Following our report of the Golden Globes this past Sunday night, the {{link http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2004/goldenglobes Internet Movie DataBase}} has a full listing of the nominees and eventual winners. Topping the biggest…

The nominations for the 76th Academy Awards were {{link http://www.oscar.com/nominees/index.html announced}} on Tuesday. \\Finding Nemo\\ leads animated films with 4 nominations, including the third ever screenplay nomination and the fourth…

Kelly Asbury, director of the upcoming Shrek 2, has been tapped by Southpaw Entertainment to write and helm Imaginary Children, “a live-action/CGI fantasy adventure about a cartoonist whose creations inhabit…

…recent library titles. Now, in an interview for {{link http://www.syfyportal.com/article.php?id=1265 SyFy Portal}}, Star Trek‘s Patrick Stewart is mentioned to be doing “voice work for Racing Stripes, The Water Warriors and…

…supposed to promote DreamWorks’ \\Shark Tale\\… Ever since he arrived this little guy has been sitting on my kitchen counter, grinning and trying to help me wrap my head around…

{{link http://www.playbill.com/news/article/84041.html Playbill}} quotes a \\Variety\\ report about Laura Michelle Kelly, the 23 year old actress who has landed the title role in the upcoming stage musical \\Mary Poppins\\. Kelly,…

According to {{link http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2004/nf20040130_5999.htm Business Week}} “like everyone in Hollywood, Disney execs learned about Pixar’s surprise move from the press release”. Even Disney’s studio chief Dick Cook, “who enjoyed a…

According to {{link http://www.quicken.com/investments/news_center/story/?story=NewsStory/dowJones/20040129/ON200401291955001877.var&column=P0DFP Dow Jones Newswire}}, Warner Brothers may be the most natural fit for Pixar “based on their domestic and international film-distribution strengths”. If a Time Warner/Pixar deal…

Following Steve Jobs’ announcement, Disney.com’s Corporate Press released a statement, which has ended up on the {{link http://www.animationnation.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=007538;p= Animation Nation}} boards. The first half of the statement features the quotes…

{{link http://www.animagic.hpg.ig.com.br/producao.htm Animagic}} has what appears to be the first picture from Disney upcoming (and first all-CG) film \\Chicken Little\\. The article, entitled “What’s next for Disney”, is in Portuguese….

An {{link http://www.animationnation.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=007545 Animation Nation}} post points out a link to {{link http://207.44.182.109/photo/1/showgallery.php/cat/1022/password/ Figures.com}}, a website with pictures from the 2004 UK Toy Fair with pictures of some of Hasbro’s…

…The Jungle Book, Lady And The Tramp and 101 Dalmatians. You can catch the entire list at {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/512121/102-4687562-8010520 Amazon.com}}’s site and continue to order until their inventory runs dry….

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….

{{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…

…since mid-last year, when British scribe Ben Elton made it public that he’d been approached with, but turned down, the project), DreamWorks have also been registering further sequel names, such…

\\{{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…

{{link http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswire/2004/02/03/rtr1238996.html Reuters}} reports that \\The New York Post\\ sources say DreamWorks is “ramping up efforts to spin off its animation unit”. The \\Post\\ sources say that “a spin-off would…

{{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….

…confident… Pixar’s golden age will continue to evolve without missing a beat”. Jobs went on to give his personal assessment of Disney. “The truth is there has been little creative…

…the others being the previously little seen Tropic Island Hum and Tuesday. Rupert And The Frog Song features some wonderfully lush animation (back in the day when it was all…

…or early 2005 according to {{link http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4310373&section=news Reuters}}, when their copy-protection devices will enable the Mouse House to offer full-length movies for downloading over the internet. “How will this affect…

…brings a little good fortune to the people he encounters, but for every bit of good luck, he experiences a bit of misfortune. How ‘lucky’ can a four-leaf clover really…

A new trailer for \\Shrek 2\\ will air on TV before hitting the theatres, according to {{link http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=3385 ComingSoon.net}}. The trailer will air on NBC after the original film gets…

{{link http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?source=blq/yhoo&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo&guid=%7BA40FD307%2D4CC2%2D4629%2DA751%2DFB16F29A69B8%7D CBS MarketWatch}} believes that no matter what happens with the Comcast deal Eisner’s days at the helm of Disney may be numbered. The article also points out the…

…opening this week: Steve Martin in Cheaper By The Dozen, Disney’s Eddie Murphy-starrer The Haunted Mansion, and still-strong performing Christmas holdovers Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King, Big…

…Triplets Of Belleville) losing out to In This World for Best Foreign Film, and Finding Nemo losing Best Original Screenplay to The Station Agent. Jojo In The Stars won Best…

At the {{link http://www.wordplayer.com/forums/movies/index.cgi?read=62799 WordPlayer forums}}, \\Aladdin\\ writers Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio confirm that they were interviewed for the upcoming Platinum Edition of the film. Rossio adds that: Even…

Sylvain Chomet’s Les Triplettes De Belleville was awared the prize for Best French Film of 2003 at the Lumières Awards in Paris on Tuesday night. “The film is also in…

…2006 release date. A full-length version of \\The ChubbChubbs\\ was assumed to be their first film, but Sony Pictures Entertainment vice-chairman Yair Landau said “\\Open Season\\ was selected because the…

…win the Oscar for best animated short film and use the awards platform to champion their art form against the man they regard as their nemesis, Disney Chairman Michael Eisner….