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\\Slinky – The Movie\\?
…February 2004 for a fall 2005 delivery”. \\The Magic Quilt\\ “will take family audiences into a land of enchantment and adventure as the cast of spring toys follows a trail… |
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Kronk the philanthropist
…New Groove and Take Home a New Disney Toy As Part of The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys For Tots Campaign MARINA DEL REY, Calif– The holidays came early this… |
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Cars helps Mattel score strong quarterly earnings
…bucks to Mattel, says The Los Angeles Times. On Monday, the El Segundo-based toy maker announced its best quarterly earnings in six years, a sure sign of healthy holiday sales…. |
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Etch A Sketch puts on Squarepants
…Explorer. The move comes courtesy of Ohio Art Co., which is looking to increase sales of the Etch A Sketch. Both new versions of the toy will be released this… |
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Robosapien to invade the big screen
…toy Robosapien to the big screen. “The toy industry is my first love,” explained Arad. “And Robosapien has intrigued me since he was introduced. He has all the right elements… |
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Details emerge on Open Season sequel
…rest of the woodland creatures launch a full-scale rescue mission for their sausage-shaped friend and soon find themselves in enemy camp: the world of the pets. Led by a toy… |
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Two New DreamWorks Films: Rise of the Guardians and The Croods
Animated films usually coincide with large toy lines, especially if they come from one of the major animation studios. DreamWorks premiered images from two of their upcoming films, Rise of… |
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Trolls: Party Edition
…out-of-nowhere rendition of The Sound of Silence earns giggles for its surrealism alone), but it also helps that the voice cast consists of really good singers, particularly Anna Kendrick and… |
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SpongeBob celebrates 20 years with a Big Birthday Blowout and the Best Year Ever
…than made up for the bad. In addition to that, one of the most fun parts of the episode were the segments featuring the voice talent of the show playing… |
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\\Garfield\\ teaser poster revealed
…live-action/CG film \\Garfield\\. The movie, which opens June 18, 2004, features Bill Murray as the title voice, and a screenplay by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, co-writers of \\Toy Story\\…. |
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New online comic from Pixar animator
…who worked previously on \\A Bug’s Life\\, \\Toy Story 2\\, \\Monster’s Inc\\., and \\Finding Nemo\\, is currently working on the upcoming film \\Cars\\. His new strip is online at {{link… |
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New "Incredible" Clips Online
From Pixar’s official website comes three new clips, previously seen on the Wonderful World of Disney’s presentation of Toy Story, for Disney and Pixar’s upcoming The Incredibles. Thanks to JoBlo… |
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Could Apple buy Pixar?
…opportunities. Those surfer dude sea turtles from \\Finding Nemo\\ listening to the Beach Boys on their iPods. \\Toy Story’s\\ Woody using Apple’s new GarageBand software to compose a love song… |
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Alias for sale?
You are probably wondering what Alias is right? Sit down and raise your hand when called apon. Have you ever seen Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, Toy Story, Ice Age, Lord… |
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Curious . . . 2D is NOT Dead
…go for the traditional two-dimensional, hand-drawn look for this particular feature. This should be proof sufficient that the style of animation used all depends on the aesthetic needs of the… |
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Animation Unlimited: Innovative Short Films Since 1940
…for students of animation, or anyone wishing to stretch their viewing beyond Disney, South Park or Toy Story. “What brings the book to life, however, tucked away inside the back… |
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Disney Channel "May" be on to something
…The Series and Dave the Barbarian; and airings of popular Disney movies, including Tarzan, Atlantis: Milo’s Return, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, The Emperor’s New Groove, Lady and the… |
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Another new Shrek 2 review!
Ain’t It Cool News has another very hopeful Shrek 2 review, as it states, “Shrek 2 deserves to stand proudly with Toy Story 2 and the yet-unmade Kazaam 2 as… |
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Shrek 2 opens; reviewers weigh in on how it compares to original
…much to expect lightning to strike twice”; while {{link http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandroeper/today.html Roeper}} believes that “like \\Toy Story 2\\ and the \\Lord of the Rings\\ sequels, \\Shrek 2\\ is that rare adventure… |
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\\Incredibles\\ commercial online
…Incredibles\\: From the Academy Award-winning creators of \\Toy Story\\, \\Monsters, Inc.\\, and \\Finding Nemo\\, comes this hilarious action-packed animated adventure about superheroes. Bob Parr used to be one of the… |
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More on Sony's digital revolution
…in perspective, films such as Toy Story or Shrek 2 are created at 2K, and transferred to film for standard projection. The 4K route doubles the amount of resolution, and… |
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Learn the trade online with Animation Mentor
…highest possible level of education in the art of animation, both to beginning students as well as professional animators seeking to grow in their art. As one of the founders,… |
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Shrek 2 continues box-office dominance; Spidey 2 in the frame
By the end of last week, DreamWorks’ Shrek 2 passed Spider-Man on the all-time {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm domestic grosses list}}, with a take of $404.3m, beating the webbed wonder’s $403.7 pull… |
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Dragons: Fire and Ice trailer
Here is a trailer for Bardel Entertainment’s direct to video CGI feature Dragons: Fire and Ice. Based on the Mega Bloks toy line, the film tells the story of two… |
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Jobs Talks Pixar's Future
…possibility of a special tenth anniversary DVD of Toy Story being released next year, but talks between Disney and Pixar on the subject are in the very initial stages. The… |
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Pixar taken to court?
…turning into films, and immediately greenlight sequels to Toy Story and Finding Nemo with $100 million-plus budgets and hire directors whose only experience is in music videos to oversee them.”… |
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AFI to name 100 greatest movie quotes
{{link http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/quotes.aspx The American Film Institute}} will “count down America’s 100 greatest lines of dialogue spoken in the movies, as chosen by experts of the motion picture community, in a… |
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Nextoons: The NickToons Film Festival Announces Festival Judges
…franchises, Hamill was the voice of the Joker for the 13-year run of the animated TV series including the features Mask of the Phantasm and The Return of the Joker… |
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More on Robots' DVD
…on August 30, and special editions of Toy Story (September 6), Cinderella (October 4) and the likely DreamWorks debut of Madagascar and Fox’s own Star Wars: Episode III (both November)…. |
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New Disney DVD updates
There’s still no word on the off again, on again release of the commemorative DisneyLand documentary The Secrets, Stories And Magic Of The Happiest Place On Earth, but Ultimate Disney… |


