The One Ring has photos of the packaging for the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Platinum Series Special Extended Edition Collector’s Gift Set.

New figures for The Batman have been unveiled at the Comic Con. Toy News International has five photos of the figures, thus revealing what the Man-bat, Bane, and Firefly will look like for the new animated show.

DPS Film Roman, an IDT Entertainment company, and Rob Zombie will produce a direct-to-DVD, animated feature based on his Spookshow International comic book El Superbeasto, which follows the adventures of the titular crime-fighter, an over-the-hill masked wrestler who has more interest in strippers than adventure. Zombie will executive produce and write the story. IDT’s Anchor […]

Wild Violet features a four-page interview with animator Bill Plympton. Included topics are a humorous piece on the Hollywood method of animation, an essay about the psychology of torture, coverage of the 2004 Philadelphia Film Festival, and humor and fiction with an emphasis on love.

The New York Times talks about Halle Berry’s role as Catwoman, which opens in theaters on Friday, and the effect it will have on her career. [free registration required for The New York Times]

At his website Jingle Belle, Paul Dini confirms new Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series DVD releases will be available before the end of the year, in addition to the single-disc releases recently announced by WB. Dini also reveals spoilers on his upcoming Justice League Unlimited episode.

Superhero Hype! has photos of the booth and pictures on display at Comic-Con International 2004, for Kids’ WB!’s upcoming The Batman animated series.

The Spider-Man films’ director Sam Raimi talks to the BBC about the two possible fates of Harry Osborn in Spider-Man 3. [Warning: the interview does contain a mild Spider-Man 2 spoiler.]

The first pictures from Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s Team America: World Police have surfaced at IGN Filmforce. With a $20 million budget, the R-rated action-comedy-musical, written by South Park writers Parker, Stone and Pam Brady, focuses on a prototypical action hero who’s drafted to help Team America thwart the world’s evil forces. Look for […]

Variety reports that Sony has acquired the animated feature Monster House from DreamWorks. The feature will be the second film to use “performance capture” animation, after The Polar Express. [paid subscription required for Variety]

TV Shows on DVD indicates that Spongebob Squarepants: The Complete 2nd Season will contain all 40 of the 11-minute episodes from the second season. In addition, this 3-DVD box set will include the following special features: Nick DVD game demo, 7 audio commentaries, 2 storyboards, “Around the World with SpongeBob Squarepants”, and a script viewer […]

Following a {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00001068.html previous report}} that stated that Universal had optioned Kate DiCamillo’s award-winning book The Tale of Despereaux: Being The Story Of A Mouse, A Princess, Some Soup, And A Spool Of Thread comes news that Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville) will serve as the director of the animated feature, according to […]

Ain’t It Cool News reports that DreamWorks has beaten New Line Cinema in a bid to acquire Transformers. Supposedly, Hasbro was leaning towards accepting New Line’s offer until Steven Spielberg, the ‘S’ in DreamWorks SKG, got into a plane and flew to Rhode Island to personally meet with Hasbro’s team. As producer Don Murphy’s website […]

DVD Answers has an exclusive first look at the official region two artwork for the Spider-Man 2 DVD, although the cover may be subject to change.

DVD Times has an updated bonus features list for the Aladdin Platinum Edition DVD. New additions to the list include a brand new music video of A Whole New World performed by Newlyweds stars Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey; deleted scenes: Aladdin And Jasmine’s First Meeting and Aladdin In The Lap Of Luxury; and recordings […]

It appears that Warner Brothers is starting fresh with the new Superman movie, now known as Superman Returns. Replacing McG’s direction and J.J. Abrams’ script are Bryan Singer, Michael Dougherty, and Dan Harris, the team behind X2: X-Men United. Ain’t It Cool News has the details.

For those who have seen I, Robot and wondered where the Batman Begins trailer that was supposed to play in front of it was, Cinescape clears things up, reporting that Warner Brothers decided the right time to debut the trailer has not arrived yet. And no, the trailer will not be showing with Catwoman either. […]

DVD Answers has the details of the Spider-Man 2 2-Disc DVD, which will be released on Friday, November 19, 2004.

Ain’t It Cool News brings the latest news on George Miller’s animated film Happy Feet, which Miller hopes to animate with photo-realistic CGI animation. However, Animal Logic, the special effects company commissioned to bring the project to life, has never handled this type of task before. Still, the company has spent the last eighteen months […]

The Hollywood Reporter reveals that the first animated, made-for-video movie starring Marvel comic-book characters will star The Avengers. In an eight- to 10-picture deal with Marvel Enterprises, Lions Gate Family Home Entertainment will present the 66-minute film. Other characters awaiting similar features include Captain America, the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Giant Man and Wasp, with […]

Toon Zone reports that Boomerang will air a 72-hour weekend marathon of Scooby’s All-Star Laff-a-Lympics, running from Friday, August 13, through Sunday, August 15. Beginning on Friday morning at 8:00am and concluding at 8:00am on Sunday morning, the marathon for this two-hour animated series, which originally aired from 1977-1980 and featured an all-star cast of […]

Nominations for the 56th Annual Primetime Emmys have been announced. For a list of the animated programs under consideration, follow this link:

Now available at the movie’s official website is a new, full trailer for Kerry Conran’s Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, along with a clip, “Undersea Battle”, from the film. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow opens in theaters on September 17.

As Disney is spending more on The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe than they have probably ever spent on a movie before, the film’s marketing campaign, while still in the planning stages, is also positioned to be possibly the largest marketing campaign ever, according to Walt Disney Studios’ Dick Cook, IGN FilmForce reports. “Narnia […]

IGN FilmForce reviews Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Vol. 1. While the DVD itself receives a score of 7/10, the show gets a score of 8/10, with FilmForce adding that it “takes the original characters and makes it a cop show, but it’s intriguing so far.” Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex […]

Variety reports that Reese Witherspoon and Kristin Chenoweth (Broadway’s Wicked) are in talks to voice roles in Disney’s Rapunzel Unbraided. Though the CGI film is in pre-production, it has yet to be greenlit. Writing Rapunzel Unbraided are Sarah Parriott and Josie McGibbon, with Glean Keane directing and Phil Lofaro producing. [paid subscription required for Variety] […]

More praise for the Batman: The Animated Series, Volume One DVD set arrives. Coming Soon states, “If you’re a Batman fan, then this is a required addition to your collection. The same goes if you’re any sort of animation fan. And even if you’re not, I think you’ll find it to be an action packed […]

1. Spider-Man 2 fell 47.8% with $46 million ($257,258,000 total – breaking Shrek 2’s record for fastest to reach $250 million – in its 2nd week over 4,166 theaters) 9. Shrek 2 fell 22.9% with $4.5 million ($418,600,000 total in its 8th week over 2,142 theaters) 12. Garfield: The Movie fell 44% with $1,650,000 million […]

Animation Insider offers a lengthy interview/editorial article, including a chat with independent animator Cilia Sawadogo and Lyndon Barrois, the animation supervisor for The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. Topics within the article include a discussion of the animation industry and the fans’ understanding of the “business” of animation. Thanks to ‘Aaron_B’ in the AN […]

In an interview with Matt Wolf on the official website for the play The Woman in White, David Zippel reveals that he is working on the first animated film Disney has done for television: Noah, the Untold Story, which tells the Biblical story of Noah’s Ark from the animals’ point of view. Thanks to Jake […]