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‘Twas The Night Before Christmas: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…the most attention, in particular the all-time classic Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. They also did do a number of hand-drawn animated favorites, including (among many others) Frosty the Snowman and… |
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Cartoon Network Reboots Thundercats to Positive Reviews
…Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman). Fans were hesitant if the new show would live up to the reputation of the old, but after reading a collection of… |
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‘Twas The Night Before Christmas: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…Santa Claus. The reason for the snub? Santa read a letter in the local paper, The Junctionville Register, which protested the “myth” of Santa. Worst of all, the crank signed… |
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Foray, animated programs win Emmys
…the Flying Squirrel, Jokey Smurf, Frosty the Snowman’s Karen, Cindy Lou Who, and many many more. She was also one of the founders of ASIFA-Hollywood and was almost single handedly… |
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DreamWorks buys Classic Media
…Classic Media holds the rights to over 450 properties including Frosty the Snowman, George of the Jungle, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Casper the Friendly Ghost, VeggieTales, Lassie, and The Lone Ranger…. |
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Shrek The Halls
…Gary Trousdale, at the helm, no less! On its debut on television, Shrek The Halls, coming hot on the heels of the theatrical release of the most recent film in… |
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Finding Nemo: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition
…minutes in itself. To the credit of those involved in putting the disc together, there is very little overlap, and these sequences lead in and out of the commentary very… |
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Pixar Short Films to debut on ABC Family
As part of ABC Family’s annual 25 Days Of Christmas programming, the network is set to host Walt Disney Pictures Presents Pixar Short Films, a collection of 20 of the… |
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Doc McStuffins
…in the first episode. As there are a lot of them, it will take time for the characters to develop and carve out a niche in viewer’s hearts. The animators… |
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Finding Nemo: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…from Knick Knack, and one of the boats the characters fly past in the dock is named Skiff-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (another is The Surly Mermaid). A quick rendition of A Whale Of… |
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The WB holiday slate
The WB television network holiday slate this year features several perennial favorites, the biggest being the exclusive network broadcast airing of the \\The Wizard of Oz\\. The film will air… |
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The UK's 100 Greatest Cartoons!
Before the big Oscar countdown of the night gets underway, the UK’s Channel Four will, in the latest of their 100 Greatest… series, reveal the voting of the British public… |
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Blue Speaks
According to the Big Cartoon Database, after seven years of barking on Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues, Blue will finally speak to audiences, in the episode Legend of the Blue Puppy, airing… |
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\\El Cid\\ gets U.S. release date
…by {{link http://www.filmaxanimation.com/ Filmax}}. “\\El Cid\\ is an 82-minute adventure story based on the legend of the Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, who fought in the name of King… |
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Joe Grant passes away
…the 1930s all the way into our new millenium, Joe’s imprint can be felt in many productions from the indisputable classics Snow White and Dumbo down to the recently Oscar-nominated… |
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Howl's Moving Castle Los Angeles premiere press release
…celebrates the power of love to transform and the resiliency of the human spirit in the face of adversity. Brimming with a blend of imagination, humor, action, and romance, Howl’s… |
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DWA short First Flight takes off
…work, he has been teaching for the past four years at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects, where he also aids in the design and curriculum of several of the… |
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Not the 'hood, The 'Wood
…celebrity persona from the young ingenue soaking up the limelight to the aging legend who wants to get out of the spotlight. “Starz is the perfect outlet to celebrate and… |
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One on one on One Hundred And One Dalmatians
Over at Animated Views, we’ve a selection of articles celebrating the arrival of Disney’s One Hundred And One Dalmatians in a new 2-disc Platinum Edition DVD, including several interviews with… |
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Green Lantern: First Flight soars into stores in July
…Warner Premiere is committed to being at the creative forefront in the evolution of quality product in the direct-to-DVD business and the digital space, creating material that exemplifies the commitment… |
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All It Takes Is A Little Imagination: John Lennon Animated DVD in the Pipe
The Forum at the Big Cartoon Database reports that a new DVD is coming featuring animation based on drawings by Beatles legend John Lennon. The DVD will be entitled Lennon… |
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The Sword In The Stone and The Jungle Book 2 Contest – Winners Announced!
…Mowgli will need the help of both his old friends and his new family. About The Sword in the Stone: Modern animation wizardry meets medieval magic in the legendary classic… |
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DuckTales: Volume 1
…US television markets on the basis of the Disney name and the show’s concept. They took two years then to prepare the initial 65 episodes, ensuring that the show had… |
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Defenders Of The Earth: The Complete Series, Volume Two
…of the heroes this time out, with the interiors carrying their respective model sheets. The outer slipcase, in the tradition of the He-Man sets, switches to having the villains take… |
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TaleSpin: Volume 2
…in the air and on the ground. The Sweatbox Review: Of all the Disney Afternoon shows that premiered in the late 1980s and early 1990s, there are two that stand… |
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Kachow! The Cars Speedway Premiere
…for the presentation of the oversized checks to the two charities. The subsequent section of the pre-show consisted of Larry introducing the various Cars celebrities seated in the bleachers, in… |
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Directors Miller and Hui on Shrek the Third
…the one with the strongest sense of entitlement. Probably the most conceited, because she was called ‘The fairest of them all,’ and she believes they’re impressed. She’s quick to point… |
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Dalmatians 101: “Spot”-light on songwriter Mel Leven
…That was very, very early on. In the 50s, UPA was the avant-garde group of animators in Hollywood. They had a lot of tremendous talented people. Actually, they’d heard of… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto, Volume One
…playfulness is always present, of course, but these cartoons do more than often show off the limitations of the character. Without resorting to Tex Avery-type gags and comical set-ups, the… |
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Mulan II
…on the more epic toes of the original. Part of the reason it doesn’t build on the first film is down to the occasional moments of déjà vu and the… |
