…‘More’ link for a list of many of the movies being shown this summer. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Sinbad: Legend of the 7 Seas Trumpet of the Swan Jimmy…

…different races, 60 different cultures, and 60 different species of creatures.” Also of interest is that Harry Gregson-Williams (Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas and the Shrek films) will be…

One of the most successful and influential music score composers in the movie business {{link http://www.jerrygoldsmithonline.com/ has died}}. Jerry Goldsmith dipped into the animation world several times, scoring such features…

…and unite humans and dragons once and for all. The show is set against the backdrop of the sport of dragon racing, in which the 12-ton creatures can reach speeds…

…brought her larger fame. Other notable films of the era included The Legend of the Condemned opposite Gary Cooper, Josef Von Sternberg’s Thunderbolt (the director’s first sound film), and The…

…wrote music for a number of classic movies that shaped the landscape of film in the last half of the 20th century. His scores ranged from the epic to the…

…and concerns on the recent dumping by Disney of Mickey, Donald, and Goofy: The Three Musketeers into direct-to-video status rather than first giving it the proper theatrical release it deserved….

…is a live-action family adventure film adaptation of the legend of Paul Bunyan, featuring the voice of Eddie Griffin (Blast!, My Baby’s Daddy, Scary Movie 3, Undercover Brother) as the…

…industry legend Floyd Norman has written another great column, with the focus being on Frank Braxton, America’s first black animator. Thanks to ‘coachmcguirk’ at the AN Forum for the notice….

Animation legend Don Bluth has provided animation for New York based band Scissor Sisters’ music video Mary. Picked by the critics as one of the highlights of Scissor Sisters debut…

…Treasures producer Dave Bossert, invokes the feel of a classic Disney short in a comical, 1950’s way, not quite up to feature animation standards, but streets ahead of what the…

…commendable. There are a few drawbacks (the central theme – yin/yang – is stated a bit too heavily and the “battle” near the end is more like a skirmish) but…

…be viewed here: “Film legend Paul Newman is set to put the pedal to the metal behind the wheel of this Disney and Pixar sponsored racecar on February 4th, and…

TV Shows on DVD has the press release for Spider-Man: The Venom Saga. Bonus features for the DVD include: Five exclusive episode introductions by Stan Lee; “The Venomous Web,” a…

…active}}. Not much there right now, apart from info on the film and the trailer, so hopefully there’s still more to come before the film debuts in theaters June 10th….

…family adventure film adaptation of the legend of Paul Bunyan, featuring the voice of Eddie Griffin (DysFunktional Family, Scary Movie 3, Pinocchio, Undercover Brother) as the CGI-animated Babe the Blue…

Clay Kaytis has updated his Animation Podcast blog with the third part of his interview with Andreas Deja. “It’s Deja vu all over again. The last installment of my first…

Exodus Film Group announces the addition of two new projects in the studio’s lineup: The Hero of Color City and Amarillo Armadillo. The two new projects come as a response…

…Transformatron”, which will air as the finale of a four-part story, on July 25 – 28. Hawk will voice of the role of Coop, the long-lost father of cyber-teen Slider….

…number of tickets available to the Joe Grant Life Celebration being held on Tuesday, June 28th at 7pm, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California. Among those participating to honor…

{{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/409 DVD Toons reviews Starchaser: The Legend Of Orin}}, the fun 1980s sci-fi precursor to such films as Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet and Titan AE, which is…

…Research Library, is they kept all the cleanup drawings. So all the scenes are there in their cleaned up stage but they didn’t keep the roughs. AN: Really? AD: That…

…will be managed by FST; U.S. distribution rights will be retained by Marvel. The latest X-Men series is expected to be ready for worldwide distribution by the summer of 2007….

A PR Newswire release late yesterday announced that Irving Ludwig has passed away at the age of 95. Ludwig was the former president of Buena Vista Distribution and was instrumental…

Cartoon Brew reports on the recent passing of animation legend Norman McCabe. “Between 1934 and 1999, McCabe worked at Schlesinger’s, Warner Bros., US Army Air Corps Training Film Unit, MGM,…

The {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=60988 Big Cartoon DataBase reports}} the very sad passing of a true Hollywood legend, director Richard Fleischer, son of animation producer Max and the captain of Walt Disney’s…

…every legend lies the real and surprising story of what actually happened. Genius Products, Inc. (OTCBB:GNPI), Kanbar Entertainment and The Weinstein Company retell the classic story of Red Riding Hood…

The Legend of Prince Valiant, Volume One Collector’s Edition DVD Set, due for release on July 4, includes: Interviews with the series creator/producer David J. Corbett, writer Brooks Wachtel, and…

…1981 cult classic Clash of the Titans, for Warner Bros. Pictures. The original film was the final project for which stop-motion legend Ray Harryhausen served as “special visual effects creator.”…

…of Mindfire CEO Mark Altman, the article explains, “The plan is to release one movie in the $15 million range and three TV projects in the $4 million range every…