Musicfan, at the Animated-News forum, has the details for the video games of Samurai Jack: The Shadow Of Aku and Astro Boy.

Michael at Mickeyfans website has posted the transcript to last night’s Nightline, which devoted its entire show to Michael Eisner and the recent situations at the Walt Disney Company.

The Los Angeles Daily News reports that Leslie Nielsen is “five episodes into recording the title voice in his soon-to-be-syndicated animated show, Zeroman.” Nielsen also provides the voice for Zeroman’s “mild-mannered” alter ego, a postman, with Doris Roberts voicing his mother. In response to Zeroman’s humor, aimed at both children and adults, Leslie Nielsen remarks, […]

FilmForce reviews the Looney Tunes: Back in Action DVD, saying that the film is, “Funny here and there, but overall it doesn’t work.” With the film itself receiving a score of 5/10, the video and audio receiving scores of 8/10 each, and the extras receiving a score of 5/10, the overall DVD receives a score, […]

Ultimate Disney has added a number of cover art images for upcoming Disney DVD releases, including The Haunted Mansion and the “Disney Princess” collection.

According to Coming Soon!, and following Disney Consumer Products chairman Andy Mooney’s hint in February that the studio might be distributing The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Walt Disney Pictures has made an official announcement. The studio has entered into an agreement with Walden Media (whom they partnered on last […]

Be sure to vote at today’s Internet Movie Database poll, “Since Rob Lowe’s out of a job again, I hope he opens the Oscar show dancing with…” which includes some very animated choices.

DVD Answers has the artwork for the Brother Bear Region 2 DVD, which, unlike the Region 1 version, will be a single disc DVD. Thanks to ‘CaptainJasHook’ for the heads up!

Saying “Not quite as consistent as the previous season but it had its moments,” FilmForce reviews the Futurama: Volume 3 DVD, giving it an overall score of 7. Also, the website announces the specs and cover art for the Sealab 2021 two-disc DVD, which will come with all of the episodes from season one, plus […]

Coming Soon! reports that Buena Vista Home Entertainment’s animated feature The Lion King 1 1/2 was the number one VHS and DVD for the second consecutive week, and also generated an estimated $3.23 million in weekly gross rental revenue in the number 10 slot for a 12-day total near $6.7 million.

During an interview with Counting Down, Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro revealed that negotiations are underway to create a Japanese-produced Hellboy animated series. The half-hour series would “absolutely” feature Ron Perlman as the title character, and would reflect the original art style in a “100%…unadulturated” manner.

Coming Soon! announces that DIC Entertainment and Mainframe Entertainment are releasing Inspector Gadget Saves the Day…Maybe, an all-new, computer-animated Inspector Gadget television special and DVD release. The film’s premise is, “In the new special, the world’s greatest bionic detective is back and more bumbling than ever. With his niece, Penny, who’s now sweet sixteen and […]

In late but interesting news, Latino Review has the teaser poster for Thunderbirds. Thanks to ‘CaptainJasHook‘ for the heads up!

Dark Horizons reveals the newest rumor concerning a live-action, movie version of the animated series, Dragonball Z: Smallville‘s Tom Welling is being rumoured to play “Goku.”

Rolling Stone reports that John Roecker will write and direct Live Freaky, Die Freaky, a new stop-motion effects/puppetry movie. The premise is, “Set in the future, the twisted tale follows a young man who discovers an old copy of Helter Skelter (former Los Angeles D.A. Vincent Bugliosi’s account of Charles Manson’s killing spree) and decides […]

The cover art for the Aladdin: Platinum Edition DVD is now available at Ultimate Disney.

Coming Soon! has the interesting final poster for Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

Mickeyfan’s website has posted Roy Disney and Stanley Gold’s newest letter to the Walt Disney Company’s Board of Directors. Also included on the page is a nice collection of other important letters in the Disney/Gold/Eisner battle.

The Animation World Network reports that Andrew Stanton, the writer and director of Finding Nemo, has been named animation director of the year at ShoWest 2004, which runs March 22-25, 2004 in Las Vegas. The film screened at last year’s event. As the largest annual convention for the motion picture industry, ShoWest is also the […]

Yahoo! Finance reveals that Fortune magazine’s “America’s Most Admired Companies” issue, being distributed this week, has found the Walt Disney Company to be America’s most admired entertainment company, based on a survey of top entertainment industry executives, directors and securities analysts. “In 2003, we emerged from a protracted period of economic difficulty and had a […]

According to PR Newswire, Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment and Peak Entertainment Holdings have entered into a consulting agreement, in which they will collaborate on developing and marketing new entertainment series. Thanks to Toon Zone for the heads up!

The Screen Actors Guild awards took place tonight, when the cream of Hollywood acting talent got to celebrate their own. These awards are particularly important for the stars, as they are voted by their fellow thespians. In one of the ceremony’s biggest – and most welcome – surprises, Johnny Depp (who did not attend the […]

The Internet Movie Database has Larry the Cable Guy listed as part of the cast of Cars, with Randy Newman providing the film’s music.

According to DVD Answers, The Triplets of Belleville should be available on DVD, May 4, with bonus features including commentary on selected scenes, two featurettes and a music video. However, this news has yet to be confirmed officially. Thanks to “CaptainJasHook” for the heads up! Also on the animated DVD front: Toon Zone reports that […]

CNN.com has both a summary and a transcript of Michael Eisner’s interview last night on Larry King Live. Thanks to Toon Zone for the notice. Also, Michael at Mickeyfan’s website has posted an edited version of the transcript, in which he has corrected double talk, unintelligible language, hesitations, and comments that have nothing to do […]

Decide for yourself, after reading the article at Jim Hill Media.

Ain’t It Cool News takes a sneak peek at a few upcoming Disney animated releases, including The Incredibles, Chicken Little (including a description of its upcoming teaser trailer), and The Wild.

DVD Answers has the cover artwork for the region two release of the Fraggle Rock DVD, set to arrive in stores on May 4. Thanks to ‘CaptainJasHook’ in the Animated News Forum for the heads up!

Coming Soon! reports that The Walt Disney Company and The Jim Henson Company revealed today that under a new agreement, Disney will receive the Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House properties from Henson. This new deal includes all Muppet assets, including the Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo and Animal characters, the Muppet […]

The new, full trailer for Shrek 2 is now available at the movie’s official website!