The {{link http://www.ultimatedisney.com/ Ultimate Disney}} DVD Fansite confirms their news of last week that this year’s wave of the Walt Disney Treasures DVD sets, housed in individually numbered tin boxes,…

Derrick Fish, the creator and artist of an online comic strip called {{link http://www.dandyandcompany.com/ Dandy & Company}}, a cartoon about the trials and tribulations of a dog and his boy,…

…{{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008WFHG/qid%3D1068745813/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-1902555-2863210 Mask Of Light}}, a second film (currently in production and simply referred to as Bioncicle 2 at this point) is on the way for a DVD release, to…

…pointing towards a second {{link http://www.catinthehat.com/ The Cat In The Hat}} movie. Set to shoot next summer, The Cat In The Hat Comes Back already has the princpal actors lined…

Steve Ogden’s excellent {{link http://www.animwatch.com/ AnimWatch}} website, which keeps an eye on all developments in the world of independent animation, has just been updated to feature details on nine new…

…A Few Good Ghosts, Once In a Blue Moon and Angel and Her No Good Sister being among them. Now the {{link http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/cl-fi-disney15nov15,2,6422473.story Los Angeles Times}} (subscription required) confirms the…

Hopefully this first look at next summer’s Jonathan Frakes-directed blockbuster wannabe will start popping up on other sites around the web, as the {{link http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/nusite.php Working Title Films}} website is…

An {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=16579 Ain’t It Cool News}} contributor gives us our first glimpse of the \\Garfield\\ teaser trailer. According to the {{link http://www.garfieldmovie.com/home.html official website}}, this trailer should appear online…

Okay, let the bad pirate/ship puns begin: this summer’s surprise Disney blockbuster {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JM5E/qid=1069876840/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-1902555-2863210?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846 Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl}} hits the shiny movie disc format…

…from the gates of Walt Disney Pictures will be forever more compared to that Johnny Depp-led behemoth. Perhaps not letting the film speak for itself, {{link http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Movies&action=page&obj_id=40271 Cinescape reviews}} The…

Robert Longbottom, a 2003 Tony Award nominee for Best Choreographer, has been chosen to direct the new Disney Theatricals show \\On the Record\\, according to {{link http://www.playbill.com/news/article/83091.html Playbill’s}} report of…

The boys, as they say, are back in town! Cartman, Kyle, Stan and Kenny all return in the latest season to hit DVD, with {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000CABL2/qid=1070725303//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i0_xgl74/002-1902555-2863210?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846 South Park: The Complete…

{{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news03/031210f.php Dark Horizons’ News Bites}} points out a story from today’s edition of {{link http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117896919&categoryID=13&cs=1 Variety}} (paid subscription required), which reports that Warner Brothers’ DC Comics has hired Joel…

{{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/legacy/index.htm?../articles/12112003.1.htm~contentFrame Jim Hill Media}} reports that the real reason Disney {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000250.html delayed the release}} of the popular Disney Treasures DVDs probably was not any of the three reasons…

It could be great, it could be bad…but {{link http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/garfield/ Toon Zone}} points us toward the Apple site, who have another new teaser for us today: the upcoming live-action/CG take…

The website for the stage version of \\Mary Poppins\\ is now online at {{link http://www.marypoppinsthemusical.com www.marypoppinsthemusical.com}}. Check out our previous reports on this show by clicking this button:…

{{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news03/031215e.php Dark Horizons}} posts the updated weekend box office results from {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2003&wknd=42&p=.htm Box Office Mojo}}. The current top ten doesn’t feature any wholly animated films, but plenty of…

…for the not-so-anticipated sequel to the animation-referencing Jim Carrey comedy The Mask, available through {{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news03/031218c.php Dark Horizons}}. Son Of The Mask (AKA The Mask 2), directed by Cats And…

…today is a look at early specs for Disney’s catalogue release slate for some re-issues and live-action debuts on disc, as well as a full {{link http://www.ultimatedisney.com/comingsoon.html coming soon}} list….

{{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news03/031222g.php Dark Horizons}}, among a list of other (live-action) news bites, mentions that the next Farrelly Brothers comedy “(the animated one) will be based on the novel {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1882647246/qid=1072196975//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i0_xgl14/002-1902555-2863210?v=glance&s=books&n=507846…

…is the {{link http://www.ultimatedisney.com/comingsoon.html Ulitmate Disney}} site. Warner Brothers, on the other hand, has a great number of new comic book-styled titles, including multiple releases for the ever popular Adventures…

Jerry Beck, at his {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/ Cartoon Research}} site, links to a story at {{link http://www.adweek.com/aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2059770 Adweek}} which reports that Bugs and Daffy are appearing in a new TV commercial…

Over on his {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/reviews.html Cartoon Research}} site, animation historian Jerry Beck takes a look at a new DVD that compiles vintage and recent “produced-in-New York animated short films”. Avoid…

…together the disc, in an interview posted over at {{link http://www.laughingplace.com/News-PID210230-210232.asp The Laughing Place}}. He also touches on how hard the film has been to find on disc, a point…

While Jim Hill {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/legacy/index.htm?../articles/01062004.1.htm~contentFrame continues}} his spotlight of the WDFA – Florida situation, don’t miss {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/legacy/index.htm?../articles/guest/norman.01062004.1.htm~contentFrame Floyd Norman’s article}} on why what Disney needs right now is a…

Amid Amidi, who runs the great animation news and commentary site {{link http://www.animationblast.com/ Animation Blast}}, is taking pre-orders for the upcoming April print issue of the magazine. Hop on over…

\\{{link http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-disney7jan07,1,4316157.story The L.A. Times}}\\ reports that Disney may be taking some of Roy Disney and Stanley Gold’s complaints to heart. The “board of directors, which has come under fire…

Opening in a wider, but still very limited, release on January 16th, Tokyo Godfathers, from director Satoshi Kon (Millennium Actress), has had its {{link http://www.sonypictures.com/cthe/tokyogodfathers/ American website}} updated by Sony…

{{link http://www.animationblast.com/ Animation Blast}} reports that Klasky Csupo “is apparently not doing so well nowadays. Rumor has it that their staff has dwindled to around 30 people, and that they’re…

{{link http://www.awn.com/index.php Animation World Network}} {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=date&newsitem_no=10043 reports}} The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has produced its fifth high school teaching kit to promote understanding and appreciate the…