The forum at the Big Cartoon Database has a report on an upcoming animated segment featuring rapper/rocker/country artist Kid Rock and his version of the perennial yuletide favorite “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” The segment will air December 14 on VH1 as part of A Kid Rock Christmas. No word yet on whether his girlfriend […]

The forum at the Big Cartoon Database has a report on a Disney box set that collects everything from the first two waves of the Walt Disney Treasures series and is allegedly showing up at Costco stores all over the country. The set is not in a nice numbered tin as the initial volumes were […]

Thanks to Kristin we have some images from the song “Diggah Tunnah” (apparently meerkat-speak for “dig a tunnel”) from Disney’s upcoming “interquel” (“inbetweenquel?,” “whatawhoquel?”) The Lion King 1½ as seen on the new Brother Bear Sing Along Songs DVD, and the song is reported to have a rather infectious, Harry Belafonte twist to it. Follow […]

The all-powerful Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper have each given their thumbs up to Disney’s Brother Bear. Ebert says it is not a great Disney movie but a very good one. How could you go wrong with “very good”? Roeper calls it a “sweet, little adventure story” with all the classic Disney story elements and […]

Check out CNN Money for an enthusiastic report on the financial success of Disney’s Brother Bear limited release last weekend before its wide release this weekend. In additon to selling well the film seems to be rated very highly by viewers at each of the two theaters, one in Los Angeles and one in New […]

Mr. Centipede has posted some great new shots from Disney’s upcoming film The Haunted Mansion in the Animated News Forum. It looks like the movie will be a 2-hour version of the ride, with Eddie Murphy as your doom buggy partner.

Jicin has posted art for four different covers for The Lion King 3, of which one will be chosen as the cover for the Dutch edition of the movie. Apparently Dutch fans get to vote on which one they like best.

Laughing Place updates with a recent interview with Ellen Woodbury, who served as the supervising animator for Zazu, Mufasa’s majordomo bird, in Disney’s The Lion King. A great, in-depth interview with many interesting points raised about the art and the science of animation. Ellen talks extensively of her work on Zazu, as well as other […]

USA Today gives a positive review of Brother Bear, calling it warm, fuzzy fun and “a sweet celebration of brotherhood in its many forms.” Cast your vote for the future of traditional, hand-drawn animation by seeing Brother Bear in the theaters. The whole industry will be watching to see how good this movie does. We […]

Get ready for all the Finding Nemo pre-order excitement. It is likely that different outlets will have different exclusive offers, and Animated News has just learned that Wal-Mart is offering a free Nemo CD-ROM packed with games and puzzles if you pre-order through them.

Zap2It reports that two roles in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film will be auctioned off on November 28. If you’ve got any treasure stored away in your Gringott’s account, it might be a good time to withdraw some of it and take it to the auction block. Even if you […]

Zap2It reports that on October 21 Pirates of the Caribbean was voted the favorite film of 2003 for the 7th Annual Hollywood Film Festival Hollywood Awards.

Toon Zone reports that everyone’s favorite fleet-footed Mexican mouse, Speedy Gonzales, will be making a guest appearance on the November 8 episode of ¡Mucha Lucha! on the Kids WB. Set your TiVos, because sometimes the only way you can catch Speedy is on slow-motion playback. No word yet on whether his cousin, Slowpoke Rodríguez, will […]

Jim Hill Media updates with a new article on a recent South Park episode which decries the increasing tendency nowadays for filmmakers to re-release their movies with previously cut footage added back in or altogether new footage and suggests that Steven Spielberg and George Lucas decided not to do any such thing to the Indiana […]

The news page at Kimba W. Lion’s Corner of the Web reports that the 1997 movie Jungle Emperor Leo will be released through AnimeWorks on DVD October 28 in the US. Watch it after watching your new Lion King DVD. Or before.

TheForce.Net has updated with a full clip of the new Clone Wars commercial showing on Cartoon Network, previewing the micro-series that will begin airing on November 7. Given that the biggest gap of time by far between any Star Wars episodes will be the gap between episodes 3 and 4, let’s hope we get another […]

Hot off the heels of commemorating the 40th anniversary of Disneyland’s Enchanted Tiki Room pop artist Shag has gone on to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the ultimate cool cat, the Pink Panther. Does this mean we will see new Pink Panther cartoons, or perhaps a DVD set of the old classic cartoons? You know […]

Ever dream of paying $149 a night for seven nights to fall asleep while staring at SpongeBob SquarePants wallpaper? How about having Jimmy Neutron valet park your car or Dora the Explorer service your room while you are out with your family during the day enjoying the sights and sounds of Orlando, FL? Well dream […]

The Forum at the Big Cartoon Database reports that a new DVD is coming featuring animation based on drawings by Beatles legend John Lennon. The DVD will be entitled Lennon Legend and will be released on October 27 in Great Britain and November 18 in the US. Follow the link for more details. Now all […]