…in the book may be the result of the Disney shareholders meeting, which began yesterday at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Thanks to ‘GeorgeC’ at the Animated-News Forum for the update….

The Disney Database has several fresh high-res pics from Tarzan II in their new Media Center, currently open only to Animated News readers! Tarzan II swings into stores on June…

…so much about The Walt Disney Company. The Board is keenly aware of the special place our company holds in the hearts of people all over the world and the…

…Donkey questions a mysterious stranger.Donkey: Just tell me where the ogre’s son is!Stranger: He’s in the basement of the Alamo, I tell ya!!! If you still think this storyboard art…

Coming Soon states that while making a guest appearance at Star Wars Celebration III, held at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, this morning, George Lucas confirmed that a computer…

As well as the announcement of Justin Timberlake in Shrek 3, the Animation Now: Imagination Innovation Inspiration event, held May 1 at New York’s Lincoln Center, also {{link http://press.arrivenet.com/bus/article.php/630018.html revealed…

Hot on the heels of the announcement of its New York premiere on June 6 and limited release on June 10 comes the news that Howl’s Moving Castle, distributed in…

…in Newport Beach will be having a grand opening celebration. The first day will focus on Warner Bros. characters, Bugs Bunny being the guest of honor, and the second day…

…last day and one of the contestants shows they are looking forward to December’s release of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe Wyland’s Disney collaboration…

…panning and zooming for working on large projects. “The main goal of this release is to deliver on the promise of realtime performance.”, said Ritchie. “The update is a broad…

Ultimate Disney has a small pic of the potential cover art for the Lady and the Tramp Platinum Edition DVD, coming in March 2006. In other Disney DVD news, the…

…center of attention in a new television special: a Dean Martin-esque roast, hosted by Miss Piggy. Speaking of television, the Muppets have a few more small screen projects in the…

…Magic Kingdom Adventure will debut at The Lakeland Center in Lakeland, FL on September 2nd. The performance will then travel the eastern and central US through at least March with…

Latino Review has added a number of Chicken Little images, with the pictures featuring the title character center stage in a variety of poses. In addition, another poster for the…

…center on the character Wolverine. According to the deal’s terms, FST will begin pre-production immediately on 26 episodes, which will mix traditional and computer generated animation. First Serve Toonz will…

…Arnold (1996-99) and a Newborn Baby in The Rugrats Movie (1998). Also in 1998, Rawls appeared in the cast of Saban Entertainment’s short-lived series The Secret Files of the Spy…

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Boston-based Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and two Massachusetts parents, Sherri Carlson of Wakefield and Andrew Leong of Brookline, have threatened…

Don Knotts, most famous for his role as Deputy Barney Fife on \\The Andy Griffith Show\\, died Friday night of pulmonary and respiratory complications at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly…

Red Herring reports that on Tuesday, Jerusalem Venture Partners launched Israel’s first media center and multimillion-dollar animation studio, hoping to make Jerusalem a major presence in the animation and gaming…

The third teaser trailer for Happy Feet is now online, at Yahoo! Movies. This time around, a lightheard penguin, voiced by Robin Williams, takes center stage, performing his version of…

Yahoo! Movies reports on the Disney shareholder meeting which took place earlier today at the Anaheim Convention Center across the street from the Disneyland Resort. There appeared to be no…

…search of hundreds of U.S. chicken farms for the perfect “real-life” poultry star, chicken finalists were flown to Hollywood, where they strutted their stuff down a special chicken “runway” to…

Nike co-founder and chairman Phil Knight has bought 30 acres of land south of Portland, Oregon, for the placement of a “state-of–the-art” Laika Entertainment campus. Scheduled for a 2008 opening,…

The Mainichi Daily News reports that “Pixar: 20 Years of Animation” is coming to Asia. The exhibit which experienced acclaimed success in New York’s Museum of Modern Art and the…

…event will begin at 7pm on Friday, July 21st with a Q&A with some of the voice and behind-the-scenes talent from the film (panel participants listed below), followed by the…

The nation of Iran has made efforts to revise policy in hopes of preserving the animation field in the country and harnessing its “unique potentials.” The Islamic Republic News Agency…

Jim Hill Media spotlights the Meet the Robinsons display Walt Disney Feature Animation is offering at SIGGRAPH 2006. Located at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, concept art for the…

…watching. AN: I noticed at the last Oscars the head of the Academy mentioned a couple times the “special-ness” of going to the theater. EG: It’s true. It’s their agenda…

Playbill reveals that before the musical hits Broadway, The Little Mermaid will make its world premiere in June 2007 at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Ellie Caulkins Opera…

Leeward Community College is now just one of the educational facilities in Hawaii sporting a “state-of–the-art animating computer system.” TheHawaiiChannel.com writes that the Animation Render Farm Project is allowing students…