TV Guide.com has an interesting review of the rather interesting Kaena: The Prophecy, a movie which was “originally conceived as a video game,” and featuring the voice talent of Richard Harris and Kirsten Dunst. Thanks to Kristin for the heads up.

Below is a transcript of a Buena Vista Home Entertainment press release announcing new “ease-of-use” DVD features that will be appearing first on Disney’s The Three Musketeers.

The Orange County Register has a brief article showing the Disney postage stamps featuring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, Bambi and Thumper, Mufasa and Simba from The Lion King, and Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket that have previously been reported at Animated News. Free subscription required to read article online.

Follow the ‘More’ link for TV Guide’s review of A&E’s Pride or this link to its page at TVGuide.com if you can catch it before it gets replaced with a review of another show. Pride (not to be confused with NBC’s Father of the Pride) is a “live-action drama [with a] seamless pairing of vivid […]

If you’re wondering why your Spidey sense has been tingling it may be because of iFilm’s six newly posted clips from Sony Pictures’ upcoming summer blockbuster, Spider-Man 2.

Ever on the lookout for theatrical screenings of animated films we now call your attention to Regal Entertainment Group’s Free Family Film Festival. The festival takes place every summer and consists of movies that are rated G or PG shown at 10:00 AM every Tuesday and Wednesday. Admission is free but is on a first-come, […]

Follow the ‘More’ link for the transcript of a press release announcing the opening of a new animation studio, Toonacious Family Entertainment, by Disney director and animator, Tony Bancroft, who has contributed to such features as The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Mulan, and Home on the Range and who […]

Animated News had the privilege last night of attending The Lion King Tenth Anniversary Reunion held at the Glendale Public Library and sponsored by ASIFA-Hollywood. The event gathered together a number of people who worked on the film and honored the regal animated feature as a benchmark in animation, one that successfully combined comedy and […]

Animation World Network updates with the list of winners at the recent 28th International Festival of Animated Film at Annecy in France, noting that Disney short Lorenzo took top honors.

Assuming the likelihood that this will be a slow news day, we now point your attention to an official variant of the popular Google search engine, all in the language of the Muppets’ Swedish Chef. Then check out the Elmer Fudd version, but remember to be vewwy vewwy quiet when you do. Also of interest […]

The Star Wars Official Site updated yesterday with information confirming that there will indeed be a new run of Clone Wars cartoons filling in the gap between the live action movies Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III. Considered by insiders and outsiders alike to be complete after its […]

Check out Business Week Online at Yahoo! Finance for a new interview with highly successful movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Lots of Disney talk in there.

Animated shorts played in front of high profile, widely released movies are a dying breed nowadays so anytime one comes along it is likely to catch the attention of the whole animation industry. The new Disney short Lorenzo appears to be worthy of all its attention. Set to open May 28 with Touchstone Pictures’ Raising […]

Macaluso in the Animated News Forum has posted a link to a page at KingdomHearts2.net which gives a wealth of new information on the upcoming sequel to the popular video game. And ‘Monkeyboy12’ has provided this link to information about Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories for Nintendo’s GameBoy Advance.

Animation World Network has a new article by Minneapolis-based freelance business writer Karen Raugust updating us on the unfortunate closure of Disney’s Florida-based animation facility and some of the projects that have sprung up in the aftermath.

The online edition of The Indianapolis Star has an article on Garfield: The Movie with information on merchandising tie-ins for it and also the importance of it for other movies. Thanks to Kristin for the heads up.

Animation World Network has an extensive article detailing the history behind the history-making release of Disney’s limited edition On the Front Lines DVD set from Wave 3 of the Walt Disney Treasure Series, which dovetails nicely with the similar article posted here a couple weeks ago.

Follow the ‘More’ link to view several newly released stills from Disney’s upcoming animated feature, The Three Musketeers, including DVD menu screens and deleted scenes.

Check out The New York Times article about Shrek and the possible sale of DreamWorks’ animation division. Thanks to Kristin for the heads up. Free subscription required to read article online.

Aaron at Ultimate Disney has pointed out a Song of the South poll over at Roy Disney and Stanley Gold’s SaveDisney.com website. Head on over there to cast your vote.

On this day of the release of Shrek 2 to theaters it is hard to not talk about Shrek, about Disney, and about how Disney reacts to Shrek. Over at Jim Hill Media, Jim offers up some interesting reading on Walt Disney Feature Animation’s plans to catch up with the Shrek franchise in the lucrative […]

Before you head to the theater to check out Dreamworks’ sure-to-be-a-smash-hit Shrek 2, “ogre-ize” your computer with some nice M&M’s Shrek 2-themed Downloads. You can also watch a funny computer-animated commercial there.

I was able to attend ASIFA-Hollywood’s special screening last night of Disney’s wartime cartoon collection On The Front Lines (from Wave 3 of the Walt Disney Treasures series) at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA, hosted by Jerry Beck of Cartoon Research and Cartoon Brew. Follow the ‘Full Story’ link for my full review. […]

Follow the ‘More’ link to view six screen grabs from The Chronological Donald: Volume 1 from Wave 3 of the Walt Disney Treasure series. The liner notes for the DVD mention that it contains several “Easter eggs.” To find one of them, go to the Bonus Features menu on disc one and click on Donald’s […]

While the release of the third wave of the Disney Treasures DVDs is still a week away, we have some information on what is likely to be included in the fourth wave. Ultimate Disney reports the following titles for Wave Four for a possible late 2004 release (although this may change due to the six […]

The “Your Money” section of yesterday’s Orange County Register reports that Save Disney partner Stanley Gold is trying to help out shareholders who hold stocks in other companies besides just The Walt Disney Company. Undeterred by the Disney board’s recent refusal to acknowledge and properly respond to an enormous shareholder revolt, Gold is carrying on […]

Toon Zone reports that Beach Boy band leader Brian Wilson will get animated soon in an episode of Cartoon Network’s Duck Dodgers, starring as himself playing a spiritual advisor to Daffy Duck’s galaxy-hopping alter ego. The episode will also feature clips from the song Brian Wilson penned specifically for it, entitled “Believe in Yourself.” Here’s […]

Animation Insider reports on the upcoming final episode of Cartoon Network’s DC Comics-based Justice League, set to air on May 29, and gives details of its replacement series, Justice League Unlimited.

If the big studios won’t do it right, now it’s up to independent studios to keep the flame of hand-drawn animation alive at the moment. Silver Sky Animation and Arctic Wind Animation are collaborating on an animated feature called Wolf. Check out their site for more information. Thanks to Kristin for the heads up.

Just when you thought it was over, the Star Wars fan mega-site TheForce.Net reports that there is some consideration being given to creating a third and final season of the Clone Wars micro-series for Cartoon Network.