Disney has issued the press release for the Lady and the Tramp Platinum Edition DVD, the seventh entry in the “Platinum Edition” line. Ultimate Disney has the document, which lists and describes the DVD’s main bonus features.

After starring in the Oscar-winning short Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave, Shaun the Sheep is getting his own television show, tells the Animation World Network. At MIPCOM 2005, the show was pre-sold to ABC Australia, TVNZ New Zealand, SVT Sweden, DRTV Denmark, NRK Norway, YLE Finland and Minimax in Hungary. The series will follow […]

USA Today reveals more of the cast and plot for Ice Age 2: The Meltdown. In the franchise’s next chilly chapter, Manny the woolly mammoth (Ray Romano), who believes he is the last of his kind, finds a potential love interest in Ellie (Queen Latifah). The catch, however, is that this female woolly mammoth thinks […]

A behind-the-scenes featurette of Chicken Little has been placed at Moviefone. Viewers may see the sneak peek with either an NSV Player or QuickTime Player.

Showing off the film’s special effects are several new images from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at Latino Review. Also, an interactive map of Narnia abounds at Moviefone.

Home Media Retailing writes that thanks to the success of the Davey and Goliath: Volume 1 DVD, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has signed with Starlight Home Entertainment to release all 65 episodes and holiday specials of Davey and Goliath. The episodes and specials will be dispensed in themed sets, such as “Caring for […]

DVD toons has a look at two upcoming DVD releases that offer toons both unique and undiscovered to many people. The more controversial of the duo, Cartoons for Victory, contains twenty World War II-era animated shorts, many of which were meant never to be seen after wartime. Produced by a number of different countries, these […]

To help celebrate the magazine’s 100th anniversary, Variety has composed a list of the top 100 entertainment icons of the past century. Joining Louis Armstrong, Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley in the top ten is none other than Mickey Mouse. Classic representatives of animation who […]

Jim Hill Media spreads the rumor that the Disney Theatrical version of Tarzan may find its way to Las Vegas, should the musical’s run on Broadway prove to be successful enough. Disney’s Tarzan, now with a teaser website, will have its Broadway opening on May 10, 2006.

PR Newswire, via Toon Zone, indicates that Nicktoons Network, France 2, Teletoon (Canada), and ABC (Australia) will work together to bring the very first global sneak-peek of the new series Skyland, airing either the hour-long pilot or a 75-second clip this November. The series is described as “a sci-fi action adventure series that follows a […]

Dan Fogler will voice one of the leading roles in Disney’s computer animated flick Rapunzel Unbraided, reports Coming Soon. There is no word yet on what that role might be, though.

The Hollywood Reporter, through Coming Soon, announces that Ron Perlman will voice Conan of Cimmeria in Conan: Red Nails, an animated adventure from Swordplay Entertainment. Other stars lending their voices to the film are Marg Helgenberger, James Marsden, Clancy Brown, Cree Summer and Mark Hamill. Victor Dal Chele will serve directing duties on Conan: Red […]

Entering stores on November 15th, King Kong: The Animated Series, otherwise known as The King Kong Show, may be purchased in two separate 2-disc volumes or one 4-disc box set. The 1966 animated series from Rankin/Bass Productions was the very first Japanese animated series made particulary for American audiences. TV Shows on DVD has front […]

IGN investigates SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, PANTS!, a multiplayer collection of 30 party-style games, coming to the Xbox, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, and GameCube. Players can compete for the opportunity to have a role in a fifteen-minute episode of the Bikini Bottom television show The Adventures of Mermaidman & Barnacleboy.

Moviehole critiques the DTV movie Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild. Michael J.Fox, Geena Davis, and Hugh Laurie return for the second sequel, though the blend of live-action/computer animation does not. Instead, Stuart Little 3 is fully CGI, opting to go with a more “cartoon” look than the animation in its older siblings. Also […]

Anyone who purchases six participating brands from Procter & Gamble is entitled to a free Chicken Little baseball hat. Details on how to receive the cap are found in this order form. Meanwhile, the press release announcing the arrival of the Chicken Little video game has been placed at Yahoo! Finance. Finally, the latest television […]

Time Out Film shares a brief Q&A session with Tim Burton, who provides his thoughts on working with stop-motion animation and Corpse Bride.

Check out Chuck Oberleitner’s o-meon editorial site for the lowdown on Apple’s new video playing iPod. What does this have to do with aniamtion? Well, six Pixar animated shorts (including Red’s Dream, which has never been on DVD) are some of the first videos available for download now from iTunes, along with episodes of Lost […]

The following is a press release with information on Cinderella items being auctioned off by Disney for charity with proceeds going to hurricane relief:

From an original story he created, Director Jon Favreau (Elf, Zathura) will write and produce the computer animated Neanderthals for Sony Pictures Animation, says The Hollywood Reporter, via Coming Soon. For now, details on the movie’s plot are being kept under wraps, specifically “in a cave under a large boulder protected by a mastodon,” said […]

Arriving in stores today are three re-releases of past animated favorites. First, Tarzan arrives in a 1-disc Special Edition DVD package. Though reviews for the 1999 Disney classic have been very positive, this particular DVD edition of the film has collected disappointed buzz, with Ultimate Disney commenting, “Thanks to some questionable last-minute maneuvering on Disney’s […]

At the Animated-News Forum, Justin Williams writes that the teaser website for Bambi II has opened, containing only the film’s trailer and the opportunity for one to preorder the release.

Following in the footsteps of Walt Disney Feature Animation, DisneyToon Studios has begun focusing on producing computer generated movies, according to Jim Hill Media. However, this recent transition has uncovered the fact that computer animated features such as the The Tinkerbell Movie, which is currently in production, cost a noticeable amount more to create. Hence, […]

Ultimate Disney is home to four recently released menus from the Kronk’s New Groove DVD, seven menus and two stills from the Disney Princess: A Christmas of Enchantment DVD, and three menus from the Valiant DVD.

Reports “marvel_demon” at the Yahoo! Finance Message Boards, Indian tennis legend Vijay Amritraj’s firm First Serve Toonz is teaming with Marvel Entertainment on a new animated X-Men series that will center on the character Wolverine. According to the deal’s terms, FST will begin pre-production immediately on 26 episodes, which will mix traditional and computer generated […]

The first poster image for Happy Feet, “a comedy adventure set in the land of the Emperor Penguins in the heart of Antarctica,” has been revealed at India Times. The film utilizes the voice talent of some big Hollywood names, such as Nicole Kidman, Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman, and Brittany Murphy. The main […]

Falling only 27%, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit dropped to second place this weekend, with $11.7 million. Thus far, the stop-motion flick has gathered $33.2 million. Coming in ninth place was Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, which brought in $3.4 million this weekend, making its total domestic box office gross a solid $47.6 […]

Now at Ultimate Disney are eighteen stills of the menus and contents featured in the Walt Disney Treasures: Wave 5, arriving in stores this December 6th. Also at the site is the news that The 3 Wise Men, originally reported to be sold in Wal-Mart stores only, may be heading for more markets than once […]

Previously released at AOL Moviefone, the first four minutes of Chicken Little are now available to view in various sizes of QuickTime, at Threedy Forums. In other Chicken Little news, the complete set of character banners for the film has been found at eBay.

IGN takes a look at Shrek SuperSlam, which will be released November 1st to GameCube, PC, Playstation 2, and Xbox. Shrek SuperSlam is respectfully described as having welcome elements from PowerStone and Super Smash Bros. Plus, it introduces a number of new fairy tale creatures into the Shrek universe. Says IGN, “We got to play […]