Today Aniboom, a multi-platform animation network, announced a partnership with Joost, the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service. Aniboom will have a channel on Joost featuring many genres and styles of animation. The full press release follows:

The Orange County Register today features an interview with Linda Clough of Costa Mesa, daughter of Daffy Duck creator and Warner Bros. animation luminary Chuck Jones, in honor of the 70th birthday of Daffy Duck. The article also mentions a celebration being held today at the Orange Main Public Library.

“Yesterday, 20 years after Fred MacMurray became the very first Disney Legend, the Walt Disney Company honored 12 more individuals whose body of work ‘has made a significant impact on the Disney Legacy.’ From film, television, animation, Imagineering, and the Disney Archive, this year’s inductees join a long line of truly legendary Disney cast members.” […]

Variety indicates that Warner Bros. has hired Jerry O’Flaherty to make his feature directorial debut with the computer animated adaptation of Thundercats. Previous credits for O’Flaherty include serving as an art director on such bestselling video games as Gears of War, Unreal Tournament 3 and Command and Conquer.

Ain’t It Cool News writes that a special screening of The Pixar Story will be shown at the Alamo Drafthouse this Sunday, October 14 at 7 p.m. Director Leslie Iwerks will be present at the event. Meanwhile, Reuters examines the documentary, awarding it a healthy amount of praise.

The premiere for Season 3 of American Dad may be downloaded for free at iTunes. The episode’s synopsis is, “When Francine discovers that all their family vacations have been artificial memories created by CIA so that Stan could ditch the family, she is fuming and demands a real vacation. However, when the vacation seems too […]

IGN reports that Steven Spielberg recently added further information on the upcoming Tintin motion-captured trilogy. According to Spielberg, he and Peter Jackson will each helm one installment of the franchise, although both directors will remain involved with all the series’ chapters. Spielberg will film his footage in the USA, while Jackson will shoot in New […]

Warner Bros. has released four images from this Saturday’s episode of The Batman, titled White Heat. In the episode, “Firefly becomes even more powerful when an accident turns him into Phosphorus, a superhot villain who ultimately threatens a nuclear power plant. Jason Marsden (Step By Step, Boy Meets World) provides the voice of Firefly/Phosphorus in […]

The DVD Guy Blog at TVGuide.com explains why The Marvel Superheroes (1966) has not yet arrived on DVD. Apparently, the series was scheduled to be released around 2004/05. However, the blog writes that the set was delayed as Disney and Marvel Comics were having a legal discussion, and possibly later litigation, over issues regarding certain […]

To help promote today’s DVD arrival of Sony Pictures Animation’s Surf’s Up, Yahoo! Movies presents a seven-minute extended scene from the film. The clip is described as, “Cody Maverick (Shia LaBeouf) flirts with Lani (Zooey Deschanel) and takes on Tank (Diedrich Bader).”

In the latest chapter regarding the mysterious Disney stop-motion project reported on September 29, 2007, it appears that the film’s revelation may have hurt the relationship between the Walt Disney Co. and the North Carolina School of the Arts. In a podcast from The Movie Show, a representative comments, “I have a friend who goes […]

Portfolio.com offers insight into the making of Disney’s Enchanted, with the film’s cast and crew lending their thoughts about the highly anticipated November picture. Meanwhile, Jim Hill Media provides a sneak peek at the film’s animated opening sequences.

Devoted to news of Edgar Rice Burroughs and his works, ERBzine.com writes that a Pixar creative team recently explored the Burroughs archives in the Los Angeles suburb of Tarzana. The group’s extensive research was for for the upcoming John Carter of Mars, which will begin a trilogy of films.

Upcoming Pixar directs readers to Amazon.com, where The Art of WALL-E is now available to pre-order for $40.00 USD. From author Tim Hauser, and featuring a foreward by Andrew Stanton, the publication will be released on May 1, 2008.

The Little Mermaid – Broadway indicates that word has reached JCKOnline.com of New York jewelry design firm Scaringi – Bertol Atelier crafting the neckpiece for the Disney Broadway musical. “The necklace consists of a translucent lucite conch shell on a heavily-jeweled and encrusted braid of black silk threads and grosgrain ribbons, ending with a platinum-toned […]

TV Shows on DVD presents another impressive batch of headlines regarding animated series coming to DVD. Titles in this group include: Scooby-Doo – Wooden Treasure Chest Giftset, Care Bears 25th Anniversary – The Land Without Feelings, Oban Star-Racers – Volume 1, Christmas Time in South Park, Avatar: The Last Airbender – Book 3: Fire, Volume […]

Walt Disney Events Services has announced a special 70th Anniversary screening event of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on November 16, 2007, at the theater inside Disney’s California Adventure® Park. Two types of event packages are available so follow the link and read up for details. Animation and film luminaries such as […]

As posted by Variety, The CW has announced it will end the Kids’ WB! franchise at the end of this season. The lineup will then be programmed by 4Kids Entertainment, which has overseen Fox’s Saturday mornings for the past six years. The Animation Guild Blog offers an interesting commentary on the subject, while Comics2Film displays […]

Variety indicates that the music publishing house Bourne Co. is suing Fox Broadcasting due to the Family Guy song parody I Need a Jew, set to the tune of When You Wish Upon A Star. Bourne believes that Fox has harmed the classic Pinocchio song’s reputation by associating it with a “vile and anti-Semitic message.”

DVD Active reveals the extra content and cover artwork for the DVD and Blu-ray of Disney and Spyglass Entertainment’s live-action Underdog adaptation. In addition to the bonus features offered by the DVD, the Blu-ray package will include “Simon Barsinister’s First Television Appearance,” as well as a wider library of deleted scenes. Underdog will arrive in […]

Get ready for the new T2 – in an announcement that will surprise nobody, work has begun on a sequel to one of this summer’s biggest blockbusters. The Hollywood Reporter states that all the primary cast and crew – from director Michael Bay and star Shia LaBeouf to executive producer Steven Spielberg – are in […]

For those planning to visit Disney’s California Adventure soon, or for animation fans who need an extra excuse to go, the Character Close-up section of the Disney Animation building there is now showcasing maquettes from WALL-E, Ratatouille, and Meet the Robinsons, as well as a spinning, strobe light-enabled Toy Story animation . . . Pixar […]

The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Nick Park’s Oscar-winning claymation duo Wallace and Gromit are headed back for more adventures, though this time returning to the small screen where they started out. Entitled Trouble At Mill, it’s anticipated that Park’s new half-hour featurette will be completed next fall for screening on the UK’s BBC1, but […]

Legion of Super Heroes continues its new season with the original episode, Cry Wolf, on Saturday, October 6 at 11:00 a.m. ET/PT, as part of the Kids’ WB! lineup on The CW Network. The episode’s synopsis is, “After being convicted for a deadly attack on his father, Timber Wolf must escape Legion custody and track […]

The Internet Movie Poster Awards displays the international one-sheet for DreamWorks Animation’s Bee Movie, flying into U.S. theaters on November 2.

Coming Soon reports that Unified Pictures is producing the computer animated Noah’s Ark, with ElectroAge providing the film’s animation. With a $35 million budget, Ark will retell the famous Biblical tale from the perspective of the animal passengers. Philip LaZebnik, who co-wrote The Prince of Egypt, Mulan and Pocahontas, is penning the feauture’s screenplay.

Introducing cover artwork for the package, TV Shows on DVD writes that Avatar: The Last Airbender – Book 3: Fire, Volume 2 will hit stores on January 22. Meanwhile, word arrives that the classic Nickelodeon show Mysterious Cities of Gold will be released on DVD in February 2008.

Check out the Batman: Yesterday, Today, & Beyond website for exclusive preview pics featuring vigilante hero Green Arrow and villainous Count Vertigo from the “Vertigo” episode of The Batman set to air October 6, on the Kids’ WB! network.

According to Animation World Network, Reboot, the pioneering CGI television series, has pioneered a new level of fan participation in popular animation by allowing its fans to choose the creative teams responsible for the production of an online comic book. “This marks the first step in re-launching the property in advance of Rainmaker’s upcoming trilogy […]

At the Animated News & Views Forum, “Prince Kido” points out that Allocine.fr has a new French teaser trailer for Disney/Pixar’s WALL-E. Humorously, the video features a unique twist on the famous Pixar production logo starring Luxo Jr. Meanwhile, Buena Vista International has provided Upcoming Pixar with an updated official synopsis for WALL-E. UPDATE: An […]