Just a quick mention that if you’re looking for some more Halloween goodness on the web, Roy Disney and Stanley Gold’s Save Disney site has a Halloween theme at the moment and links to several interesting articles about the Haunted Mansion, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, and more.

The AOL/Moviefone website has a little feature that shows the progression of one scene from The Incredibles from pen and paper concept art to a completed computer-generated image.

Next up in our series of excerpts from the production notes for Disney/Pixar’s The Incredibles is a segment that tells about the genesis of the story, Brad Bird’s story pitch to Pixar creative VP John Lasseter, and a glimpse at the technologically groundreaking aspects of the production of the film.

Mark your calendars and let’s see how many people we can stuff into the comic store. On November 20, Golden Apple Comics (link via Toon Zone) is hosting an Iron Giant reunion with over two dozen members of the crew present with a Q&A session hosted by Jerry Beck of Cartoon Research and Cartoon Brew. […]

Animation World Network reports that long-running television series The Simpsons is set to return for its sixteenth season with its fifteenth Treehouse of Horror episode (the first season of The Simpsons did not have a Treehouse of Horror episode due to starting in December and beginning with a Christmas episode as the series pilot) on […]

VFX World reports that Walt Disney Pictures is in pre-production on a live-action, martial arts-based retelling of the Grimm Brothers fairy tale to be set in late nineteenth century China.

For those of us who miss the animated and educational shorts of yesteryear, Animation Insider reports that Schoolhouse Rock will be returning to television November 1 on Toon Disney.

Starting today and going until Thursday of next week we will be presenting excerpts from the production notes for The Incredibles.

The producers of NBC/DreamWorks Father of Pride television series are allowing themselves to be interviewed by fans from all over the world. Questions can be submitted here. All questions must be received by 12pm ET, Wednesday, October 27, 2004. That means there’s just a few hours left.

Yahoo! News has made available some photos from the recent premiere of Pixar’s The Incredibles that took place October 24 at Disney’s El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.

Check out DVD Toons for information on Balto III: Wings of Change, which is due for release on February 1, 2005. More Info

The Paramount Pictures Home Video site has announced that I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown will be released on October 26. The running time is listed as 75 minutes, which makes it nearly twice as long as its broadcast version. Bonus features include Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tales and The Making of A Charlie […]

A Yahoo! press release reports that Disney’s Chicken Little character will be part of next month’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in the form of a huge balloon even though the movie itself will not be released until May of next year. The article seems to also give the most thorough rundown of the movie yet. […]

The Internet Movie Database reports that an animated feature based on the life of Islam’s founder and originally set for release three years ago but held back due to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, will now be seeing release on November 14. Muhammad: The Last Prophet is directed by Richard Rich, director of Disney’s […]

Karen Raugust at Animation World Network examines the current rise of high-quality, faith-based animation in today’s market, which has been spurred on by Mel Gibson’s blockbuster The Passion of the Christ. Christian television programming for children is no longer restricted to Davey and Goliath and Veggie Tales (both of which are still going strong), but […]

Images of some of the promotional merchandise sent to members of the press to herald the arrival of the Mulan 2-Disc Special Edition DVD on October 26 have been posted here. The merchandise includes a Chinese umbrella, a box of fortune cookies with Mulan-relevant fortunes inside, two Chinese lanterns, a kite, and a framed picture […]

Bert Klein, director of the animated sequences for the upcoming Fat Albert movie has written in to discuss the role animation plays in the mostly live-action movie and the care that went into creating those sequences: “Regarding the Fat Albert animation sequences it has 11 minutes of full 2D animation animated in house at Warner […]

USA Today reports the sad passing away yesterday of Christopher Reeve, who portrayed the Man of Steel in four movies from 1978 to 1987. In the casting coup of the century Reeve was chosen among 200 potential actors for the part of the mythical and heroic Superman and seemed to personify in his acting of […]

Fayette County, Georgia’s The Citizen Online reports that a 35-yr. old man recently pled guilty to the theft of three copies of The Lion King DVDs and was sentenced to ten years in prison for his crime. This was the third shoplifting charge for Donta Dewitt Harris. It is anticipated that the three-time thief will […]

MovieFone has just posted the first trailer for the upcoming Fat Albert movie due out Christmas Day. The movie is mostly live action, but does have some animated sequences directed by Bert Klein (Boy’s Night Out) and animated by Eric Goldberg, James Lopez, Tony DeRosa, and Bill Waldman. Whereas each episode of the TV series […]

Buena Vista Home Entertainment has just released the details of the 3rd disc included in the upcoming Special Edition 3-Disc DVD Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl Gift Set, which will be available on November 2. Follow the “More” link for details.

Getting back on track with the Aladdin DVD screen grabs we now present for you eight images from the Story Development section of the Still Frames Gallery:

Roy Disney has posted an opinion piece at his Save Disney site responding to recent remarks by Disney CEO heir apparent Bob Iger regarding the Disney/Pixar relationship and chilling comments about the likelihood of creativity thriving in large companies, comments that ignore the fact that creative passion can thrive within a large company when small […]

Follow the ‘More’ link for nine photos of last night’s Hollywood premiere for this coming Tuesday’s DVD release of Disney’s Aladdin. The evening began with a red carpet event outside the theater then moved inside where Clay Aiken performed Proud of Your Boy and the audience was treated to the first ever digital theatrical presentation […]

We now present for you five storyboard images from the Why Me musical sequence which was deleted from Disney’s theatrical release of Aladdin but included as a bonus feature on the upcoming 2-disc Platinum Edition release. Much of the material in in this sequence was later used in the reprise of the Prince Ali musical […]

The Disney Database has posted 8 menu screen shots from Disney’s direct-to-video title Mulan II which is due for release in February 2005.

Five storyboard images from the scene “Aladdin in the Lap of Luxury” which was deleted from Disney’s theatrical release of Aladdin but included as a bonus feature on the upcoming 2-disc Platinum Edition release can be found here:

Following are six images from the “Inside the Genie’s Lamp” bonus feature on Disc 2 of the soon-to-be-released Platinum Edition of Disney’s Aladdin:

The Sunday Herald Online makes a passing mention of an upcoming animated musical entitled Happy Feet which will feature voice work by Nicole Kidman, Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy (voice of Hank’s niece Luanne in King Of The Hill), and Hugh Jackman. It is also to be set to a soundtrack of Beatles music. Thanks to […]

Six storyboard images from the “Humiliate the Boy” musical sequence which was deleted from Disney’s theatrical release of Aladdin but included as a bonus feature on the upcoming 2-disc Platinum Edition release can be found here: