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Captain Barbossa to Sail Again for Pirates Sequel
According to Dark Horizons, Geoffrey Rush will be probably back for only Pirates of the Carribean II, with the film and his character’s return having “something to do with Voodoo… |
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Alice In Wonderland
…were doing, ruining the period atmosphere). Far from being a “greatest hits” collection of what we usually expect from Tim Burton’s films, Alice In Wonderland manages to bring a new,… |
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The Polar Express trailer on Back in Action prints?
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… |
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King Kong iTunes Download – Winner Announced!
…the run” on their portable devices! To celebrate, we have one download to give away to the lucky winner whose details are randomly selected from the entries we receive from… |
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Simpsons' Jokes Cause Fox to Nearly Sue… Itself
According to Yahoo! News, “Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News Channel threatened to sue the makers of The Simpsonsover a parody of the channel’s right-wing political stance, the creator of the hit… |
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Looney Tunes Golden DVD Collection: Hit Or Miss?
Rushing around the web this morning is a story that originated at {{link http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/news/wire/sns-ap-film-looney-tunes,0,4463883.story?coll=sns-ap-entertainment-headlines Newsday}}, which reported that some first day owners of the Looney Tunes Golden DVD Collection were… |
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Beauty and the Beast gets sing-along re-release
Collider reports that Disney has announced its plans to re-release the classic Beauty and the Beast in a very limited theatrical run. The feature will be screened in 2D format… |
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Warner Archive: Classic Musical Shorts From The Dream Factory
…in the late 1930s onwards for their most iconic features. Absolutely gorgeously designed and photographed, The Spectacle Maker features Geppetto himself, actor Christian Rub, in a very similar role that… |
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Timmy Time
…duo Wallace & Gromit, in a series of relentlessly entertaining short films that routinely pick up Oscar nominations and wound up with the studio enjoying an ultimately rather short-lived run… |
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Toy Story‘s full specs and final artwork
…Ken, Timothy Dalton (Hot Fuzz) as the thespian hedgehog Mr. Pricklepants, and Ned Beatty (Rudy) as the cuddly Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear, among many others, as the toys face a new adventure… |
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Bakshi's Wizards coming to DVD
…{{link http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html The Digital Bits Rumor Mill}} announces that he is down to record an audio commentary for his 1977 fantasy Wizards, “due next year from Fox”, according to The… |
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Elemental
…previous films were critical and/or box office hits. Do they have another shining star on their hands? Of has this particular well run dry? Ember is a fire element with… |
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Disney and Fox merge for new Toon channel
…will soon be in its thrall. Fox Kids, the worldwide children’s television brand launched by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, and ABC Cable Networks, which is run by Disney, unveiled a… |
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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Season One, Volume Four
…the Mystery Inc. gang take on an assortment of would-be ghosts and ghouls in four more episodes from the original incarnation of the long-running series of series. The Sweatbox Review:… |
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Get the Blast…in print!
Amid Amidi, who runs the great animation news and commentary site {{link http://www.animationblast.com/ Animation Blast}}, is taking pre-orders for the upcoming April print issue of the magazine. Hop on over… |
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The Force is strong with Obi-Wan Kenobi in teaser trailer
…as Luke’s aunt Beru Whitesun Lars, and Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker. Rupert Friend will play The Grand Inquisitor, first seen in the Star Wars Rebels animated series, along with… |
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Super Friends: Season One, Volume One
…rubber. The 1950’s Adventures of Superman, on the other hand, was brilliant in its presentation of Superman as fantastic yet down-to earth, and it was Reeves that first made me… |
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The sky’s the limit in the final Lightyear trailer
…straight to streaming after they did so with Pixar’s Turning Red earlier this year, this preview does confirm that Lightyear is in fact getting a theatrical run. It is set… |
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Minions rise at box office in record-breaking fashion
For Universal and Illumination, patience proved to be a huge virtue. Originally set for release two years ago, Minions: The Rise of Gru absolutely shattered expectations this weekend, delivering the… |
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Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland: How illustrator Dawn Brown decorated the Red Queen’s Castle
…to see these big giant gorilla soldiers with forkfuls of food hunched over dainty little hand mirrors, trying negotiate their lunch through these thick rubber lips they couldn’t feel and… |
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Giselle’s wish goes very wrong in the Disenchanted trailer
…quick fix she had hoped for. Suburbia has a whole new set of rules and a local queen bee, Malvina Monroe (Maya Rudolph), who makes Giselle feel more out of… |
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Warner Archive: Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! – The Complete Vitaphone Shorts Collection
…paying for in the running time, but they serve up previously hard to see material, and I look forward to sampling more from Warner Brothers’ early Vitaphone days via such… |
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More than meets the ears with Transformers: Earthspark composers Crush Effect
…live music runs deep, as David plays keys for Rolling Stone’s Karl Denson (Tiny Universe); and Jesse plays sax for Panic! At The Disco, among other myriad music credits. Transformers:… |
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Giselle is an evil stepmother in the full Disenchanted trailer
…in search of a more fairy tale life. Unfortunately, it isn’t the quick fix she had hoped for. Suburbia has a whole new set of rules and a local queen… |
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Inkwell Images add many new titles to their DVD roster!
Ray Pointer, who runs the wonderful resource for older American animation, {{link http://www.inkwellimagesink.com/ Inkwell Images}}, is finally taking pre-orders for his wide collection of silent Disney and Fleischer cartoon libraries… |
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Stanley Gold follows Roy – resigns from board, calls on Eisner to step down
…age established by the Board’s Corporate Governance Guidelines. In fact, these very rules regarding age, by their terms, only apply to non-management directors, not to Roy, who, as the Committee… |
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2004: Looking like a great year for animation on DVD!
Up to the minute DVD info page {{link http://www.thedigitalbits.com/ The Digital Bits}} are usually first online with the latest disc rumors, and if not first, they’ll be able to confirm… |
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It’s Mutant Mayhem for the Ninja Turtles in latest action-packed trailer
…Cena (Rocksteady), Paul Rudd (Mondo Gecko), Rose Byrne (Leatherhead), Post Malone (Ray Fillet), Hannibal Buress (Genghis Frog), Natasia Demetriou (Wing Nut), Maya Rudolph (Cynthia Utrom), and Giancarlo Esposito (Baxter Stockman)!… |
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Tom and Jerry Tales: The Complete First Season
…this setup, a new factor is introduced that changes the dynamics of the original relationship (a new character, gadget, or rule). The changing factor then accelerates the drama and usually… |
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Warning From Space
…nice. The disc contains both the Japanese version and the English-language version that was done for the American market. This US version was distributed by American International Television, and runs… |
