Jerry Beck, over on his {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/screenings.html Cartoon Research Screenings}} page, reminds the lucky animation fans of LA that tonight sees the first of three events marking a chance to…

{{link http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=1923 AWN}} interviews \\The Triplets of Belleville\\ director Sylvain Chomet. He discusses his previous work, the success of \\Belleville\\, his views on computer animation, and his upcoming project….

{{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2035154 The Hollywood Reporter}} reports that Fox Animation and the team behind the surprise hit \\Ice Age\\ have optioned the rights to Tor Seidler and Fred Marcellino’s children’s book…

A post at {{link http://www.animationnation.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=006966 Animation Nation}} brought to our attention the fact that a previous story we reported on was not true. Our {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000148.html previous report}} stated that…

…Picture prize itself, rather than pushing for Best Animated Feature. ‘Dalboz’, in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/ Animated News Forums}} tells us that {{link http://www.oscarwatch.com/index.html OscarWatch}}, an independent site which keeps tabs…

…deadline for \\Return of the King\\. Over the summer she received a phone call “from DreamWorks SKG animation executives who were short-handed for several projects, including \\Shrek 2\\. She said…

Animation Blast recently posted a link to a New York Times article online in which the future of Mickey Mouse is discussed. While Mickey is certainly an enduring cultural and…

…odds of a primetime animation hit, if there were, the networks would be wall to wall in them. Maybe it’s more of a secret formula, one that isn’t really all…

{{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…

{{link http://www.michaelbarrier.com/index.html Michael Barrier}}, author of Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation In Its Golden Age and a contributor to the recent Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD set, offers up his take…

Several people (including “macontosh2000” at the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=105 A-N Forum}}) have reported that the news page at composer {{link http://www.michaelgiacchino.com/EPMnews.html Michael Giacchino’s website}} notes that he has been signed to…

…“Motion Pictures” is \\One Man Band\\, an “animated short film” from “Pixar Animation Studios”, produced by “Brad Bird” (who happens to be the director for \\The Incredibles\\)! The upcoming Pixar…

…(Michael Scheinfeld from TV Guide says it serves up “an irreverent circle of laughs” and Leonard Maltin calls it “an animation extravaganza”), a picture of the final look for the…

…Legend Presents: The Complete Weird Cartoons, a great sounding collection of early American animation shorts, many of them either previously “censored” or not seen in years and making their DVD…

…integration of CG and traditional animation achieved by director Mamoru Oshii and rises the hopes for this much anticipated feature. The trailer sports the film’s theme song, Follow Me by…

…company board and his chairmanship of Disney feature animation on Sunday and called for Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner to do the same. Disney sent Eisner a three-page letter saying…

…I send you this letter of resignation from the Walt Disney Company, both as Chairman of the Feature Animation Division and as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. You…

…Murphy who have asked to be replaced, Roy has sought even more involvement only to be told that his input in animation will continue to be minimized and that his…

…as El Cid, and narrates Rodrigo’s royal upbringing, his unjust exile and his quest to receive the King’s pardon. Entirely produced by Barcelona based Filmax Animation, El Cid is an…

Ray Pointer, who runs the wonderful resource for older American animation, {{link http://www.inkwellimagesink.com/ Inkwell Images}}, is finally taking pre-orders for his wide collection of silent Disney and Fleischer cartoon libraries…

Animation Blast has updated with news of a letter of support for the efforts of Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold in calling for the ouster of Michael Eisner. The…

…as “Roy Was Right,” “Bring Back Roy,” “Keep the Disney in Disney,” and more. Apparently all these slogans have some sort of relevance to current events in the animation industry….

Readers at the {{link http://www.animationnation.com Animation Nation}} messageboards have posted {{link http://www.animationnation.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=007083 Michael Eisner}} and {{link http://www.animationnation.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=007077 Roy Disney’s}} dueling open letters addressed to Disney employees. Michael Eisner’s letter: 12/03/2003…

In keeping with our long-standing tradition of reporting only the hard, solid, verifiable facts we will now begin reporting any dream that anybody connected with the animation industry in any…

{{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/ Dark Horizons}} picks up on a story that originally featured at {{link http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117896739&categoryID=13&cs=1 Variety.com}} (paid subscription required) about the long-in-pre-production Disney live-action/animation fairy-tale skewer Enchanted. “Kim Possible executive…

Tonight in the UK, the BBC will air a 40-minute documentary, From Pencils To Pixels, which looks at the current state of animation and its history. We have more details…

…available on tape as a seperate edition, and the Italian TV documentary I Mondi Di Bozzetto, featuring interviews with Bozzetto and actor Maurizio Nichetti (who created the wonderful 1993 live-action/animation…

…{{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/legacy/index.htm?../articles/04302003.1.htm~contentFrame Jim Hill reported}} earlier this year that head of Disney Animation David Stainton “ordered that – in order to make the movie’s central character more sympathetic – that…

…as well as key crew: Dante, animation director Eric Goldberg and voice artist Joe Alaskey. Since its November 14th release, the movie has only managed to pull up around $25…

‘Coxy’ on the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=575#post575 AN Forum}} stumbled across an amazing looking animated film, L’uovo (or in English, The Egg), which has already won a number of international awards and…