Play.com reveals that the episodes featured on the upcoming Spider-Man Vs. Doc Ock DVD include: “Dr. Octopus- Armed And Dangerous,” “The Cat,” “The Black Cat,” and “Partners.” Bonus materials on the disc include: Episode introductions by legendary comic book creator Stan Lee, and Classic 1967 bonus episodes: “The Power Of Dr. Octopus” and “Sub Zero […]

FilmForce has the DVD reviews of Invader Zim Volume 1: Doom Doom Doom, Samurai Jack: Season One, Galaxy Angel – What’s Cooking?, Wedding Peach – Pluie’s War (Vol. 2), and .hack//Legend of the Twilight.

Latino Review has a load of new pictures from Shrek 2.

TV Shows on DVD indicates that the Futurama – Volume 4 DVD set may be arriving in stores on August 24th, if the Fox TV-DVD consumer-oriented website is correct.

Ultimate Disney has the brand-new, revised video and DVD cover art for The Three Musketeers, starring Mickey, Donald, and Goofy. Click here to see the old cover art, for comparison. The Three Musketeers will be available to own on August 17, 2004.

The producers of Elton John & Tim Rice’s Broadway musical Aida have announced the show will have its last performance on Sunday, September 5, after playing 54 months and 1,852 regular performances at the Palace Theatre. La Cage aux Folles will be taking Aida’s place at the Palace Theatre, as it also orginally opened there. […]

Ultimate Disney has the cover art for the Mulan Special Edition DVD.

Ain’t It Cool News has another very hopeful Shrek 2 review, as it states, “Shrek 2 deserves to stand proudly with Toy Story 2 and the yet-unmade Kazaam 2 as sequels that are better than the original. I say better because it was easy for the first Shrek to be original; there had not been […]

DavisDVD addresses the upcoming Mulan “Special Edition” DVD, which will feature a newly remastered anamorphic transfer, taken from the film’s original digitally stored files, and a fresh Dolby Digital 5.1 Disney Enhanced Home Theater Mix. Bonus materials for the DVD include alternate openings, a new song, audio commentary, a Mushu-hosted featurette that explains what life […]

The Los Angeles Daily News, through the Houston Chronicle, presents “Range animation might be put out to pasture,” another article which discusses the future of Disney animation, including the way of Disney musicals. As Home on the Range composer Alan Menken states, “I hope things change, and you know what? They always do.”

Internet Movie Database reports that, according to the Bombay daily Financial Express, Viacom’s MTV and Nickelodeon units will likely outsource animation work from India. Although the U.S. produces most of the animation content for the channels, some of the work for such animated series as Rugrats, Catdog, and SpongeBob SquarePants will possibly be produced in […]

Garfield Posters Plus has two new Garfield: The Movie posters, both of which are variations on already released posters.

Because of a “tentative” new contract deal that was resolved on Thursday by EchoStar Communications Corp. and Turner Broadcasting Systems Inc., Cartoon Network and several other channels will remain on Dish satellite TV, the Big Cartoon Database points out. Declining to give further comment, EchoStar spokesman Steve Caulk stated, “We have an agreement in principle […]

The Big Cartoon Database reports that Family Home Entertainment, a division of Vancouver-based Lions Gate Entertainment, has been awarded by Mattel the North American home entertainment rights to the upcoming Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper, the fourth Barbie direct-to-video movie. Vancouver studio Mainframe Entertainment again provide the film’s computer animation. Barbie as the […]

UnderGroundOnline interviews Sam Register, Senior Vice President of Original Animation for Cartoon Network, about The Batman. Thanks to Toon Zone for the notice.

“Accidentally in Love,” Counting Crow’s new song from Shrek 2, will hit radio airwaves on May 3, according to the group’s official website. The song’s music video will be an Access Hollywood “First Look” next Wednesday, May 5, with clips from the video premiering on the Monday and Tuesday (May 3 and 4) editions of […]

The Daily Herald reports that researchers at Brigham Young University have created new techniques in which a computer will create animations more realistic and quickly. These researchers have come up with a new software technology which allows computers, through the use of artificial intelligence, to learn to animate computer-generated characters by analyzing examples given by […]

The official website for Garfield: The Movie has been updated, now including sections concerning the “story,” “crew,” and “production.” Also included is a “My Stuff” section which includes do-it-yourself wallpaper, icons, e-cards, a screensaver, and the trailer. Learn more about the characters in “Me and the Others,” play four games in “My Games,” or check […]

TV Shows on DVD has the official episode list for the Batman: The Animated Series Volume 1 DVD set, which will be available to own on July 6. Also on the website is the cover art for the Garfield and Friends- Volume 1 three-disc set. According to Mark Evanier, one of the show’s writers and […]

Box Office Report predicts that Home on the Range will suffer a 30% drop, thus sending the film to the tenth spot in the weekend’s top ten movies. The website suggests that Home on the Range will collect about $2.5 million for the weekend, giving the animated film a total of $45.7 million. With little […]

The Mickey Awards, the Disney-themed awards presented by Mickeyfans Website, has revealed its winners, as decided by website visitors who voted in categories ranging in theme park, television, and movie-related fields. Be sure to check out the list of Mickey Award winners, or view the Flash version of the award ceremony.

Coming Soon has the details on which composers will be scoring various upcoming live-action and animated projects. The Nightmare Before Christmas composer Danny Elfman will provide the music for the dark animated fairytale The Corpse Bride, which, like Nightmare, will also be produced by Tim Burton. Pirates of the Caribbean composer Klaus Badelt will lend […]

An anonymous e-mail has revealed that this week’s issue of Woman’s World contains an article for animation enthusiasts. “What’s your inner strength? Just ask you favorite ‘toon!” shows that one’s favorite cartoon entertainer may hold the key to one’s most ideal quality. Cartoon characters featured in the article include Mickey Mouse, Tweety, Bullwinkle, Snoopy, Homer […]

GamerFeed points out that a Garfield video game is in the works, as the site states, “The world’s favourite cat, Garfield, will be appearing on PlayStation 2 and PC thanks to an agreement between worldwide publisher Hip Games and Jim Davis’ licensing company, Paws, Inc.” Meanwhile, GameSpot has the first footage made from the video […]

Business Wire reports that Twentieth Century Fox has lined up an impressive marketing plan for Garfield: The Movie, with national promotional partners including Pepperidge Farm, Wendy’s, Ashley Furniture, Valpak, and Dole. Meijer, Wal-Mart, Blockbuster, Cookies by Design, and Pocket Billiards via the c-store channel will serve as retail promotional partners. Fox’s “wide-reaching in-theatre” promotional partners […]

Dark Horizons has the trailer for Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, the animated prequel to this summer’s The Chronicles of Riddick.

Ain’t It Cool News has a very enthusiastic early review of Shrek 2, in which the critic states, “All in all, I can’t say anything negative about this film. I found it sweet, funny and entertaining in many ways. I’ve tried to find something critical about this film, some minor flaw to discuss, but it […]

The Internet Movie Database reveals that the Walt Disney Company moved its annual board meeting, which was held this past Monday, from Anaheim to its Burbank headquarters. This act shocked reporters who had been expecting the meeting to be held at an Anaheim hotel, near the Disneyland theme park. Today’s edition of the Los Angeles […]

The characters of ABC’s George Lopez are going to Disneyland, in this Friday’s episode. The episode’s synopsis is, “George reluctantly agrees to reward Max with a trip to Disneyland for improving his grades, but makes up an excuse to get out of going to the park with his family. When guilt finally gets the best […]

Box Office Report‘s early estimates show that Home on the Range fell 41% this weekend, remaining in 5th place with $3.2 million and giving the traditionally animated film a total box office gross of $42.2 million. Meanwhile, Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed scared up around $3.0 million and landed in 7th place for the weekend, […]