A lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company by Stephen Slesinger Inc (“the family firm with U.S. merchandising rights” to Winnie the Pooh) for hundreds of millions of dollars in allegedly unpaid royalties has been dismissed with prejuduce by the judge, according to a {{link http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/394199|top|03-29-2004::12:49|reuters.html Reuters}} report. Last month, Disney lawyers had asked the judge […]

Celebrated raconteur and Oscar winning actor Sir Peter Ustinov has died at the age of 82. He won one of his two Academy Awards for his role in Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus in 1960, but will forever be remembered by animation fans for providing one of the best – if not the best – vocal performances […]

The Dreamworks SKG Fansite reports that the official Shark Tale website has undergone a major update, now including more flash animation and information about the film’s characters. Also, an “anonymous individual” has informed the fansite that a Shark Tale teaser trailer will be swimming online “very soon.”

Jim Harvey over at {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=106390 Toon Zone}} has more info (after the {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00001169.html news}} last week) on several new WB titles coming to DVD, including Batman Beyond, Teen Titans, the Justice League: Starcrossed movie and another, direct to video feature for Justice League.

Well, it’s not quite what many were expecting (much more of a “cartoony” look, with animated Siegfried and Roy as opposed to their live-action selves), but {{link http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4078 Coming Soon}} has the first look pic from DreamWorks’ new series for NBC, Father Of The Pride, as it appears in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly.

Can’t wait until Tuesday to catch the Chicken Little teaser on the new Brother Bear DVD? Well head over to this French {{link http://www.disneyvideo.fr.st Disney fan site}} which has a version of the trailer online. You can also {{link http://www.disneyvideo.fr.st/menu/chicken.avi directly download}} the teaser here.

DeFamilieJanssen, the Belgian producers of Jester Till are working on a new animated feature. In Midgar, two aliens are marooned in Ireland during the Vikings’ invasion and end up being worshipped as gods. You can see some art and storybaord from this interesting looking project on the official web page.

Toon Zone has a new interview with Craig Bartlett, the creator of Hey Arnold!, the Cartoon Network movie Party Wagon, and the newest season of Johnny Bravo.

Sci-Fi Channel’s Tripping the Rift is set to feature Webster, the lovable kid from the 1983 television series, with Emmanuel Lewis providing the voice of Webster. The episode’s synopsis is, “When Chode sells his soul to the Devil to save his blobby purple behind, his crew searches desperately for a way out of the demonic […]

Dark Horizons has a large list of movies that Disney’s Buena Vista division is developing, which is definitely worth a look.

The Big Cartoon Database reports that The Sixers and Premavision, Inc., the studio that produced the 1995 feature Gumby: The Movie, have come together to create a promotional television ad, in which a life-size Gumby will play a game of H-O-R-S-E against All-Star guard Allen Iverson. Donning the No. 3 Sixers jersey that Iverson usually […]

I guess when you are #1 all over the place, it’s doesn’t matter how un PC you are, you get a second chance. 2005 is a bit away, but I think I can wait. I’m to excited to type anymore, go read about it here at AWN.

Animation World Magazine has a quick little article detailing Walt Disney Studio President Dick Cook’s vision of Toy Story 3 as being a full-fledged theatrical feature rather than a direct-to-video title. I wonder if getting flooded with e-mails requesting that The Three Musketeers go to theaters first has prompted this special treatment for the next, […]

Not to be outdone by their Western counterparts, the Last 10 Chapters of Star Wars: Clone Wars will begin this coming Monday, March 29, 7:25 am (Hong Kong & Philippines) on Cartoon Network Asia.

The Hollywood Reporter’s 33rd annual Key Art Awards’ list of finalists has been revealed, with the Walt Disney Company and Sony Pictures leading the pack, as they each received 23 nomations. Animated highlights from the list include Finding Nemo receiving 11 nominations (the most for any movie this year), Pirates of the Caribbean receiving 5 […]

Latino Review interviews Jennifer Tilly about her work in Home on the Range.

The Dreamworks SKG Fansite points out that DreamWorks’ official Ghost in the Shell 2 website has been updated with two different links. According to the fansite, “The first section ‘Section 9’ will give sketches of the main characters, while the second link ‘cyber agents’ takes you to another website www.ghost2.com, giving you additional links to […]

The second season of Star Wars: Clone Wars is set to premiere tonight at 9:30, on Cartoon Network, following an airing of the complete first season. Check out the Clone Wars’ official website for a complete schedule and details.

Toon Zone reveals that during the week of May 23-27, Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening will provide introductions for his favorite Futurama episodes, each night at 11:00pm (ET/PT). Also, Seth McFarlane will present behind-the-scenes information concerning Family Guy during his favorite episodes, from July 11-15 at 11:00pm (ET/PT).

The good word about {{link http://www.inkwellimagesink.com/ Inkwell Images}}’ excellent series of animation anthology discs keeps spreading, as Del Walker at {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/286 DVD Toons}} takes a look at Max Fleischer’s Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes (1925-1927). Though the series has been put together by an independent producer, you’d never know from the quality that the discs were […]

Be sure to check out Clay Animator: Clay Animation and Stop Motion Animation How To Site, which ‘Clayanimator’ has informed us of at the AN Forum! Clay Animator is described as, “The most in depth information on the clay animation and stop motion animation process. This website is designed with interactive tutorials on how to […]

Ultimate Disney has a new review of the Brother Bear DVD, along with the cover art for the upcoming Mary Poppins “40th Anniversary Edition” DVD.

Script Sales reveals that an animated series based on The Mark, a new sci-fi action movie from Paramount Pictures and Overbrook Entertainment, may be heading to SpikeTV. In The Mark, “An everyman discovers a strange mark has transferred to his body from the corpse of a Confederate soldier. Although the mark grants him special powers, […]

Alfred Molina, soon to be seen as the CG-enhanced Spider-Man villain Doctor Octopus in the upcoming web-head sequel, has also recently completed voice work on an interesting sounding animated feature film, Sian Ka’an, according to {{link http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-film.html?2004-03/23/11.30.film Sci-Fi Wire}}. “It’s like a modern-day fable,” says Molina. “I’m a good guy who has a few bad […]

DreamWorks’ {{link http://www.shrek2.com/ official Shrek 2 site}} has been updated to include some new info on the movie, new “fun and games”, as well as new sections for media and behind-the-scenes (coming soon).

{{link http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/501/501364p1.html?fromint=1 IGN FilmForce}} reports that ShoWest, the biggest gathering of theater owners and exhibitors in the industry, has been shown a special clips reel put together to promote Disney/Pixar’s upcoming The Incredibles. “The trailer also debuted and is easily among the most crazed of any Pixar release. It is a collection of snips but […]

Although the US DVD is about to ship to stores for its March 30th release, the film is newly released in Germany, where ‘Frieder’ has written in to tell us that it is number one at the box office. The film has now taken around $200 million around the world.

AnimationHQ will be welcoming back voice actor, David Kaye (Inu Yasha, X-Men: Evolution, Transformers: Energon, Armada, Beast Wars, etc) for a second chat session. The chat will be held this Saturday, March 27th, at 7pm EST in the {{link http://AnimationHQ.net/v2/features/events.htm AnimationHQ IRC chatroom}}. Kaye’s first chat with AnimationHQ can be {{link http://www.animationhq.net/v2/vainfo/chat-logs/kaye_12-13-03.htm re-read here}}.

Starting to think that things in the Roy Disney camp had gone a little quiet in the past few days? Well he’s back folks, asking for a count of employees who voted against Michael Eisner at the recent shareholders meeting in Philadelphia, according to the {{link http://drudgereport.com/flash.htm Drudge Report}}. “Roy Disney said he believes a […]

Jim Harvey at {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=106207 Toon Zone}} has scored some exclusive information from Warner Brothers about their planned season box set releases of their most popular superheroes to DVD. Apparently, fans of the characters and shows need not worry: “WB is listening”. The sets will be similar to the Hanna-Barbera titles recently released, and with […]