{{link http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/15/pf/tv_dads/index.htm CNN}} reveals that it pays to be a TV dad, but maybe not one so animated! Salary.com’s TV Dad Salary Analysis finds that the average salary of fathers on television shows is $195,000 after adjusting for inflation. However, animated dads find themselves on the lower end of the scale. Homer Simpson would make […]

In its fourth weekend, DreamWorks’ CGI hit Madagascar continued to prove a favorite for moviegoers, as the comedy took in $11.1 million from 3,533 theaters. Box Office Guru notes that the film had one of the smallest drops in the top ten, falling only 35%. In fact, Madagascar is the first movie of the year […]

PLEASE NOTE: THIS GIVE-AWAY HAS ENDED. The Grant family and Walt Disney Feature Animation are celebrating the extraordinary life and artistic legacy of Joe Grant. Animated News has a limited number of tickets available to the Joe Grant Life Celebration being held on Tuesday, June 28th at 7pm, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California. Among […]

The official website for Chicken Little has been given a major upgrade. From the opening page, one may now not only access the film’s trailer, but may visit Oakey Oaks as well, where downloads, character info, pics, videos, and games await. Also from the opening page, one is able to make Chicken Little dance a […]

TV Shows on DVD has the latest on the newest animated superhero DVDs. First up, The Batman – Season 1, Volume 2: The Man Who Would Be Bat has been given bonus features consisting of “The Batman: Junior Detective Exam Level 2” and “Gotham City PD Case Files: Gotham City’s Baddest Villians”. Episodes in the […]

At MSN Money, Michael Brush offers a commentary regarding the future of the Walt Disney Company. With its ABC television network currently doing well, its theme parks enjoying large crowds, and a string of potential movie hits in its pipeline, the Mouse House may have its best days yet to come.

{{link http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/va/20050616/111891834600.html Yahoo/Reuters reports}} that a team of Walt Disney Feature Animation executives “made an impassioned plea for the Los Angeles Professional Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH – the area’s premiere computer graphics artists – to join the animation studio”, making it the first public recruiting pitch in four years. Disney also showed off the animation […]

The 28th annual Annecy Animation Festival has announced the Palmarè awards for 2005. Here are the winners:

There’s still no word on the off again, on again release of the commemorative DisneyLand documentary The Secrets, Stories And Magic Of The Happiest Place On Earth, but Ultimate Disney does have some {{link http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9674 menu shots up}} for three other discs released July 12, including The Best Of The Mickey Mouse Club, whose 90-minute […]

The Spanish animated series Hero Kids, produced by Alma Ata International Pictures and recently acquired by the public Spanish television TVE, is set to premiere at the 2005 Cartoon Forum. The international fair is scheduled for September 21 – 24, 2005. For more information on the subject, please click the “More” button.

The {{link http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=7776 JoBlo movie news}} site has a little on director Bob Zemeckis’ next performance-capture feature. Used last year on The Polar Express, Zemeckis is using the system on Beowulf, with Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright Penn, Ray Winstone and Brendan Gleeson all signed up. Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman have adapted the epic old […]

Steve Blake writes in to tell us about {{link http://liudger.blogspot.com/2005/06/back-from-annecy.html the Liudger blogsite}}, where photos from the 29th Annecy Animation Festival, which has just come to a close in France, have been posted. Among the highlights are images from Pixar’s new short which had its world premiere at the closing ceremony of the Festival. One […]

The Independent Animation Channel will be going live on July 4, 2005. The site, which claims to be “the only animation channel that runs just like a real TV station, via the internet, will be streaming video 24 hours, 7 days a week”. Taking only original content to which the creators keep all their rights, […]

Mark Simon, owner of A&S Animation Inc, and Animatics & Storyboards Inc, recently had his third book, Facial Expressions, published. A photo reference guide for artists of all disciplines, the book will appeal to student and professional artists alike. For more on the book, and recommendations, follow this link:

The official website for The Corpse Bride has been updated, now containing the film’s teaser trailer, wallpaper, icons, photos, and plot synopsis. In addition, the site provides a look at the poster for The Corpse Bride, which will rise in theaters on September 23, 2005.

Disney has released the trailer for the Toy Story: 10th Anniversary Edition DVD, due for release on September 6th. The trailer also briefly mentions the upcoming DVD re-release of Toy Story 2, scheduled for the unique release date of Monday, December 26th.

Added to {{link http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=6824&n=1&burl= DVD Answers}}’ shot of the cover art for Fox’s Robots due this September is a list of the full disc specs for the release. As well as the expected (anamorphic widescreen, DTS and Dolby surround, commentary by director Chris Wedge and producer William Joyce), and the usual (deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes), […]

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe – The Best Top 5 Episodes: Season 1 and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe – The Best Top 5 Episodes: Season 2 are coming to Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) on August 23rd, reports TV Shows on DVD. Together, the two releases contain basically the same content […]

The Internet Movie Database indicates that in an interview with The New York Times [free registration required], Disney CEO-designate Robert Iger states that he recently visited Jobs at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, CA, to get a “sense of place and geography.” Furthermore, Iger commented that Disney has an “inexplicable (sic) link to Pixar.” Says […]

The print edition of Video Business indicates that Fox’s release of the $126 million-grossing CG-animated Robots on September 12 will mark the studio’s first simultaneous release for the Sony PlayStation Portable, and is also timed and positioned with marketing muscle that the studio hopes will keep the title on shelves through the fourth-quarter holiday gift […]

Song of the South.net reveals that Universal Cartoon Studios is producing a direct-to-video animated film based on the animal characters of Uncle Remus, including Brer Rabbit, Brer Bear, and Brer Wolf. If this title is well received it could make it easier for Disney to release their Song of the South to DVD in America […]

Wish we’d known about this sooner. Tonight at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood Walt Disney Feature Animation will be hosting a retrospective of its seventy-five years in the business as well as a look ahead. “Learn the process of evolution from legacy 2D films to cutting edge CG technology, with a sneak peak at some […]

The Polar Express will arrive in stores on November 22, 2005. DVDtoons has the bonus features, along with front, side, and back cover art for the DVD. Though Warner Bros. claims on its website that the release will only contain one disc, the pictures clearly reveal that the Polar Express DVD will contain two discs.

Arriving on DVD today is Tarzan II, the latest Disney direct-to-video midquel. Those questioning whether or not to check the film out may find help from reviews coming from a number of sites. Most critics seem to have a middle-of-the-road take on the film. For example, DVD File critiques, “It’s painfully obvious that Disney executives […]

DVDtoons has the latest on the announcement from Sony Music that DVDs for The Super Mario Brothers Super Show, The Legend of Zelda: The Complete Series, and Heathcliff: Uncut are on the way. The 4-disc Super Mario Brothers Super Show DVD set will arrive in stores on October 25th, while the 3-disc Legend of Zelda: […]

Urbanworks and Ventura Distribution has given TV Shows on DVD an update on future Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids DVDs, which include: Fat Albert’s Halloween Special, coming September 6th; Fat Albert’s Christmas Special, coming October 11th; and Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids – Vol. 2 – Episodes 13-24, coming October 11th. Cover art […]

AWN reports that John H. Williams is producing Phreex, an animated feature about a group of rejected lab animals. Working with a screenplay from Matt Corman and Chris Ord, Williams will start the search for partners soon. Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, who collaborated with Williams for his Vanguard studio’s Valiant, are producing Phreex as […]

The Disney Channel notes some of the animated films set to air in July 2005, including Disney’s Kim Possible Movie: So The Drama, The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride, Toy Story, and Toy Story 2. Toon Zone has the list.

Disney CEO Michael Eisner is scheduled to appear on the daytime talk show Live with Regis and Kelly, this upcoming Tuesday. Please check your local listings for the time and channel.

Whatever might be said of the storyline for Tarzan II (see diametrically opposing reports at Ultimate Disney and Jim Hill Media) 90% of the time the quality of the animation matches that of the original. Five screen captures, with a special focus on characters that seem to have snuck in from other movies, can be […]