driven. This season will also end by dovetailing right […]

Ain’t It Cool News reports on some coming developments in the world of 3D cinema. The discussion centers mostly around the announcement made at the recent ShoWest that George Lucas’ entire Star Wars saga is likely to be shown in 3D in theaters worldwide throughout 2007, but there is also the curious mention that parts […]

Yahoo! Finance reports an Associated Press interview with Bob Iger, “CEO Elect” of The Walt Disney Company, in which he discusses the company’s future, its relationship with Pixar and Roy Disney, and more. “Our mission is to create more high-quality entertainment for more people to consume in more places more often. As challenging as that […]

Motley Fool Rick Aristotle Munarriz has written a treatise listing several things Bob Iger should do when he takes over Michael Eisner’s spot at the head of The Walt Disney Company. Some of his suggestions are sure to be controversial (letting Pixar go) but some will be agreeable to most onlookers (reviving animation).

The Ice Age 2 trailer/short featuring more of the misadventures of the hapless Scrat which showed before Blue Sky’s Robots is now up at Fox’s Danish site (original link via Animation Nation).

The Orange County Register online has the lowdown on the new Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters attraction which opens today at Disneyland, “but the groundbreaking component begins June 6, when anyone in cyberspace will be able to tag along with park visitors – in real time – with an online connection” (free subscription required to read […]

Yahoo! Finance reports that The Incredibles has reached sales of five million units on its first day of release for home video in North America. “The superheroes at Pixar who created The Incredibles have made it even more thrilling in this extraordinary DVD release,” said Pixar CEO Steve Jobs. “We are gratified that millions of […]

Check out Mark Evanier’s site for photos and an account of the unveiling Wednesday of the wall sculpture dedicated to animation legends Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera held at The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood (original link via Cartoon Brew).

Follow the ‘More’ link to view five images from yesterday’s Incredibles DVD signing held at the Hollywood Virgin Megastore. Apparently writer/director Brad Bird was there (in addition to story supervisor Mark Andrews and music supervisor Michael Giacchino) even though he wasn’t mentioned in the announcement.

After you get your DVD today of The Incredibles be sure to go hunting for Easter eggs. If you want some hints, just look here:

Just received some late-breaking news that two members of the crew for The Incredibles, Mark Andrews, story supervisor, and Michael Giacchino, music supervisor, will be signing copies of the DVD tomorrow at the Hollywood Virgin Megastore (8000 W. Sunset Blvd) from 6:00-8:00 P.M. According to BVHE: “Creators of this amazing film will meet with fans […]

Forget that business about Flushed Away being retitled Ratropolis. Now it’s back to being called Flushed Away again. The IMDb page also has updated casting information.

Yahoo! Finance has posted Roy Disney and Stanley Gold’s response to the naming of Bob Iger as Michael Eisner’s successor to the position of CEO of The Walt Disney Company.

Cory Mitchell in our Animated News forum points out a site by artist Michael Paulus that imagines what the skeletal structure of many famous cartoon characters might look like.

The official site for Disney/Pixar’s The Incredibles has been updated to reflect its pending DVD release. Check it out to preview some of the DVD’s great special features. Thanks to ‘macontosh2000’ and ‘scofo’ in our Animated News forum.

After the debacle of the Cat in the Hat movie, the widow of Dr. Seuss swore to never allow a live-action adaptation of one her husband’s books again. But she has now warmed up to the idea of allowing a CGI-adaptation Horton Hears A Who to be produced by Fox’s Blue Sky studio, according to […]

On Thursday, April 21, the Hollywood Heritage Museum/Lasky-DeMille Barn will be screening “historic ‘home movie’ footage shot by Ward Kimball,” one of Walt Disney’s legendary Nine Old Men. While animation is not specifically mentioned, knowing Ward Kimball’s reputation this footage is likely to be quite entertaining.

Kristin writes in to point out that one of the promotional posters for Pooh’s Heffalump Movie looks quite similar in concept to one of the promotional posters used for Lilo and Stitch. Compare the two images here:

This may not qualify exactly as animation news but Latino Review has posted the cover image for July’s Harry Potter and The Half-blood Prince.

Chuck Oberleitner has posted a new article at his o-meon site discussing the visionary nature of the material contained in the Tomorrowland: Disney In Space And Beyond DVD from Wave 3 of the Walt Disney Treasures series.

File this one under “bizarre and unexpected.” Papadapolis writes in and points out a site where Napoleon from Napoleon Dynamite and Fender from the upcoming Robots have an online dance competition. It looks like it’s even an official Fox site.

Kristin writes in to point out that the FOX Network is hosting a preview tonight at 8PM entitled Assembling ROBOTS: The Magic, The Music and the Comedy. Robots hits theaters next week, March 11, and is 20th Century Fox’s first CGI movie since Ice Age in 2002.

Six screen shots of deleted scenes that can be found on disc 2 of the March 15 DVD release of Disney/Pixar’s The Incredibles can be found here:

On the online auction block now at eBay is a Disney book from 1973 entitled Brer Rabbit and His Friends. Only difference between this and the original story is that the infamous tar baby has been replaced by a glue-coated stuffed bunny rabbit in an attempt to be politically correct.

Coming later this month at Hollywood’s historic Egyptian Theatre is a three-part program centered on animator extraordinaire Genndy Tartakovsky. Genndy will be playing some of his Samurai Jack material, his brand-new Clone Wars cartoons, and works of others who have influenced him (original link via Cartoon Brew).