Apparently, it’s a well-executed story! Who’da thunk?! Skwigly Magazine has an intelligent, detailed article about the story dynamics behind the new Pixar film, guaranteed to give any reader a virtual “Story 101” in animated film! Thanks to ‘muppet’ from the A-N forums for the heads-up!

‘monkeyboy12’ alerts us via the A-N forums that Disney plans to up its investment in the video game market, according to Reuters. They’re specifically interested in hand-held devices, since they “appeal to a younger crowd than video-console games. [Chairman Andy] Mooney added that Disney would tie in video games to movies, and potentially launch games […]

DreamWorks Fansite has the word that the initial 3-day sales figures for the newly-released Shrek 2 home video have come in, and they estimate that the title generated $185 million dollars in sales this weekend. Of the 12.1 million units sold, a record 11 million were DVDs, up a long way from Shrek‘s 3-day sales […]

Dark Horizons has an exclusive first look at the teaser poster for Tim Burton’s remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Johnny Depp’s sinister Willy Wonka portends a darker, edgier side to this adaptation, which is claimed to be more faithful to Roald Dahl’s book than the 1971 original that starred Gene Wilder in the […]

Well, if you count puppets as animated, it’s a double header! Ain’t It Cool News’ own Moriarty has posted exclusive interviews with both Matt Stone and Trey Parker and Brad Bird. Check them out!

Not wanting to pass up a “big” promotional opportunity, new character balloons (and floats) will be featured in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. “…nothing more American, and commercial,” writes Jerry Beck, some of the new balloons include Chicken Little and SpongeBob SquarePants, while new floats will feature Barbie and the Sesame […]

The bad “incredible” puns will never end for this new Pixar film! What’s far from bad, though, is the film’s projected gross on its first weekend – $70.7 million, according to Box Office Mojo. If these numbers remain at or above this estimate, this would mean that The Incredibles would be ahead of Finding Nemo‘s […]

Jim Hill has another excellent, albeit belated, edition of Why For?. He reveals another “coulda been” scenario this time around, detailing “details what Disneyland would have been like if the ‘Disney Decade’ plan had actually been followed…”

From November 5th to December 2nd, McDonald’s will include 8 character toys from the new Pixar film The Incredibles in their Happy Meals; featured are the entire Parr family, as well as Frozone, Syndrome, and the “Incredimobile.” Remember that you can purchase Happy Meal toys separately for about $1 to $2 – no need for […]

Lawrence Lin has obtained a clip of the new trailer for the latest Hayao Miyazaki film, Howl’s Moving Castle. Several formats of the same trailer have been made available at Thunder Zone, a Nausicaa.net mirror site. Click here to download an MPEG video, as well as an AVI video, a Windows Media video, and even […]

Access Hollywood has the full teaser for Pixar’s next project, Cars – set to come out November 2005. The teaser, along with the new Pixar short Boundin’, are currently attached to all prints of The Incredibles, which opens tomorrow. Thanks to ‘Eagle’ from the A-N forums for the tip!

Ultimate Disney has a first glimpse of the disc art for the upcoming Bambi Platinum Edition DVD, which arrives in stores March 1st, 2005.

TV Shows on DVD has obtained a tentative release date for what’s described as a “Season 2” DVD release date for the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tv series. According to an inquiry from Lion’s Gate, an April 26th date has been “penciled in” for TMNT, so it is by no means official. It’s good […]

Ultimate Disney has a review of the CGI direct-to-video sequel Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas, concluding that it’s “not a particularly inspired production, but it will entertain those who love these time-tested Disney cartoon characters and those who gobble up all the holiday viewing material they can. The film’s unspectacular but decent writing ultimately doesn’t […]

Zap2It has an article about NBC’s foreboding move to exclude Father of the Pride from its November sweeps slate. “A sweeps hiatus is rarely good news for any show, but it could be particularly dire for Father of the Pride since episodes of animated shows take so much longer to complete than live-action series. NBC […]

Have an Incredible Hallowe’en, loyal A-N readers!

DVD Toons reports a curt message they received about the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series from Lion’s Gate recently, after having sent an inquiry on what to expect for upcoming DVDs; “As for TMNT, expect to see another DVD Spring 2005.” Obviously no other specs are known at this point, but it’s good […]

Ultimate Disney’s webmaster was lucky enough to attend an early screening of The Incredibles, and has posted his first impressions of the film, as well as the forerunning Cars teaser and Boundin’ short, in this (very positive) early review.

Renowned artist and special effects animator Michel Gagné has just announced on his site that a new series of 10 two-minute animated shorts is in the works. Dubbed the Insanely Twisted Shadow Puppet Show, Gagné plans to bring the shorts to life using “a combination of softwares such as Flash, After Effects, Photoshop, Maya as […]

Ain’t It Cool News has received even more ecstatic reviews of the highly anticipated new Pixar film, The Incredibles. Included amongst the 4 opinions is a description of the teaser for Pixar’s next film Cars, coming in November of 2005. On a similar note, the site’s own Capone has an overall fairly positive review of […]

The Hollywood Reporter has an interesting article about the possibility of a live-action martial arts film based on Snow White, with a script by Michael Chabon. As they summarize it, “Snow and the Seven will be set in 1880s British colonial China and will have fantasy and martial arts elements, with the ‘seven’ being Shaolin […]

Ultimate Disney has compiled 13 stills of bonus features from the upcoming 40th Anniversary Edition of Mary Poppins, arriving in stores December 14th. Featured are photos from the original Gala World Premier, as well as concept art from the deleted song “Chimpanzoo”.

Ain’t It Cool News has several sneaked images of the upcoming Tim Burton take on Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, including a peek at Willy Wonka’s factory set and the Wonka delivery trucks, as well as a set for what is speculated to be Charlie’s rundown neighborhood. Charlie‘s expected to hit theatres next […]

Bad news, and potential good news concerning the Region 1 (U.S. and Canada) releases for several Studio Ghibli films, a good handful of which are classic Hayao Miyazaki titles. The bad news is Buena Vista seems to have mysteriously moved back the much-anticipated 3-film Miyazaki wave (consisting of My Neighbor Totoro, Porco Rosso, and Nausicaä […]

TV Shows on DVD has been positively booming with toon-related DVD news the past couple of days – here’s a one-post round-up of all things animated coming up! First off, cover art for the second season of Garfield & Friends, which comes out December 7th, has been released. A press release, with full disc-by-disc breakdown […]

The British tabloid The Sun, via Ain’t It Cool News, has apparently gotten hold of a small, grainy photo of Depp in costume for Tim Burton’s upcoming remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. As AICN’s Quint warns, though, it is just a tabloid, and there’s a good chance this pic was taken off-set, which […]

It’s recently come to light on several animation forums that the recently-released Tom and Jerry: The Spotlight Collection DVD set has at least 3 censored cartoons contained on it – the Golden Age Cartoons Forum has a more detailed thread about it. Upon inquiry, Warner Bros. and animation historian Jerry Beck were sincerely taken by […]

Ultimate Disney has a new review up for the new 3-disc Gift Set of Pirates of the Caribbean, arriving in stores November 2nd. It is suggested that only the most hardcore Sparrow-chasers double dip on this one, though; “‘The Lost Disc’ alone probably does not merit a repurchase of Pirates of the Caribbean, but its […]

Latino Review has the full press release from Warner Bros. on the casting of young TV star Brandon Routh as the Man of Steel. “[Director Bryan] Singer commented on his choice of a star, saying ‘Contrary to speculation, it was always my absolute intention to hire an unknown for this role. Brandon is an extremely […]

The Los Angeles Times [free registration required] has an article today about the financial “conductors” behind The Polar Express. “To make the film, which uses new technology to insert actor Tom Hanks into a computer-generated Christmas fantasy, the fare for Warner Bros. and its financing partner, producer Steve Bing, came to $170 million. On top […]