News Archive for Josh Armstrong

Listen to the Chicken Little sountrack

Those people who remain unsure on whether to purchase the Chicken Little soundtrack, released last Tuesday, may check the full project out online at AOL Music.

Yogi Bear, Flintstones, and Huckleberry Hound DVD websites launched

Toon Zone points to the new websites activated for the DVDs of Yogi Bear: The Complete Series, The Flintstones: The Complete Fourth Season, and The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1.

Bambi II rated "G"

Ultimate Disney indicates that Bambi II has been given a “G” rating by the Motion Picture Association of America. Meanwhile, it has also been confirmed that The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe has received a “PG” rating, for “battle sequences and frightening moments.”

Family films becoming less family-friendly?

The Associated Press, via Yahoo! Movies, investigates the subtle adult humor and cartoon violence found in many animated offerings today, including such films as Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Chicken Little. Despite these movies’ inclusion of certain features that may be more suited for adults, both were given a “G” rating […]

Robinsons teaser trailer attached to Little

In a positive review for Chicken Little, at Ain’t It Cool News, one viewer notes that a teaser trailer for Disney’s next computer animated movie, Meet the Robinsons, will be presented in theaters this Friday with the Mouse House’s first venture into computer animation.

Two Ice Age 2 stills

Latino Review has posted two stills from Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, with one of the pics providing a nice glimpse at Manny’s love interest, Ellie, in the sequel.

Superman, Popeye, and Hercules team up for DVD set

Thought little is known at this time regarding the package, the 3-disc Superhero Collection DVD set, offering cartoons from Superman, Popeye, and Hercules, will arrive in stores on December 6th. DVDtoons has cover artwork for the release.

Open House

Coming Soon offers a description of the opening sequence for Monster House, the latest film to use motion capture animation. From executive producers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis comes the tale of a boy named DJ, who discovers that the house across the street from where he lives is alive. Monster House will open its […]

More pics and plot points from Rapunzel

The Disney Power Board displays ten new pictures connected to Disney’s Rapunzel Unbraided. Along with an updated look at the film’s title art and title character, the images also reveal screencaps taken from a convention Glen Keane held at the Gobelins school in Paris, during last April. There, Keane specified that the main character of […]

Chicken Little roundup #2

Following yesterday’s collection of Chicken Little-related material found on the web, here are some more of the many recent online pieces dealing with the upcoming “chick flick”: Four tips, two new clips at IGN FilmForce Interview with Chicken Little in the latest Disney Insider ‘Zach Braff is a Chicken’ television spot at Coming Soon ‘Nervous […]

Introducing the Robinsons!

The Disney Power Board has scored the first image of the entire cast from Disney’s next computer-animated film Meet the Robinsons!

Dinosaur director takes Otter

Reuters, through Yahoo! News, reports that Ralph Zondag, who directed Disney’s Dinosaur, will direct the computer-animated adaption of Kelly Alan Williamson’s children’s book Ollie the Otter. Its story follows, “a circus sea otter named Ollie who tires of doing the same old stunts at the behest of his demanding father. Ollie leaves his family and […]

Lucasfilm's Singapore animation studio opens

Thursday marked the opening of Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, the 40,000 square feet animation facility located in the Changi area of Singapore. Employing over 35 people from 19 countries, the studio will increase its number of workers in 2006. Coming Soon offers a breakdown of the company’s key creative executives, along with other pieces of information […]

Additional Chicken Little media

Continuing its marketing blitz, Chicken Little has unleashed more media to experience on the web. First, two more promos for the film have popped up at Ultimate Disney, one ad focused on the World Series, the other one focused on rapping. Also, JoBlo points to a downloadable interactive Chicken Little desktop, and then provides a […]

Popeye and other 30's characters attack!

DVDtoons indicates the episodes and bonus features to be included on the upcoming “Golden Age of Cartoons” releases, Popeye: Original Classics and Attack of the 30’s Characters. While both DVDs focus on the 1930’s, the latter of the two contains rare cartoons featuring Porky Pig, Betty Boop, Mickey Mouse, and his predecessor, Walt Disney’s Oswald […]

More players emerge in Foodfight!

Via Coming Soon, Threshold Animation Studios and Lions Gate Family Entertainment announce the cast of Foodfight!, a CGI comedy about the unseen scene in the grocery store. Joining previously announced cast members Hillary and Haylie Duff are Charlie Sheen as the main character, Dex Dogtective; Eva Longoria as Lady X, leader of the villainous Brand […]

Wallace & Gromit DVD game series coming to the U.S.

C21 Media reports that a DVD game series based on Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is on its way to the U.S., due to a deal between Zoo Digital and LA games producer/distributor Snap TV. This will mark the first time a Zoo Digital Publishing product has been published in the country.

Chicken Little sountrack, music video, trailer, clips news

As the film’s release draws nigh, marketing for Disney’s Chicken Little is going into overdrive. First of all, the official site for the Chicken Little soundtrack is now open, containing previews of the CD’s content. Meanwhile, the website for Disney Channel’s Movie Surfers has updated its main page with two videos, one giving a glimpse […]

America's Next Muppet arriving soon

Variety has a rundown of the latest happenings on America’s Next Muppet, which will borrow concepts from American Idol and America’s Next Top Model. Thus far, ABC has ordered a script and five script outlines for the series, in which a new member for the Muppet gang will be discovered.

Going McBoing Boing on DVD

DVDtoons has the cover artwork for Cartoon Adventures Starring Gerald McBoing Boing, from Sony Pictures. The release marks the first time the classic cartoon character is predominantly featured in DVD form, though four of his shorts made their way onto the Hellboy DVD.

Broadband Enterprises to distribute Warner Bros. shorts online

Animated video shorts from Warner Bros. Online will soon be syndicated by Broadband Enterprises, the company announced today. In a broadband network of more than 400 websites, programs such as Looney Tunes, Gotham Girls, Timberwolf, and Cartoon Monsoon will be distributed online, in Macromedia Flash.

Pixar targeted by two lawsuits

The LA Times indicates that Pixar has been hit with two separate class action lawsuits claiming that the studio misguided investors with exaggerated projections for the Incredibles DVD. In response, a Pixar spokesman called the lawsuits “completely baseless.”

Turner Classic Movies to air Miyazaki masterpieces

According to ICv2, in January 2006, Turner Classic Movies will air the following animated classics from director Hayao Miyazaki: Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaa: Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, and Porco Rosso. The network will also air Whisper of the Heart, a Yoshifumi Kondou film for which Miyazaki wrote […]

Chicken Little clips and slideshows; New international trailer

Media to promote Disney’s Chicken Little await exclusively at Yahoo! Movies. Included are six clips, titled “Dodgeball,” “Not Again,” “Soda Machine,” “Plan B,” “Closure,” and “I Am The Champion,” and three slideshows, titled “Character Concept Art,” “Designing Chicken Little,” and “Essence of a Scene.” In other Little news, a new international trailer for the movie […]

Another series of Chicken Little images

The Disney Power Board has added a new group of behind-the-scenes Chicken Little images, taken from the studio in Burbank, California, along with the latest French poster for the film.

Early review of Over the Hedge

Ain’t It Cool News has landed an early review of the DreamWorks CGI comedy Over the Hedge. The critic writes, “I think audiences and critics will like it much better than Shark Tale and Madagascar. There are some big laughs, some really impressive animation…, good music, fun characters, and enough action, humor, suspense and solid […]

Where the Wild movie plans are

The New York Times breaks down the long journy from the book scene to the big screen that Maurice Sendak’s classic Where the Wild Things Are has endured. Mentioned in the article is that the current adaption in the works, from director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Dave Eggers, will dwell more on the main character […]

Kronk's New Groove DVD menus

Four images of the DVD menus for Kronk’s New Groove have appeared online at DVDtoons. Included in the pics are the main menu, the “Games & Activities” menu, the “Bonus Features” menu, and a menu from one of those bonus features.

New George of the Jungle animated series on the way

Industry 411 reports that Classic Media and Studio B Productions are co-producing a new animated series of George of the Jungle. The series has already been pre-sold to Cartoon Network US, Cartoon Network Europe, and Nickelodeon UK, with a broadcast date being in January 2007.

Weekend Box Office: October 21 – 23, 2005

For the first time this year, ticket sales for the top ten weekend films did not reach at least $70 million. In addition, these last two weekends have held the worst grosses for an October weekend top ten in the last six years. Nevertheless, these disappointing numbers have not seemed to affect Wallace & Gromit: […]