During an interview with Counting Down, Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro revealed that negotiations are underway to create a Japanese-produced Hellboy animated series. The half-hour series would “absolutely” feature Ron Perlman as the title character, and would reflect the original art style in a “100%…unadulturated” manner.

“Designed like a run-of-the-mill graphic design tome, this is more than the sum of its parts. The authors have chosen 50 animators – from around the world, and across generations – dividing their work into four loose categories: Form, Sound, Words and Character. Each animator is represented by a short: the formal Synchromy (1971) for […]

It’s been a good couple of weeks for animation and fantasy films at this week’s theaters in the UK, mainly due to the school holidays. The Haunted Mansion was off to a good start at number one with $10.1 million in the bank, and Looney Tunes: Back In Action stayed the course after two weeks, […]

\\{{link http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117900813?categoryid=18&cs=1 Variety}}\\ reports that public pension funds in 5 states – New York, Massachusetts, Virginia, New Jersey, and Connecticut – have joined California in calling for a no vote on Disney CEO Michael Eisner at next weeks shareholder meeting. “I call on Disney directors to separate the positions of chairman and chief executive and […]

The ever-reliable DVD Toons has posted the specs and extras for the May 25th release of Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards. The 20th Century Fox title will be presented in anamorphic widescreen video, with Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio. Extras will include audio commentary with Bakshi, the “Ralph Bakshi: The Wizard of Animation” featurette, 2 theatrical trailers, […]

This is the site I have literally been waiting to find. In the interest of objective and unbiased journalism I have felt bad that we here at Animated News seem to only post stories which favor Roy Disney and Stanley Gold’s view of the future of The Walt Disney Company and who its CEO should […]

With the Oscars only days away, Animated News brings together reports from around the web to give you a closer look at the five films nominated for Best Animated Short.

Those people who supported Roy Disney’s recent call to email the Board of The Walt Disney Company and voice their concern at the direction the company was taking have been finding a direct response from board member George Mitchell in their inboxes. “Thank you for your recent email. I appreciate your taking the time to […]

Coming Soon! announces that DIC Entertainment and Mainframe Entertainment are releasing Inspector Gadget Saves the Day…Maybe, an all-new, computer-animated Inspector Gadget television special and DVD release. The film’s premise is, “In the new special, the world’s greatest bionic detective is back and more bumbling than ever. With his niece, Penny, who’s now sweet sixteen and […]

In late but interesting news, Latino Review has the teaser poster for Thunderbirds. Thanks to ‘CaptainJasHook‘ for the heads up!

Dark Horizons reveals the newest rumor concerning a live-action, movie version of the animated series, Dragonball Z: Smallville‘s Tom Welling is being rumoured to play “Goku.”

Rolling Stone reports that John Roecker will write and direct Live Freaky, Die Freaky, a new stop-motion effects/puppetry movie. The premise is, “Set in the future, the twisted tale follows a young man who discovers an old copy of Helter Skelter (former Los Angeles D.A. Vincent Bugliosi’s account of Charles Manson’s killing spree) and decides […]

Well, it wasn’t long ago that Big Idea’s CG feature Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie had two big distinctions about it. One, it was the movie that buried Big Idea up to its neck in financial problems; along with some other poor management deals. Two, it was, for a short while, the highest grossing Christian movie […]

The cover art for the Aladdin: Platinum Edition DVD is now available at Ultimate Disney.

In a presentation to advertising executives in New York, The Cartoon Network announced it will air more than 500 new half-hours, including five new animated series this year. The new shows are: Megas XLR – A new action-comedy series about a 20-something grease monkey who discovers a giant fighting robot from the future in a […]

In addition to the specs we {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000959.html listed yesterday}}, the official Amazon.com pages for the DTV releases of Mickey Donald And Goofy: The Three Musketeers and The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride have been updated to show a few more details. {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001I55VA/qid=1077810357/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/102-4687562-8010520?v=glance&s=dvd Mickey’s Musketeers}}’ The Many Hats of Mickey Mouse featurette will “discover […]

Although determined to not allow any more live action movies based on Dr. Seuss characters, Audrey Stone Giesel, the widowed wife of the good doctor, has given the nod to production of a new animated movie based on Horton the big-hearted elephant. Read the full report at The Big Cartoon Database. No word yet if […]

According to the {{link http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=509&u=/ap/20040225/ap_on_bi_ge/disney_eisner_4&printer=1 Associated Press}}, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System has announced that it will withhold its votes for Disney CEO Michael Eisner’s re-election at next week’s annual shareholder meeting. Sean Harrigan, president of the CalPERS board of administration said “We have lost complete confidence in Mr. Eisner’s strategic vision and leadership […]

Coming Soon! has the interesting final poster for Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

{{link http://www.dvdfile.com/software/dvd-video/archive/2004/02_24.html DVD File}} lists some new amendments to the previously announced Disney animated video features The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride and Mickey, Donald And Goofy: The Three Musketeers. The 2-disc new edition of the Lion King sequel, due on August 31, comes in a THX-certified 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer with Dolby Digital 5.1 […]

‘Ros’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1385#post1385 AN Forums}} posts that Brad Bird’s highly anticipated debut CGI project The Incredibles is to be Disney/Pixar’s first PG-rated collaboration. “I couldn’t believe my eyes – both Disney animated movies this year (Home On The Range and The Incerdibles) rated PG. It’s an official source but right now I can’t […]

Following yesterday’s news on Sony’s {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000955.html Triplets Of Belleville}} disc release comes news from the studio that they will be issuing their other international pickup film, Tokyo Godfathers to DVD on April 13 2004 on their Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment label. The single disc comes with an exclusive Satoshi Kon character illustration postcard and […]

Steaming ahead with their sudden attempt to cram every Hanna-Barbera television classic onto DVD, Warner Brothers Home Enteratinment have just announced {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/522 The Jetsons: Season 1}} for a boxed set disc release, according to DVD Toons. The 24 episodes will be joined on the set by Judy Jetson herself, Janet Waldo, providing commentary on […]

The National Public Radio, via Cartoon Research, has a great article about the music of The Triplets of Belleville, and speculates about the film’s chances at the Oscars this year. You can hear several samplings of the film’s soundtrack, as well as the original radio feature’s audio, the film’s trailer, and a complete music video […]

Mickeyfan’s website has posted Roy Disney and Stanley Gold’s newest letter to the Walt Disney Company’s Board of Directors. Also included on the page is a nice collection of other important letters in the Disney/Gold/Eisner battle.

The Animation World Network reports that Andrew Stanton, the writer and director of Finding Nemo, has been named animation director of the year at ShoWest 2004, which runs March 22-25, 2004 in Las Vegas. The film screened at last year’s event. As the largest annual convention for the motion picture industry, ShoWest is also the […]

Yahoo! Finance reveals that Fortune magazine’s “America’s Most Admired Companies” issue, being distributed this week, has found the Walt Disney Company to be America’s most admired entertainment company, based on a survey of top entertainment industry executives, directors and securities analysts. “In 2003, we emerged from a protracted period of economic difficulty and had a […]

According to PR Newswire, Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment and Peak Entertainment Holdings have entered into a consulting agreement, in which they will collaborate on developing and marketing new entertainment series. Thanks to Toon Zone for the heads up!

{{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/shrek2/ DreamWorks Fansite}} has pics of some promotional material from \\Shrek 2\\ and \\SharkTale\\.

\\{{link http://www.variety.com/ac2004_article/VR1117900322?nav=wrap&categoryid=1656 Variety}}\\ takes a look at the major Oscar categories and breaks them down. In the Feature Animation category: \\Finding Nemo\\: “the year’s top grosser”, “The only thing that would jinx Disney/Pixar’s digitally animated \\Finding Nemo\\ is the unexpected interference of a Chicago Cubs fan”, “That the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences […]