…the screenplays for films such as Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead, Con Air, Gone in Sixty Seconds, High Fidelity (co-writer), and Kangaroo Jack. The brief resume ends…

…challenges in the young studio’s future lie. Staying with the same topic, Chris {{link http://www.animatedbuzz.com/WB/52.html also talks}} to former Disney and Warners animator Mike Disa about the state of 2D…

{{link http://www.mainframe.ca/mainframe/ Mainframe Entertainment}}, the Canadian animation company responsible for some of the most prolific CG television animation of recent years, including Re-Boot and the Barbie video movies, is developing…

The good word about {{link http://www.inkwellimagesink.com/ Inkwell Images}}’ excellent series of animation anthology discs keeps spreading, as Del Walker at {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/286 DVD Toons}} takes a look at Max Fleischer’s…

Can’t wait until Tuesday to catch the Chicken Little teaser on the new Brother Bear DVD? Well head over to this French {{link http://www.disneyvideo.fr.st Disney fan site}} which has a…

…year’s funniest new movie so far’. A Uniform Used To Mean Something is being screened {{link http://www.americanexpress.com/jerry only on the internet}} and is in fact a promotion for American Express…

…excellence and meritorious work by radio and television stations, networks, webcasters, producing organizations and individuals”. {{link http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/03/16/entertainment1642EST0691.DTL&type=tvradio The AP}} adds that the show will be spinning off a new series…

…$11.1 million. The premier box office predictor, {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/forecast/ Box Office Mojo}} forecasts the film to do better than the others, raking in $17.1 million for a second place finish….

The {{link http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/04/07/world/author_plane040407 CBC}} reports that the wreckage of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s plane, which crashed into the Mediterranean in 1944, has been found. Saint-Exupéry wrote one of the most…

…in there, with news and reviews on films coming soon and now available on DVD, as well as this image of a figure of {{link http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20040326/taf25.jpg Howl’s Moviing Castle}} from…

Walt Disney Home Entertainment will launch the Walt Disney Treasures series in the UK with two releases, {{link http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3723&n=1&burl= Silly Symphonies}} and a separate {{link http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3724&n=1&burl= Mickey In Living Colour}}…

{{link http://www.movie-list.com MovieList.com}}, a great archive of classic, new and coming soon trailers online, have posted a hi-res version of the teaser for Disney’s first CGI-without-Pixar film. The {{link http://www.movie-list.com/trailers.php?id=chickenlittle…

…go into production. Meanwhile, Hill also looks at what Disney’s {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/04122004.2.htm flop opening}} for The Alamo will mean for Home On The Range‘s prospects and company chief Michael Eisner….

{{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ Cartoon Brew}} posts the first image from Popeye’s new special (right) and also offers its forums open for discussion. The picture, showing the spinach loving sailor man in…

Yahoo! reveals that after a “Who is Delgo?” contest at {{link http://www.delgo.com www.delgo.com}}, Freddie Prinze Jr. has been revealed as the voice of the title character in Delgo, the independently…

Disney’s Chicken Little has been set for a July 1st 2005 release, as reported by {{link http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/c/chickenlittle.php Coming Soon}}. Look for many “the sky has fallen” headlines if the film…

…They’re also considering re-casting the show”. The site’s source is this article from {{link http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-04-18-simpsons-main_x.htm USA Today}} which explores some possibilities should this current cast strike continue for too long….

{{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17415 Ain’t It Cool News}} is back with its latest run-down on all things animated from Japan, including the status of Howl’s Moving Castle and news of the Ghost…

…tome set to retail at $40. Cartoon Brew says August for the book (cover on the right), but {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0811844331/qid=1083075969/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl14/102-4687562-8010520?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 Amazon.com}} is listing a November release (to coincide with the…

{{link http://www.milestonefilms.com/movie.php/winsor/ Milestone Films}} continues their great exploration of early animation with Winsor McCay: The Master Edition, an upgrade to the currently available collection of the pioneer’s works. {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/562…

…Spinney, who has portrayed Big Bird on \\Sesame Street\\ for over 30 years, has been chosen as this year’s commencement speaker. One student said that there are “other people who…

…for Canada a couple of weeks later. However, Amazon.ca is listing {{link http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00021447W/qid=1083180812/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_2_3/701-1499626-2443528 this mysterious edition}}. Going for $38.44 CND, this is a marked increase on the price of the…

…this {{link http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00021447W/qid=1083180812/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_2_3/701-1499626-2443528 mysterious listing}} is on Amazon.ca though. In the meantime, the US single disc has been getting good reviews for the film and the disc, including {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/293…

Pittsburgh Live’s {{link http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_191258.html Tribune Review}} has the first couple of images from DreamWorks’ Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence online, while {{link http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=4451 Coming Soon}} features a little more…

{{link http://www.thehotbutton.com/today/hot.button/index.html The Hot Button}} files in with another report on this weekend’s presentation of Shark Tale at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival in New York, and over at the…

…http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2004_05.html#000133 Cartoon Brew}}, Beck points to an interesting article at the {{link http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2004/05/03/popeye_fans_get_animated_in_dvd_debate/ Boston Globe}} that puts the fans’ views forward in regards to the classics being released on disc,…

…Walt Disney World] has closed for refurbishing [for stereo and painting type enhancements] and won’t open again until March 2005″. Tomorrow Disney will be announcing their plans for Disneyland’s Golden…

…refers to the new film as Treasures Of The Lost Abyss, which {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000442.html we reported}} back in November last year, though an official announcement has yet to be made….

As {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000499.html we reported}} at the end of 2003, Warner Bros. Pictures and the Imax Corporation have announced that Robert Zemeckis’ latest film, the 3D animated The Polar Express…

…characters, says the 85-minute project “features an all robot cast and is a fun, action filled shoot ’em up”. Check out The Dalmarian Chronicles‘ trailer at the {{link http://www.haasanimation.com/ official…