Echoing Ultimate Disney’s thoughts on The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride, {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/329 DVD Toons says}} that “to be fair, it stands up against an impossible to top original pretty…

The {{link http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=5069 JoBlo movie site}} has a story up reporting that, as it currently stands, South Park‘s Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s new puppet-animated musical action farce Team America…

Dark Horizons reports on a recent {{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040820a.php industry gathering}} at which Disney’s Buena Vista Home Video entertained guests in a bid to push the studio’s upcoming DVD slate. Along…

Pixar’s story supervisor Mark Andrews speaks to the {{link http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/movies/orl-mag-sp-comicmovies_082204,0,4863759.story?coll=orl-calmoviestop Orlando Sentinel}} about the upcoming Brad Bird superhero spoof The Incredibles. “According to Andrews, there will be plenty of superhero…

…who will work with David Lindsay-Abaire on the project. Producers Robin Goodman and Andrew Farber had previously hoped to put together a workshop in summer 2004, reports {{link http://www.playbill.com/news/article/88146.html Playbill}}….

DVD Toons takes a look at the just-released South Park episode {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/330 The Passion Of The Jew}} and agrees with most others that “this disc has primarily been released…

The Ultimate Disney site takes an in-depth look at Disney’s upcoming DVD release of {{link http://www.ultimatedisney.com/homeontherange.html Home On The Range}}. The review confirms that the included Three Little Pigs short…

…take a minute or two to download on slower connections. They have been converted to JPEG format which will lower the picture quality a bit. click for full size picture…

…bill” is an on-going debate between Mike and controversial Ren And Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi…hot reading, but don’t forget to start at the bottom of the page and scroll up!…

…Stimpy, screening of unaired and preview episodes, lively and rabble rousin’ Q&A, self aggrandizing speeches and surprise guests”. For more information, go to the: {{link http://www.goldenapplecomics.com/upcoming.html Golden Apple Comics}} site….

Obviously forgiving director Frederik Du Chau for The Quest For Camelot, Warner Brothers is starting to ramp up awareness for the helmer’s new film for them, Racing Stripes. The live-action/CGI-enhanced…

…the character and did some outstanding animation on such scenes as the “I’ve Got No Strings” musical section. For Bambi, Thomas experimented for over six months to get the proper…

The {{link http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=5268 JoBlo movie site}} reports that the live-action Transformers producer Don Murphy has revealed a little more about the characters set to appear in the film on his…

Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner has confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that he will step down from his position at the company when his contract expires in September 2006,…

Ultimate Disney has a first look at the disc art for the {{link http://www.ultimatedisney.com/ Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Special Edition}} DVD….

…feature Balto is online at the comapny’s {{link http://www.universalpictures.jp/showcase.html Japanese site}} (the trailer is in English with subtitles). Thanks to ‘athena’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=5053#post5053 AN Forum}} for the link!…

‘RandCanuck’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=5065#post5065 Animated News Forum}} has pointed out Miyazaki’s latest, Howl’s Moving Castle, has won the Osella Award for technical achievement at this year’s Venice Film Festival….

…buy between now and the end of 2004. {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/features/70 Psyching Up For The Fourth Quarter}} is a light-hearted but serious take on the big titles coming to a DVD…

‘Bill1978’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=5099#post5099 Animated News Forum}} lets us know that Amazon.com is listing an {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002ZMJF2/qid=1095076983/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-3809330-5636916?v=glance&s=music Aladdin Special Edition Soundtrack}} CD, to coincide with the film’s Platinum Edition…

…fullframe by Lion’s Gate Entertainment on October 5. Check out the new look and destroy previously cherished childhood memories with the aforementioned {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/613 trailer now up at DVD Toons}}!…

In an end to a long-wrangling bidding war between Time Warner Entertainment and Sony (Columbia) Pictures Entertainment, trade paper Variety is today announcing {{link http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117910349&categoryID=18&cs=1 the sale of Metro Goldwyn…

…(and saves us a redundant full-screen transfer that would have undoubtedly filled much of that space), with extras that are enlightening, surprisingly in-depth and filled with a lot of entertainment”….

The {{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000629093 Hollywood Reporter}} has an interesting article up which looks at the ever growing need for CGI artists in the industry’s dominating reliance on those techincal aspects of…

Over at Jim Hill Media, story-man Floyd Norman {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=1080 hints at the plot problems}} a certain troubled monkey movie is having, as well as his experience working on the…

The DreamWorks Fansite is {{link http://www.dreamworksfansite.com/features/contest/gis2.php giving away}} Ghost in the Shell 2 posters – one of them signed by director Mamoru Oshii – and the DVD of new TV…

Though no region one date or announcement has been set, the Australian EzyDVD site is taking orders for a {{link http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/229281 Smurfs: Volume 1}} collection, to ship on 16 November….

The Ghost In The Shell sequel, Innocence, has proven to be a hit for DreamWorks’ specialist Go Fish division. “In just three days, Innocence has already grossed an astounding $317,722…

The {{link http://www.disneydatabase.com/ Disney Database}} has just bounced back online, after some server downtime. The site picks up again with new looks at the international DVD releases for Mulan and…

…to Animated News reader Vinicio Mckay. Now he’s gone one better, with a series of screen captures that reveal the original ending to the film, in which alien Stitch stole…

Mike Barrier has updated his {{link http://www.michaelbarrier.com/index.html Funny World}} website to reflect on this month’s loss to the animation world of Frank Thomas, while also defending the great animator’s style…