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Galaxy Rangers and creator Mandell to be at 2005 Comic-Con International

…events, please click “More”. For Immediate Release: The classic animation series The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers will make its first public appearance at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International…

Madagascar's penguins to star in video for HPC Users Conference

…Conference. To be screened July 13 in Washington, DC, the video by DreamWorks Animation shows how HPC affects an average consumer every day. Business Wire has more on the story….

Custom pool project features Finding Nemo

…“for the president of computer animation studio Pixar,” presumably referring to John Lasseter. UPDATE: It is referring to Ed Catmull. View Pool Photos Online Thanks to “A.C.” for the correction…

Norm Prescott dies aged 78

…animated TV shows (including Batman, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, Mighty Mouse, Masters Of The Universe, and the animated Star Trek among many others) that used often-criticised cost-cutting animation techniques, though which…

Massive Comic-Con update

{{link http://www.aintitcool.com/ Ain’t It Cool News}} has a huge amount of San Diego Comic-Con coverage, as expected. Chief among the highlights for animation and related fans are these pages: –…

Weinsteins and Warner Bros. to take on Ninja Turtles

…2007 release, the project will be grittier than its live-action predecessors, in the spirit of the comic book series. Animation veteran Kevin Munroe will direct the untitled Ninja Turtles film,…

Get your Looney Tunes: More volume 3 details

…of the upcoming 3rd volume of Warner Bros.’ Looney Tunes Golden Collection and it looks like it’s going to be an animation history fanatic’s dream. Full details at Cartoon Brew…

Comic Con Aftermath

The ASIFA-Hollywood Blog has a bunch of pictures and reports with an animation slant from last week’s San Diego Comic Con. Animated News scored some photos too which should be…

Barnyard online

…updated with a new trailer. The latest video features a much better look at the animation, plot, and characters in the computer animated release from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies….

Focus on 9

…9, while Corpse Bride writer Pamela Pettler will write the screenplay for the project. The computer animated 9 is expected to have a ‘stylized quality’ that will impersonate stop-motion animation….

Star Wars continues

…next year. Good news for aspiring digital animators as well because the article also mentions that Lucasfilm Animation is looking to hire some 300 digital artists. Start prepping those portfolios!…

Cinderella hits big screen briefly

Looking to see some quality hand-drawn Disney animation on the big screen? Laughing Place points out that Cinderella will be showing at Disney’s own El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood in…

Coming events

There’s a couple good animation events in the Hollywood area this weekend. On Friday night the Science and Technology Council of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents…

Australia: Meet the Super Geniuses of Pixar and see new short One Man Band

Popcorn Taxi is proud to present a special evening with animation giant Pixar at Cinema Paris, where the Sydney premiere screening of One Man Band will be held, with director…

Disney's booth at SIGGRAPH 2005 unveils details for future animated films

Jim Hill Media has artwork and brief plot descriptions for American Dog, A Day with Wilbur Robinson, Rapunzel Unbraided, and Toy Story 3, taken from Walt Disney Feature Animation’s booth…

Pixar releases financial results for fiscal second quarter

Yesterday, Pixar Animation Studios announced financial results for the company’s fiscal second quarter, which recorded revenues of $26.4 million and earnings of $12.7 million, or $0.10 per fully diluted share….

Press release: Anime Companion 2

…Companion 2: More…What’s Japanese in Japanese Animation? retails for $18.95, in the United States. It is 160 pages, paperback, with 35 black-and-white photos and illustrations. The ISBN number for the…

One Man Band, two new articles

…Pixar Animation Studios, tells the humorously captivating tale of a peasant girl who encounters two competing street performers who’d prefer the coin find its way their tip jars. As the…

Animated Spy Kids 4 a possibility?

Talking to Moviehole, Robert Rodriguez, director of the first three Spy Kids films, stated that a fourth Spy Kids film may become a reality- but only if done with animation….

Valiant clips fly online

Yahoo! Movies has uncaged eight clips from Valiant. The computer animated comedy from Vanguard Animation and Walt Disney Pictures will open in U.S. cinemas on August 19, 2005….

Madagascar Gives Some Good News to DreamWorks

DreamWorks Animation has been plagued in recent months by SEC investigations, stockholder lawsuits, a slump in DVD sales, and rumors of corporate takeovers by NBC; but the studio did get…

Valiant's valiant budget effort

CNET News reports on the upcoming Valiant and its aim to provide an entertaining CGI feature on a modest budget. According to the report, “Vanguard Animation has successfully undermined the…

Malkovich joins Zemeckis’ Beowulf

…Wright Penn for Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf, reports Dark Horizons. Scheduled for a 2007 release, the film will incorporate the same motion-capture animation technology used by Zemeckis in The Polar Express….

Interview: Shane Acker, creator of 9

For Animation Trip, Siggraph 2003 “Best of Show” winner Sam Chen interviews Siggraph 2005 “Best of Show” winner Shane Acker, whose short film 9 is being prepared as a Tim…

Dream On dreams on

ASIFA-Hollywood will be hosting a screening tomorrow of Dream On Silly Dreamer, the film that chronicles the death of Disney hand-drawn animation. This film may be even more meaningful now…

Glitch hits stores today

…underscores that the Disney studios down under are capable of producing theatrical quality animation, which, in turn, has made many wonder why the Disney executives are closing that studio down….

Walt Disney's apartment

Not exactly animation news but The Orange County Register has posted an interactive tour of Walt Disney’s apartment above the fire station on Disneyland’s Main St. The virtual tour is…

Corpse Bride receives 'thunderous reception' at Venice film fest

…Venice Film Festival. Regarding the film’s praised style and usage of stop-motion animation, Burton stated, “We feel so lucky, with computers and all taking over, to be able to do…

Reviews: Loonatics Unleashed

…According to Matthew Williams, “If this show doesn’t tell you that the animation industry needs help, I don’t know what will.” ‘Javeman’ remarks, “It’s Space Jam. On acid.” “It seems…

Were-Rabbit gets reviewed

…movie world was falling in love with computer animation, Nick Park stuck with the old ways. Wallace and Gromit are hand-made, like a Rolls-Royce.” If all reviews turn out this…