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Mind The Gap, Inc. to aide in feature animation technology

From animation industry veterans George Bruder, Kevin Cureton, and Marlon Montgomery comes the animation pipeline development and consulting company Mind The Gap, Inc. The company is has been launched for the purpose of providing unique products and services in regards to feature animation technology. To read the press release for Mind The Gap, Inc., please […]

DisneyToon Studio's Australia to be closed

An animator for DisneyToon Studio’s Australia writes to Cartoon Brew, announcing that the studio’s staff meeting today revealed some surprising news. As it turns out, DisneyToon Studio’s Australia will be closing its doors for the last time, upon the completion of Cinderella III. The reason for the studio’s shutting down is said to be the […]

Frog gets walking papers

Toon Zone reports that One Froggy Evening star Michigan J. Frog has recently been fired as the mascot for the Warner Bros. television network. Does that mean he’s moving on to Loonatics?

Star Wars continues

Revenge of the Sith may have been the last live action Star Wars film but a recent article at StarWars.com indicates that there may be an animated Star Wars feature film in the works in addition to new Clone Wars episodes set to debut next year. Good news for aspiring digital animators as well because […]

Special Edition DVDs for Muppet films to be released

According to Ultimate Disney, to celebrate Kermit the Frog’s 50th anniversary this year, Disney will be releasing Special Edition DVDs of The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppet Christmas Carol, and Muppet Treasure Island. While no release dates nor bonus feature information is known yet, the promo for the DVDs promises that the […]

Domain names registered by Disney reveal studio plans

Jim Hill Media writes of some website names registered by Disney, including quite a number taken just for the Tarzan and Mary Poppins Broadway shows alone. In addition, plenty of domain names have been grabbed for the website of Toy Story’s 10th Anniversary Edition DVD. However, one of the most mysterious domain names that Disney […]

Focus on 9

Variety [paid registration required], via Coming Soon, reports that Universal’s Focus Features will venture into animated movies for the first time, with the Tim Burton-produced 9. Set to be directed by Shane Acker, who directed a short of the same name, the pic is described as, “Surreal fantasy takes place in a parallel world where […]

Leroy & Stitch to wrap up Lilo & Stitch: The Series?

Ultimate Disney points to a forum thread at TV.com, where a post attributed to Lilo & Stitch: The Series writer/executive producer Jess Winfield reveals what the mysterious project Leroy & Stitch is. Apparently, the title is a direct-to-video feature that will conclude Lilo & Stitch: The Series, set for a spring 2006 release. Writes ‘jesstifer’ […]

First season of Creature Comforts coming to DVD

Columbia has announced that the first season of Creature Comforts is coming to DVD on September 27th. All thirteen nine-minute episodes of the season will be included in the release. Included as a bonus feature for the DVD will be the original Creature Comforts Oscar-winning short. DVD Answers has the cover art for the set.

Jobs and Iger in talks to continue Disney/Pixar partnership

The Wall Street Journal, via the Internet Movie Database, indicates that Pixar and Apple Computer Chairman Steve Jobs and Disney CEO Robert Iger have been in preliminary talks regarding a new deal to continue the successful partnership of Disney and Pixar. Furthermore, the duo may be discussing the licensing of Disney movies and ABC television […]

Barnyard online

Following the announcement a few days ago of a Barnyard teaser trailer being online, the official site for Barnyard has been updated with a new trailer. The latest video features a much better look at the animation, plot, and characters in the computer animated release from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.

Ant Bully to be released in August 2006

The Ant Bully, a new CGI film from Warner Bros. Pictures, DNA Productions, and Playtone Productions, will be released on August 4, 2006, in both IMAX 3D and conventional 2D formats. Directed by John A. Davis (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Santa Vs. The Snowman 3D), The Ant Bully is based on the John Nickle’s book, […]

Tarzan DVD site online; Emperor's "New Groove" DVD up for pre-order

A teaser site for the Tarzan Special Edition DVD is now online, featuring a trailer and cover art for the release. The DVD has a release date of October 18, 2005. Disney’s other October DVD re-release, the Emperor’s New Groove: New Groove Edition arriving on the 25th, has now been put up for pre-order on […]

Nike's Knight moving into feature animation

Studio Briefing for July 20 reports that Phil Knight, founder of athletic footware company Nike, is gearing up to create a stop-motion/computer-animation hybrid animated feature to be released in 2007.

Comic Con Aftermath

The ASIFA-Hollywood Blog has a bunch of pictures and reports with an animation slant from last week’s San Diego Comic Con. Animated News scored some photos too which should be posted here next week.

Get your Looney Tunes: More volume 3 details

Jerry Beck’s got the low down on many of the features of the upcoming 3rd volume of Warner Bros.’ Looney Tunes Golden Collection and it looks like it’s going to be an animation history fanatic’s dream. Full details at Cartoon Brew

Barnyard teaser trailer released

The teaser trailer for Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies’ CGI film Barnyard is now online at Oedekerk_Fan, from Yahoo! Movies Groups. Barnyard will open in theaters on January 13, 2006.

Ferngully, Emperor's New Groove, Tarzan Special Edition DVDs on the way

DVD Answers reports that on October 18th, Fox Home Entertainment will release the Ferngully: The Last Rainforest Special Edition DVD. Carrying both 1.85:1 anamorphic and 1.33:1 full frame transfers, the DVD will include: a commentary by director Bill Kroyer, coordinating art director Susan Kroyer, and art director Ralph Eggleston; a “Seed of the Story: Script […]

New Corpse Bride banner

JoBlo has the latest banner for Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, rising in cinemas on September 23rd.

Toy Story 10th Anniversary DVD, Monster House official websites online

The official teaser websites for the Toy Story 10th Anniversary Edition DVD, coming to stores on September 6, 2005, and Columbia Pictures’ computer animated flick Monster House, opening in theaters on July 21, 2006, are now online. Thanks to ‘cartoni’ at the Animated-News Forum for the notice on the Toy Story site.

Buscemi and Cleese join monstrous cast for Exodus' Igor

Steve Buscemi and John Cleese have joined the cast of Exodus Film Group’s CG-animated short film Igor: Unholy Frijoles, announced Exodus’ president, John D. Eraklis. Buscemi will voice the part of Scamper, a super intelligent, yet sarcastic lab rabbit, while Cleese will lend his voice to the character of Dr. Glickenstein, Igor’s evil master. Buscemi […]

Smurfs headed to the big screen

{{link http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117926154&cs=1 Variety.com reports}} that Paramount Pictures are “getting the blues, acquiring film rights to vintage cartoon characters the Smurfs and set up development of a 3D CG feature with producer Jordan Kerner and Nickelodeon Movies. They’ve conceived the project as a trilogy and are aiming to release the first film in 2008 to coincide […]

Finding Nemo sand sculpture wins contest

We reported recently on a Finding Nemo pool tile mosaic in Hawaii. Now, the Orange County Register (free subscription required to read article and view photos online) reports that a Finding Nemo design won yesterday’s sand sculpture competition at the San Clemente Ocean Festival.

Lilo & Stitch 2 official website updated

The official website for Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch has been updated, now including movie clips, games, downloads, printables, and a gallery. Lilo & Stitch 2 will be released directly to DVD on August 30th.

Weinsteins and Warner Bros. to take on Ninja Turtles

In a joint effort, the Weinstein Co. and Warner Bros. will distribute the upcoming computer animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, reports Variety, via Coming Soon. Aiming for an early 2007 release, the project will be grittier than its live-action predecessors, in the spirit of the comic book series. Animation veteran Kevin Munroe will direct […]

Monster House to open on July 21, 2006

PR Newswire, via Yahoo! News, indicates that Columbia Pictures’ Monster House will be released on July 21, 2006. In additon to being released in the usual 2-D style, the film will be released in more than 100 theaters with REAL D’s revolutionary digital 3-D format. The announcement was made today by Rory Bruer, President of […]

'G' ratings confirmed for Kronk's New Groove, Leroy & Stitch

Utimate Disney reports that the MPAA has given both Kronk’s New Groove and Leroy & Stitch, presumably the bonus short film that will be on the Lilo & Stitch 2 DVD, ‘G’ ratings.

Wallace & Gromit in Three Amazing Adventures DVD coming in September

Details and artwork for the DVD Wallace & Gromit in Three Amazing Adventures, which includes Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out, Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers, and Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave, is now up at DVD Answers. Extras on the DVD include: the “Cracking Contraptions” shorts, a look at Wallace & […]

Massive Comic-Con update

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Pics: San Diego Comic-Con 2005

Coming Soon a large gallery of pics from the San Diego Comic-Con, including displays for movies such as The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, King Kong, Corpse Bride, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and Over the Hedge; series like The Amazing Screw-On Head; and finally, the DTV […]