DVD Answers has the cover art for the six versions of the Spider-Man 2 DVD, along with two pictures of menu art.

One can listen to the entire soundtrack to Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow at AOL Music. Meanwhile, Coming Soon! chats with the cast of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, including Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Giovanni Ribisi, Bai Ling, and director Kerry Conran.

Ultimate Disney has the press release for the Gargoyles Season 1 DVD Collection. The two-disc set will hit stores on December 7, 2004

The movie’s official website has announced that Lady Death: The Motion Picture, the first animated feature produced by the ADV Films’ original content division, will have its DVD release on October 5, 2004.

According to Jim Hill Media, Ashanti has landed the role of Dorothy in the upcoming television movie Muppets’ Wizard of Oz, as Hillary Duff’s financial demands for the role were refused by Disney.

According to Done Deal’s Script Sales page, Sony has tapped Don D. Scott (Barbershop) to pen a CGI film called Big Nasty, which is described as a sci-fi musical set in outer space. Scott will produce the film as well via his The Bridge production company along with Live Planet’s Sean Bailey.

The DreamWorks SKG Fansite presents an audio interview with the producers of Father of the Pride, as they will be bringing a new audio interview on a daily basis until the premiere of the show next Tuesday. Meanwhile, Latino Review reviews Father of the Pride, giving the show four stars and declaring, “The show is […]

Jim Hill Media takes a look at the real reason Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers was kept from theaters, and why you may not be seeing Disney’s better animated sequels, including the upcoming Bambi and the Great Prince that has been described as “simply stunning”, heading to theaters anymore.

LIAF is a fantastic 6-day celebration of the very best of international and local animation showcasing the painstaking, amazing work of artists and filmmakers who have discovered that in this medium they can go anywhere their imagination leads them. The work can be funny, poignant, beautiful, exquisite or startlingly simple and is made frame by […]

Joe Carioca at the Ultimate Disney forums has pointed out that DVD Planet has a 3-disc version of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl available for pre-order and set for release November 2. This pending release has been confirmed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment as a special limited edition but […]

The Internet Movie Poster Awards has the new one sheet for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

Variety reports that the directors of Team America: World Police, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, are contractually obligated to Paramount Pictures to deliver a cut of the film that gets an R rating from the MPAA, despite recent talk that Team America may aim for an NC-17 rating. [paid subscription required for Variety]

Jim Hill Media reports that Disney is currently offerring Lizzie McGuire star Hillary Duff a large sum of money to take on the role of Dorothy in Muppets’ Wizard of Oz. Should Duff agree to play Dorothy in the film, it will be the first time ever that Oz author L. Frank Baum’s heroine will […]

Dark Horizons reports on a recent {{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040820a.php industry gathering}} at which Disney’s Buena Vista Home Video entertained guests in a bid to push the studio’s upcoming DVD slate. Along with composer Alan Menken playing a medly from Aladdin to promote its October 2-disc release, animator Eric Goldberg was on hand to magic up some […]

Vinicio Mckay, an Animated News reader from Guatemala, has written in to let us know about the Lilo And Stitch 2-disc Special Edition DVD that has just been successfully released there. The disc follows along the same lines as reports of other foreign-language editions of this title, featuring director’s audio commentary, music video clips, a […]

The {{link http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=5069 JoBlo movie site}} has a story up reporting that, as it currently stands, South Park‘s Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s new puppet-animated musical action farce Team America will be rated NC-17, revealing “the current version of the Paramount film [contains] surprisingly graphic scenes of puppet sex”. The page also has new pictures […]

‘ScoFo’ at the AN Forum notes that Latino Review has three new pics from The Incredibles.

The official website for Home on the Range’s DVD release is now online, while the video and DVD will “moo-ve” into stores on September 14, 2004. Thanks to ‘PatrickvD’ at the AN Forum for the heads up!

Echoing Ultimate Disney’s thoughts on The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride, {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/329 DVD Toons says}} that “to be fair, it stands up against an impossible to top original pretty well, though admits defeat to the law of diminishing returns, at least artistically. With nothing too outstanding to shout about, nor anything too objectionable to […]

Ultimate Disney has a new DVD review up today – this time around it’s for the Special Edition 2-discer of Simba’s Pride. “Lacking the power and prestige of its predecessor and the clever irreverence and humor of Lion King 1½, The Lion King II feels like a traditional animated sequel. But, to its credit, Simba’s […]

The DreamWorks Fansite has posted a look at the {{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/sharktale/games.php Shark Tale video game}}, with screenshots and specs for three console editions.

Well, now that the new Mickey Mouse feature, The Three Musketeers, is actually on shelves in stores ({{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/327 review here}}), there’s no one better placed than director {{link http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/539/539804p1.html?fromint=1 Donovan Cook to reveal all}} about the making of the picture. He writes for IGN-FilmForce about the three-year production, his genuine respect and enthusiasm for […]

‘Prgoddess’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=4864#post4864 Animated News Forum}} links to Cuppa Coffee’s new site promoting an upcoming stopmotion film that crosses The Nightmare Before Christmas with the classic Rankin/Bass television shows, {{link http://www.averybarrychristmas.com/flash/index.html A Very Barry Christmas}}. Set in Australia, the hour-long special sees animal charity worked Barry Buckley trading places with Santa (voiced by […]

Rhino continues the ’80s cartoon invasion, as TV Shows on DVD gives us the scoop. Rhino plans to release My Little Pony: Season One – Part One on October 26th, with a retail of $59.95. Specs include 24 original, uncut episodes from the original My Little Pony and Friends series, the original pilot episode, and […]

TV Shows on DVD has the details on Fox’s official announcement for the second volume of Garfield and Friends, due out this December 7th. In addition to an episode list, the site give the few other specs – full screen ratio, a trailer for the live-action film, and both audio and subtitles in English and […]

The Disney Database has a preview page of the disc art for two of the three upcoming Walt Disney Treasures DVDs, coming December 7th. Continuing the simple graphic-art look of the previous releases, they look great! Check them out!

Edinburgh based Red Kite will start producion on the animated feature Nocturna in collaboration with Filmax Animation (Spain) and Animakids (France). Nocturna tells the story of Tim, an orphan who sees a star fall from the sky and is instantly transported into a world of dreams, darkness, and the mysteries of the night. The film […]

Four previously unreleased images from the One By One animated short which is included on Disney’s upcoming 2-disc special edition of The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride can be found here:

The new classic animation website {{link http://www.goldenagecartoons.com Golden Age Cartoons}} has been formed by a group of long-time toon-loving webheads, and looks to be an amazing place to keep up to date on the past. Among their {{link http://forums.goldenagecartoons.com/showthread.php?t=70 forum topics}} is leaked news that on top of a new 20-minute Bob Clampett featurette, the […]

‘Special Ed’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=4851#post4851 AN Forum}} has linked to an interesting piece at CBS News, which looks at a new series of commemorative stamp pressings coming for 2005. Of particular note will be the series of ten Muppet characters, sharing a sheet with a single stamp for their creator, Jim Henson. Also in […]