Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi, known online for their animation history and comment sites Cartoon Research and Animation Blast respectively, have joined together to launch a new place to discuss…

Coming Soon! reports that although Jerry Bruckheimer is very interested in filming both Pirates of the Caribbean sequels together, Johnny Depp has not signed on to do the third one….

…well as some from when Before Walt was top of the cartoon heap, in the {{link http://www.inkwellimagesink.com/pages/cartoons/cartoons-WaltDisney.htm Walt Disney}} section. As animation historian Jerry Beck says: “The print quality is…

Jerry Beck’s Cartoon Research points out a Roy Disney/Stanley Gold interview with USA Today business columnist Jon Swartz at Yahoo! News. Read on for straight talk from two men with…

Check out Jerry Beck’s online version of a recent Variety article on the upcoming Curious George film. The most significant part of this article for the animation industry is the…

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films have optioned the movie rights to American McGee’s The Wizard of Oz. According to McGee, the film has…

{{link http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=1971 AWN}} and Jerry Beck take a look back at “the surprises and failures of the 2003 animated features in the US”. He also takes a look at what…

Both Amid Amidi’s Animation Blast and Jerry Beck’s Cartoon Research alert us to what looks like a great animated short coming our way soon called Boy’s Night Out. The short…

Jerry Beck, at his {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/ Cartoon Research}} site, links to a story at {{link http://www.adweek.com/aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2059770 Adweek}} which reports that Bugs and Daffy are appearing in a new TV commercial…

Jerry Beck, over at his {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/comments.html Cartoon Research}} page, takes a look at the new Definitive Guide To Betty Boop Memoribilia book, as well as Mike Joens’ An Animated…

…Bristol, UK and has has received 19 international awards, including a BAFTA for Best Entertainment Program. The voice cast includes big names like Ben Stiller (voice of Robbie), Jerry Stiller…

{{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ Cartoon Brew}} notes that the June issue of \\Wired\\ Magazine (on sale now) has a “major article about Pixar and Brad Bird”. Brewmaster Jerry Beck calls it “a…

…Mouse’s resignation}} from the Disney Studio. Although primarily for amusement, the piece does have serious undertones and makes for fascinating “between the lines” reading – thanks to Jerry Beck’s {{link…

…is. Or consult your favorite dream dictionary. Also, Jerry Beck’s Cartoon Research page points us to a page started by Roy Disney and Stanley Gold themselves called Save Disney that…

Jerry Beck’s Cartoon Research page points us to a new article at MSN’s Slate all about Carl Stalling, the genius discovered by Walt Disney in the early 1920’s and the…

Jerry Beck’s {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/kaz.html Cartoon Research}} just posted a look at the Brazillian edition of the Looney Tunes Golden DVD Collection, which will probably frustrate those in region one land…

Jerry Beck, over on his {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/screenings.html Cartoon Research Screenings}} page, reminds the lucky animation fans of LA that tonight sees the first of three events marking a chance to…

…check out the consensus page at Rotten Tomatoes. However, critical bigwigs like Roger Ebert, the Hollywood Reporter, and the Los Angeles Times are impressed. [Registration required to read the LA…

Animation historian Jerry Beck comments on the delay of this year’s wave of the Walt Disney Treasures DVDs on his Cartoon Research news page: “Originally scheduled for release on December…

Animation historian Jerry Beck has posted reviews of two upcoming animated features at his wonderful site, {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/ Cartoon Research}}. \\Looney Tunes: Back In Action\\ is “way better than \\The…

…them more enticing if anything! We’ve also heard word from contributor and historian Jerry Beck that the 50 Years Of Bugs Bunny In Three And A Half Minutes montage that…

Jerry Beck, one of the people responsible for the content on the new, eagerly awaited DVD box set of Looney Tunes cartoons, has posted early, first-look {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/kaz.html images}} of…

…{{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=42#post42 Forum Pages}} that he is hosting a special event at the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences tomorrow night which will include a rare, one off screening…

Join Jerry Beck to have the Fleischer Brothers’ original 1930s Popeye cartoons – some of the most brilliant and inventive shorts ever created – released on DVD. Over at {{link…

…of a new article by animation art conservationist Ron Barbagallo and pointed out to us by Jerry Beck of Cartoon Brew. The article includes some of the same stills seen…

If you’ve had second thoughts about seeing Valiant take note that animation historian Jerry Beck has given it a favorable rating. “I was expecting a disaster, but the story was…

…Brad wasn’t able to attend a similar event early last month (but which was still very worthwhile). What makes this event even better is Jerry Beck’s recent announcement that Life…

Jerry Beck’s got the low down on many of the features of the upcoming 3rd volume of Warner Bros.’ Looney Tunes Golden Collection and it looks like it’s going to…

Coming Soon has the latest on DreamWorks Animation’s Bee Movie, co-written and produced by Jerry Seinfeld. Bee Movie is “the comedic tale of Barry B. Benson, a graduate bee fresh…

Despite no recent news on Bee-Movie, an animated comedy written and featuring Jerry Seinfeld, it seems development work is continuing, with the {{link http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=7243 JoBlo movie website}} reporting that Renée…