News Archive for Josh Armstrong

Ultimate Avengers to fight on DVD next February

The traditionally animated DTV film Ultimage Avengers: The Movie will hit stores in DVD and UMD form, on February 21, 2006. While a synopsis for the film may be found at DVDtoons, no word yet has arrived on the bonus specs for the single-disc release.

Poster: Hoodwinked

JoBlo exclusively has the final U.S. one sheet for Hoodwinked. The Weinstein Co.’s computer animated comedy will open in theaters December 23rd.

UPDATE! Narnia news

The first clip from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe is now up at AOL Moviefone. Featuring an introduction from director Andrew Adamson, the video reveals both good and evil troops marching toward the movie’s final battle. Also, at Dark Horizons, Adamson discusses Narnia, lending thoughts on his transition from […]

Weekend box office actuals: November 18 – 20

This past weekend, Chicken Little fell to #3 with $14,711,378, averaging $4,186 per each of its 3,514 theaters. This brings the Disney hit’s total domestic gross to $99,093,096. At #19, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit enjoyed its seventh week of release with $285,592, averaging $585 per each of its 488 theaters. Thus […]

Pink Panther Show on the prowl to DVD

TV Shows on DVD displays the advertisement for the January 31, 2006 release of the Pink Panther Show: Classic Cartoon Collection 5-disc box set. Bonus features for the package include: “Behind the Feline: The Cartoon Phenomenon” documentary, “Pink Patter with Art Leonardi: The Story Behind the Animation” featurette, “Remembering Friz: A Tribute to Friz Freleng” […]

Disney Channel, Toon Disney, Cartoon Network December schedules

Toon Zone houses three schedules providing air dates of animated movies and specials, many of which are Holiday-themed, for Disney Channel, Toon Disney, and Cartoon Network.

Nick Picks #3 information

The episode listing, in addition to front and back case artwork, for the Nick Picks #3 DVD is now online at DVDtoons. Episodes to accommodate the release are: All Grown Up: “Dude, Where’s My Horse?,” Spongebob Squarepants: “Fear of a Krabby Patty,” Catscratch: “Bringing Down the Mouse,” The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: “Brobot,” […]

Korean poster for Curse of the Were-Rabbit hops up

A unique Korean poster for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit has been discovered by the Internet Movie Poster Awards, at CineCine.

Weekend box office estimates: November 18 – 20

In the wake of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’s opening with approximately $101.4 million this weeked, Disney’s CGI hit Chicken Little experienced a 53% drop to third place, with an estimated $14.8 million. However, the sky is not falling for Disney yet, as the movie’s current domestic gross stands at $99.2 million, looking […]

"Consider" these animation ads

Attempting to score award nominations, “For Your Consideration” ads for Chicken Little, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride are now online, with an ad promoting Hoodwinked found at eBay. All of the endorsements focus primarily on the music of their films.

Little suffers big drop in third weekend

Early box office estimates place Chicken Little in the third spot at the weekend box office, behind newcomers Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Walk the Line. On Friday, the Disney release slipped an understandable 71%, according to Box Office Guru, taking in approximately $3,480,000 for a domestic total of roughly $87,862,000, indicates […]

Disney reports lowered quarterly earnings

On Thursday, the Walt Disney Co. reported quarterly earnings of $379 million, down 26% from last year at this time. While solid gains have been made at its television and theme parks divisions, the company lost $313 million, thanks to the disappointing results of a string of films, from several Miramax pictures to such DTV […]

Rapunzel Unbraided no more?

In an article expressing the long journey that Enchanted has endured to get to the big screen, Jim Hill subtly refers to an upcoming Disney animated feature called Rapunzel Unraveled. Could this be an error, or a quiet mention of a name change for Disney’s fourth computer animated movie?

Ten films eligible for Best Animated Feature Oscar consideration

Via Yahoo! Movies, the Associate Press writes that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the ten films eligible for consideration, in the category of Best Animated Feature. Three nominees for the award will come from a list that includes: Chicken Little, Gulliver’s Travel, Hoodwinked, Howl’s Moving Castle, Madagascar, Robots, Steamboy, Tim […]

DVD details for Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour, Flintstones, Teen Titans

Cover artwork, along with bonus feature and episode listings, are available at TV Shows on DVD, for the releases of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour: The Complete Series, The Flintstones: Season 5, and Teen Titans: Season 1.

Meet the Robinsons in 3-D

Following the success of Chicken Little’s run with the new technology, Disney has announced, through Yahoo! Finance, that its next computer animated film, Meet the Robinsons, will likewise be shown in Disney Digital 3-D. Somewhere between 750 to 1000 theaters will present the movie in the format, beginning December 2006.

Trailer: Happy Feet

In what appears to be a cross between March of the Penguins and Dirty Dancing, the teaser trailer and website for the Warner Brothers computer animated comedy Happy Feet are now online. Those wishing to see the trailer in theaters may do so this weekend, with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Buena Vista International hits the $1 billion mark

Reuters, via Yahoo! News, indicates that for the eleventh consecutive year, Buena Vista International, the foreign distribution arm of the Walt Disney Company, has hit the $1 billion mark. The achievement is due largely to the success of four films: The Incredibles, National Treasure, The Pacifier, and Herbie: Fully Loaded. Thus far for 2005, Buena […]

DreamWorks Animation, Activision launch new deal

Activision, Inc. and DreamWorks Animation SKG have announced a new “long-term, broad-based strategic alliance,” says a press release at Coming Soon. The deal is a multi-year agreement providing Activision with exclusive video game rights to DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming slate, including Bee Movie, Kung Fu Panda, Rex Havoc, and How to Train Your Dragon. Shrek 3 […]

Trailer: Open Season

Those people still wondering where they may see the most recent trailer for Open Season can find it at TurboNick, in the “AD: Movie Trailers” section of “Nicksclusives.”

Brickyard VFX begins CGI division

Post Magazine reports that Brickyard VFX is venturing into computer animation with a new division. Recruiting Jay Lichtman and Yafei Wu, both from London’s Glassworks, and Robert Sethi, from UK-based feature film and television effects house Double Negative, this CGI department will thus provide Brickyard with the capabilities of character modeling, animation, and rendering. Concurrently, […]

More actors to fight with Kung Fu Panda

Other actors have signed on to join Jack Black in the DreamWorks Animation comedy Kung Fu Panda, indicates Coming Soon. In addition to Black, who will voice the main character, Po, the cast now features Dustin Hoffman as Shifu, a conditioned kung fu master; Jackie Chan as Master Monkey, a model kung fu warrior; and […]

Trailer: Hoodwinked

Nick.com exclusively has the trailer for the Weinstein Company and Kanbar Entertainment’s Hoodwinked, the CGI movie which tells the “true” story of Little Red Riding Hood. Hoodwinked will be released in theaters on December 23, 2005.

American Dog and Rapunzel rescheduled

In a report on the box office of Chicken Little and the upcoming slate from Walt Disney Feature Animation, the Internet Movie Database indicates that American Dog has been pushed to the summer of 2008, as Rapunzel Unbraided has been moved to sometime in 2009.

Cover art: Corpse Bride, Madagascar, Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2

Though bonus features have yet to be announced for the package, DVD Anwers has the cover artwork for the Corpse Bride DVD. Furthermore, the site also has revised cover art for the Madagascar DVD, now having a banner proclaiming its inclusion of the Madagascar Penguin’s short film, A Christmas Caper. Lastly, DVDtoons has the artwork […]

Disney Channel animated movie schedule for November 2005

Toon Zone has the schedule of animated movies appearing on the Disney Channel this month. Included in the lineup are: Alice In Wonderland, The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh, Mulan, Mulan II, Pocahontas II: Journey To A New World, Recess: School’s Out, Kim Possible Movie: A Sitch In Time, and Kim Possible Movie: So […]

Chicken Little lays golden egg at box office

Opening with $40.1 million ($10,961 per theater), Chicken Little surpassed the box office expectations of many critics and prediction websites. Box Office Guru provides a commentary on Chicken Little’s weekend, while Jim Hill Media shows how the film’s debut stacks up with the openings of other computer animated flicks.

Golden Age Cartoons for Felix the Cat and Aesop coming

According to DVDtoons, two more editions of Golden Age Cartoons are on the way, focusing on Felix the Cat and Aesop’s Fables. Previously announced Golden Age Cartoons DVDs also arriving on April 11, 2006, are Popeye, Attack of the 30’s Characters, Cultoons, and Cartoons for Victory.

Chicken Little opens in over 3,000 theaters

Chicken Little enters more than 3,000 theaters this weekend, projecting itself as the first fully computer animated motion picture from Walt Disney Feature Animation. Thus far, reviews for the movie have been leaning on the negative side, considering its score of 30% on the Rotten Tomatoes meter. “Chicken Little, though it has its moments, mostly […]

Ant Bully teaser trailer unveiled

Moviefone is home to the teaser trailer of Ant Bully, a CGI comedy from Warner Bros. Pictures. The film tells the story of Lucas Nickle, who is transformed to the size of an insect, after flooding an ant cologny with his water gun.