IGN FilmForce interviews Roseanne Barr and Jennifer Tilly about their new movie, Home on the Range.

The official website for The Spongebob Squarepants Movie has been updated, now including an extended version of the film’s synopsis, and a few new pictures. Thanks to “monkeyboy12” in the AN forum for the notice!

More on that Garfield as Himself video and DVD release we told you about: DVD Answers now has the cover art, as well as plot outlines. Thanks to ‘CaptainJasHook’ in the AN forum for the heads up!

The Moose Hole gives a generally negative review of Disney’s last traditionally animated feature, Home on the Range, citing it as a prime example of a “plot that looks interesting on paper but clearly doesn’t go anywhere once it is projected onto the big screen”.

Variety reports (via AWN) that the producers of King of the Hill have announced they will forego eligibility in the animation categories at this years Emmy Awards so that they can compete in the main categories against live action series’. The move “was spurred to allow the show’s writing staff a chance to be cognized […]

According to \\{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=2310 Animation Magazine}}\\, Cartoon Network will launch a new cartoon block aimed at 6-11 year olds. “Miguzi” will air weekdays from 5pm-7pm beginning Monday, April 19, and feature action/adventure programming “Miguzi will also feature live-action segments profiling entertainers, athletes and everyday heroes ranging from comic book artists to the country’s top street […]

{{link http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-04-01-peabody-awards_x.htm USA Today}} reports that Nickelodeon’s popular \\Dora the Explorer\\ has won a Peabody award. “The Peabodys, considered among the most prestigious and selective prizes in electronic media, recognize excellence and meritorious work by radio and television stations, networks, webcasters, producing organizations and individuals”. {{link http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/03/16/entertainment1642EST0691.DTL&type=tvradio The AP}} adds that the show will be […]

Disney’s last planned traditionally animated film, \\Home on the Range\\, opens today. According to {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/counts/chart/?yr=2004&wk=14&p=.htm Box Office Mojo}}, the film will open on 3,047 screens. At {{link http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/HomeontheRange-1131160/ Rotten Tomatoes}}, \\Home on the Range\\’s rating has steadily been climbing as more reviews come in – from under 25% earlier this week to 49% today. […]

The {{link http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/#film5 Internet Movie Database}} is reporting that “New York Post film critic Lou Lumenick has reviewed a five-minute ‘movie’ starring Jerry Seinfeld and has extolled it as ‘the year’s funniest new movie so far’. A Uniform Used To Mean Something is being screened {{link http://www.americanexpress.com/jerry only on the internet}} and is in fact […]

…And on TV, where I saw it today in all its NTSC glory. Style is similar to the Stuart Little and Scooby CG characters. Well, I can’t blame Garfield for falling for Jennifer Love Hewitt. I got drool all over my keyboard, man… How about you just check it out for yourself over at Apple […]

\\Variety\\ reports (via {{link http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/01/television.simpsons.reut/index.html CNN}}) that the voice actors of \\The Simpsons\\ are in the middle of a work stoppage in an attempt to force settlement of contract disputes. Apparently Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, and Nancy Cartwright “have not shown up for two script readings in the past […]

Follow the “More” link to view four stills from Disney’s upcoming limited edition DVD set The Chronological Donald from Wave 3 of the Walt Disney’s Treasures series. Tomorrow we will have stills of animation from On the Front Lines and on Saturday stills from Mickey Mouse in Living Color – Volume 2 will be available. […]

An anonymous e-mail has revealed that the Walt Disney Company’s DisneyToon division is currently working on two Pinocchio sequels, both of which willl be animated at the same time and released merely months apart, in 2006. “Apparently, Disney not only wants to start doing more sequels with computer animation, but they also want to create […]

In addition to the recently announced Toy Story 3 project, it has been reported that Disney is also prepping a prequel to computer-animated insect hit A Bug’s Life. The as-yet-unnamed prequel is said to center around a young Flik reluctantly defending his colony of ants against a real mean kid who has a penchant for […]

{{link http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/31/q.a.scoobys.voice.ap/index.html CNN}} has an interview with Australian actor and stuntman Neil Fanning, the voice of Scooby-Doo, on “how he got the job, the speech problems of a perpetually hungry and/or frightened canine, and the perils of recording the voice on people’s answering machines”.

DVD news and reviews site The Digital Bits has their classics expert Barrie Maxwell return today with three new articles of particular interest to animation fans. As well as his usual {{link http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/barriemaxwell/maxwell032904.html Coming Attractions}} page (which highlights many animated titles in the works), Barrie also gets to grips with a {{link http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews3/disney3.html group of […]

The {{link http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/#tv3 Internet Movie Database}} reports thst “The controversy over Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ spills over into Comedy Central Wednesday night when South Park offers an episode titled The Passion of the Jew“. The Viacom-owned channel released a statement which described the episode: “After weeks of pressure from Cartman, Kyle finally […]

Roseanne really seems to be pulling the stops out in making the rounds promoting Disney’s Home On The Range. Now, the {{link http://latinoreview.com/films_2004/disney/homeontherange/roseanne-interview.html Latino Review}} has a chat with the star, who provides the voice of Maggie in the film, out this Friday, April 2.

Fox Home Entertainment, via DVD Toons, announces a new disc and specs for {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/549 Garfield As Himself}}, a collection of three animated episodes (Here Comes Garfield, Garfield On The Town and Garfield Gets A Life) coming to DVD on June 29. Retail is a low $14.95, with no known extras at this point.

It didn’t do too well in theaters and the theatrical poster (lampooning Pinocchio) may have been jettisoned, but here’s the much more “kid-friendly” and colorful artwork for the Teacher’s Pet disc, out June 15, courtesty of {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/550 DVD Toons}}.

‘WolfTooth’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1845#post1845 Animated News Forum}} points to nausicaa.net’s news that a vocal cast has been announced for the new US dubbed version of Miyazaki’s My Neigbor Totoro. Artists include Dakota Fanning (Taken, I Am Sam) as Satsuki, her younger sister Elle Fanning (Taken, Daddy Day Care) as Mei, and familiar Disney voices […]

On The Record, a musical revue show featuring music from Disney’s amazing repertoire, is being tested on the road after all, following news that Mouse House theatrical chiefs wanted to take it straight to Broadway. Now {{link http://www.playbill.com/news/article/85262.html Playbill}} has announced the initial dates set for the touring show, which will take in the big […]

Those anticipating the usual long wait between films being released in the US and their eventual UK issues will be pleased to learn that DreamWorks will bow its two big animated features this year in the UK soon after their counterpart dates in the States. Shrek 2 will hit on July 2 following an American […]

Coming Soon! interviews Roseanne Barr about her work in Home on the Range.

Those who saw Kiefer Sutherland’s appearance on last night’s episode of the Tonight Show were shown a special treat, when Jay Leno asked Sutherland about his work on an upcoming Disney animated movie. The 24 star answered that the movie was The Wild, and proceeded to talk about his work in it. While Sutherland called […]

Scoring an early look at the menus and disc artwork for the April 13 release of Paul McCartney: The Music And Animation Collection is {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/547 DVD Toons}}, also adding full specs and a hi-res version of the previously released cover art. While it looks like a nice set, it’s a shame that it will […]

Hidden in the depths of the recently released {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/287 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? box set}}, DVD Toons reviewer Randall Cyrenne mentions a certain trailer that is “most notable for also showing the cover art for the upcoming Jetsons set and the still-not-officially-announced Tom And Jerry set”. The Jetsons collection looks to follow the look […]

‘Burma’ has seen Disney’s Home On The Range, out this weekend, and sends in a frank report to {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17279 Ain’t It Cool News}} about the film and a “premiere screening” event hosted by the San Diego Cinema Society. Associate Producer David Steinberg was also on hand to introduce the film and stick about for […]

{{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/287 DVD Toons}} have taken a look at the recent Scooby Doo, Where Are You? Seasons One and Two DVD box set from Warners. Meanwhile, the new live-action Scooby feature, Monsters Unleashed, opened on Friday with an estimated $30.7 million, roughly half of the $54.2 million taken in by the 2002 original, but still […]

Jim Hill Media provides two noteworthy articles: “The Pixar countdown clock continues to tick…“, which discusses why Pixar needs to soon find a distributor for Ratatoullie, and “In Search of The Sweatbox“, which explains why you may never see this critically-acclaimed documentary.