The latest Cars television spot, themed for Daytona, is available to view at Inside Line. Formats for the video include Real Player and Windows Media.

Cartoon Network informs us: “Our newest original series, My Gym Partner’s a Monkey, will premiere next Friday, Feb. 24, at 9 p.m. Because of the holiday on Monday, Feb. 20, there also will be a sneak-peak at 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to whet viewer appetites. Set in an all-animal middle school, this […]

The winners and runners up for the Animex Student Animation Awards were announced at Animex Talk! on Friday 10 February 2006 by Shelley Page, European Representative for Feature Animation DreamWorks, David Sproxton and Philip Hunt.

The photo gallery at the official Annie Awards site has been updated with pictures of the proud winners at the recent 33rd Annual ceremony. A few more photos can be found at the ASIFA-Hollywood Blog and here:

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts presented their awards to the international film industry this Sunday evening. The BBC has the full {{link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4730718.stm list of winners}} online. Taking home prizes for animation were Nick Park and company for the Best British Film, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit, while Fallen […]

The first of a three-part interview with Pixar writer/director Andrew Stanton can be found at Spline Doctors. The first podcast at o-meon has interviews from the red carpet at the 33rd Annual Annie Awards, including chit chat with Nick Park, Brad Bird, Tom Kenny, and filmmakers Dan Lund and Tony West. Also check out the […]

The official site for Doogal is now open. The small movie with the big name voice cast opens in theaters on February 24.

At the age of 80, comedian Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez died on February 6, at his Culver City, California home. His death came as the result of natural causes, according to his grandson, actor Clifton Collins Jr. Gonzalez Gonzalez exercised his voice acting when taking the roles Speedy Gonzales in the short Mucho Locos (1966), Speedy […]

CGCHAR presents some new info and pictures regarding Planet One, written by Joe Stillman. Produced by Ilion Studios for near $50 million, the movie is a co-production between Worldwide Biggies, Inc and Ilion. Planet One’s synopsis is: “On Planet One, the locals have two antenna, eight fingers and tons of fear about alien invaders. They […]

Ultimate Disney offers a sneak peek at the cover artwork for the Little Mermaid Platinum Edition DVD, swimming into stores on October 3rd.

At Coming Soon, a press release from Buena Vista Home Entertainment announces that Disney’s latest direct-to-video project, Bambi II, has proven popular with audiences. Since its debut last week, the film has sold over 2.6 million units on DVD in North America. “The success of Bambi II is very exciting,” responded Sharon Morrill, President of […]

C. W. Oberleitner discusses the appointment of longtime animation producer Don Hahn as interim head of Walt Disney Feature Animation in A Tale of Two Divisions and the future of Marty Sklar, Vice Chairman and Principal Creative Executive for Walt Disney Imagineering, Marty Moves On at o-meon.com.

We’ve previously reported here at Animated News about cartoon characters appearing as write-in candidates on election ballots. Toon Zone reports now that Donald Duck has finished third place behind winner and Conan O’Brien lookalike Tarja Halonen and second-place candidate Sauli Niinasto in Finland’s recent presidential elections. Donald was unavailable for comment. Sources close to Mr. […]

Found at Wikipedia is the rumored cast for Pixar’s 2007 entry, Ratatouille. “Featuring the voice talents of: Brad Garrett as Chef, Kate Beckinsale as Esemhones, Jimmy Fallon as Frloen, Jeffrey Tambor as Banas, Harrison Ford as The Evil Andws, John Ratzenberger as Eskoimes, Martin Short as Nemral, Patrick Warburton as Wean and Bill Fagerbakke as […]

Toon Zone points to Ask Greg, where Gargoyles creator and supervising producer Greg Weisman writes that due to lackluster sales for Gargoyles: Season Two, Volume One, its follow-up Season Two, Volume Two may never see the light of day.

Celebrating Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, the Tribeca Cinemas Gallery and Warner Home Video present a Stop-Motion Animation and Artwork Exhibit. Offering free admission, the event lasts until Monday, February 20, and is open daily from 12:00pm – 8:00pm. For more information, one may visit Coming Soon or Tribeca Cinemas Gallery official website.

DVD Active has the front DVD artwork for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, arriving in R1 form on April 25th. In other DVD news, DVDtoons has the cover artwork for Avatar: The Last Airbender – Book 1, Vol. 3, coming May 30th, and The Chipmunk Adventure, coming May23rd.

The latest press photo for DreamWorks Animation’s Over the Hedge is up at Latino Review.

TV Shows on DVD specifies the 12 episodes to be featured on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Volume 4 DVD. This news comes courtesy of the release’s packaging, also found at the site.

Arriving from the writers of Hoodwinked, Tony Leech and Cory Edwards, is a new computer animated comedy that’s far from down-to-earth. The rights for Escape from Planet Earth have been acquired by The Weinstein Company, indicates The Big Cartoon Database. “Escape from Planet Earth, an original idea by Leech, is a comedy about a prison […]

Through The Internet Movie Database, The New York Post reports that Michael Eisner may have “lobbied” certain members of the Walt Disney Co. board in an attempt to halt the company’s $7.4 billion acquisition of Pixar. The article lists Eisner’s reason for such an action as being held to his belief that the deal was […]

Kettering Today takes a look at Ricky O’Donnell, creative director for RJDM Animations. For the four-and-a-half years it has been in business, the studio has primarily focused on commercials. However, RJDM Animations is considering entering the feature film business, while also currently being involved in an upcoming BBC documentary on Rolf Harris and an animated […]

Ain’t It Cool News has captured two early reviews for Happy Feet, the November CGI comedy from Warner Bros. One of the reviewers enjoyed the film, stating, “Overall I quite liked it, although it definitely won’t be to everyone’s taste.” Meanwhile, the other reviewer felt differently, admitting, “I just thought this film was plain annoying…” […]

Just in time for Valentine’s day the ASIFA-Hollywood Blog gives details on the many bonus features found on the new DVD release of Dan Lund and Tony West’s Dream on Silly Dreamer (see Animated News’ review of the film from the Newport Beach Film Festival and from the earlier Minneapolis screening). The film chronicles the […]

From IESB come descriptions of the two Cars clips shown at this year’s WonderCon. Having seen the clips, Diana Slampyak predicts, “Cars should make Pixar and Disney a lot of money.”

Seward Street comments that traditionally animated feature films may soon be returning to Disney. The author explains: “I get a call tonight from a friend who has a friend who heard from a friend that at a meeting tonight with Lasseter that he was talking all about bringing back the glory of Disney traditional 2D […]

Posted at CGCHAR is an article from Digital Content Creation’s Jacob Heller, noticing the growing need for computer animators in an industry increasing with competition. “Siggraph 2006 should be interesting,” writes Heller. As an interesting side note, the piece recognizes that in 2007, somewhere between 25 to 30 computer animated films will enter theaters.

Larry Loc, ASIFA-Hollywood’s blogger, has posted an interview he conducted recently with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Jim Hill Media speculates on goings-on leading up to the recent acquisition of Mickey’s predecessor by The Walt Disney Company. So far there has been no official word on how Oswald might be utilized by the Studio. Is he […]

The sneak peeks segment of the upcoming Lady and the Tramp Platinum Edition DVD reveals that a special edition of Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure is coming soon and has a brand new Brother Bear II trailer in which Rutt and Tuke pay homage to Lady and the Tramp (no, they’re not slurping […]

The following is a press release detailing the lineup of programming for the 2006-07 seasons for the ABC Kids, Jetix, Toon Disney, and Disney Channel television stations: