A little light reading for you on this rather slow news weekend: Amid Amidi’s {{link http://www.animationblast.com/ Animation Blast}} posted some early thoughts on Pixar’s new short Boundin’: “[It’s] humor-light: inoffensive,…

Also at {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/legacy/index.htm?../articles/11242003.1.htm~contentFrame Jim Hill Media}} today are a few tidbits on \\The Emperor’s New Groove\\. “Disney is currently producing a direct-to-video sequel to the film – tentatively titled…

{{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/legacy/index.htm?../articles/11242003.1.htm~contentFrame Jim Hill Media}} today has a “mélange” of news including an update on Disney’s \\Chicken Little\\. It’s this really funny film by the guys who did \\The Emperor’s…

{{link http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=1928&page=4 AWN}} has an interesting article on what makes an animated show a hit. Some factors include good writing (\\The Simpsons\\), the show’s pedigree (“I’ll open Matt Groening or…

{{link http://www.usanimation.com/pdf/OscarNominations.htm Toon Boom Technologies}} notes that their animation software was used on almost half of the animated films eligible for the Animated Oscar. Five of the eleven films (\\The…

As we approach Thanksgiving (in the United States), Wade Sampson of {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/legacy/index.htm?../articles/guest/wsampson.11262003.1.htm~contentFrame Jim Hill Media}} writes about the history of the famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the role…

{{link http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=1930 AWN}} looks at how Macromedia’s Flash animation software, once considered a “toy for Internet users”, has grown into a “serious production tool” for creating broadcast quality animation. They…

After six years in production, this all-French feature is finally coming to theaters December 3rd. The movie is an adaptation of Noah’s Ark, in which frogs help humans and other…

Jerry Beck’s {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/kaz.html Cartoon Research}} just posted a look at the Brazillian edition of the Looney Tunes Golden DVD Collection, which will probably frustrate those in region one land…

{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=15576 The Big Cartoon Database Forum}} reports that two special upcoming screenings of Les Triplettes De Belleville, Sylvain Chomet’s international co-production, are to be held in Ottawa and Vancouver,…

AWN’s {{link http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=319b255d&atype=articles&id=1931 VFX World}} talks to The Haunted Mansion‘s visual effects supervisor Jay Redd on the challenge of creating 999 ghostly looks for the film, which melds live-action actors…

{{link http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/1103/28peabo.html The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}} reports that because of tax-trouble the IRS is auctioning off the property of singer Peabo Bryson. Some of the items for sale include: – the…

New Zealand based {{link http://fun.mukpuddy.com Mukpuddy Animation}} has relaunched their website making it a lot faster, and a lot easier to navigate. They have also finished work on their first…

The Associated Press reports (via \\{{link http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/7383215.htm The Miami Herald}}\\) on the first response from someone at the Walt Disney Company to Roy Disney’s resignation. Presiding director of the board…

Could Roy Disney’s attack on Eisner actually keep the CEO and Chairman of the Walt Disney Company around even longer? {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/legacy/index.htm?../articles/12012003.1.htm~contentFrame Jim Hill Media}} reports that most of the…

Also at {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/legacy/index.htm?../articles/guest/hackney.12022003.1.htm~contentFrame JHM}} is the first of three articles by Drew Hackney on the live stage version of \\The Hunchback of Notre Dame\\. In this installment we learn…

{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=15748 The Big Cartoon Database}} reports on Disney’s official response to the departure of Disney and Gold. In its statement the board said that Gold’s remarks were “untrue and…

\\{{link http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-disney2dec02,1,6942175.story?coll=la-home-headlines The L.A. Times}}\\ sat down for an interview with now former Disney board members Roy Disney and Stanley Gold. While the two “stopped short of saying they would…

{{link http://www.playbill.com/news/article/83069.html Playbill}} reports that Disney Theatricals “is currently in the process of putting together a production featuring songs from the Disney canon. Tentatively titled \\On the Record\\, the new…

The ever present {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/main/index.htm Jim Hill Media}} has a brief update on the Roy Disney/Michael Eisner situation over at Disney today, plus an announcement for a rather special event…

In addition to next weekend’s chat with David Kaye we {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000398.html reported}} on earlier this week, {{link http://animationhq.net/ AnimationHQ}} will also be hosting an online chat \\this\\ weekend with…

{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=16011 The Big Cartoon Database}} reports that according to a local TV affiliate Walt Disney World will be laying-off an as yet unknown number of workers over the holiday…

Kristin Cheddar gives us the heads-up about an article on Variety.com regarding an upcoming CGI animated feature starring uber-famous standup comedian Jerry Seinfeld and entitled “Bee Movie.” I wonder if…

The {{link http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=3U30OLM2B2ZYQCRBAELCFEY?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=3960532 Reuters News Agency}} has reported that Friends star Lisa Kudrow will “lend her voice to an untitled animated pilot presentation created by Jonathan Katz and Tom Snyder…

…the last of the Rings, the director mentioned to {{link http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=3U30OLM2B2ZYQCRBAELCFEY?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=3957539 Reuters}} that he would like to direct J.R.R Tolkein’s prequel to the series, The Hobbit, if the complex rights…

{{link http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101031215-557062,00.html Time Magazine}} made available online a story from its December 15th print issue, which looks at the current Mouse chief’s track record and how the the Roy Disney…

{{link http://www.playbill.com/news/article/83201.html Playbill}} reports that a musical based on the classic cartoon character Betty Boop is in the works. David Lindsay-Abaire will write the book while Jason Robert Brown will…

\\Finding Nemo\\ continues to add to Pixar’s trophy case, this time courtesy of the {{link http://www.dmw.com.au/awards_finalists.htm Australian Effects & Animation Festival Awards}}. \\Nemo\\ won the award for Feature Film Animation,…

{{link http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_845375.html Ananova}} reports that the group Atomic Kitten has finished recording “I Want To Be A Girl”, the title track for Disney’s \\Mulan 2\\….

{{link http://news.awn.com/index.php3?ltype=top&newsitem_no=9786 AWN}} has more on the upcoming computer-animated feature film project with comedian Jerry Seinfeld. The DreamWorks film is “set in the anthropomorphized world of bees… a Manhattan-like setting…