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The Art of Princess and the Frog: Down in New Orleans with author Jeff Kurtti
…artists? JK: In many cases, it was a really happy reunion with people I have met, worked with, or known before. The atmosphere was welcoming and convivial, and everyone was… |
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Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
…which it seemed almost every other studio attempted to grab some of the animation market, didn’t get Universal jumping in with both feet, and it’s only really been the emergence… |
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Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey
…of the animation market, didn’t get Universal jumping in with both feet, and it’s only really been the emergence of CGI recently that has gotten them excited – and even… |
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Disneynature: Oceans / The Crimson Wing: Mystery Of The Flamingos
…here, taking in the creation of life, admirably not shying away from tackling the harsh facts of death, though being clear to reassure the audience with a happy ending rebirth,… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition (3D)
…cold feet and pulling that release, perhaps mindful of the lack of support Beauty and The Lion King received when the two were given similar “event” treatment for their large-format… |
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Puss In Boots: composer Henry Jackman’s Spanish Hour
…new Dreamworks Animation movie, a notorious fighter and lover, a rebel with a thirst for adventure who always lands on his feet as a cat should, Puss goes in search… |
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Disney’s Planes to take off at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
…what happens to Dusty in this movie. He’s a crop duster who’s never flown above 1,000 feet, but he dreams of being the fastest air racer in the world. He… |
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Exclusive D23 Expo 2015 Recap
…currently set to open in 2017. The Finding Dory presentation was very good, allowing for Ellen DeGeneres to display how happy she was that she was finally getting to do… |
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Animation visionary Glen Keane talks about Nephtali
…way. Strangely, I was drawing everything full size. I didn’t know why, but I had to be drawing Beast seven feet tall. I had to stand on my toes to… |
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2017: Animated Views’ Review Of The Year!
…2, certainly working better as a “sequel” to Cars while not quite being as crazy and light on its feet (wheels?) as the Mater-centric installment. As a longtime “Brony,” I… |
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Production Designer Matthias Lechner attacks The Sea Beast
…feet of cables that nobody knew what they connected. Then, basically, from that, we took a couple of concepts like “the internet is infinite”, and made it grow from the… |
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Apple and Walt Disney Records finally reach agreement on adding Disney catalog to iTunes
…Story and Mary Poppins, to name just a few, is going to make many of our iTunes users very happy.” “We are proud to offer a way for customers to… |
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UK TV animator Ivor Wood dies aged 72
…you were getting – the truth, pure and simple – and so I was very happy to realise my stories of the bear from Peru in a new medium with… |
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Now at your local McDonald's…
From November 5th to December 2nd, McDonald’s will include 8 character toys from the new Pixar film The Incredibles in their Happy Meals; featured are the entire Parr family, as… |
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Animated News’ PICKS OF THE YEAR 2004
…quite make the cut from me (though fans of the film will be happy to see it represented elsewhere here). And speaking of which, here are our lists themselves, reflecting… |
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APRIL FOOLS STORY: Shrek 3 storyboard art unveiled online
…is the real deal, you must have very low expectations of Shrek 3. Happy April Fools Day! By the way, I feel that now is the appropriate time to announce… |
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A Conversation with Eric Goldberg
…in tears because they were so happy that it had been done to that degree. And, of course, one of the main proponents was Russell Means. Now, I do have… |
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Over the Hedge: review, interviews, and production notes
…to match. Before going into hibernation, Vincent had stockpiled enough junk food to keep himself fat and happy for many months—that is until RJ tried to make off with his… |
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Shorts International brings new films to iTunes
…menacing deeds of an evil Pirate lead Smile the happy face toy on a daring rescue mission to save his friend, the happy face balloon, from certain peril. Directed by… |
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Cat put to sleep
…elaborates, “We’re several million [dollars] into it, but it was animals with happy talk, and we thought if we put it out there, it will not do anything, so we… |
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Celebrate Mother's Day with The Flintstones
…in the 20th century. Happy Mother’s Day!! Wilma Flintstone Gets Mother’s Day Tribute on Sunday, May 13 Seven-Hour Mother’s Day Wilma-Thon Culminates with Boomerang Movie Presentation, Hollyrock-A-Bye Baby Throughout time,… |
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Jungle Book's Rocky the Rhino concepts!
…characters, like the wise panther Bagheera, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, and the menacing tiger Shere Khan, but amazing special features that both new adventurers and seasoned explorers are sure to enjoy…. |
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Bee good to the planet
CNNMoney.com reports about the launch of McDonald’s Bee Movie Happy Meal promotion, wherein McDonald’s, DreamWorks Animation SKG and Conservation International have joined together to encourage kids to “Bee Good to… |
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Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition (Blu-ray/DVD)
…and while it takes liberties with the melody – and the film’s much ballyhooed widescreen ratio – it’s actually pretty harmless and almost interchangeable with Happy Ever After from Enchanted’s… |
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Jack's back! NB4X's Skellington returns for Halloween!
…regular disc and hi-def flavors. Nightmare is genuinely one of my favorite animated pictures ever, and I was ready to pounce on this edition: that I’ve come away happy as… |
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Popeye The Sailor: Volume 3 1941-1943
…ketchup with ‘em” after Popeye is pelted by tomatoes: Also note that at the beginning of this one, Olive is singing It’s A Hap Hap Happy Day from the Fleischer… |
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Kung Fu Panda toys unleashed at McD on Friday
Beginning June 6 through July 3 at McDonald’s restaurants in North America, and then rolling out across the globe, McDonald’s Kung Fu Panda Happy Meal program features exclusive characters from… |
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Marvin the Martian gets his own movie
Marvin the Martian should be very happy, very happy indeed, because it has just been announced that he will be getting his own live-action/CGI movie, according to Cinema Confidential. “Marvin… |
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Mary Poppins: 45th Anniversary Edition
…this documentary goes to great pains to suggest they’re happy with the result. But this is very talky and really too long: hardly any songs are previewed and no less… |
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Paul & The Dragon: Cartoon Laugh-O-Therapy with the Film’s Creators!
…fun, working without dialogue. If the audience can clearly see that the character is sad, mad, happy, they’ll feel it and won’t have to hear that character say anything. Many… |
