Director Guillermo del Toro will be signing copies of his latest film, the comic-book adaptation of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy, on Tuesday July 27th from 5pm to 9pm at the newly expanded {{link http://www.laserblazer.com Laser Blazer store}} in Los Angeles. The 2-disc Hellboy DVD will be available for purchase on the day of the signing for […]

A classic French kids show from the 1960s, which later became a much bigger success when it was translated into English as The Magic Roundabout, has the results of its in-vogue CGI facelift online in the form of a {{link http://www.mymovies.net/windowsmedia/player.asp?url=/film/fid1429/trailers/trid1420/wm/bb.asx&filmid=1429 first teaser trailer}} for a full-length version. The film, opening in early 2005, features […]

The {{link http://dvd.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_485.php Monsters And Critics}} website has put up a large (over 30mb) clip of footage from the Comic-Con, “featuring the cut scenes from the extended edition of The Return Of The King“. This Extended Edition DVD set will be released this winter.

If you are looking for some of the best coverage of Comic-Con, look no further, as Animated-News provides a recap and recommendations for websites reporting from the event:

When the hostile Fire Nation threatens to enslave the Water, Earth, and Air Nations, a reluctant and irresponsible boy must face his destiny as the Avatar, the Chosen One who can restore the world order. This new animated action series centers on twelve-year-old Aang, who must forgo his selfish wandering to learn to master his […]

This short piece of animation was created by academy-award winning Aardman for the UK government using all new Creature Comforts characters and countryside sets of moorland, coast and farmland. It is being screened on TV channels across England and Wales and at selected cinemas and outdoor venues as a free ‘public service announcement’. Enjoy!

{{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/594 DVD Toons}} posts a first look at details for the upcoming computer animated adventure Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest For Pappy. The special will air on the Fox channel during the holiday 2004 season, with Lions Gate Family Entertainment releasing the disc on November 9, including additional footage not seen on television, as well […]

Director Andrew Goode alerts us that his award-winning animated short film Love Tricycle is now available on DVD. The 14-minute short is about a love triangle between three bicycles, completed in June 2003, and has since been selected to compete or screen at over 40 international film festivals and events, winning five Best Film awards […]

Dragon Booster, a CGI TV show created by The Story Hat and set to make its North American debut on October 24, is set in a fantasy world where humans and dragons coexist. The hero of Dragon Booster is an ordinary teenager named Artha Penn who becomes embroiled in a struggle between good and evil […]

“Comic book readers are finally going to learn what web comic fans all over the world already know: That this is Dandy Q. Dog’s world, and we’re all just taking up space!” So begins the press release for Big Pond Comics’ announcement that Dandy & Company is about to make a splash as an all-new, […]

Animator and author Aurelio O’Brien has put up a fun site to promote the first of his “What If?” books, Eve. “What will people act like if they crack the genetic code and can formulate life in whatever shape they choose? What will people do when aliens suddenly show up at the local Starbucks asking […]

Following the news that {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00001954.html Pixar’s expansion}} could be a sore point for the company’s Emeryville community, the {{link http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=07-23-04&storyID=19303 Berkeley Daily Planet}} has a small update on the report.

Previewed just days ago, {{link http://aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=18031 Ain’t It Cool News}} now features the entire image of the exclusive Incredibles poster being signed and given away at the Comic-Con by artist Mike Mignola and writer/director Brad Bird, with a chance to win one if you were unable to attend this year’s event.

TheForce.Net reports that several Star Wars cartoon series, including Droids Adventures and Clone Wars will be coming to DVD soon with the Clone Wars series set for a spring release.

Apparently, some business-savvy types are a bit perturbed at DreamWorks’ move to open the company to public ownership. As part of “The Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week”, TheStreet.com listed DreamWorks at number four in a scathing criticism of the filing move. “It’s not that Shrek and Shrek 2 aren’t great. They are. […]

BusinessWeek has an extensive article on anime, the “Japanese invasion”, and the influences it has had on the Western world. The article goes on to outline the big business of Japanese (and influenced) products, the origins of the pop culture explosion in Japan, and the apparent (and growing) cultural effects it’s having in the U.S. […]

Ananova reports on the revelation first made at this year’s Comic-Con: that a live-action Transformers movie is really, truly underway. The film, tentatively set for a summer 2006 release, involves the cooperation of Hasbro as consultant, DreamWorks as distributor, and Paramount as overseas marketer. “‘The possibilities for a thrilling action adventure are virtually endless, and […]

The Los Angeles Times [free registration required] reflects on the success of the Spiridellis brothers after their Flash-animated short, This Land, debuted on their JibJab.com website in early July. “Set to the tune of Woody Guthrie’s This Land Is Your Land, the two-minute cartoon lambastes “the right-wing nut job” (Bush) and the “liberal wiener” (Kerry) […]

Those lucky enough to be at San Diego’s Comic-Con have just been the first to learn the title of the next Star Wars blockbuster. George Lucas just released the official title, Revenge Of The Sith, while fans also had a chance to see concept artist Ryan Church show some drawings and footage from the new […]

PR Newswire has the press release for Comedy Central’s Drawn Together, television’s first animated reality series. The series follows the “true” story of eight characters, chosen to live together in a house, with the goal being to find out what happens when people stop being real and start getting animated. Comedy Central’s Drawn Together premieres […]

ICv2 News indicates that at Comic-Con, Ait/PlanetLar publisher Larry Young made known that Electric Girl, from creator Michael Brennan, is being developed by Cartoon Network as an animated television series. Adam Beechen is currently working on the series “bible,” while the number of episodes has yet to be determined. Electric Girl focuses on a young […]

Latino Review reports that though the new Batman Begins trailer was not shown at the Warner Bros. presentation on Friday, the trailer will be attached to Alien vs. Predator, which opens in theaters on August 13, 2004. The site also has a photo of Cillian Murphy as Dr. Jonathon Crane/The Scarecrow from Batman Begins.

The Disney Database has menus and bonus material screenshots from the Lion King II: Simba’s Pride Special Edition DVD, which will be released on August 31, 2004. The website also features the new menus from the Mulan Special Edition DVD, set for release on October 26, 2004.

Ultimate Disney announces that the direct-to-video Mulan II, which was originally scheduled for release this fall, will now be released on February 8, 2005, thus welcoming the Chinese New Year.

The Orlando Sentinel writes of a sunnier outcome for a handful of ex-WDFA-F animators: video games. “Cecropia, Inc. has hired seven former employees of Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida, which closed in March, and plans to hire up to 20 more by the end of the year, said Ann-Marie Bland, president and CEO. The Disney […]

Photos from this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego are already starting to flood the net, and the Latino Review has, for starters, got some great new images from this Christmas’ family fantasy, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, with Jim Carrey as the story’s main antagonist, Count Olaf. Check them out!

Ted Turner criticizes the Disney Company, among others, in the current Washington Monthly magazine. He writes about the disturbing issue of consolidation and corporate control of the media, citing three main points as “the loss of quality, localism, and democratic debates,” giving big media companies “new power over what is said not just on the […]

The One Ring has photos of the packaging for the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Platinum Series Special Extended Edition Collector’s Gift Set.

New figures for The Batman have been unveiled at the Comic Con. Toy News International has five photos of the figures, thus revealing what the Man-bat, Bane, and Firefly will look like for the new animated show.

DPS Film Roman, an IDT Entertainment company, and Rob Zombie will produce a direct-to-DVD, animated feature based on his Spookshow International comic book El Superbeasto, which follows the adventures of the titular crime-fighter, an over-the-hill masked wrestler who has more interest in strippers than adventure. Zombie will executive produce and write the story. IDT’s Anchor […]