‘MusicFan’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=933#post933 AN Forums}} points out that DreamWorks have “registered the domains ‘anothersharktale.com’, ‘anothersharktale.net’ and ‘anothersharktale.biz’”, so it looks like the upcoming first film’s sequel will go…

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…

Animation Insider reports that there may now be new cartoons on the way based on Sabrina, Josie and the Pussycats and other characters from Archie Comics. “IDT Entertainment recently purchased…

…there’s more news on the Shrek front, thanks to ‘MusicFan’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=181 AN Forum}}. It seems in addition to the Shrek 3/King Arthur sequel (which was known about…

…full of heretofore little-known anecdotes and factoids from animation history. Read on and find out what baseball great Yogi Berra thought of his name being used as the inspiration for…

My bro-in-law sent me this very interesting article from the San Francisco Chronicle. It seems there could be a little school yard justice going on in the animation world. Wonder…

…voice of Timon, and exclaimed, “Nathan, this movie is great! You were great. You were really funny in it, funnier than in the first movie. And the animation was so…

…produced animation, you’d have to be eagle-eyed to always be able to make the distinction. What we end up with is The Lion King simultaneously getting the Fractured Fairy Tales…

…would be the recipient of the Winsor McCay Award, a recognition of lifetime contributions to the art of animation, at this year’s {{link http://www.annieawards.org/index.html Annie Awards}}. Michael Eisner said, “John…

Toon Zone reveals that, according to Reed Television, Kids’ WB! and Cartoon Network next season will share Warner Bros. Animation’s The Batman. While the half-hour show will air on Kids’…

…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…

Though laying dormant since the recent holiday season and throughout January, the animation-on-disc website {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/ DVD Toons}} sprung back into action this week, with no less than four major…

…downloading over the internet. “How will this affect any possibility of Steve Jobs running Disney?” asks ‘Guardstone’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1131#post1131 AN Forums}}, who also provided the link – thanks!…

Animation Insider has the scoop on the new Batman animated series coming soon. The series will focus on the young Bruce Wayne and his dual roles as trust fund playboy/uber-obsessed…

As we {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000826.html reported}} last week, \\CBS News Sunday Morning\\ aired a segment on the state of animation. We have some pictures from the piece, including a logo from…

…heads Brian Roberts and Steve Burke, which looks into general detail their vision for the new Walt Disney Company, especially playing up their devotion to getting Disney Animation back on…

Animation Insider has a report on Disney’s plans to release sequels based on Pixar films even without Pixar’s aid. According to Dick Cook, Walt Disney Studios Chairman, “We will nurture…

In their continuing attempts to strike a deal with Disney, the {{link http://www.nypost.com/business/16234.htm New York Post}} reports that Comcast have been “wooing” Pixar Animation, or more precisely Steve Jobs, believing…

Amid Amidi’s Animation Blast reports on censorship run amok in the form of “the US Department of Education is declaring nearly 200 TV programs inappropriate for close-caption funding and denying…

Coming Soon! reports on an upcoming computer-animated feature from Walt Disney Feature Animation entitled The Wild about a boy who spends a late night at the New York Zoo and…

{{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10291 Animated World Network}} reports that MGM Vice Chairman and COO Chris McGurk has been in talks with Pixar Animation Studios about a distribution partnership. McGurk is quoted saying…

\\{{link http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117900376?categoryid=13&cs=1 Variety}}\\ reports that Sony Pictures Animation has greenlit \\Open Season\\ as its first film. “\\Open Season\\ tells the story of a 900-pound domesticated grizzly bear named Boog and…

Animation World Network has the scoop on a new Disney short entitled Lorenzo, which is set to premier at the Florida Film Festival in Orlando, March 6, 2004. The short…

…rapture or enchantment. They will probably not mind the clumsy, gaudy animation, which lamely tries to bring more color and dimension to the simple, soothing style of the television series.”…

Animation Blast has updated with information that the new Disney animated film Lorenzo, directed by Mike Gabriel from a Joe Grant concept, will be showing as a short feature with…

…busy getting retail orders and the media were getting pictures, the movie studios were announcing some new licenses, with Robots being among them. Thanks to ‘macontosh2000’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1332#post1332…

…and is going to learn his lesson”. The film is currently production and even Wilson has not seen any final animation yet: “Just stuff that they showed me when I…

…from a French children’s book he published in November 2002. Thanks to ‘Wolf Tooth’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1347#post1347 Animated News Forums}} for posting the current goings on in the case….

{{link http://snagson1.com/AnimationClosingParty/index.htm Some pictures}} from the farewell party for the animators at the now closed Disney Feature Animation Florida facility have been posted online.