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.

Hot off the press comes a new announcement from Buena Vista Home Entertainment that American Idol star Clay Aiken will be performing the song “Proud of Your Boy,” which was cut from the original release of Aladdin for a music video that will appear on the upcoming DVD. Follow the ‘More’ link for more information […]

Yesterday’s Orange County Register reported on Disneyland’s newly unveiled plans for celebrating its 50th anniversary. Part of the 18-month celebration includes opening a new ride called Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, “an interactive attraction in Tomorrowland,” which allows participants to fight the evil Emperor Zurg. There are also rumors that the closed-down Submarine ride will re-open […]

Disney Online has just opened up a site for the Aladdin 2-Disc Special Edition DVD with the Genie character noticably absent, presumably to keep Robin Williams happy. The DVD is due out on October 5.

While searching the ‘net for some new animated shorts to bring to the attention of the Animated News readership I stumbled across the mother lode at Animation World Network. This article highlights “The Best in Animated & VFX Commercials” so there are some great hand-drawn commercials in addition to many computer-generated ones for a total […]

It’s been a little quiet on the SaveDisney front lately, but Animation World Network reports that Stanley Gold and Roy Disney are preparing to nominate an alternate board of directors for The Walt Disney Company if the current board becomes further entrenched in what the SaveDisney team sees as a destructive course. At the top […]

For those of us who can never get quite enough moose and squirrel, Amazon.com is now listing the Rocky & Bullwinkle – The Complete Second Season DVD boxed set with an August 31, 2004, release date.

The Orange County Register has a new article today outlining what Disney CEO Michael Eisner must do to get out from under the gun of ouster campaigns, massive shareholder revolts, and takeover bids. Free membership required to read article online.

Animation World Network reports that the Joe Grant-inspired Disney short, Lorenzo, about the cat with the possessed tail, which was originally supposed to be part of Fantasia 2006 and then was supposed to open in front of the Coen brother’s The Ladykillers has now been scheduled to open in front of Raising Helen, a film […]

In addition to the Chicken Little site, there is now a teaser site up for Disney and Pixar’s joint effort, The Incredibles, a computer animated feature about a family of superheroes. This site currently only sports the logo, a link to the teaser trailer (which can be viewed in Quicktime in “Incredisize”), and a mention […]

The official site for Disney’s first completely computer generated (Dinosaur incorporated real scenery with computer animated characters), in-house animated feature, Chicken Little, is now up. The fledgling site currently only sports the logo, a link to the trailer (which can be viewed in Quicktime in “The sky is falling BIG” size), and the fact that […]