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The Hollywood Reporter reports that scribe Dana Fox will write the feature film based on MGA Entertainment’s Bratz fashion dolls, for 20th Century Fox. Blending live-action elements with some traditional or computer animation, the plot for the movie remains a secret, although it will focus on the theme of girl power.

Appearing at Ain’t It Cool News are another batch of reviews for Sky Captian and the World of Tomorrow. “The film is really so much fun, it seemed as though the filmaker didn’t really want it to end,” says Sean Gallagher. Meanwhile, Drago offers a slightly-less enthusiastic review, stating, “Is the story great? Not particularly, […]

Something interesting has appeared on Michael Bay’s official website. Is this an indication of a future project, perhaps? UPDATE: Superhero Hype! indicates that in answer to Superman’s logo being removed from Michael Bay’s website, Warner Brothers has responded that McG is still involved with the Superman film, while the rumors of Bay’s involvement are “absolutely […]

About.com has a new article where producer Jerry Bruckheimer reveals some more information about the two upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, including the fact that plans to film the two movies back-to-back could change. And, in an apparent nod to Weekend at Bernie’s II, Bruckheimer hints at the possible return of Geoffrey Rush’s character, […]

After just one day in release, our new favorite red and blue spandex hero of the sticky web has already wrapped up The Return Of The King for the biggest Wednesday opening ever, with over $38 million according to Box Office Mojo. Could it make it make back its cost of $200m in just one […]

DVD Toons’ Rand Cyrenne cracks open the Disney DVD release of Marvel’s {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/316 Spider-Man: The ’67 Collection}}, six discs of original animated adventures. “When I was eight years old, I was unaware that Spider-Man was a revolutionary character. Watching Spider-Man was a bit unsettling, since I could not rely on him always coming out […]

Well what can you do when the Mouse House has the golden keys to the vault? Just wait I guess. Check out The Digital Bits for more info.

{{link http://videoeta.com/movie.html?via=form&id=53520 VideoETA}} reports that American muggles will be able to buy the \\Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban\\ DVD before Thanksgiving. The latest film in the \\Harry Potter\\ series, currently at #5 on the {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2004-06-29&p=.htm box office charts}}, will be available Tuesday, November 23, 2004.

‘mr-dunn’ has posted on the Animation Nation forum a scan of a Curious George flyer from the Licensing Show, with new images from Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment’s animated feature coming to theaters in November 2005. Click to have a look at the full flyer here, which also announces a George television series to continue […]

A trailer for the upcoming CG feature based on Jean “Moebius” Giraud art is now online. Thru the Moebius Strip is a story about the coming of age of a brave, resourceful 14 year old boy who grew up refusing to accept the loss of his father.Out of the strength of his conviction, he reaches […]

ACM SIGGRAPH today announced the program for the Computer Animation Festival for SIGGRAPH 2004, the 31st International Conference on Computer Graphics & Interactive Techniques, being held 8-12 August 2004 in Los Angeles, California. The Computer Animation Festival jury chose 83 selections from a record 643 entries for exemplary use of computer-generated imagery and compelling storytelling. […]

IGN FilmForce has the scoop that despite the first film having over a year before its release, a script for a second Chronicles of Narnia film – possibly Prince Caspian – is already being worked on. Apparently, Disney is “extremely enthusiastic” about the first movie. “In my nearly 25 years at Disney, I’ve never seen […]

Jim Hill Media provides an update as to what is going on between Disney and Pixar these days. Is Disney trying to get back with Pixar? Is “The Sequel Lab” for Pixar’s or Disney’s movies? Is the sky falling for Chicken Little? Please decide for yourself after reading the article’s speculation.

Variety reports that Johnny Depp will provide the lead voice in Warner Brothers’ The Corpse Bride, Tim Burton’s stop-motion animated film. With Michael Johnson directing and Allison Abbateand co-producing, The Corpse Bride will also feature the voices of Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney, Richard Grant, Joanna Lumley and Christopher Lee. Filmed in London, […]

\\Spider-Man 2\\, set to debut Wednesday on 4,000 screens according to {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/counts/chart/?yr=2004&wk=27&p=.htm Box Office Mojo}}, has won over the critics. The film has a spectacular 95% freshness rating at {{link http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/SpiderMan2-1133520/ Rotten Tomatoes}} – 130 positive reviews and only 7 negative reviews.

The {{link http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/entertainmentstorydisplay.cfm?storyID=3575188&thesection=entertainment&thesubsection=film&thesecondsubsection=general New Zealand Herald}} has a brief report on the first day of shooting on Disney/Walden’s The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, which began its six months in front of the camera yesterday.

DVD Toons reports that Warner Home Video have {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/611 finally announced}} the long-delayed Special Edition DVD of Brad Bird’s feature directorial debut, The Iron Giant. The 1999 film, originally announced for the SE treatment in mid-2003, has had to wait until now for Bird’s Pixar outing The Incredibles to be completed so that Warners […]

Amid Amidi, of Animation Blast and Cartoon Brew, and Pixar’s Ronnie del Carmen both have reports up now of ASIFA-Hollywood’s 2D Expo that took place last Saturday. Read Ronnie’s report here and Amid’s report here. As Ronnie suggests, see which well-known animators you can pick out from the pictures he has up. Bonus points to […]

Though it’s been mentioned on a couple of other sites, we’ve only just jumped on the news that Beavis And Butt-Head and King Of The Hill creator Mike Judge has been {{link http://www.theonionavclub.com/feature/index.php?issue=4025 interviewed by The Onion’s AV Club}}, where he speaks about his animated projects and ventures into live-action with Office Space and the […]

According to Box Office Guru, Shrek 2 fell to seventh place in the weekend’s top ten movies, with an estimated $10.5 million. Falling only 25% from last weekend, the sequel has grossed an incredible $397.1 million. Meanwhile, Garfield: The Movie took the eighth spot, with an estimated $7 million. Down 38%, the feline film has […]

My Stuff and News has new pictures from Kaena: The Prophecy. The film will begin its limited release in US theaters on July 9, 2004.

Toon Zone reports that {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=114727 Disney in Concert: A Magical Night Of Music And Film}}, performed against large screen featuring film animation illustrating favorite fairytales, will play its European debut in the UK’s Roundhay Park in Leeds on August 14 and 15.

‘Muppet2004’ posts in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=492 AN Forum}} that the UK’s {{link http://www.skwigly.co.uk/ Skwigly Magazine}} is looking for online article submissions.

‘WolfTooth’, ‘Athena’ and ‘Anvil’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=3644#post3644 Animated News Forums}} all point to various teasers and trailers available online for Miyazaki’s latest, Howl’s Moving Caslte.

Over at DVD Toons, Rand Cyrenne is happy to meet up with old friend {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/313 Inspector Gadget}}, but is less impressed with the way he has aged on disc, while Rodney Figueiredo is left with a better impression of Marvel’s 1990s animated spin on {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/314 Spider-Man Vs. Doc Ock}}. Gadget is out in […]

Animated News was able to attend ASIFA-Hollywood’s 2D Animation Expo yesterday at Woodbury University in Burbank, and while there was not too much to be gleaned from the proceedings in the way of animation-related news, we did learn from Jim Capobianco of Pixar that there is no truth to the rumor that Pixar will be […]

Robin Joseph, a student of animation currently going on to make his final year film, has let us know about his new site, {{link http://www.patchoforange.com/ Patch Of Orange}}. Check out his site for examples from Robin’s portfolio, concept art, links and caricatures, including Nightmare Before Christmas creator Tim Burton (right)!

Stop-motion animator Marc Spess has “finally got around to putting up a site” for his short film {{link http://www.zombie-pirates.com/ Zombie Pirates}}, started two years ago with a friend. Images, storyboards, an animated test video and news updates are available on the site, which the duo hope to use to raise enough funding to make their […]

TV Guide.com has an interesting review of the rather interesting Kaena: The Prophecy, a movie which was “originally conceived as a video game,” and featuring the voice talent of Richard Harris and Kirsten Dunst. Thanks to Kristin for the heads up.