{{link http://www.dvdexclusive.com/article.asp?articleID=2224 DVD Exclusive}} reports that “After more than a year of speculation, Fox has announced the release of an animated DVD premiere movie version of Family Guy on September…

…Movie and The Dino Bugs Movie. A full press release, including how these films will be made on a $1.5m budget, can be found at the {{link http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/?d=80191 PrimeZone Network}}….

Apart from The Jetsons, Yogi Bear and the return of Garfield to the big screen, {{link http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8184943/site/newsweek/ MSNBC’s Newsweek}} has a small piece on more cartoons set to “go live”…

In more sad news for \\Winnie the Pooh\\ fans, John Fiedler, the voice of Piglet, passed away on June 25 according to {{link http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/27/obit.fiedler.ap CNN}}. The stage and screen actor…

Currently being sponsored by Volkswagen (shouldn’t they have done this for the Herbie film?) is the trailer for {{link http://www.kingkongmovie.com/ef239524432ba87f1ca8f70eed4b1fa7/en_splash.html Peter Jackson’s King Kong}}, which features a surprising amount of…

…in 22 countries worldwide in September 2003. {{link http://www.beamingdavidbowie.com Beaming David Bowie}} “goes behind the scenes not just of the Bowie gig but the advent of digital cinema at large”….

From animation industry veterans George Bruder, Kevin Cureton, and Marlon Montgomery comes the animation pipeline development and consulting company Mind The Gap, Inc. The company is has been launched for…

…results conference call. The webcast will be accessible through Pixar’s web site at http://www.pixar.com/investor/index.html. ————————————————————————————————————————– About Pixar Animation Studios: Pixar Animation Studios combines creative and technical artistry to create original…

The {{link http://www.editorsguild.com/newsletter/JulAug05/julaug05_bride.html Editor’s Guild website}} talks to editor Jonathan Lucas about the grounbreaking work he has completed on Tim Burton’s stop-motion animated fantasy The Corpse Bride….

…be held, with director Andrew Jimenez and producer Osnat Shurer in attendance. The event happens Monday, August 8th 2005 at 7:30pm. For more details, check out {{link http://www.popcorntaxi.com.au/Events.asp?Event_ID=400 this link}}….

…to theaters in Novmber. {{link http://www.videobusiness.com/article.asp?articleID=11095&catID=0 Video Business}} reports that the 2-disc set (featuring archival interview commentary, deleted footage and documentaries) will also come housed in a limited edition tin…

{{link http://www.ultimatedisney.com/ducktales-chipndale-dvdsets-factsheet.html Ultimate Disney}} reports that \\Duck Tales\\ and \\Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers\\ will be coming to DVD on November 8th. Both popular animated series of the late ’80s…

According to {{link http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/umdguide/index.html#umdreleaselist The Digital Bits}}, on September 6th DVD won’t be the only disc format to get \\Toy Story – 10th Anniversary Edition\\. The film will also be…

Disney/Vanguard’s \\Valiant\\ opened in a disappointingly low 7th place this weekend according to {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2005&wknd=33&p=.htm Box Office Mojo}}. In its debut weekend the film brought in about $6.1 million….

\\{{link http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pixar27aug27,1,786367.story The L.A. Times}}\\ reports that Pixar Animation Studios is confirming they are the focus of a Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry. Though neither the SEC nor Pixar are…

A recent article in the http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/09/12/1126377253812.html”>Sydney Morning Herald dicusses animated movies that have become (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King) or are becoming (Tarzan, Shrek) Broadway musicals and mentions…

Someone has captured this {{link http://www.sept23.com/ freaky home video}} of what appears to be a real \\Corpse Bride\\ at an unnamed graveyard. The cameraman says he is not sure if…

Send an email to your friends reminding them of tomorrow’s opening of \\Corpse Bride\\ with Warner Brothers’ {{link http://www.bonymail.com/ Bony Mail}} . Using a skeletal finger on a foggy mirror…

Not sure whether you should see \\Corpse Bride\\? Or just got any other question you need an answer to? Why not {{link http://www.askthedead.com/ Ask the Dead}}? This \\Corpse Bride\\ themed…

…shoes by Jimmy Choo will be auctioned off to the general public on www.DisneyAuctions.com from October 17 – 27. Each designer created the fashions in honor of Cinderella’s highly anticipated…

…predicts a $44 million start. Box Office Guru meets those forecasts somewhere in-between, guessing a $37 million debut for the chick flick. {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/forecast/ Box Office Mojo}} predicts $38.8 million….

{{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/051128a.php Dark Horizons}} has pictures of the Davy Jones haunted ship from Disney’s upcoming film \\Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest\\. The film is scheduled to open in…

Andrew Adamson, co-writer and director of the \\Shrek\\ films (and currently directing \\The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe\\), tells {{link http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=0&id=33420 SciFi Wire}} that while…

{{link http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=0&id=33425 SciFi Wire}} reports that Peter Chung, the creator of the MTV animated series \\Aeon Flux\\, has said that he’d rather see an animated version of his character than…

Stan Berenstain, who with his wife Jan created the popular \\Berenstain Bears\\ children’s books, died on Saturday in Pennsylvania, according to \\{{link http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-11-29-berenstain-obit_x.htm?csp=34 USA Today}}\\. He was 82. The couple…

\\Aeon Flux\\, the live action feature film based on the MTV animated series, came in second at the box office in its opening weekend according to {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1954&p=.htm Box Office…

The ASIFA-Hollywood Blog reports that the nominations for the {{link http://www.annieawards.com/ 33rd Annual Annie Awards}} have just been announced. Aardman’s \\Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit\\ leads the…

…greenlit production of the next book in CS Lewis’ series, Prince Caspian. The {{link http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?id=705&dl=7532925 NarniaWeb site}} says they have received word from an anonymous Mouse House insider and that…

…had to wedge comedy bricks back into an already built dramatic house, with the animals. AN: Yeah, most of the comedy just comes from the animals pretty much. EG: Yes,…

{{link http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6296434.html Video Business}} indicates today that Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings and King Kong films will be among the first titles offered on high-definition DVD disc, alongside Harry…