The Orlando Sentinel writes of a sunnier outcome for a handful of ex-WDFA-F animators: video games. “Cecropia, Inc. has hired seven former employees of Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida, which…

DPS Film Roman, an IDT Entertainment company, and Rob Zombie will produce a direct-to-DVD, animated feature based on his Spookshow International comic book El Superbeasto, which follows the adventures of…

PR Newswire has the press release for Comedy Central’s Drawn Together, television’s first animated reality series. The series follows the “true” story of eight characters, chosen to live together in…

Those lucky enough to be at San Diego’s Comic-Con have just been the first to learn the title of the next Star Wars blockbuster. George Lucas just released the official…

…the sport of dragon racing, in which the 12-ton creatures can reach speeds of up to 200 miles per hour. You can see a trailer on the official web site….

…News brings the highlights of the Incredibles panel. First off, the movie will be Pixar’s first PG-rated film. Also, as of 10:00 a.m. Friday, The Incredibles is “done,” although it…

…Tom Baker, Jim Broadbent, Joanna Lumley, Bill Nighy, Richard O’Brien, Ray Winstone and singers Robbie Williams and (honorary Brit) Kylie Minogue. The story has the “group of friends embark on…

{{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…

…at the Cannes Film Festival this year, is the story of a solitary cyborg who desperately wants to hold on to what’s left of his humanity in a world where…

Jackson Beck, “a master of voice-over”, has died at the age of 92, the {{link http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny–obit-beck0729jul28,0,5765067.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire AP}} reports. Beck introduced each episode of the \\Superman\\ radio show with the now…

…at WDFA. This means that only projects with screenplays that Disney executives approve of will now be allowed to begin artistic development at the studio. Jim Hill has the story….

{{link http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2004080519560002585206&dt=20040805195600&w=RTR&coview= Reuters}} reports that Walt Disney’s President and Chief Operating Officer Bob Iger has said he said he would “welcome a shot to succeed Michael Eisner as chief executive,…

DVD Answers has posted the cover art and and technical specs for the upcoming Shrek 2 DVD. Of an interesting note – on initial speculation it seems that dedicated fans…

…project director, Philip Boltt, and the Digital Arts Postgraduate Program at Wits University, headed by Prof. Christo Doherty. Feedback is the story of a weak, pathetic, downtrodden detective that helps…

…mark a return to the Jurassic Park style from the director, with heavy doses of CGI animation propping up the story (or maybe that should be the other way around?)……

The death of Pluto cast member Javier Cruz, who was run over and killed by a float in a parade at the Magic Kingdom, has seen the Disney company fined…

According to ‘monkeyboy’ at the AN Forum, the Disney/Core film The Wild has been pushed back to the summer of 2006, “due to Disney micro-managing and story problems”….

…the story of Yugi, a boy captivated by the card game sweeping the nation: Duel Monsters! But there’s more to the game than meets the eye, for it contains ancient…

…As crazy as Sanders’ last project, Lilo & Stitch, American Dog is described as a “twisted story of a canine TV star who finds himself stranded in the most forsaken…

Edinburgh based Red Kite will start producion on the animated feature Nocturna in collaboration with Filmax Animation (Spain) and Animakids (France). Nocturna tells the story of Tim, an orphan who…

…version of the Paramount film [contains] surprisingly graphic scenes of puppet sex”. The page also has new pictures and a link to a video clip of the boys’ ComicCon appearance….

…will score Disney/Vanguard’s WWII adventure Valiant. He has also just completed the BBC/A&E television special Pride, a photorealistic approach to a dramatic story featuring animated lions in the African savannah….

DreamWorks’ \\Father of the Pride\\ premieres tonight on NBC at 9pm ET to mixed reviews. \\{{link http://www.cincypost.com/2004/08/31/nbc083104.html The Cincinnati Post}}\\ calls it “a mostly tired version of the family sitcom”,…

…entered in the competition section. Set in a world of science and witchcraft, the story describes the romance between a sorcerer named Howl and an 18-year-old girl, Sophie, who is…

…company President Robert Iger is his “preferred choice” to succeed him in running the entertainment conglomerate, according to an interview in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times. Read the full story here….

…with the supplements on offer: “A single disc doesn’t mean that it’s not pretty packed, with a couple of real surprises! Perhaps the best and meatiest of the features, a…

…Ten Year Old Boy is the story of how a girl from Kettering, Ohio grew up to become the voice of a cultural icon. It’s also a tale of life…

The official web page for Steve Oedekerk’s CG comedy The Barnyard has some pictures of the characters. The film will feature the voices of Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Danny Glover,…

Yahoo Movies profiles the {{link http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20040921/en_usatoday/fantasticfourreferstoactorstoo cast and crew}} of the upcoming live-action feature based on The Fantastic Four comic book, which will currently go head to head next July…

…film adaptation of The Simpsons. Vitti was previously a writer on multiple animated series including The Simpsons and was a story consultant on Ice Age. [paid subscription required for Variety]…