Ultimate Disney has scored an interview with Don Dunagan, who, at the age of five and a half, provided the voice for Bambi in Disney’s timeless classic.

If we truly are gearing up for a release next year of Song of the South it seems advisable to point out two articles online that confront head on accusations of racism levelled against this film: In Defense of Disney’s Uncle Remus… by Merlin Jones at the Save Disney site and Disney’s Song of the […]

As with last year, Animation World Magazine has an article previewing each of this year’s contenders for the coveted Best Animated Short award. A brief Quicktime movie clip of each short is included in the writeup.

This is almost non-news since there has been so much talk about it recently, but a new article at Jim Hill Media adds extra confirmation to the possibility of Disney’s long-unreleased classic Song of the South finally being released to home video next year for a special 60th anniversary edition. (Thanks to Wonderlicious for pointing […]

As if Michael Ovitz’ $140 million severance package wasn’t enough, Chuck Oberleitner discusses at his o-meon site the fact that a couple billion dollars have been lost at The Walt Disney Company due to poor corporate governance and outright Machiavellianism. James B. Stewart’s recent book, Disney War is used as a springboard for the discussion. […]

Just an early heads-up that a recent ASIFA-Hollywood mailing announced that there will indeed be another 2D Expo held this year but the exact date is yet to be announced. Last year the first 2D Expo was held on the Woodbury College campus and attracted professionals, students, aspiring artists, and plain ol’ enthusiasts in the […]

Follow the ‘More’ link to view five screen captures from the five-minute featurette on Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest as found on the upcoming 2-Disc Platinum edition of the original Bambi. According to Patrick Stewart, “Many of Walt Disney’s ideas in terms of the development of the original Bambi do exist and […]

Mickey News reports that Disney is planning a CGI-animated prequel to Peter Pan. The story will be based on Peter and the Starcatchers by well-known humor columnist Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. (More info and discussion in the forums)

The Big Cartoon DataBase reports that a new lawsuit has been filed against Disney/Pixar claiming that the story of Finding Nemo was stolen from an idea presented to them by dentist Dennis Sternberg, who is also an avid scuba diver. The illustrated manuscript Sternberg sent to Disney in 1996 contains many plot points similar to […]

Kristin writes in to point out that the upcoming DreamWorks Animation film Flushed Away has changed its title to Ratropolis.

While other animation blogs are turning their attention to rather trivial matters such as news of adults watching cartoons and what might be in Popeye’s pipe, we here at Animated News prefer to focus on important issues, such as the recent release by Kellogg’s of new Lilo & Stitch cereal.

‘Ichabod’ has posted some all new large screen captures from Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest at the Ultimate Disney forums.

For those in the mood today for some amorous animation Animation World Magazine has all the info on a 24-hour Pepé Le Pew marathon showing on Cartoon Network’s Boomerang channel. The marathon promises to be a complete chronological retrospective of the sentimental skunk.

Mark your calendars for April 22 and get ready for a magic carpet ride. ASIFA-Hollywood has just announced an Aladdin cast and crew reunion to be held at the Glendale Central Library. Confirmed guests include Andreas Deja, Eric Goldberg, Will Finn, John Musker and Ron Clements, and Tom Sito. As with last year’s Lion King […]

Leading up to the March 1 release of the 2-disc Bambi Platinum Edition Disney has released some “Fun Facts” about the movie:

No word on when it’s coming to DVD but The Philadelphia Daily News has announced some screenings of the Disney/Dali surreal collaboration Destino at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from February 16 to May 15 (link via Laughing Place).

Yahoo! Finance has posted some photos from Tuesday’s book signing with Incredibles director Brad Bird.

Industry observer Chuck Oberleitner at his o-meon site makes some predictions about what this year’s Disney shareholders meeting might be like. The meeting is scheduled for February 11 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has less potential for controversy than last year’s meeting held in Philadelphia. Even still, brazen corporate gadfly Evelyn Y. Davis may be there […]

Yahoo! Finance reports that Brad “no more need for an introduction” Bird will be signing copies of The Art of The Incredibles at the Barnes and Noble at The Grove at Farmers Market in Los Angeles, CA, on Wednesday, February 9, at 7:30 PM. If you are one of the first 250 fans in line […]

Ultimate Disney has just posted the cover and disc art for the Pocahontas 10th Anniversary Edition DVD which is due out on May 3.

This might be the start of a regular column here on dumb crime. As reported by Netscape News, an Australian woman has pled guilty to three counts of selling Duff beer on eBay. The only problem was that she didn’t have the beer to send to the buyers as authentic Duff beer (the fictitious beer […]

If you’ve been itching for a Cars update, any Cars update, two images of the car Paul Newman will be driving this Friday in the Rolex 24 at Daytona can be viewed here:

Here we go again. The Orlando Sentinel (link via Laughing Place) has the scoop on a new lawsuit being slapped against Disney by one Royce Mathew claiming that key plot points for Disney’s live action hit Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl were stolen from a 1995 short film of his. […]

Chuck Oberleitner gives a rundown of last night’s {{link http://annieawards.com/ Annie Awards}} held at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA (More reports at Cartoon Brew/Animation World Network). Brad Bird’s Disney/Pixar film The Incredibles was the big winner of the night, soaring off with ten awards – getting a win in every category it was […]

The Disney Database has just updated with over a dozen screen shots from next year’s Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest which is being produced by Disney Toons in Australia.

On January 24, 2005, Xlibris released Walt’s People – Talking Disney with the Artists who Knew Him – Volume 1, the first volume of a series of books that aims to re-animate the field of Disney research. The full press release can be reviewed here:

Just a reminder that an Afternoon of Remembrance will be held tomorrow at the The DeMille Barn – Hollywood Heritage Museum to honor those from the animation community who passed away in 2004. The event is jointly sponsored by ASIFA-Hollywood, The Animation Guild, and Women in Animation, and is free of charge and open to […]

Animated News’ Christian Ziebarth attended a special preview screening last Saturday of Mulan II in the Frank G. Wells Screening Room on the The Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, CA. The event served as a benefit for two organizations: The Center for Asian Arts & Media and Families With Children From China (which also […]

Five more images from Lilo & Stitch: Stitch Has a Glitch from the preview found on the Mulan II DVD can be found here:

Buena Vista Home Entertainment has released two images showing side-by-side comparisons between an original print of Bambi and the new digitally restored version due out on DVD March 1. The images can be viewed here: