The official \\{{link http://www.shrek2.com Shrek 2}}\\ teaser site has been launched. The only content available so far is the movie’s trailer – available in four sizes (small, medium, large, hi res) and in three different formats (Quicktime, Windows Media, and RealOne). There is also a link to the DreamWorks Kids Group website and a form […]

\\Finding Nemo\\ has broken “the record for opening-day sales of home video with 8 million units sold in North America” according to \\{{link http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?sec_id=2&article_ID=5510 Video Store Magazine Online}}\\. The previous record was set by \\ Monsters, Inc.\\ last year with first-day sales of 5 million units. “Based on its first-day success, Finding Nemo is on […]

A model of E, the superhero fashion designer from the upcoming Pixar feature, has found its way to the popular online auction site. The item is described as an 8″ tall resin model, signed by Kent Melton, a well known Disney artist. The auction ended with a minuscule $68.99 closing price. Congratulations to the lucky […]

{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/ Animation Magazine}} reports that Warner Bros. has named Roland Poindexter as Senior VP, Action-Adventure Properties, a newly created position. Answering to WB Animation president Sander Schwartz, Poindexter will spearhead all aspects of Warner Bros. Animation’s creative development of action-adventure properties for broadcast, cable and made-for-video outlets and supervise creative direction of selected current […]

The trailer for DreamWorks’ \\Shrek 2\\ is {{link http://www.msnbc.com/m/c/ctv_msnv3.asp?id=msn/8983&subid=NBCAccessHollywood&name= now online}}. It will also appear on the TV program \\Access Hollywood\\ Wednesday night and before the movie \\Elf\\ opening this weekend.

United Cinemas International, the UK-based Paramount/Universal theater chain, is offering free early screening tickets for Disney’s latest animated feature Brother Bear! Tickets are available at all outlets (exlcuding the flagship Empire Leicester Sqaure and Ireland) for an advance showing on Saturday 22nd November at 10.45am for an 11am start. Simply visit your local UCI Cinema […]

Coming Soon.net’s {{link http://www.comingsoon.net/cgi-bin/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Comedy/Looney_Tunes_Back_in_Action Production Stills}} page just posted a whole bunch of new Looney Tunes: Back In Action images, including the Lourve sequence and behind-the-scenes of director Joe Dante on set. Also, reading between the lines here, check out Dante’s video monitor: although it looks like LT:BIA is being shot for “TV safe”, the […]

‘dizzybloom’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=330#post330 Animated News Forum}} posts that the trailer for DreamWorks’ next summer offering, Shrek 2, will appear on {{link http://entertainment.msn.com/accesshollywood/tonight/default.aspx?video=false Access Hollywood}} tonight. The trailer is also attached to the new comedy Elf, out this weekend, and should be online within the next few days.

It pulled in $100,000 more than Scary Movie 3, but how long can it last at #1 in the theaters? I’m guessing till the Matrix hits, but till then, keep an eye on it at Box Office Mojo There seems to more riding on this film than just box office money for Disney. Could this […]

“Sounders13” reminds everyone,”VH1 is going to air a special concert where Phil Collins will sing songs from his new album, including songs from Brother Bear. It will air on VH1 Classic on Saturday, 11/8 at 11am, with encores at 7pm, and again on Sunday, 11/9 at 3am, 12pm, and 8pm. Then [it will air again […]

The forum at the Big Cartoon Database reports that beginning March 26, 2004 Warner Bros. feature films will have Looney Tunes shorts attached to them and that there is also a new Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote short entitled The Whizzard of Ow that can be seen now at Wal-Mart and Supercenters stores. Follow […]

{{link http://news.awn.com/index.php3?ltype=top&newsitem_no=9527 Animation World Network}} announced that Big Idea Productions had been approved for purchase by Classic Media. The Veggie Tales animation company tried to expand too quickly with the release of the feature film Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie and filed for bankruptcy. Classic Media owns the copyright on characters such as Rocky and […]

A couple of DVD updates for you this morning: today seas the release of Disney/Pixar’s fintastic underwater adventure comedy Finding Nemo, in a special 2-disc edition packed with fun bonus features, including the 1989 computer animated short Knick Knack. Still swimming high in theatrical charts around the world and officially the biggest grossing film of […]

According to Box Office Mojo, Brother Bear pulled in $19,404,492 over its 2-day first weekend, and finished number 2 overall. The number 1 Scary Movie 3 finished just a shave ahead at $20,017,476. Now if only Brother Bear had come out on Friday – it surely would have been #1!

Nope… not another Golden Collection review. This one covers the other end of the spectrum – the dismal webtoons Stranger Than Fiction and Reality Check. This review from CHUD is chock-full of hyperbole and fan fury – a very entertaining read! Beware though, kiddies – profanity abounds!

According to this rumor at Cinescape, the teaser for Robert Zemeckis’ upcoming film The Polar Express, tentatively scheduled for November 19th, 2004, will be included with prints of the new Looney Tunes film coming out next week. Add this to the already-rumored teasers for Prisoner of Azkaban and Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, and you’ve […]

Did Disney’s latest animated feature avoid a grizzly fate during its first weekend at theaters? Fur sure. Learn all sorts of interesting things about this new WDFA-F film at Jim Hill Media! PLUS – enjoy a special guest appearance by animation legend Floyd Norman!

Sylvain Chomet’s amazing animated adventure Les Triplettes De Belleville is about to hit America as the more simple The Triplets Of Belleville. Already playing around the world (in the UK, it’s out as Belleville Rendez-vous, the film is very much worth seeing, and should appeal to all sides of the animation spectrum – be sure […]

Mamoru Oshii’s sequel to the hit anime feature Ghost In The Shell, subtitled Innocence, is providing a lot of excitement for fans online. Over at {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=16431 Ain’t It Cool News}}, Harry provides links for the official site and the new trailer.

The late John McGrew, who served as Chuck Jones’ layout artist and whom Jones said was “a great student of film techniques, and he had very interesting ideas that I was willing to try” is celebrated over at {{link http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/McGrew/interview_john_mcgrew.htm Michael Barrier}}’s website. The newly posted interview, which comes from September 11 1995, touches on […]

According to Box Office Mojo, Brother Bear brought in $18,540,000 for the two-day nation-wide release this weekend, which averages to $6,118 per screen. The latest traditionally animated film from Disney placed second behind Miramax’s Scary Movie 3.

According to Movie Zone, Brother Bear opened on Saturday with an impressive $11.155 million, making its total box office gross nearly $12 million, including last weekend’s opening in select cities.

With the award season nearly upon us, the {{link http://www.bafta.com British Academy of Film and Televison Arts}} will award the winners of this year’s British Academy Children’s Film and Television Awards exactly one month from today, on November 30th, in London. The event is co-sponsored by Lego. Feature films up for consideration for Best Feature […]

Tony Bannister, a video graphics designer based in London, is looking to turn the offbeat series of J.P. Martin {{link http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0099411415/qid=1067779443/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_2_4/026-2398344-2705202 Uncle}} books into an animated television series, using the original Quentin Blake pictures as a starting point for the look of the show. Blake drew additional fame as the imaginative illustrator of Roald Dahl’s […]

The Moose Hole gives a very positive review of Disney’s latest traditionally animated feature, Brother Bear, complimenting the studio for “successfully revitalizing the traditional animation genre and bringing it back to its roots with memorable songs and delightful talking animals”. Brother Bear will need all the help it can get with only two days in […]

According to {{link http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117894889&categoryID=13&cs=1 Variety.com}}, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is lined up to become a real-life Johnny Bravo in a live-action feature film based on the Cartoon Network show. Though the casting has been rumored for a while, the hiring of screenwriters Matthew Berry and Eric Abrams confirms that the movie is being pushed ahead. […]

With the news that Don Bluth’s films for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, An American Tail and The Land Before Time, were due for release on DVD from Universal, I asked via the {{link http://www.donbluth.com Don Bluth Website}} about Amblin’s cutting ties with the Bluth Group, why they are not involved in the disc production process, […]

‘Jawad’, who runs the excellent {{link http://www.dreamworksfansite.com DreamWorks SKG Fansite}}, has expanded his online universe by announcing on the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=249#post249 Animated News Forums}} a new, specific {{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/shrek2/ DreamWorks SKG Animation Fansite}}, featuring up to date news on next year’s Shrek 2. “Over the next few months this site will slowly expand featuring sections […]

The Big Cartoon DataBase updates with a report on the upcoming Tarzan Broadway musical from Disney and states that Phil Collins has already written six to eight new songs for it. No word yet on if Rosie O’Donnell will be reprising her role as Terk.

Animation World Network reports that Brother Bear’s Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker, and Chuck Williams are now under contract to produce a new animated feature for Walt Disney Feature Animation. While the report doesn’t explicitly state it, it seems likely that this will be a traditionally animated film, rather than a computer generated film, and to […]