Ain’t It Cool News has a new review of Pixar’s short Boundin’, which will be shown in front of The Incredibles this November. The short is about a narcissistic lamb who is in love with his beautiful white coat of fur but then loses it suddenly and unexpectedly. The lamb then learns how to deal […]

For production managers wishing to book the best computer artists, where do you go? That’s the question that was on Michael Christensen’s mind, before he founded Wicked RGB, whick seeks to gather today’s cutting edge artists and let clients book them directly online. For more details, read their press release here:

After stripping their interview with the producers and cast of Father Of The Pride over the past few days, the {{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/fatherofthepride/ DreamWorks Animation Fansite}} has opened up a dedicated section for the show, with stacks of episode guides, news updates and images, including the first unveiling of the official poster.

DreamWorks have announced that writer/director Mamoru Oshii’s sequel Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence will have its Canadian premiere this September in the Midnight Madness section of the {{link http://www.bell.ca/filmfest 29th Toronto International Film Festival}}. Public screenings will take place on Thursday, September 9th at 11:59pm and Friday, September 10th at 3:00pm at the Ryerson […]

IGN FilmForce interviews Father of the Pride stars Cheryl Hines and Julian Holloway.

ICv2 reveals that at the Top Cow panel at Wizard World Chicago, the licensing of Witchblade to the Japanese studio Gonzo Digimation (Blue Submarine #6, Burst Angel) for the production of a 26-episode anime TV series was announced. Matt Hawkins states that Gonzo would drop the character of Sara Pezzini, the heroine of the American […]

Ultimate Disney has the cover art and more information for the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 3-disc DVD, hitting store shelves on November 2, 2004. In addition to carrying the two discs of the previous Pirates DVD release, the new set will include “The Lost Disc”, featuring 8 never-before-scene […]

Disney has released a first online look at two new TV spots for Pixar’s highly-anticipated animated superhero comedy, The Incredibles, hitting theaters on November 5. The first spot gives a character profile for Dash, showing his powers and weaknesses, and the second spot features much of the footage you saw in the teaser trailer. Here […]

The Dreamworks SKG Fansite has added Part III and IV of their interview with the producers of Father of the Pride.

Moviehole and IESB report that Star Wars Episodes 7 – 9 – if the sequels do happen – may be animated, considering the actors from the original trilogy are respectively older than they were in the previous installments, and Lucasfilm has a new Singapore animation studio that would be perfect for such a venture. If […]

USA Today mentions that Bambi’s Platinum Edition DVD will be released on March 1, a week earlier than expected. As for the film’s digitally restored video and surround sound, Disney home video executive Gordon Ho remarks, “It’s amazing how much more vivid and clear it looks from the color and clarity standpoint.” As for the […]

Here is a trailer for Bardel Entertainment’s direct to video CGI feature Dragons: Fire and Ice. Based on the Mega Bloks toy line, the film tells the story of two kingdoms, the Draigar and the Norvagen, that have been at war for a thousand years. The great Dragons who brought peace and wisdom through their […]

Pixar’s story supervisor Mark Andrews speaks to the {{link http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/movies/orl-mag-sp-comicmovies_082204,0,4863759.story?coll=orl-calmoviestop Orlando Sentinel}} about the upcoming Brad Bird superhero spoof The Incredibles. “According to Andrews, there will be plenty of superhero action. In fact, he says that [this is why] the film will be rated PG, instead of the customary G for Pixar films. Still, much […]

Along with the 2-disc Special Edition DVD, and helping somewhat to bulk up the profile of a so-so DTV feature, Walt Disney Records will also re-release The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002VESQ4/disneyanimati-20/103-1157116-8543016 soundtrack}} on August 31, with new cover image tied in to the new video re-issue. Disney has also just released Aladdin: […]

‘Kirikou’ at the {{link http://miarroba.com/foros/ver.php?temaid=2401085&foroid=97427 Miarroba.com Forums}} has posted art from what looks to be a new Spanish animated feature in development. Brendan And The Secret Of Kells hasn’t turned up on any radars yet, but another poster does say that it is at the same stage of production as Filmax’s Nocturna, so it may […]

The Daily Record reports that director Quentin Tarantino will appear in The Muppets’ Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Dark Horizons adds that the synopsis for the film revolves around Dorothy Gale (R&B singer Ashanti), who longs to hit the big time, while she works at the diner of her Auntie Em (possibly Queen Latifah, who is […]

The invitation and three photographs from Buena Vista Home Entertainment’s DVD presentation held on August 18 in Hollywood, CA, can be found here:

MTV.com has an exclusive new preview for Team America: World Police.

Part 2 of the DreamWorks SKG Fansite‘s interview with the producers of Father of the Pride is now online.

“IronGiant or Something” at Ain’t It Cool News takes a mostly positive look at Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, remarking, “I strongly recommend it for anime fans and people who like long drawn-out existential exchanges that look amazing.”

Coming Soon indicates that Sunrise Entertainment is developing a Yogi Bear feature film at Warner Bros., with Todd R. Jones and Earl Richey Jones (Johnson Family Vacation).

Ain’t It Cool News speaks with Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow director Kerry Conran and producer Jon Avnet, while Latino Review talks with the film’s stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law.

Ultimate Disney has posted three new pictures concerning the new musical number for the Aladdin DVD, Proud of Your Boy. Though the three pics focus on the song’s performer Clay Aiken, the first photo also features an image from the song’s film sequence.

Music from the Movies reveals that British composer George Fenton (whose scores were used as stock music in The Ren and Stimpy Show and Rocko’s Modern Life) will score Disney/Vanguard’s WWII adventure Valiant. He has also just completed the BBC/A&E television special Pride, a photorealistic approach to a dramatic story featuring animated lions in the […]

Animation World Network reports that Ludlow Music is withdrawing its lawsuit against JibJab Media. The suit demanded that JibJab discontinue the use of the tune for the famous American song This Land is Your Land in its notorious web toon This Land, but it was discovered that the tune is now in the public domain.

The Big Cartoon DataBase reports that Sir Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis, who played the parts of Gandalf and Gollum, respectively, in the Lord of the Rings trilogy will be providing the voices for a frog and rat in an upcoming Aardman Animation/DreamWorks animated feature titled Flushed Away about animals living in the sewers of […]

Animation World Network has a new review of five different animated shorts, including one about a pig who has lost its snout, a Christmastime dinosaur tale, and an oil paint in motion animation.

Star Wars mega-fan site The Force.net has posted the press release for the upcoming animated Ewoks and Droids DVDs.

Variety reports that Courteney Cox, Danny Glover, Sam Elliott and Wanda Sykes have joined Kevin James in the voice cast of Nick Movies’ CGI-animated comedy The Barnyard. James has the role of the lead character, a carefree cow named Otis, who is suddenly placed in a position of responsibility around the barnyard, forcing him to […]

The official website for the upcoming The Batman animated series has posted a first look at the series’ intro. The Batman will arrive Saturday, September 11, 2004.