Four previously unreleased images from the One By One animated short which is included on Disney’s upcoming 2-disc special edition of The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride can be found here:

If you’re still wondering if you should rent or purchase a copy of Disney’s new DVD feature The Three Musketeers, here are three more reviews to help you make your decision: Laughing Place Jim Hill Media Animation World Magazine

A representative from Animated News was recently invited to DreamWorks Feature Animation in Glendale last Friday and got to see two episodes of their upcoming CGI-animated television series Father of the Pride. A full report, plus new and exclusive images from Father of the Pride can be found here:

The following links contain story, photos, and video clips from the event this morning where the irascible Donald Duck was honored with the 2,257th star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, as well as a story by Jim Hill on what Donald’s star looked like before it reached completion: Yahoo! Finance PR Newswire Jim Hill Media […]

If you don’t like your choices of candidates for political office when election time comes you can always write your own candidate on to the ballot, even fictional characters, as did citizens in a recent Bulloch County, Georgia, election. The Big Cartoon DataBase reports that animated characters Spongebob, Goofy, Snoopy, the Three Stooges, and Mickey […]

Screen shots from Walt Disney’s Mickey, Donald, and Goofy: The Three Musketeers and a review of some of its DVD features can be found here:

Yahoo! Movies for the UK and Ireland announces that the direct-to-video title starring The Lion King’s comedy duo, Timon and Pumbaa, Around the World with Timon and Pumbaa, is coming to DVD. Originally released on home video following the success of The Lion King, this compilation of the Timon And Pumbaa television show features the […]

Six screen shots from the preview for Disney’s upcoming CGI-animated feature Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas on the Three Musketeers DVD can be found here:

Kristin has sent in news from the Paul McCartney e-mail newsletter concerning more animation coming from the Beatles superstar (it appears be talking about the UK release of the Paul McCartney: The Music And Animation Collection which was released in the US a couple months ago). Full details here:

Star Wars mega-fan site TheForce.Net reports on the opening of Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, which will take place sometime in Spring 2005 and “will produce digitally animated films, television and games.” According to George Lucas, “I’ve been a fan of Asian animation and illustration all my life . . . By having a base in Singapore, […]

Back in January, we reported on Mickey Mouse-shaped vegetables. Now there’s word of Simba from The Lion King being made out of fruit. Check it out at Yahoo! News UK. Link from Laughing Place.

As has been reported at Cartoon Brew, the impetuous Donald Duck will soon be honored with his own star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. Newly released full details on the event can be found here:

You can view several new screenshots and promotional images from Disney’s upcoming hand-drawn animated comedy adventure The Three Musketeers, starring Mickey, Donald and Goofy, here:

TheForce.Net reports that several Star Wars cartoon series, including Droids Adventures and Clone Wars will be coming to DVD soon with the Clone Wars series set for a spring release.

While not exactly an animated feature, it seems warranted to point out that there is a new fan film by Untamed Cinema titled Grayson, which centers on Batman’s former sidekick, Dick Grayson, otherwise known as Robin. This film is already generating a big buzz in the fan film community and exemplifies the fact that a […]

Moriarty over at AICN gives us a sneak peek of the exclusive poster for The Incredibles that will be handed out only at the San Diego Comic Convention later this week. The art is by famous comic artist Mike Mignola and each poster will be signed by him and Incredibles director Brad Bird.

TV Shows on DVD.com gives some juicy details on the upcoming DVD box set, Ren and Stimpy – The Complete 1st & 2nd Seasons, which will include over 30 episodes of the grunge era cat and dog team and an audio commentary track. There is no mention of who provides the audio commentary but hopefully […]

An article yesterday in the Orange County Register (free subscription required to read article online) reports that “Since the death (or severe illness) of drive-in theaters, people have flocked to cemeteries, pools, beaches, lakes, office rooftops and library courtyards, among other places, to see a flick outside.” To view a schedule of animated movies known […]

Joe Carioca at the Ultimate Disney forums has pointed out that the Official Simba’s Pride site is now up at Disney.com.

Follow the “More…” link to read Buena Vista Home Entertainment’s press release and view a newly released screen shot of Huey, Dewey, and Louie doing some Yuletide skateboarding in Disney’s upcoming CGI direct-to-video feature Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas.

The New York Times has an article which discusses the Brother Bear DVD and its comedic commentary by moose brothers Rutt and Tuke but it also makes a passing reference to the fact that work is beginning soon on a Brother Bear 2. No word yet on if it will be a theatrical release or […]

“Joe Carioca” at the Ultimate Disney Forums points out that a brief clip of Disney’s CGI direct-to-video feature Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas is now available at the official Brazilian Disney site. Follow the link to read Joe’s instructions on how to find the clip.

After having released screen shots of the sub-menus for their upcoming Mickey, Donald, and Goofy DVD feature The Three Musketeers, Buena Vista Home Entertainment has now released a screen grab of the main menu screen. Follow the ‘More’ link to view the image. The official site, which includes three new clips in addition to the […]

Over at Jim Hill Media, Jim chimes in with some of his perspective on the recent Lion King Tenth Anniversary Reunion sponsored by ASIFA-Hollywood.

Animation Insider reports that the premiere of Cartoon Network’s Justice League Unlimited is being moved from Saturday, August 7, to Saturday, July 31. This new series will retain the superhero heavyweights of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern, but also focus on lesser-known DC Comics heroes such as The Question, Hawk & Dove, Booster […]

Yahoo! Finance News reports that the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company has voted to give itself a 300% raise. “‘The new arrangements were approved after extensive consideration of board compensation practices at other large public companies and consultation with the board’s independent compensation consultant, and are intended to bring the board’s compensation […]

Jerry Beck at Cartoon Brew points out that animator extraordinaire Bill Melendez has made some major renovations to his site at {{link http://www.billmelendez.tv www.billmelendez.tv}}. Bill is best known for producing 40 years of Peanuts specials and movies and for providing the voice of Snoopy but has also worked with every other major Hollywood studio.

About.com has a new article where producer Jerry Bruckheimer reveals some more information about the two upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, including the fact that plans to film the two movies back-to-back could change. And, in an apparent nod to Weekend at Bernie’s II, Bruckheimer hints at the possible return of Geoffrey Rush’s character, […]

Amid Amidi, of Animation Blast and Cartoon Brew, and Pixar’s Ronnie del Carmen both have reports up now of ASIFA-Hollywood’s 2D Expo that took place last Saturday. Read Ronnie’s report here and Amid’s report here. As Ronnie suggests, see which well-known animators you can pick out from the pictures he has up. Bonus points to […]

Animated News was able to attend ASIFA-Hollywood’s 2D Animation Expo yesterday at Woodbury University in Burbank, and while there was not too much to be gleaned from the proceedings in the way of animation-related news, we did learn from Jim Capobianco of Pixar that there is no truth to the rumor that Pixar will be […]