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, […]

DVD Answers has the new and improved cover art for the upcoming “Special Edition” release of The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride.

From Animatrix animator Peter Chung arrives The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, the animated, direct-to-video special that connects Pitch Black and the upcoming Chronicles of Riddick. Dark Fury‘s synopsis is, “When Riddick is captured by bounty hunters, he must battle soldiers of fortune and vicious creatures in the lethal slaughter cells of a massive starship.” […]

The nominations for the 2004 MTV Movie Awards have been announced. Pirates of the Caribbean leads the pack with six nominations, including “Best Movie,” “Best Male Performance” (Johnny Depp), “Best Comedic Performance” (Johnny Depp), “Best On-Screen Team” (Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom), “Best Villain” (Geoffrey Rush), and “Breakthrough Female” (Keira Knightley). Finding Nemo also gathered […]

Airing this May on Cartoon Network will be twenty-two movies, including the premieres of Scooby Doo and the Monster of Mexico, The King and I, Under the Black Flag, The Scarecrow, and Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman. Also airing will be such titles as the Bakshi animated Lord Of The Rings as well as Rankin/Bass’ […]

Toon Zone reveals that Ten-Strike Home Entertainment has acquired the exclusive U.S. distribution rights to PBS’s animated series Liberty’s Kids. The show will be available on DVD on June 29, and will feature interviews with Walter Cronkite (who provides the voice of Ben Franklin), behind-the-scenes footage, cast information and interactive games.

FilmForce reviews the The Triplets of Belleville DVD, giving the overall package a score of “7,” which is also the score the movie itself receives. FilmForce critic Andy Patrizio calls The Triplets of Belleville, “An odd, gutwrenching film, definitely not typical animated fare.” Meanwhile, the DVD’s video receives a score of “10,” the sound receives […]

Latino Review displays the new banner/poster for Garfield, clawing into theaters on June 11.

Coming Soon! reviews the Haunted Mansion DVD, which will be released tomorrow. What is the review’s “bottom line”? “In the end, I think kids will enjoy The Haunted Mansion a lot more than adults. The film is fairly tame, so you probably don’t have to worry about them having nightmares. Adults may be a bit […]

Yahoo! reveals that after a “Who is Delgo?” contest at {{link http://www.delgo.com www.delgo.com}}, Freddie Prinze Jr. has been revealed as the voice of the title character in Delgo, the independently produced computer-animated movie from Atlanta-based Fathom Studios. Delgo also includes the voices of Jennifer Love Hewitt, Chris Kattan, Anne Bancroft, Michael Clarke Duncan, Val Kilmer, […]

TVShowsOnDVD.com has the details and cover art for the first Batman: The Animated Series box set, scheduled to be released July 7, 2004. Special features for the set include commentaries on select episodes, “The Dark Knight’s First Night” featurette, “Batman: The Legacy Continues” featurette, a tour of the Batcave, and trailers for Challenge of the […]

Box Office Report reveals that Home on the Range landed in 5th place over the weekend, falling 33% to $5.4 million and bringing its total domestic gross to $37.7 million. Following close behind in 6th place was Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleased with $5.1 million and a 36% drop since last weekend. The sequel’s domestic […]

Previews Catalogue Order Form shows that the Batman: The Animated Series – Season One DVD Box Set is set to be released in July 2004, if all goes according to schedule. The suggested retail price for the DVD set is $44.98. Included on the four disc set are the first twenty-seven episodes of Batman: The […]

Jim Hill Media puts to rest the rumor that Chicken Little has been “scrapped.”

The Hollywood Reporter reports that the WB Network has greenlit Green Screen, a live-action/animated improv comedy pilot from Drew Carey. In Green Screen, the cast will perform – in front of a green screen – several improv games that will involve the audience’s suggestions for topics and settings. Those audience suggestions will then, in post-production, […]

Jim Hill Media has two new articles that may be of interest to lovers of traditionally animated movies and the music featured in them: Can a few WDFA die-hards really make a difference? and Hey, smack my big old rump if that ain’t art …

According to the Big Cartoon Database, prisoners in England will be treated to an educational, animated special – and no, it is not part of their punishment. In fact, the film’s goal is exactly the opposite. The British government’s Marriage and Relationship Support Programme, which commissioned the video, hopes that the cartoon will help make […]

In noteworthy news, Toon Zone has the May schedule for the Disney Channel, which includes new episodes of Dave the Barbarian and Kim Possible; new marathons for Lilo & Stitch: The Series and Dave the Barbarian; and airings of popular Disney movies, including Tarzan, Atlantis: Milo’s Return, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, The Emperor’s […]

For those who love The Passion of the Christ or are too young to see it, DVDtoons takes a look at an older but often overlooked film based on the life of Jesus, Miracle Maker: The Story Of Jesus, which beautifully blends traditional, computer, and stop motion animation.

On May 7, 2004, Nickelodeon will premiere a new special that will combine two of the channel’s biggest hits. What will especially make this a “special special” is that the two shows will be none other than The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and The Fairly OddParents. The synopsis for The Adventures of Jimmy […]