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Another Home On The Range contest
There’s just under a week left to enter Animation Insider’s {{link http://www.animationinsider.net/giveaway.php Home On The Range contest}}, ending April 25th, which features a signed poster and toys as prizes. Good… |
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Garfield gets sequel; Jetsons wait for Martin
…At this time details are sketchy, but {{link http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=9071 Coming Soon}} has a tentative release date of July 28 2006, with director Tim Hill (presumably of Max Keeble’s Big Move,… |
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\\Howl's Moving Castle\\ production blog
{{link http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/howl/diary.html Nausicaa.net}} has posted a translation of a running production diary for \\Howl’s Moving Castle\\. The author of the blog is “not named, but seems to be a member… |
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\\The Triplets of Belleville\\ takes LAFCA awards
The {{link http://www.lafca.org/Home/News/2003_lafca_awards_winners.html Los Angeles Film Critics Association}} announced their annual awards today. \\The Triplets of Belleville\\ edged out \\Finding Nemo\\ in the Best Animation category. \\Triplets\\ also picked up… |
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ACM SIGGRAPH presents Army of 300
…Army of 300 will occur from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., when the presentation will begin. The event will take place at Barnsdall Gallery Theater, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA… |
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Chomet tells Lasseter Oscar race is not 2D/3D showdown
\\{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=2062 Animation Magazine}}\\ reports that \\The Triplets of Belleville\\ director Sylvain Chomet asked the mag to post a letter he wrote to Pixar’s creative head John Lasseter. The letter… |
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Another peek at the Shark Tale trailer
…tell us about the Shark Tale trailer, which saw caught during a UIP (United International Pictures – DreamWorks and Universal’s worldwide distributor) presentation. Check out the description {{link http://www.cinemaplus.it/leggi-news.asp?id=220 here}}…. |
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David Kaye returns to AnimationHQ for second chat session
…The chat will be held this Saturday, March 27th, at 7pm EST in the {{link http://AnimationHQ.net/v2/features/events.htm AnimationHQ IRC chatroom}}. Kaye’s first chat with AnimationHQ can be {{link http://www.animationhq.net/v2/vainfo/chat-logs/kaye_12-13-03.htm re-read here}}…. |
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X-Men Evolution cancelled
Animation Insider {{link http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?forum_id=7&topic_id=7942 reports}}, citing an unnamed source, that the hit Kids WB series X-Men Evolution has been cancelled. This was to be the fifth season of the show…. |
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Professor uses toons for tunes
…fun little article on music professor Daniel Goldmark, who uses cartoons in the classroom to introduce students to the musical classics! Check it out at {{link http://www.cw.ua.edu/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/01/12/400248b022276 The Crimson White}}…. |
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Heat Guy J coming to Mtv2
{{link http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?forum_id=7&topic_id=7970 Animation Insider}} reports that the hit action anime Heat Guy J will be airing on the (formerly) all-music channel Mtv2. The series, from the director and staff that… |
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Noodlesoup animates \\My Baby's Daddy\\ for Miramax
Miramax’s \\My Baby’s Daddy\\, which opened in the top five this past weekend, had some help from animation studio {{link http://www.Noodlesoup.net/ Noodlesoup Productions}}. Noodlesoup animated the opening minutes of the… |
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New Seinfeld And Superman short!
‘MusicFan’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=2706#post2706 AN Forums}} points to the latest animation/live-action web short to feature Jerry Seinfeld and DC Comics’ Superman. “The {{link http://www.jerry.digisle.tv/ new episode}} is titled Hindsight… |
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AMPAS presents A Salute to Norman McLaren
…Arts and Sciences 8949 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90211 MISC: Tickets are $5; $3 for AMPAS members Free parking is available at 8920 and 9025 Wilshire Blvd. 310.247.3600 http://www.oscars.org… |
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Don't forget! Song Of The South airs in the UK tomorrow!
Just a quick reminder of news we posted last week that {{link http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=thursday&service_id=4224&filename=20040805/20040805_1100_4224_10234_95 BBC 2 will be showing Walt Disney’s Song Of The South}} tomorrow, at 11am on Thursday, August… |
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Making Robots
Hop on over to the IESB.net for a sneak peek look at {{link http://www.iesb.net/movies2/movie100804d.htm the making of Robots}} , with their exclusive documentary featurette!… |
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Picture and info from \\The Polar Express\\
{{link http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=2969 ComingSoon.net}} has posted a picture of Tom Hanks’ character in \\The Polar Express\\ taken from the latest issue of \\Entertainment Weekly\\ (go to ComingSoon.net for larger version). The… |
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Volckman talks \\Renaissance\\
{{link http://www.comingsoon.net/news/indietopnews.php?id=16575 ComingSoon.net}} has an exclusive interview with \\Renaissance\\ director Christian Volckman. He talks about the unique animated look (“It’s all motion capture, and then the backgrounds are 3-D or… |
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Toon Radio expands popular anime show to 1 hour
{{link http://www.toonradio.net/ Toon Radio’s}} anime program Anime in the Limelight will expand to a full hour starting Saturday, February 7, at 6:00pm EST…. |
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Documentary about South Park creators to air in March
Cable network Trio will be airing a documentary called \\Shocked\\ about \\South Park\\ creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker on March 7th according to \\{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=1959 Animation Magazine}}\\. “The show… |
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\\Wallace and Gromit\\ wins PGA award
\\Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit\\ took home the Best Animated Film award at the {{link http://www.producersguild.org/pg/awards_a/ 17th Annual Producers Guild Awards}}. The DreamWorks/Aardman film beat out competition from… |
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Cartoon Network inks book deal with Scholastic
{{link http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=312 Animation Insider}} reports that children’s publisher Scholastic has signed an exclusive deal with Cartoon Network to publish books based on current series’ \\Codename: Kids Next Door\\, and \\Foster’s… |
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Another Big Thunder Mountain Railroad accident
…no passengers were on board”, according to {{link http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=4852723 SwissInfo}}. Two cars on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad crashed and were damaged. State safety regulators have barred two Disney castmembers… |
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Phil Collins working on \\Tarzan 2\\
The webmaster at the {{link http://www.philcollins.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1098992454 Phil Collins Forum}} reports that Collins has emailed them his upcoming schedule which includes the fact that after the arrival of his next child,… |
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Don Hahn, on the road with Haunted Mansion, talks up Gnomes
Though Disney’s The Haunted Mansion live-action version of its famous theme-park ride is gearing up for release on home video in the States on April 20, the film is still… |
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Have a question for Cindy and Don Hewitt?
{{link http://www.nausicaa.net Nausicaa.net}} will be interviewing Cindy and Don Hewitt, “the duo behind the English adaptations of \\Spirited Away\\, \\Porco Rosso\\, and \\Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind\\ (among others)”…. |
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Family Guy Movie Direct-to-Video?
…movie. “Family Guy Vol. 1” is the top-selling TV on DVD release of the year, with sales of more than 800,000 units since its April bow. From {{link http://www.comingsoon.net Comingsoon.net}}… |
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Three Miyazaki films on TV
{{link http://www.nausicaa.net/index.shtml Nausicaa.net}} notes that 3 Hayao Miyazaki films will be airing on cable TV during the next few weeks. \\Only Yesterday\\ and \\Pom Poko\\ will be broadcast on Turner… |
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Disney's Outrageous Fortunes
The ups and downs of Disney’s trials and tribulations are played out again tonight, when the UK’s BBC ONE repeats a 60-minute documentary (originally produced for Three) on the company’s… |
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CINEME International Animation Film Festival Call for Entries
In the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=2579#post2579 AN Forums}}, ‘tkt0820’ posts that “The CINEME International Animation Film Festival has announced its Call for Submissions. CINEME will be held September 24, 25 and 26,… |
