Although Disney’s much requested 1978 animated featurette The Small One, directed by Don Bluth, has been available on DVD internationally for a couple of years now (most notably on the UK disc compilation Countdown To Christmas), it has finally been announced that the 25-minute film will debut on DVD in the US as part of […]

Michel Gagne has announced at his art site that his online fan favorite Insanely Twisted Shadow Puppet will be appearing on Nickelodeon this Halloween season as eleven short pieces.

The ASIFA-Hollywood Blog has been updated with a report and photos from Day 2 of the Chuck Jones Gallery Opening. Bill Melendez of Peanuts fame was the star of the day and talked about union strikes and getting drafted into the army.

Julia Day in the UK’s Guardian newspaper reports that “Postman Pat is to do his round in the US, after Entertainment Rights, which also owns children’s characters Basil Brush and He-Man, signed a deal yesterday with US media group Time Warner. The children’s show will be shown on pay-TV channel HBO Family this autumn. The […]

After only two weeks in the top spot, \\Star Wars Episode III\\ was knocked off its perch this weekend by \\Madagascar\\, according to {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/ Box Office Mojo}}. The DreamWorks animated film raked in $28.7 million this weekend, bringing it’s 10 day cumulative take to just over $100 million.

Ultimate Disney reviews the Tarzan II DVD, and fails to see much to impress in Disney’s latest direct-to-video midquel. Says the reviews’ closing thoughts, “There is a worthy Tarzan follow-up that could be made, but Tarzan & Jane certainly wasn’t it and neither is this. Tarzan II’s midquel setting is not the most inspired or […]

Just a reminder that Day 2 of the Grand Opening of the Chuck Jones Gallery at Fashion Island in Newport Beach is later today from 1pm to 4pm. Special guests of honor today will be Bill Melendez (director and producer of the animated Peanuts films) and Snoopy. Some photos from yesterday can be found here:

The 1942 animated classic Bambi will be shown on ABC’s Wonderful World of Disney tonight (Saturday), broadcast in high definition and 5.1 surround sound. For those with HDTV sets please note that the film will be shown in its original aspect ratio, 1.33:1, making it appear to be ‘pillar boxed’ on 16:9 monitors. For those […]

IGN FilmForce points to NarniaWeb, where one will find several new pics from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe taken from various international sources. For those who claim that Narnia is nothing more than a Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter copycat, FilmForce also notes a quote from producer […]

DVDtoons has the teaser trailer for Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows, coming directly to video and DVD this fall.

At the Animation Nation Bulletin Board, ‘Papercut’ has posted a schedule for upcoming animated movie releases, from The Corpse Bride to Shrek 4.

This has just come to our attention (thanks to Larry Loc’s ASIFA-Hollywood Blog), but later today and tomorrow, 1pm to 4pm each day, the Chuck Jones Gallery at Fashion Island in Newport Beach will be having a grand opening celebration. The first day will focus on Warner Bros. characters, Bugs Bunny being the guest of […]

The official website for Nickelodeon Movies’ computer animated comedy Barnyard is now online, with the site currently only displaying the film’s teaser poster. Barnyard will open January 13, 2006.

Available at StarTrek.com is a two-part video interview with Dorothy Fontana, also well-known as D.C. Fontana, who served as the story editor and associate producer for the Star Trek: The Animated Adventures. In the conversation, Fontana speaks of her experiences writing and producing Star Trek over the years, and also talks in detail about writing […]

Wired Magazine has a very enlightening three-page article describing the aspects and history of DreamWorks Animation and its CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, while also comparing and contrasting the studio to Pixar. In addition, the writing spotlights DreamWorks Animation’s insistence on producing more computer animated films per year than any of its peers. “People say that our […]

Kenny Smith, along with Proud Family creator Bruce Smith, has developed Ball Kidz, which he hopes will premiere this fall on Nickelodeon. The show revolves around two boys and two girls who work for a basketball team. Smith’s children, Kayla and K.J., will be featured in the show, while Smith has shown signs that there […]

The Associated Press reports that DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. shares fell to a new low on Friday, following the shareholder lawsuit claiming that Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg misrepresented DVD sales for Shrek 2. On the New York Stock Exchange, shares of DreamWorks fell 56 cents, or 1.8 percent, to $29.19 in midday trading. The stock […]

Toon Zone writes that skateboarding legend Tony Hawk is set to voice a character in the PBS animated series CyberChase. The episode, titled “Hacker’s Transformatron”, which will air as the finale of a four-part story, on July 25 – 28. Hawk will voice of the role of Coop, the long-lost father of cyber-teen Slider.

According to The New York Times [free registration required], Madagascar is not helping tourism to the country of the same name, as had been expected. In fact, the DreamWorks CGI comedy is not even being screened in Madagascar.

{{link http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/02/news/midcaps/dreamworks.reut/index.htm CNN}} reports that DreamWorks Animation is facing a shareholder lawsuit that accuses the company of misrepresenting DVD sales for \\Shrek 2\\. The lawsuit, which could become a class-action suit, “claims DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg and Chairman Roger Enrico failed to disclose in the first quarter that sales of \\Shrek 2\\ DVDs were declining […]

TV Shows on DVD has received more info regarding the Count Duckula DVD. As it turns out, Jano Rohleder, webmaster of Duckula Online, was informed by Capital Entertainment that the first set, tentatively scheduled an October release, will have all 26 episodes from the first season on 3 discs.

Toon Zone lists the movies and specials coming to Disney Channel for the month of June and Toon Disney for the month of July. Included in the mix are such Disney classics as The Fox and the Hound, Mulan, Robin Hood, Alice In Wonderland, The Black Cauldron, Dumbo, The Great Mouse Detective, Hercules, The Hunchback […]

Latino Review has a batch of images from the impressive Chronicles of Narnia booth at this year’s E3 Expo. If one looks closely at the last pic on the first row, he or she can also partially see the display for the Chicken Little video game as well. Videos from the displays are also available […]

Coming Soon has the latest clip from Howl’s Moving Castle. The clip, entitled ‘We’re Moving’, is presented in both high and low Quicktime resolutions. Howl’s Moving Castle will open in U.S. theaters on June 10, 2005.

Those who like to plan ahead on what DVDs to buy may want to check out Ultimate Disney‘s review for Spider-Man: The Venom Saga, the latest compilation release of the 90’s animated Spider-Man series, coming to stores next Tuesday. Says the site, “Spider-Man: The Venom Saga provides five diverting episodes with satisfying audio/video quality and […]

Jim Hill Media presents the first part of a two-part article containing a detailed sneak peek into the making of the Monsters, Inc.-themed dark ride, Mike and Sully to the Rescue, still under construction at Disney’s California Adventure. Especially worth noting are the several images of concept art located in the article.

If your next trip to a Disney theme park is a ways off (or maybe even coming up soon) then why not try out the new beta version of Disney’s Virtual Magic Kingdom? “For a limited time you can be one of the first Guests to live inside Disney’s new online multi-Player game. Create your […]

Hot on the heels of the announcement of its New York premiere on June 6 and limited release on June 10 comes the news that Howl’s Moving Castle, distributed in America by Disney Pictures, will screen at the Castle Theater in the Maui Arts & Cultural Center as part of this year’s Maui Film Festival. […]

The Post-Standard, via Coming Soon, indicates that Ben Burtt, sound designer for all the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, has moved to Pixar Animation Studios. Though the Star Wars films provided three years’ worth of employment, Burtt was guaranteed nothing past that, seeing as how most employees at Lucasfilm work from project to project. […]

Disney’s PR department has forwarded to us the official obituary for the recently departed Marie Johnston, wife of legendary Disney animator Ollie Johnston.