The teaser trailer for Ice Age 2: The Meltdown will be shown with Robots, according to USA Today. As with the first film’s teaser trailer, apparently the rodent Scrat will headline the 1½-minute preview. “We call it a short short,” says director Chris Wedge (both Ice Age films, Robots). “It’s hard to run out of […]

Variety [paid registration required], via Coming Soon, reports that screenwriter David H. Steinberg (Slackers, American Pie 2) has been appointed to pen the Shrek 2 spin-off Puss in Boots, with Antonio Banderas returning to voice the leading feline. Though it is still not yet determined whether the film will head directly to DVD or enter […]

IGN FilmForce has an extensive review of the Bambi Platinum Edition DVD. With the exception of the DVD’s audio, the site gives every other aspect of the DVD a score of 10/10, commenting, “One of Walt’s greatest films. Even The Lion King bows to it.” The Bambi Platinum Edition DVD hit stores March 1, 2005.

In an interview with Motley Fool, DisneyWar author James B. Stewart speculates on the current relationship between Disney and Pixar, including how the studios’ feud began.

Yesterday we posted about The Incredibles going 2D (briefly) but today we point out The Incredibles presented in yet another format. Ultimate Disney has posted five screen captures from the bonus features on Disc 2 and one shows sock puppets apparently acting out a scene from the movie.

Brad Bird sure was right when he said he was going to load this DVD up with special features. Following are five images from the Mr. Incredible & Pals feature on disc 2 of the Incredibles DVD. The feature pokes lighthearted fun at 70’s television animation, the Superfriends in particular, complete with cheesy dialogue and […]

Follow the ‘More’ link to view six images from the Jack-Jack Attack short which is included on the March 15 DVD release of Disney/Pixar’s The Incredibles. The short reveals the trouble the supposedly powerless Jack-Jack Parr puts Kari the babysitter through when the rest of the Parr family are off fighting the omnidroid and Syndrome […]

Check out Electric Tiki’s new statue of Popeye based on the Fleischer Studio’s design of everyone’s favorite spinach chewing sailor man. Thanks to GeorgeC for pointing this out in our Animated News Forum.

Ultimate Disney has scored an interview with Don Dunagan, who, at the age of five and a half, provided the voice for Bambi in Disney’s timeless classic.

Ultimate Disney reports that the MPAA has given Disney’s CGI comedy Valiant a ‘G’ rating, despite its World War II setting and Nazi falcons. It was earlier believed, as shown by this early poster of the film, that Valiant would definitely receive a ‘PG’ rating. Nonetheless, even more interesting about the film is that Disney […]

Toon Zone writes of the issue now surrounding the name of Bugs Bunny’s descendent Buzz Bunny in the upcoming WB series Loonatics. As it turns out, “Buzz Bunny” is also the name of a copyrighted character created by Dutch freelance designer and illustrator Metin Seven. Seven has revealed that he has not yet begun legal […]

Coming Soon has the newest featurette from the production of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, with this one providing a look at the film’s director, Andrew Adamson (Shrek, Shrek 2).

Toon Zone has the press releases for the upcoming DVD releases of Batman: The Animated Series Volume 3 and Superfriends: Second Season. Both sets will hit stores on May 24, 2005.

Music From the Movies, via Coming Soon, indicates that Hans Zimmer, who produced Klaus Badelt’s score for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, will provide the musical scores to both future installments of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest is scheduled for the summer […]

If we truly are gearing up for a release next year of Song of the South it seems advisable to point out two articles online that confront head on accusations of racism levelled against this film: In Defense of Disney’s Uncle Remus… by Merlin Jones at the Save Disney site and Disney’s Song of the […]

As with last year, Animation World Magazine has an article previewing each of this year’s contenders for the coveted Best Animated Short award. A brief Quicktime movie clip of each short is included in the writeup.

Ultimate Disney has two new reviews up – an extensive look at the March 1st Bambi DVD, and the last of the three Studio Ghibli films to arrive today, Porco Rosso. They also report that this October’s Platinum Edition release of Cinderella will include a Gift Set edition, as well as the sole 2-disc DVD.

This is almost non-news since there has been so much talk about it recently, but a new article at Jim Hill Media adds extra confirmation to the possibility of Disney’s long-unreleased classic Song of the South finally being released to home video next year for a special 60th anniversary edition. (Thanks to Wonderlicious for pointing […]

As if Michael Ovitz’ $140 million severance package wasn’t enough, Chuck Oberleitner discusses at his o-meon site the fact that a couple billion dollars have been lost at The Walt Disney Company due to poor corporate governance and outright Machiavellianism. James B. Stewart’s recent book, Disney War is used as a springboard for the discussion. […]

What seems to be a new promotional image for Disney/Pixar’s Cars is now up at The Disney Database.

The Disney Database points to Disney.nl, where a small version of the trailer for Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest can be found. Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest premieres on video and Disney DVD Spring 2006.

Justin Williams informs at the Animated-News Forum that he has posted over 60 pics from the Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest trailer and over 40 pics from the Lilo & Stitch: Stitch Has a Glitch trailer at his website. Both trailers are found on the Bambi Platinum Edition DVD, arriving in stores […]

Ain’t It Cool News points to the iFilm web premiere of the trailer for A Scanner Darkly. Composed entirely of rotoscope – animation traced over live-action – the film has a distinct “comic” look to it, in order to match the “feel” of the original graphic novel. Scanner is set for a September 16th, 2005 […]

From Box Office Guru comes the news that averaging a mild $2,596 from 2,966 theaters, Son of the Mask came in at fourth place this weekend, taking in an estimated $7.7 million. By comparison, Jim Carrey’s The Mask opened in 1994 with $23.1 million, ending up with a domestic gross of $119.9 million. Nonetheless, Son […]

The New York Times [free registration required] speculates as to how Disney will handle the Christian aspec of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe in its adapting and marketing.

Ultimate Disney has recently put out three great new reviews. Two of these are looks at the new Region 1 DVD releases of Studio Ghibli – Miyazaki’s 1984 classic, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and the studio’s most recent work, The Cat Returns. A review of the third title, Porco Rosso, is also […]

The Associated Press, via Yahoo! News, has an article on Ryan, a film that seems to be the most talked-about animated short at this year’s Oscars. “Part documentary, part animation, Ryan uses computer animation that peels away skin and bone to reveal fluctuating collapsed skulls, decayed bodies and whittled skeletons as a visual metaphor for […]

Coming Soon! indicates that Siobhan Fallon Hogan (‘Edgar’s wife, Beatrice’ in Men in Black) has joined the cast of Charlotte’s Web, where she will play the role of ‘Mrs Zuckerman’. In addition, Kevin Anderson (Sleeping with the Enemy), Gary Basaraba (‘Officer Ray Hechler’ in television’s Boomtown), Essie Davis (The Matrix Revolutions), and young actor Nate […]

Toon Zone reports of the promotional short [viewable here] Warner Bros. has created for Loonatics, the futuristic take on the classic Looney Tunes characters. The short showcases the designs, names and abilities of the superheroes. For those who are unable to view the video, the site features a handy list of the Loonatic members’ names […]

AnimeNation has an interesting editorial from an American anime retailer, concerning changes in America’s anime industry. Thanks to George C. at the Animated News Forum for the notice.