“Poor man – he’s addicted to heroism.” Richard Corliss of TIME Magazine gives a glowing review of Pixar’s latest film, The Incredibles; included, however, is a neat photo essay, as well as yet another reflection on the studio in general, attempting to examine what makes those crazy filmmakers tick. An intelligently written and free article, […]

The Orlando Sentinel has an interesting speculative article about the future of Pixar and Disney’s relationship, especially in the anticipated wake of Pixar’s latest film, The Incredibles. “In an interview, Jobs would not answer questions about the Disney-Pixar disagreements. He said the companies were focused for now on making The Incredibles a success. He did, […]

The New York Times [free registration required] has a new article about the more possibly profound themes in the upcoming film The Incredibles. “‘The challenge in the post-9/11 world is that the news provides plenty of examples of genuine monsters, so how do you compete with that?’ [Martin] Kaplan said. ‘One way is going to […]

Wondering where that Invader ZIM box set is that we mentioned back in January? Well, fear not! For TV Shows on DVD has the answers! The box, designed to look like Zim’s base, is empty save for a bonus disc of unfinished goodies from the cancelled second season, as well as a bonus figurine of […]

Skwigly Magazine speaks with Evan Spiridellis, the co-creator of Jib Jab, famous for such online spoofs as This Land is Your Land and Good to Be in DC. Thanks to ‘Muppet2004’ at the AN Forum for the heads up!

A number of trailers and video clips have been mentioned at the AN Forum. ‘MrSwaan’ announces that the trailer for Sprung! The Magic Roundabout is now online at CineMovies, while ‘anvil’ mentions that United International Pictures has the international trailer for Madagascar. In addition, ‘anvil’ also brings to our attention film clips for The Incredibles, […]

One may want to check out the Seward Street animation blog. As Clay Kaytis writes in an e-mail, “This one has a very positive vibe and most of the guys who frequent it comment on how it has reminded them of some of the reasons they got excited about animation in the first place.”

Following his Oscar-nominated 2003 short The Cathedral, Tomek Baginski’s second short animated film, Fallen Art, now has a new, redesigned, and updated website. Although using the same technique as in the previous film, stylistically Fallen Art is very different, as Baginski tried to create an animated short about the military with a touch of dark […]

Nielsen//NetRatings announced that traffic to political parody site jibjab.com jumped 493 percent for the week ending October 10. JibJab.com was also the fast growing site for that week, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. AtomFilms, which hosted the JibJab.com presidential election parody animation titled Good to be in DC, saw its Web traffic soar 341 percent to 2 […]

Cartoon Network has acquired The Super Milk-Chan Show, an irreverent, politically-incorrect anime series from ADV Films, which it will begin airing in November 2004. Mixing live-action with animation, this whacked-out series centers on the adventures of Milk, a selfish, foul-mouthed female superhero with no real superpowers. Far from the typical A-list superhero, Milk is assisted […]

Superhero Hype reports that Mainframe’s CG series featuring our favourite web slinger has been given a second life. The first season hired on MTV, scoring high ratings and is available on DVD. Apparently, another network will air the new series.

Variety [paid subscription required], via Dark Horizons, reports that CritterPix Studios and Regency Enterprises are developing their first computer-generated animated feature, based on the bestselling kids book Ollie the Otter, by Kelly Alan Williamson. The story focuses on a courageous sea otter who leads a group of domesticated sea park friends to open water to […]

The Internet Movie Database reports Pixar chairman Steve Jobs believes that if The Incredibles becomes the blockbuster many are expecting it to be, the film’s success will give him additional leverage in negotiating a new distributor for Pixar. As Jobs tells the Los Angeles Times, concerning Pixar’s previous five film’s achievements, “Pixar is lucky enough […]

According to Toon Zone, Spider-Man: The Venom Saga, which was set to be released this fall, has been delayed indefinitely.

Jim Hill Media has an intriguing article entitled, “The next voice you hear …”, which deals with the animated “auditions” that some of the directors for Disney’s animated films have created in order to lure certain actors into their projects. Included in the article is a surprising possible explanation as to why Eddie Murphy is […]

Stephen Silver is an artist who worked on the character design of such seminal TV series as Kevin Smith’s Clerks and Disney’s Kim Possible. This book collects many of his early drawings as a caricature artist as well as designs for animated series, including Nickelodeon’s upcoming Crash Nebula and previously unpublished sketches and designs for […]

\\{{link http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-10-17-box-office-analysis_x.htm USA Today}}\\ reports that \\Shark Tale\\ held on to the top of the box office for the third week in a row, easily beating a weaker than expected \\Team America: World Police\\. The puppets, despite good reviews, earned only $12.3 million to open in third place, behind \\Shark Tale’s\\ $22 million and \\Friday […]

The Disney Database has acquired three more images from The Incredibles.

‘Special_Ed’ reports at the AN Forum that now available at Target stores are PD horror, double-feature flicks on DVD for only one dollar, with each disc featuring one of Ray Harryhausen’s fairy tale cartoons.

Apple.com has the international trailer for Robots, opening in theaters on March 11, 2005. Thanks to ‘piotr’ at the AN Forum for the heads up!

‘Milton’ at the AN Forum has pointed out an interesting new blog, entitled “The Business of Animation: A Community.” At the blog, the site’s creator, ‘Staloren’, expresses strong views that you may or may not agree with. Be especially sure to take a look at the site’s review of The Incredibles.

Business Wire reports that Upper Deck Entertainment will release the trading cards for the Disney/Pixar Treasures Collectible Card Set, featuring pics from The Incredibles, both Toy Story films, Finding Nemo, Monster’s, Inc., and A Bug’s Life. Included in the set are: “Reel Piece of History” cards, which contain pieces of actual film frames from favorite […]

Oscar- and Tony-winning director Sam Mendes is teaming up with DreamWorks Animation and one of the masterminds behind the puppet-powered hit production Avenue Q to bring Shrek–The Musical to Broadway. Jason Moore, the Tony-winning director of Avenue Q, will helm Shrek’s stage debut, while David Lindsay-Abaire (Fuddy Meers, Wonder of the World) has been hired […]

A Yahoo! press release reports that Disney’s Chicken Little character will be part of next month’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in the form of a huge balloon even though the movie itself will not be released until May of next year. The article seems to also give the most thorough rundown of the movie yet. […]

The Internet Movie Database reports that an animated feature based on the life of Islam’s founder and originally set for release three years ago but held back due to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, will now be seeing release on November 14. Muhammad: The Last Prophet is directed by Richard Rich, director of Disney’s […]

According to Variety, Julia Roberts (Notting Hill) will headline the voice cast for Warner Bros. and Playtone’s CGI adaptation of John Nickle’s children’s book Ant Bully, voicing an ant named Hova, Shirley MacLaine, Paul Giamatti, Alan Cumming, Cheri Oteri and Ricardo Montalban will also lend their voices to the film. The film’s plot follows “a […]

Karen Raugust at Animation World Network examines the current rise of high-quality, faith-based animation in today’s market, which has been spurred on by Mel Gibson’s blockbuster The Passion of the Christ. Christian television programming for children is no longer restricted to Davey and Goliath and Veggie Tales (both of which are still going strong), but […]

Toon Zone confirms that the episodes to be included on Spider-Man: The Venom Saga include: the Alien Costume three-part saga, Venom Returns, and Carnage. Along with the episodes, the DVD may feature Stan Lee’s Soapbox and episode introductions from ‘The Man’ himself. Spider-Man: The Venom Saga is set to be released later this year.

IGN FilmForce has another exclusive behind-the-scenes video, featuring interviews with Matt Stone, Trey Parker, and the Team America puppet masters, the Chiodo Brothers. Team America: World Police will open in theaters this Friday.

At Jim Hill Media, Michael Howe expresses his feelings toward The Incredibles (“Pixar takes a big step forward…”), the Cars teaser trailer (“kind of intriguing”), and the animated short Boundin’ (“nice little positive message”). Howe also writes some positive thoughts regarding the Art of the Incredibles book. Meanwhile, Coming Soon has a few more pics […]