|
From the toy aisle to the video aisle…
Toon Zone has the details on new direct-to-video movies based popular toys. First up, Paramount Home Entertainment will provide worldwide distribution to Hasbro’s direct-to-video titles, both companies yesterday. Releases this… |
|
|
Variety updates: Selick peachy for Vinton; McDormand enlists for Par's Flux
…Also, Frances McDormand has signed on to co-star with Charlize Theron in Paramount Pictures’ live-action adaptation of the futuristic MTV toon series Aeon Flux, coming to theaters in 2005. [paid… |
|
|
Disney's Tom Staggs to speak to investors
{{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=113150 Toon Zone}} reports that “Tom Staggs, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Walt Disney Company, will be speaking at the Thomas Weisel Partners Growth… |
|
|
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga cover art now online
…Doc Ock DVD, which will be released on June 29th. While DVDtoons states that Spider-Man: The Venom Saga will be released this winter, Toon Zone reports that the rumoured release… |
|
|
Get set for Krypto
Toon Zone links to new images from the WB’s upcoming kids animation series based around Superman’s amazing canine, {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=113309 Krypto The Superdog}}, coming to Cartoon Network for spring 2005…. |
|
|
Animated Star Trek teleporting to DVD
TV Shows on DVD, via Toon Zone, reveals that Filmation’s Star Trek: The Animated Series, the first Star Trek spin-off, could be released on DVD in 2005. “Plans are…underway for… |
|
|
Dragon Hunters teaser
Toon house Futurikon is simultaneously producing a 2D television series, 3D movie and a video game of its original property Dragon Hunters. The series will bow on pubcaster France 3… |
|
|
Kelsey Shannon interview
Kelsey Shannon, a designer on Jimmy Neutron and GI Joe talks to {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=114015 Toon Zone}} about his return to the comic book business with Batman Adventures…. |
|
|
Animation Nation; Dark Horse partners Image Ent.
Toon Zone has a couple of interesting links up today, including news on {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=114570 Singapore’s upcoming Animation Nation}} festival for independent animation, and the {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=114574 announcement}} by Dark… |
|
|
Disney Concert to play Leeds, UK
Toon Zone reports that {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=114727 Disney in Concert: A Magical Night Of Music And Film}}, performed against large screen featuring film animation illustrating favorite fairytales, will play its European… |
|
|
Report from the Anime Expo
Toon Zone posts a brief but informative {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=115661 review of events}} from this past weekend’s Anime Expo 2004, one of the biggest gatherings of manga and anime fans in… |
|
|
More Batman, Superman, and Justice League DVDs on the way
Toon Zone has the details and cover art for Justice League: The Brave and the Bold, Superman: The Animated Series: A Little Piece of Home, and Batman: The Animated Series:… |
|
|
Aladdin to sponser Clay Aiken's tour
In a strange new twist on the marketing business, an animated fictional character is sponsoring Clay Aiken’s nationwide tour, which has just started, reports {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=115865 Toon Zone}}. Well, kind… |
|
|
Boomerang presents Laff-a-Lympics marathon
Toon Zone reports that Boomerang will air a 72-hour weekend marathon of Scooby’s All-Star Laff-a-Lympics, running from Friday, August 13, through Sunday, August 15. Beginning on Friday morning at 8:00am… |
|
|
Coverage of the Comic-Con coverage
…pervasive strong language]. Those looking for more enlightenment on Batman Begins will definitely find it in Superhero Hype‘s coverage of the film’s panel. Toon Zone summarizes the events of Cartoon… |
|
|
Animated Poo
{{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=117410 Toon Zone}} has a great article up about a half-hour stop-motion animated Korean film, Doggy Poo, which turns out to be a surprisingly tender, gentle and profound story… |
|
|
Family Guy movie confirmed for DVD
Though often rumored, {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=117377 Toon Zone}} reports that Canada.com has posted the first real confirmation that a {{link http://www.canada.com/entertainment/story.html?id=ca78e65d-d4e4-4dd6-b69e-a509e11773b2 Family Guy movie}} is indeed “in the works”. The story… |
|
|
Justice League Unlimited review
Toon Zone reviews the first episode of Justice League Unlimited, Initiation, stating, “Justice League Unlimited sounds like it is going to serve up superheroics cafeteria-style, with speed and convenience. Those… |
|
|
Character designs for upcoming Spawn series revealed
On one of the official Spawn website’s message boards are two model turn-a-rounds from the upcoming Spawn animated series. As Toon Zone notes, “The two models depict an ‘evolved’ Spawn,… |
|
|
Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Space Ghost Coast to Coast DVD specs
Toon Zone has the details on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume 3 and Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume 2 DVDs, both coming to stores on November 16, 2004…. |
|
|
Kangaroo Jack to get fully animated in new series of films
According to Toon Zone, Warner Home Video and Castle Rock Entertainment are planning to release a series of animated, direct-to-DVD Kangaroo Jack movies. The first in the series, Kangaroo Jack:… |
|
|
Looney Tunes: Golden Collection 2 – more specs!
The new classic animation website {{link http://www.goldenagecartoons.com Golden Age Cartoons}} has been formed by a group of long-time toon-loving webheads, and looks to be an amazing place to keep up… |
|
|
This Land now belongs to you and me
…for the famous American song This Land is Your Land in its notorious web toon This Land, but it was discovered that the tune is now in the public domain…. |
|
|
Release dates for upcoming Superman and Batman DVD sets moved to January
Toon Zone reports that Warner Bros. has moved the release date for the upcoming Batman: The Animated Series – Volume Two and Superman: The Animated Series – Volume One DVD… |
|
|
The Batman animated series a "train wreck"?; The Batman online updates
…do a decent Batman cartoon, or a decent cartoon in general, even though several of these producers have extensive cartoon experience. Whether you blame it on the writers, the producers,… |
|
|
Another review of The Batman
Toon Zone has another negative review of The Batman, this time coming from ‘Amazing Spidey’, who remarks, “The potential is there, but the creators’ attempts to make everything cool, from… |
|
|
Kim Possible DVD and season premiere news
Ultimate Disney has the press release for Kim Possible: The Villain Files, the new compilation DVD that will hit stores on December 7, 2004. In related news, Toon Zone notes… |
|
|
Disney: back to hand-drawn, but out-sourced, animation?
{{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=123092 Toon Zone}} has an interesting snippet up which states that Disney president Bob Iger has announced a return to hand-drawn feature animation from the company. The catch? Apparently,… |
|
|
Pooh TV comes to DVD
…Forever will chiefly contain some scattered episodes of the 1988 New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh series, a former Saturday morning staple that currently re-runs on the Toon Disney channel…. |
|
|
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga episodes unveiled
Toon Zone confirms that the episodes to be included on Spider-Man: The Venom Saga include: the Alien Costume three-part saga, Venom Returns, and Carnage. Along with the episodes, the DVD… |
