The Big Cartoon DataBase reports that the yellow-skinned, blue-haired animated matriarch we all know and love as Marge Simpson will be appearing on the front cover of the next issue of Maxim and that she has been voted as best mother in a survey conducted by Britain’s Mothers’ Union. Runners-up included Sharon “I’m the wife […]

The Home Theater Forum has given a tough but fair review for the upcoming Brother Bear DVD. Says reviewer David Boulet, “I don’t think I’m saying anything too surprising or controversial to suggest that Brother Bear isn’t quite up to the caliber of other modern Disney classics we’ve come to know and love (think The […]

All three character posters, each with either Maggie, Mrs. Calloway and Grace; Buck or Alameda Slim, are now up for sale on eBay.

Check out Yahoo! Movies to see two new hillarious clips from Home on the Range! Thanks to ‘PatrickvD’ in the AN Forums for the notice.

Never thought there’d be anything about Home on the Range at Sci-Fi Wire but there is and the article talks with directors Will Finn and John Sanford about changing story and character concepts throughout the development of the movie. Thanks to Kristin for the alert.

No, not another remake from the Mouse House (of Walt’s 1942 trip to Latin America, which resulted in the films Saludos Amigos, The Three Cabelleros and the documentary South Of The Border With Disney)! News, from ‘MusicFan’, has come in from the Done Deal site which says that Disney will produce a new film about […]

The official press release for the Teacher’s Pet DVD is now available at Ultimate Disney. Bonus features for the disc include: the series premiere episode, deleted scenes, “The Art Of Gary Baseman” documentary, “Teacher’s Pet” music video performed by Christy Carlson Romano, and Disney’s song selection. Teacher’s Pet arrives on video and DVD June 15, […]

Tonight’s Wonderful World of Disney presentation of Tarzan, on ABC, will feature a special Disney sneak peek of Home on the Range. Also, be sure to check out the movie’s soundtrack page at Walt Disney Records.com, where one can listen to clips of each of the album’s beautiful songs, watch the “Anytime You Need A […]

Jan-Eric Nystrom, a Finnish professional animator based in Helsinki, and who has assisted with several Disney feature productions over the years, has set up a {{link http://www.sci.fi/~animato/index.html website}} that caters to those who wish to find out how animated cartoons are made. Pages give information on Jan’s animation package Animac, as well as how to […]

Traditional 2D animation may be on its way out in North America, but South America seems to be ready to carry the torch, witness this interesting short from Brazil. Curupira is part of the I Swear I Saw It project, which consists of five 35mm animation movies. Each episode is ten minutes long and based […]

The April issue of Nickelodeon Magazine reveals the plot for Spongebob Squarepants: The Movie: “In a complicated plot to get the Krabby Patty formula, Plankton steals the crown of Neptune, the undersea ruler, and lays the blame on Mr. Krabs. Spongebob promises to travel to far-off Shell City with Patrick to retrieve the crown, if […]

Jim Hill Media unleashes the facts and rumors concerning new Muppet projects for ABC, including the Muppets of Oz telefilm, a new special featuring Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, and a proposed new Muppet Show series.

The Alameda Time-Star reveals a new Shark Tale controversy, which claims that the film contains harmful, manipulative Italian stereotypes. The article’s author, Rosario A. Iaconis, states, “By grafting the bigoted imagery of The Sopranos– along with a generous whiff of Goodfellas and The Godfather– onto a computer-generated flick for kids, DreamWorks’ Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, […]

{{link http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3567&n=1&burl= DVD Answers}} have scored an early look at the menus for the upcoming Shrek DVD double pack, which will include the original film as well as a new 3D short.

‘Stoyan Petrov’ has written in to let us know about a new poster for Disney’s upcoming Home On The Range. Could this be one of several “character” one-sheets to be unveiled over the next couple of weeks as the film gets ready for its theatrical bow? Take a look over at {{link http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_product.asp?master%5Fmovie%5Fid=23834&movie%5Fnss=20049765 MovieGoods.com}}. Thanks […]

Coming Soon! has posted a positive review of the Brother Bear DVD. What is “the bottom line”? “Brother Bear is well worth adding to your DVD collection if you have children or if you are an animation fan. Adults may find it fun to check out thanks to Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas.”

Fans of classic animation, and of Disney shorts in particular, will be over the moon with the announcement, exclusively at {{link http://www.ultimatedisney.com/treasures.html#3 Ultimate Disney DVD}}, of the complete programs to appear in the May 18 wave of Walt Disney Treasures collectors packages. Four titles, variying between 105,000 and 250,000 limited issues, will be released, inlcuding […]

The teaser for the new animated series that aired on WB is now available online form the great French site Catsuka.

With Disney moving much of its animation production overseas, the {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10493 Animation World Network}} takes a timely look at what the higher and higher profile European studios are producing in the way of quality animated features. “The sixth annual Cartoon Movie in Potsdam, Germany, paid tribute March 13, 2004 to A. Film, Folimage and […]

After opening (and closing) satellite studios in Paris, Florida, Canada and Japan, the majority of 2D Disney animation is now being carried out at the ToonStudios facility in Australia. The {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10492 Animation World Network}} has news, however, that the studio may now also be looking to strengthen ties in India as a “production base […]

An animator’s guidebook, {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782141293/qid%3D1072479639//102-4687562-8010520 Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right}}, by Jason Osipa, which looks at one of the still-challenging aspects of 3D animation: namely the modeling and manipulation of a human figure’s head, has been reviewed at {{link http://10secondclub.net/reviews.php?id=10004 The 10 Second Club}}, a character animation focused site, which screens new […]

Dark Horizons reveals that Garfield: The Movie‘s release date is now June 11. Also available on the website is the notice of a new Thunderbirds teaser poster, which can be seen at UIP Netherlands.

PR Newswire has the official press release from Universal concerning the Peter Pan DVD, arriving in stores on May 4, 2004.

Variety reports about the anticipated Muppets of Oz, Disney’s new made-for-ABC movie, being written by Debra Frank and Steven Hayes. Subscription is necessary to view the article.

Though it will be primarily live-action (but you can be sure of spectacular visual effects and CGI aliens), Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise have announced plans to pool resources to produce a new version of HG Wells’ 1898 classic The War Of The Worlds, according to Variety, via {{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040317f.php Dark Horizons}}. Previous incarnations include […]

Coming Soon! has the newest poster for Shark Tale, swimming to theaters on October 1. Thanks to “macontosh2000” for the heads up!

Animation World Network points out an article at VFXWorld about the process of bringing two-dimensional Mickey and friends into the three dimensional, computer-generated world. The article includes screen grabs from “Twice Upon a Christmas, the DVD-premiere produced by DisneyToon Studios featuring five all-new episodes starring Mickey and his Disney pals.”

\\{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=2225 Animation Magazine}}\\ reports that Donovan Cook, director of Disney’s upcoming \\The Three Musketeers\\, has began an email campaign to try to convince the company to give the traditionally animated film a theatrical release, as opposed to the planned straight to DVD release. In an letter he has sent to some people in the […]

Comics Continuum has pics from last Saturday’s sneak peek of The Batman, on Kids’ WB!.

Coming Soon! reports that screenwriters Paul Benson and Matt Sullivan are writing Disaster!, a clay-animation project for Dream Entertainment. Being directed by Roy Wood, the film has begun shooting and is set to complete in about another year.