Ain’t It Cool News has another very hopeful Shrek 2 review, as it states, “Shrek 2 deserves to stand proudly with Toy Story 2 and the yet-unmade Kazaam 2 as sequels that are better than the original. I say better because it was easy for the first Shrek to be original; there had not been […]

DavisDVD addresses the upcoming Mulan “Special Edition” DVD, which will feature a newly remastered anamorphic transfer, taken from the film’s original digitally stored files, and a fresh Dolby Digital 5.1 Disney Enhanced Home Theater Mix. Bonus materials for the DVD include alternate openings, a new song, audio commentary, a Mushu-hosted featurette that explains what life […]

The Los Angeles Daily News, through the Houston Chronicle, presents “Range animation might be put out to pasture,” another article which discusses the future of Disney animation, including the way of Disney musicals. As Home on the Range composer Alan Menken states, “I hope things change, and you know what? They always do.”

Internet Movie Database reports that, according to the Bombay daily Financial Express, Viacom’s MTV and Nickelodeon units will likely outsource animation work from India. Although the U.S. produces most of the animation content for the channels, some of the work for such animated series as Rugrats, Catdog, and SpongeBob SquarePants will possibly be produced in […]

Garfield Posters Plus has two new Garfield: The Movie posters, both of which are variations on already released posters.

Craig writes in with a report on Sunday’s DreamWorks event at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where completed scenes from their October animated film Shark Tale were revealed. The event was “awesome”, says Craig, adding it was the “best $25 I’ve ever spent”. Thanks very much for the for taking the time to send this […]

Promoting the upcoming DVD release of his 1977 animated feature {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001NBMIK/ref%3Dnosim/cartoonresearch/TARGET%3D/102-4687562-8010520 Wizards}}, director Ralph Bakshi has spoken to {{link http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review.php?id=1031 Fulvuedrive-in.com}} about the film, its techniques, and his other animated work, including the 1978 The Lord Of The Rings. A very informative and entertaining Sunday read – thanks to {{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ Cartoon Brew}} for […]

DVD Answers has a host of new region one DVD shots for upcoming cartoon and superhero box sets in the works. As well as cover art and menus for {{link http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3640&n=1&burl= Wonder Woman}} (the live-action 1970s television series), there’s an early look at the menus for {{link http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3812&n=1&burl= Challenge of the Superfriends: The First Season}} […]

Klasky Csupo, the studio responsible for a great deal of animation on television these days, has found a way to release some of the tension that must have built up over rumors of its recent financial struggles. {{link http://www.globaltantrum.com. Global Tantrum.com}}, the studio’s new site, is naughty, rude and full of very adult-natured content. The […]

Because of a “tentative” new contract deal that was resolved on Thursday by EchoStar Communications Corp. and Turner Broadcasting Systems Inc., Cartoon Network and several other channels will remain on Dish satellite TV, the Big Cartoon Database points out. Declining to give further comment, EchoStar spokesman Steve Caulk stated, “We have an agreement in principle […]

As the Big Idea studio continues to pick up the pieces on the way to financial recovery, Senior Designer John Trauscht has alerted us to a new upcoming DVD set featuring the VeggieTales characters. {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000228EZY/qid=1083429086/sr=1-23/ref=sr_1_23/102-4687562-8010520?v=glance&s=dvd The Bumblyburg Super-Hero Value Pack}} contains the complete Larry-Boy collection in a 4-disc DVD collection, including Larry-Boy and the […]

The Big Cartoon Database reports that Family Home Entertainment, a division of Vancouver-based Lions Gate Entertainment, has been awarded by Mattel the North American home entertainment rights to the upcoming Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper, the fourth Barbie direct-to-video movie. Vancouver studio Mainframe Entertainment again provide the film’s computer animation. Barbie as the […]

Word comes directly from Universal Home Video in Montreal that a two disc edition of The Triplets Of Belleville will be released on May 18th. Still no word on what this {{link http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00021447W/qid=1083180812/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_2_3/701-1499626-2443528 mysterious listing}} is on Amazon.ca though. In the meantime, the US single disc has been getting good reviews for the film and […]

‘MusicFan’ lets us know that the cast dispute for The Simpsons has been finally settled, with the actors getting, to borrow the {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=494&e=1&u=/ap/tv_simpsons_dispute Associated Press}} story’s words, more “D’oh! Despite speculation the dispute would shorten the 2004-05 season, the studio said it was optimistic that all 22 planned episodes could be finished. ‘We couldn’t […]

For those of us who can never get quite enough moose and squirrel, Amazon.com is now listing the Rocky & Bullwinkle – The Complete Second Season DVD boxed set with an August 31, 2004, release date.

The ups and downs of Disney’s trials and tribulations are played out again tonight, when the UK’s BBC ONE repeats a 60-minute documentary (originally produced for Three) on the company’s recent woes. The series {{link http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tv/outrageous_fortunes/disney.shtml Outrageous Fortunes}} “goes in search of the real stories behind the success of the biggest brands in the world […]

The Orange County Register has a new article today outlining what Disney CEO Michael Eisner must do to get out from under the gun of ouster campaigns, massive shareholder revolts, and takeover bids. Free membership required to read article online.

UnderGroundOnline interviews Sam Register, Senior Vice President of Original Animation for Cartoon Network, about The Batman. Thanks to Toon Zone for the notice.

Peggy Villar, of the Wonderful World of Animation, has let us know about a signing event set to take place at the {{link http://www.comic-con.org/Pages/WCWhatsNew.html WonderCon}} this weekend in San Francisco. The WWA is an art gallery specialising in original animation art, and will have Alan Burnett, Paul Dini and Bruce Timm on hand to sign […]

“Accidentally in Love,” Counting Crow’s new song from Shrek 2, will hit radio airwaves on May 3, according to the group’s official website. The song’s music video will be an Access Hollywood “First Look” next Wednesday, May 5, with clips from the video premiering on the Monday and Tuesday (May 3 and 4) editions of […]

Valerio Mandova from Italy writes in to tell us about the Shark Tale trailer, which saw caught during a UIP (United International Pictures – DreamWorks and Universal’s worldwide distributor) presentation. Check out the description {{link http://www.cinemaplus.it/leggi-news.asp?id=220 here}}.

Animation World Network reports that the Joe Grant-inspired Disney short, Lorenzo, about the cat with the possessed tail, which was originally supposed to be part of Fantasia 2006 and then was supposed to open in front of the Coen brother’s The Ladykillers has now been scheduled to open in front of Raising Helen, a film […]

The Daily Herald reports that researchers at Brigham Young University have created new techniques in which a computer will create animations more realistic and quickly. These researchers have come up with a new software technology which allows computers, through the use of artificial intelligence, to learn to animate computer-generated characters by analyzing examples given by […]

The official website for Garfield: The Movie has been updated, now including sections concerning the “story,” “crew,” and “production.” Also included is a “My Stuff” section which includes do-it-yourself wallpaper, icons, e-cards, a screensaver, and the trailer. Learn more about the characters in “Me and the Others,” play four games in “My Games,” or check […]

In addition to the Chicken Little site, there is now a teaser site up for Disney and Pixar’s joint effort, The Incredibles, a computer animated feature about a family of superheroes. This site currently only sports the logo, a link to the teaser trailer (which can be viewed in Quicktime in “Incredisize”), and a mention […]

The official site for Disney’s first completely computer generated (Dinosaur incorporated real scenery with computer animated characters), in-house animated feature, Chicken Little, is now up. The fledgling site currently only sports the logo, a link to the trailer (which can be viewed in Quicktime in “The sky is falling BIG” size), and the fact that […]

TV Shows on DVD has the official episode list for the Batman: The Animated Series Volume 1 DVD set, which will be available to own on July 6. Also on the website is the cover art for the Garfield and Friends- Volume 1 three-disc set. According to Mark Evanier, one of the show’s writers and […]

Amazon.com is now displaying the cover art for the Season 4 box set of the hit animated television series The Simpsons (large image here) and this may be the first Simpsons box set to feature Ralph Wiggum and Barney Gumble more prominently than the Simpsons themselves. This should be a popular set as this is […]

TheForce.net reports that the Star Wars – Clone Wars animated series DVD is now listed at Amazon.com. While the listing does say, “The studio is currently not producing this title on DVD,” it does allow you to enter your e-mail address to be notified when it does become available, and by doing so your entry […]

Box Office Report predicts that Home on the Range will suffer a 30% drop, thus sending the film to the tenth spot in the weekend’s top ten movies. The website suggests that Home on the Range will collect about $2.5 million for the weekend, giving the animated film a total of $45.7 million. With little […]