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11 Animated Movies Eligible for Oscar

…Tale The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Home on the Range Teacher’s Pet Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Clifford’s Really Big Movie Sky Blue The Legend of Buddha The Polar Express…

Cheech Marin in \\Cars\\, talks about story

of the town.” He described the film as a “story about a little stock car racer…on his way to the big event and he breaks down in this little town…

Only two animated films in the top twenty most viewed films of all time

The British site Sky News has posted a list recently of the Top 20 most viewed movies of all time. The list only looks at total viewings by UK citizens….

Mary Poppins gets the DVD Toons review

…new supplements that are very magical in their own right! The Cat That Looked At A King is a witty new piece, while the Japanese-produced animation style, directed by Disney…

Jerry Orbach dead at 69

…in the Academy Award nominated song \\Be Our Guest\\. He also voiced Sa’luk in \\Aladdin and the King of Thieves\\, where he again turned in one of the films best…

DVD Exclusive announce awards nominees

…Animated features figure in prominently with The Lion King 1½ gathering eleven nominations. Other animated features that earned nominations include: Mary Poppins 40th Anniversary Edition, The Simpsons: The Complete Fifth…

\\Nightmare\\ video games coming in 2005

…Japan, the developer of the game, to enhance the title as well as adding the Xbox platform to our launch plans”. Both titles will be released in the US in…

Video Effects Society award nominations announced

…Video Game 007 Everything or Nothing Half-Life 2 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age Outstanding Performance by an…

Skarsgård lands the role of Bootstrap Bill in Pirates sequel

Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, via Coming Soon, indicates that Stellan Skarsgård (Exorcist: The Beginning, King Arthur) will play Bill ‘Bootstraps’ Turner in at least one of the Pirates of the Caribbean…

Aladdin cast and crew reunion announced

…Will Finn, John Musker and Ron Clements, and Tom Sito. As with last year’s Lion King reunion the list could grow between now and the actual day of the event….

Review: Bambi Platinum Edition DVD

IGN FilmForce has an extensive review of the Bambi Platinum Edition DVD. With the exception of the DVD’s audio, the site gives every other aspect of the DVD a score…

Toy Story 3 director named

The Business of Animation Blog reveals that the director of Toy Story 3 is none other than Bradley Raymond, who directed The Lion King 1½. Thanks to ‘splinewrangler’ at the

Toy Story 3 plot revealed

…is a brief plot for Toy Story 3, directed by Bradley Raymond (The Lion King 1½) and produced by Roy Conli (Treasure Planet, The Hunchback of Notre Dame). The sequel…

Weekend events

the official page. And tomorrow, Saturday April 23, Dream On Silly Dreamer will be screening at the Orange County Museum of Art as part of the Newport Beach Film Festival….

Bee Movie buzz

…a result, the bee and human communities get involved in ways they never had before, each one of them pointing a finger at the other. Barry gets caught up in…

"Matt Damon!" – DVD Toons on Popeye and Team America

Proving that the site covers all ends of the animated spectrum, DVD Toons has posted a couple of new pieces. The first is {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/features/75 Where’s Popeye? An Interview with…

In memory of Joe Grant

…Mortuary in Glendale to attend the funeral of Joe Grant. This wasn’t exactly how I imagined my first encounter with Joe would be. You see, for the past couple of

Jack Sparrow sets sail for Kingdom Hearts

…his role for the videogame character, but seeing as he’s currently filming the movie sequels back-to-back, it is not out of the realms of possibility. Teasing the game, an official…

Cinderella Platinum Edition DVD to get heavy marketing

…Twice the figure that was used to promote the Aladdin Platinum Edition DVD, the amount equals that which was used to promote the Lion King Platinum Edition DVD in 2003….

War of the Worlds set visit reveals details on Tintin, Wonderland

Quint at Ain’t It Cool News recently visited the set of Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds, coming to theaters June 29, 2005. Within this revealing two-part article is not…

Tarzan II screen captures

Whatever might be said of the storyline for Tarzan II (see diametrically opposing reports at Ultimate Disney and Jim Hill Media) 90% of the time the quality of the animation…

Disney Channel names animated movies for July 2005

The Disney Channel notes some of the animated films set to air in July 2005, including Disney’s Kim Possible Movie: So The Drama, The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride, Toy…

Zemeckis' Beowulf

of the Gaets, following his battles with the troll-like Grendel and a fire-breathing dragon. Before that hits theaters, Zemeckis is producing Monster House, another feature using the same computer-assisted animation…

Joe Grant Life Celebration

…were presented with a slide show of many of Joe’s numerous sketches from throughout the years, including sketches of Simba, Nala and Rafiki from The Lion King, and examples of

Pics: San Diego Comic-Con 2005

Coming Soon a large gallery of pics from the San Diego Comic-Con, including displays for movies such as The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, King

Buscemi and Cleese join monstrous cast for Exodus' Igor

…lend themselves perfectly to these characters.” Igor, along with The Hero Of Color City and Amarillo Armadillo, comprise the slate of Exodus’ $50 million film fund, one of the first…

Joe Ranft, dead at 45

…on many of the most beloved modern classics out of Disney and Pixar, including: writing for \\The Brave Little Toaster\\, \\Oliver & Company\\, \\The Rescuers Down Under\\, \\Beauty and the

Batman swooping down on Broadway?

…Beast, The Lion King) or are becoming (Tarzan, Shrek) Broadway musicals and mentions that there is even the possibility of a Batman musical. Thanks to Kristin for the heads up….

"Gnomeo, Gnomeo, Wherefore art thou, Gnomeo?"

IGN FilmForce reports on yesterday’s preview of some upcoming Walt Disney Studios releases. The big announcement was for the 2008 release Gnomeo and Juliette, a gnome version of the famous…

A Tribute to Kimba

…who worked on both the Japanese and American versions of the film. The hot topic of the evening should be when similarities between it and The Lion King are discussed….