Dalmatians 101: “Spot”-light on songwriter Mel Leven
…Dalmatians soundtrack is available to buy now from Amazon.com The One Hundred and One Dalmatians Platinum Edition DVD is available to buy now from Amazon.com Our special appreciation to Bill… |
Bruce Broughton: The Great Prince of Bambi II‘s Music
…The music here isn’t too “Bambi-like”. Having said that, I was always aware that this score should sound as though it could have been composed in 1940. So the present… |
Once Upon A Dream: Burny Mattinson on Sleeping Beauty‘s Maleficent
…color palette? Or is it just a typical feminine color which just looks more evil than pink? Or does it have a commercial reason since I once read that comics… |
The secrets of Walt’s Vault unlocked…!
…before revealed anecdotes when it is made available from Amazon.com from October 3. A review of the book will be posted on this site soon; full details on the book’s… |
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse – Apokalips (clip)
[flv:http://animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SMBMA_DC_Tanks_Promo_Clips_540x.flv 540 360] Superman/Batman: Apocalypse is available to order from Amazon.com: [AMZ]B003ES5JEW[/AMZ] Based on the DC Comics series/graphic novel Superman/Batman: Supergirl by Jeph Loeb, Michael Turner & Peter Steigerwald, Superman/Batman:… |
The Dad Behind The Myth: An Interview With Walt Disney’s Daughter Diane
…you have as a family with Walt’s company? DDM: We have no involvement at all. The only involvement was that we contracted with the company and they produced and distributed… |
Best Of Casper Volumes 1 & 2 – Winners Announced!
…1 is available to buy from Amazon.com About The Best Of Casper Volume 2 Tech Specs: Twelve classic cartoons beautifully re-mastered, including: Frightday the 13th, Hooky Spooky, Little Boo Peep,… |
Welcome…to Moana orchestrator and song arranger Dave Metzger!
…“team player.” He is just as at home composing broad lyrical music for a 100-piece symphony orchestra as he is laying down synth grooves for contemporary urban tracks. He was… |
Alice In Wonderland (2010): Tweedles (clip)
Alice In Wonderland (2010) Single DVD is available to order from Amazon.com: [AMZ]B001HN694K[/AMZ] Alice In Wonderland Blu-ray Combo Pack is available to order from Amazon.com: [AMZ]B003E48AYC[/AMZ]… |
Bob Iger, Disney's president and COO, to speak to investors
{{link http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&newsId=20040302005957&newsLang=en&beanID=202776713&viewID=news_view Business Wire}} reports that Bob Iger, The Walt Disney Company’s president and COO, will appear at the Bear Stearns 17th Annual Media, Entertainment and Information Conference at 12:45… |
Planes to land on Blu-ray December 10
According to Blu-ray.com, Planes will arrive in stores on December 10. Amazon.com has the DisneyToon title available to pre-order in two-disc and three-disc packages, although bonus features are unknown at… |
Great songs never die: how director Dan Lund is giving a new life to Aria For A Cow
…companion) [below, along with Dan] and see if anything had come of it. To this day I still don’t know what made me write that email, what made me think… |
Filmax to bring El Cid and P3K to Annecy
Filmax Animation Entertainment, the independent Spanish production company, will bring its two completed animated feature films, the hand drawn El Cid: The Legend and the CGI Pinocchio 3000, to the… |
Tintin turns 75!
…printed in newspapers across his native Belgium and France, according to {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=493&ncid=493&e=1&u=/ap/20040108/ap_en_mo/belgium_tintin Yahoo News}}. He’s also the face on {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040108/481/bru10401081829 two new Euro coins}}, reports the Associated Press…. |
Shark Tale sequel named already?
‘MusicFan’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=933#post933 AN Forums}} points out that DreamWorks have “registered the domains ‘anothersharktale.com’, ‘anothersharktale.net’ and ‘anothersharktale.biz’”, so it looks like the upcoming first film’s sequel will go… |
Roy Disney "highlights" Eisner record in SEC filing
{{link http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?siteid=mktw&guid=%7B6C7718A8%2DEBE1%2D48B5%2DAAFE%2D326237A63079%7D& CBS Marketwatch}} reports that Roy Disney has made a Securities and Exchange Commission filing outlining what he believes are the mistakes of the Walt Disney Company over the… |
Nation's largest public pension fund to withhold its votes for Eisner
…came shortly after an {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040225/bs_nm/media_disney_dc_2 announcement}} by Glass Lewis, “an independent company that advises Wall Street and institutions on how to cast their ballots in shareholder votes”, announced that… |
Incredibles game preview
…game of Disney/Pixar’s The Incredibles. Don your super suit and fly over to {{link http://media.ps2.ign.com/media/568/568280/vids_1.html IGN.com}} (free subscription required) for the clip and a new video interview on the game!… |
More Nemo
…game based on Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo. Take a look at The Continuing Adventures‘ {{link http://gba.gamespy.com/articles/516/516940p1.html details}} and a bunch of {{link http://media.gameboy.ign.com/media/684/684222/imgs_1.html?fromint=1 screen grabs}} from the Game Boy Advance game…. |
Antonio Banderas says Puss in Boots 2 has begun production
…going to keep going.” He didn’t reveal any details about the plot, other than to say that Puss will go to “a completely different land which is very exotic,” and… |
Disney releases animation app
…Studios, including animated clips of favorite characters and recently uncovered historic trailers. • Unprecedented Access: Disney Animated contains over 750 interactive illustrations, including more than 400 short animation clips, over… |
Twisted animation at Atom Films
After a busy newsweek, and finding ourselves with a slow newsday, hop on over to {{link http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/landing/landingIndex.jsp?id=atom_412&mature=accept Atom Films.com}} for a “naughty but hilarious short”, Wheelchair Rebecca. As the site… |
View the latest Mickey Mouse short, No Service!
Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck team to outwit the “No shirt, no shoes, no service” policy of Goofy’s diner in No Service, now available to view at Disney.com. Following the… |
Katzenberg talks Father Of The Pride
…airing later this year in the slot vacated by Friends. Over at {{link http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/03/fatherofthepride.ap/index.html CNN.com}}, there’s a sense of deja-vu in what is said, but some new tidbits emerge nonetheless…. |
Muppet figures go MEGA!
…up on thse great figures from {{link http://palisadestoys.com/new/whatsnew/thebit/Muppets/Mon3_1_04.php Palisades Toys}}? Series 7 – a new line of finely detailed figures – was recently launched, with several new charcaters to collect,… |
Mike Disa and The Seven Dwarfs: How the Snow White prequel became a Dopey movie
…answer to The Lord Of The Rings, exploring the 10,000-year history of the dwarfs and their culture in an epic quest. He met with Evan Spiliotopoulos, then one of DisneyToons’… |
Possible release date for 3 Miyazaki DVDs…?
Nausicaa.net reports that preorder pages for Porco Rosso, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, and My Neighbor Totoro have been put up at FYE.com and Suncoast.com, with a stated… |
Pooh lawsuit against Disney dismissed
…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 to throw the case out… |
RIP…
…Phantom Tollbooth). The Big Cartoon Database has biog pages dedicated to both {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=16992 Wah Chang}}, who died aged 86, and {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=16991 Les Tremayne}}, who was 90 years old…. |
Don Hahn on The Haunted Mansion DVD
Don Hahn, producer of Disney’s theme-park ride adaptation The Hanted Mansion, talks to {{link http://actionadventure.about.com/cs/weeklystories/a/aa042004.htm About.com}} and what went into the planning for the April 20th DVD…. |