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Under the sea with Robert Reece; plus yuletide Shrek, more Popeye and new disc announcements!
…2, 8: Roland & Ratfink and an unspecified ninth cartoon disc), and Jerry Beck’s Pink Panther: The Ultimate Guide To The Coolest Cat In Town! encyclopedia, all for a cool… |
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Seinfeld on Bee Movie
Jerry Seinfeld recently spoke to BlackFilm.com about his work for the DreamWorks Animation comedy Bee Movie, opening November 2nd. In the conversation, Seinfeld notes how he became involved with the… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition (song clip)
…second was 2009’s Up), Beauty and the Beast earned six Academy Award nominations and won two Oscars in 1992 for Best Original Song (Beauty and the Beast) and Best Original… |
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Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey
…and only dipping a toe in the waters via their association with Steven Spielberg, who produced Don Bluth’s An American Tail and The Land Before Time pictures and launched the… |
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Zellweger re-ups for DreamWorks' Bee-Movie
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… |
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Cat to chase its Tale
…is after Rover and Cleo. Cumming has the role of Newton, Rover’s friend and guide in Catopolis. Written by Aaron Mendelsohn and Kevin Munroe, Cat Tale is slated for 2006…. |
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Animated Commercials from the 1950s & 60s program photos
…with a few people even having to sit on the steps in the aisles. Due to its success Jerry Beck has promised to put together another such show with all… |
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Bee Movie Trailer C
…never-before-seen footage to AOL Moviefone. Click on the link to see superstar comedian Jerry Seinfeld in action as an animated bumblebee experiencing romance and death-defying adventures in the human world…. |
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Animated Commercials from the 1950s & 60s
Tomorrow afternoon ASIFA-Hollywood and Cartoon Brew’s Jerry Beck will be hosting a program featuring animated commercials from the 1950s & 60s, television’s golden age. Come check it out because, “much… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition
…to compare Disney’s Beauty And The Beast to Walt Disney’s Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, by way of finding the similarities in story approach and tone and suggesting Beauty… |
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Bee buzzes to top spot at box office
…3,944 theaters, increasing its total gross to an estimated $72,214,000. Box Office Mojo, Box Office Guru and Deadline Hollywood Daily analyze the box office past and prospects for Bee Movie…. |
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Secret Origin: The Story Of DC Comics
…big Golden Age names, most prominently Batman, Wonder Woman and a number of their sidekicks and villains, and the debut on radio of The Adventures Of Superman and the Fleischer… |
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Major Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3 details revealed
…of eternal servitude and damnation. And as if that weren’t enough, Captain Jack’s problems throw a huge wrench into the wedding plans of the blissful Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann,… |
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\\Looney Tunes: Back In Action\\ and \\The Triplets Of Belleville\\ reviewed
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… |
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Mickey Mouse Leaves Disney!!
…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… |
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Looney Tunes Golden DVD Collection: Hit Or Miss?
…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… |
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Tron: Legacy and The Original Classic 2-Movie Collection
…a tidy sum over double its investment in theatrical release, and inspired legions of some of today’s most recognized computer animation creators and visual effects experts. And, being a perfectly… |
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Iron Giant Reunion
…Giant reunion with over two dozen members of the crew present with a Q&A session hosted by Jerry Beck of Cartoon Research and Cartoon Brew. Attendance and commemmorative figure are… |
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Aladdin and the King of Thieves menu screens
Follow the ‘More’ link for five menu screens from Disney’s upcoming DVD release of Aladdin and the King of Thieves, the third and final Aladdin movie. Bonus features on the… |
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"?
As previously declared by Jerry Bruckheimer, the subtitle for Pirates of the Caribbean will not be “Treasure of the Lost Abyss”. Now, a scooper for JoBlo has pointed to the… |
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Hotel Transylvania Production Designer Marcelo Vignali’s “Suite” Time!
…another and I had a variety of shows that I was working on. Then, American Tail came out and got people excited about animation again, and then Who Framed Roger… |
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Remembering Frank Thomas
Jerry Beck, at the {{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2004_09.html#000487 Cartoon Brew}} website, reports on Wednesday evening’s tribute to animator Frank Thomas. Among other things, scenes shown at the memorial included Frank and lifelong… |
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Roy Disney and Stanley Gold Speak with USA Today
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… |
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O'Flaherty to direct CGI Thundercats
…animated adaptation of Thundercats. Previous credits for O’Flaherty include serving as an art director on such bestselling video games as Gears of War, Unreal Tournament 3 and Command and Conquer…. |
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Animator/Director Nassos Vakalis invites us to his Dinner for Few
…the 10-minute film which was produced in the U.S. and his native Greece. He also brought in German-based Eva Vomhoff for technical and artistic collaboration, producer Katerina Stergiopoulou and composer… |
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\\Wired\\ cover story on Pixar
{{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… |
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Popeye on DVD
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… |
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A new toon "Brew"…
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… |
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Pirates of the Caribbean 3's plot to lack Depp?
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…. |
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Jump over to the Inkwell for Alice In Cartoonland and Ko-Ko The Clown on DVD!
Ray Pointer, an animation enthusiast of the medium’s early days who turned his passion into a personal crusade to restore and present the work of such animation pioneers and innovators… |
