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UPDATE! Narnia news

…reveals both good and evil troops marching toward the movie’s final battle. Also, at Dark Horizons, Adamson discusses Narnia, lending thoughts on his transition from directing animation to live-action, and…

Introducing the cast of Kung Fu Panda!

Latino Review has the latest pic promoting DreamWorks Animation’s CGI comedy, Kung Fu Panda, revealing many of cast’s main characters….

Barbie to hit 2006 with two new DTV movies

…high school. Meanwhile, Barbie Fairytopia Mermaidia, coming March 2006, continues the franchise began by 2005’s Barbie Fairytopia. The announcement of the films’ release is posted at the Animation World Network….

Jackson versus DGA in King-sized battle

Rumor has it that Peter Jackson is currently trying to convince the Director’s Guild of America to provide “Animation Directed By” credits for two unnamed collaborators on King Kong. Word…

Pat Morita, dead at 73

…Oscar nomination in 1985. On the animation front, Morita voiced the Emperor in both Mulan films, in addition to playing himself in an episode of Cartoon Network’s Robot Chicken. He…

Walt's People: Volume 2 released

…was,” the challenge of animating The Jungle Book with the smallest animation crew in years, the frustrations and joys of Eric Larson and Woolie Reitherman, and the creation of The…

A Pixar geek's guide to the latest \\Cars\\ trailer

…wears “Lightyear” brand tires! “Motion Doctor” decal on wheel. Motion Doctor was an animation program used to animate the Pixar shorts The Aventures of Andre and Wally B. and Luxo…

Interview: Leonard Maltin

Ultimate Disney speaks with “critic, film historian, and lifelong Disney fan” Leonard Maltin, referring to such topics as the Walt Disney Treasures, the debate of traditional versus computer animation, and…

Loads of Christmas DVDs

…Barnes and Noble The Madagascar Penguins in A Christmas Caper | Amazon | Barnes and Noble Short found on DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar DVD. An All Dogs Christmas Carol | Amazon…

Walt Disney Treasures Wave 5

Today marks the Region 1 release of Wave 5 of the Walt Disney Treasures line. There are four titles in this wave and two of them are all about animation:…

Images: Ultimate Avengers: The Movie trailer

Toon Zone points to the Marvel Animation Forum, where 32 screen captures from the Ultimate Avengers: The Movie trailer have been posted. The trailer, lasting approximately 50 seconds, may be…

Connery is Sir Billi the Vet

The Hollywood Reporter, through Coming Soon, indicates that Sean Connery and the independent production company Glasgow Animation are teaming to form Billi Productions. The alliance’s first production will be the…

Pirates 3 title; Enchanted in production

…interest to animation fans. While filming on the second Pirates Of The Caribbean adventure is well known to be finished, the crew, under director Gore Verbinski, is back at work…

Disneyland Christmas Tree and Celebrity Ornaments

…a long list of celebrities such as Hugh Jackman, Eva Longoria, Bob Newhart, Deborah Harry, and Johnny Knoxville. Of interest to animation fans is an ornament decorated by Little Mermaid…

Horton Hears a Who his directors are

…for a release in the spring of 2008, the film has written by Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul. Meanwhile, storyboarding has just begun, under the watchful eyes of Fox Animation

\\Wallace and Gromit\\, \\Howl\\ get Los Angeles Film Critics awards

…films picked up two awards. “Best Animation” went to \\Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit\\. And Joe Hisaishi took the “Best Music Score” award for \\Howl’s Moving Castle\\….

Bruce Auerbach hired as president of Exodus' consumer products division

…Reporting to Exodus president John D. Eraklis, Auerbach will manage all licensing and merchandising efforts, including those of Exodus’ animation slate, containing such upcoming flicks as Igor, The Hero of…

Latest on Wolverine and the X-Men

…Strange, will work as the series’ story editor. Twenty-six episodes have been ordered of Wolverine and the X-Men, which will combine traditional and computer animation. Worldwide distribution of the series…

Rumors resurface of Disney buying Pixar

…points to a recent interview, in which Disney CEO Robert Iger stated, “I’ve concluded that for the [Walt Disney Co.] to be successful long-term creatively, it must get animation right….

Lip-synching avatars find voice with 3Dmsg

Coming soon to your cell phone may be animated avatars that accurately lip-synch, if 3Dmsg, a division of speech technology leader Sensory, has its way. Utilizing the company’s homegrown animation

Buena Vista Pictures "For Your Consideration" site online

Animation appears to be playing a key role in Disney’s award show push, as its latest “For Your Consideration” website, provided under the Buena Vista Pictures banner, contains spots for…

Harryhausen on the Harryhausen Gift Set

With NBC5.com’s @ The Movies, Ray Harryhausen, the master of stop-motion animation special effects, shares his thoughts on the recently released Harryhausen Gift Set, which features the films 20 Million…

Chicken headed to the little screen

The Business of Animation indicates that a computer animated Chicken Little television series is in the works. No other details about the prioject are known at this time….

Update! Disney/Pixar’s new agreement a "done deal"?

…may involve a “closer relationship” between the studios. That relationship could contain Pixar’s top executives receiving “unprecedented access” to Circle 7 Animation, the section of Disney specifically built to create…

Press release: Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

…development for VU Games, remarks, “Academy Award-winning animation studio Blue Sky, has contributed an impressive visual style and hilarious storyline for our development partners to turn into great family gaming.”…

Preview: The Ant Bully

Latino Review offers a new video preview for The Ant Bully. Lasting over five minutes, the preview presents a large glimpse of animation from the film, in addition to introducing…

\\Toy Story\\ added to the National Film Registry

…\\One Froggy Evening\\, and Max and Dave Fleischer’s classic \\Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor\\. Of \\Toy Story\\, the NFR says: “This film changed animation’s face and delivery system…

Incredibles, Cinderella, Kong DVDs contain some of 2005's best extras

…difficult it was to use stop-motion animation in the 1933 masterpiece King Kong may find their questions answered in the film’s Collector’s Edition DVD, with its “best making-of documentary,” RKO…

DVD news: Life with Louie, Little Pony, All Dogs Go to Heaven

TV Shows on DVD has a slew of news for animation lovers young and old. First up, Louie Anderson has acknowledged that his ’90s series Life with Louie is coming…

Details on Cars clip uncovered at the Pixar MoMA exhibit

During John Lasseter’s presentation at the Pixar: 20 Years of Animation Museum of Modern Art exhibit, some new footage from Cars was presented. A description of the sights shown in…