Those who love Disney’s Beauty and the Beast will be interested to know that a new, Viking-era retelling is in the works, starring David Dukas, Jane March, William Gregory Lee and Justin Whalin, according to Dark Horizons. David Lister is set to direct.

“What are your thoughts on Disney shutting down its Orlando animation facility, known for its traditional, hand-drawn animated films?” Be sure to cast your vote at IGN FilmForce.

The soundtrack to Lion King 1½ is available for pre-order, at the low price of $6.99 with free shipping and handling, at Best Buy’s website.

Coming Soon! gives the Spider-Man: The New Animated Series DVD a positive review, saying, “This is a fantastic DVD. Comic fans will love the show and at over 4 ½ hours of web slinging goodness, there’s more than enough excellent storytelling and animation to satisfy any Spidey fan’s addiction.” Unfortunately, Spider-Man: The New Animated Series […]

According to Ultimate Disney, the 2-disc “Masterpiece Editions” of Pocahontas and Lilo & Stitch will not be released until 2005, in order for the collector’s edition of Lilo & Stitch to coincide with the theatrical release of Lilo & Stitch II. Meanwhile, the 2-disc “Special Edition” of Mary Poppins will be released this December, along […]

TV Shows on DVD reveals that the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series may be heading to DVD in April 2004. However, whether the DVD’s will be “best of” episodes or season sets is unknown at this time. Thanks to Toon Zone for the heads up! Also, Animated Bliss provides information that two new […]

Animated Bliss reports that Universal will release Van Helsing: The London Assignment, the animated prequel to the anticipated live-action film, on May 11. Reprising his role from the live-action version, Hugh Jackman will voice Van Helsing, while Stephen Sommers and Bob Ducsay, the director and producers of the theatrical film, will also be involved in […]

Despite glowing reviews from critics, Teacher’s Pet was dismissed by audiences on Friday, giving the low-budget, traditionally animated film only $484,000, and placing it at 14th place, according to Box Office Mojo. Expect Teacher’s Pet to make a disappointing $2.5 million for the weekend, as predicted by Lee’s Movie Info.

The Video Premiere Awards reviews The Lion King 1½, saying, “Disney takes the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead route (for those who know the Tom Stoppard play that shows Hamlet from the point of view of two supporting players) for its second DVD premiere movie follow-up of The Lion King—and the results are just flat-out […]

Ultimate Disney has posted the press release for the Haunted Mansion DVD, arriving in stores on April 20. Special features for the DVD include bloopers, a deleted scene, the Raven “Superstition” music video, “Making the Mansion” behind-the-scenes featurette, “Anatomy of a Scene: Ghosts in the Graveyard,” and a feature audio commentary with Producer Don Hahn. […]

According to the Animation World Network, the computer animated In Search of Santa, co-produced by Tundra Productions and Colorland Animated Productions, will be distributed in North America by Miramax Home Entertainment. The movie’s premise is, “In the tradition of Christmas movies of holidays past, In Search of Santa tells the tale of two feuding penguin […]

Upon searching eBay, such finds as the Shark Tale teaser poster, four Home on the Range character banners, and the Garfield: The Movie theater standee and dangler were discovered!

“This marvelously quick-witted and gloriously goofy hand-drawn feature shows there’s still more than 21 grams of life left in the form,” New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell writes. Wagging into 2,027 theaters today, Teacher’s Pet is receiving mostly praise from critics, with an 85% Tomatometer Fresh Rating at Rotten Tomatoes, and a score of 71 […]

With a 99% Tomatometer Fresh Rating, Finding Nemo has been found as the best reviewd movie of the year, according to Rotten Tomatoes, at the 5th Annual Tomato Awards. In the “Best / Worst Animation of 2003” category, Finding Nemo takes first place, while The Triplets of Belleville comes in second with a 95% rating, […]

TV Shows on DVD reports that Batman: The Animated Series will be heading to DVD in seasoned sets this summer, not to be confused with the soon-to-be-released Adventures of Batman & Robin DVDs, which will contain various episodes from the series. The website also reports that the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, owners of […]

In late but important news, congratulations to Johnny Depp for his Screen Actor’s Guild Award nomination in the “Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role” category, for his performance as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. See if Depp takes home the award at the 10th Annual SAG Awards, February 22, […]

In its review of the Alice in Wonderland “Masterpiece Edition” DVD, FilmForce gives the DVD an overall score of 8 out of 10, with the movie receiving a score of 8, the video receiving a score of 10, the audio receiving a score of 8, and the extras receiving a score of 7. Concluding his […]

In an interview with CNN, Tim Burton reveals why there likely will not be a sequel to The Nightmare Before Christmas– or at least one that he is involved in. As Burton says, “What would it be … ‘Thanksgiving World’? Or they go kidnap Uncle Sam on the Fourth of July? That wouldn’t go over […]

French magazine Capital reports that Steven Spielberg will not only produce, but may possibly direct three adaptations of the famous comic Tintin. The “deal is nearly signed,” with shooting to begin next winter for a 2006 release. Dark Horizons adds, “The three movies to be made apparently will be based on two of the two-part […]

Dark Horizons reports that a Chronicles of Riddick animated prequel series may be in the works, with actor Nick Chinlund voicing the main roles.

The Internet Movie Poster Awards brings us the German movie poster for Garfield. According to the website, “A very rough translation of the tag line (I’m paraphrasing from Google translator) appears to be ‘It’s his world…we only live in it. Coming to theaters summer 2004…whenever he feels like it.’” Also, Movie Products has the cover […]

Variety reveals that Paramount is developing a live-action/CGI animated version of The Trumpet of the Swan, the last children’s book from author E.B. White, who also wrote Stuart Little and Charlotte’s Web. Miss Congeniality co-writer Katie Ford is set to write the film. The Trumpet of the Swan has previously been adapted for the screen […]

The New York Post is reporting that a deal to begin production on new Family Guy episodes “could even be announced as early as this week, according to sources.” “We’re sort of waiting on an official word, but to the best of my knowledge, the plan is to start producing a batch of new episodes […]

Pirates of the Caribbean took home the award for “Favorite Motion Picture,” at the 30th annual People’s Choice Awards, which aired on CBS last night. Johnny Depp, however, lost to Mel Gibson for “Favorite Motion Picture Actor,” while Bruce Almighty beat Finding Nemo for “Favorite Comedy Motion Picture.” Visit the People’s Choice Awards’ official site […]

According to Yahoo! Finance, Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, and David Stainton, president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, revealed today that an animated film based on William Joyce’s bestselling book A Day with Wilbur Robinson will be produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. Executive produced by Clark Spencer (Lilo & Stitch) and […]

Be sure to visit the Internet Movie Database‘s Daily Poll, which poses the question, “Do you think Ellen DeGeneres should receive an Oscar nomination for her voice performance in Finding Nemo?”

Informed by a “highly reliable source,” Comics2Film reports that Warner Bros. Animation has greenlit a television series, starring Superman’s dog Krypto. Comics2Film’s source was not clear as to which network (Cartoon Network, Kids WB! or some other outlet) that the show, targeted at younger viewers, is planned for. Thanks to Superhero Hype! for the heads […]

Big Idea’s official website has the animation studio’s 2004 slate.

In somewhat-animated news, DVD Answers has the DVD artwork and specs for last November’s The Cat In The Hat, coming to video and DVD on March 16th.

C21 Media reveals, “DIC Entertainment’s president Andy Heywood is heading to Copenhagen next week to finalise a deal that will bring a new animated series based on The Trolls characters to television screens around the world. Heywood will meet with the creator of The Trolls – which were popular characters in the 1970s – to […]