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Johnny Bravo live-action feature moves ahead
According to {{link http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117894889&categoryID=13&cs=1 Variety.com}}, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is lined up to become a real-life Johnny Bravo in a live-action feature film based on the Cartoon Network show. Though… |
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Gary Goldman on the American Tail DVD…
…was called Amblimation or Universal Cartoon. Our understanding is that An American Tail II: Fievel Goes West (1991), cost $25M to do in London. Our next film was All Dogs… |
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What Works for The Lion King May Work for Tarzan
The Big Cartoon DataBase updates with a report on the upcoming Tarzan Broadway musical from Disney and states that Phil Collins has already written six to eight new songs for… |
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Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell . . . Kid Rock?
The forum at the Big Cartoon Database has a report on an upcoming animated segment featuring rapper/rocker/country artist Kid Rock and his version of the perennial yuletide favorite “The Twelve… |
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From Limited to Unlimited: Disney's Treasure Chest Gets More Generous
The forum at the Big Cartoon Database has a report on a Disney box set that collects everything from the first two waves of the Walt Disney Treasures series and… |
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Duck Dodgers producers Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone enter the Toon Zone
…(itself “sequel-ized” in the 1970s follow-up Duck Dodgers And The Return Of The 24 1/2 Century). The new Duck Dodgers show airs on the Cartoon Network at various weekend slots…. |
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Star Wars: Clone Wars premieres in Asia
Cartoon Network Asia will premiere the new Star Wars ‘micro-series’ on Monday, November 10 at 6:30pm. Just like in the UK, the wait for Clone Wars won’t be as long… |
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First Wallace and Gromit feature to begin filming
{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=13391 The Big Cartoon Database}} reports that “after two years of preparation, filming of the first Wallace and Gromit feature movie will start in a few days”. \\Curse Of… |
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\\Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman\\ review
…the most compelling part of the Batman cartoon. It’s the look and this is where \\BMOTB\\ delivers. It’s definitely the most beautiful work to come out of modern noir cartoons”…. |
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Clone Wars concept art now online!
In the lead up to the November 7th premiere episode of the Star Wars: Clone Wars “micro-series” on the Cartoon Network, the company has made available some original conceptual work… |
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More on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD set!
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… |
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Wartime Animation Special Event: Animation At War
Animation historian and writer Jerry Beck, whose {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/screenings.html Cartoon Research}} continues to be a well respected and deep source of news and views on animated topics, writes on our… |
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Comedy Central to air "Kid Notorius" tonight
…con artist, a sage, an action hero. Brett Morgen, Evans and head writers Alan Cohen and Alan Freedland (both from Fox’s “King of the Hill”) are the cartoon’s executive producers…. |
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Carl Urbano dead at 94
Carl Urbano, winner of the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Golden Award in 1981, has died at 94. He began his career in the 1930’s, and in 1940 was an animator… |
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Much, much, MUCH more Duck Dodgers on the way!
…Alaskey) at another event this coming Wednesday, November 12. {{link http://www.arclightcinemas.com/do/detail?venueCode=Arclight&showCode=00572&dateText=11/12/2003&forward=/Detail1846.jsp&path=cs Wascally Wabbits And Mad Mallards: The Cartoons Of Chuck Jones}} is a screening of 14 classic cartoons at the… |
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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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Inkwell Images add many new titles to their DVD roster!
…compilations featuring the very early work of {{link http://www.inkwellimagesink.com/pages/cartoons/cartoons-WaltDisney.htm Walt Disney}}, such as the Newman Laugh-O-Grams and the Alice Comedies, and the {{link http://www.inkwellimagesink.com/pages/cartoons/cartoons-MaxFleischer.htm Fleischer Brothers}}, including new Out Of… |
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Bakshi's Wizards coming to DVD
Perhaps more known for his infamous animated features Fritz The Cat and the recently DVD-issued live-action/cartoon combo Cool World, director Ralph Bakshi remains an interesting figure on the fringe. Now,… |
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Disney responds
{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=15748 The Big Cartoon Database}} reports on Disney’s official response to the departure of Disney and Gold. In its statement the board said that Gold’s remarks were “untrue and… |
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Lion King 1½ "Hot Tub" Trailer on Pirates of the Caribbean DVD
It might seem a little jarring to go from the very serious news of Roy Disney’s resignation to news about the flatulence of a cartoon warthog, but a post by… |
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Belleville screening in Canada
{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=15576 The Big Cartoon Database Forum}} reports that two special upcoming screenings of Les Triplettes De Belleville, Sylvain Chomet’s international co-production, are to be held in Ottawa and Vancouver,… |
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Looney Tunes around the world!
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… |
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\\The Simpsons\\ apologizes to Fox News over Groening's comments
…right-wing political stance… ‘Now Fox has a new rule that we can’t do those little fake news crawls on the bottom of the screen in a cartoon because it might… |
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\\Slinky – The Movie\\?
Creating a new cartoon and basing it on a popular toy has almost always been a safe bet. But {{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=1807 Animation Magazine}} has a report that may be taking… |
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Mickey Mouse: 75 Years And Still Going Strong!
…ago this day that Walt Disney premiered the groundbreaking cartoon Steamboat Wiliie, the one (to coin an often too used phrase) that started it all! Mickey’s back next year, turning… |
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Final word on Looney Tunes: Back In Action?
The Big Cartoon Database has just kicked off a new feature, {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view&post=14707 The Animated Word}}, which will be a review coulmn on new animated films and DVD releases. Alex… |
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\\Finding Nemo\\ gets nomination as best film
\\Finding Nemo\\ has been nominated for a European Film Award for best non-European film of 2003, according to {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=14428 The Big Cartoon Database}}. The winners will be announced by… |
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Jane Jetson passes away
‘dtemplar’ in the {{link http://forums.toontitan.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=17831#post17831 DVD Toons Forum}} posted that “Penny Singleton, who brought Jane to life on Hanna-Barbera’s 1962 primetime cartoon The Jetsons, died in California Wednesday two weeks… |
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Pixar completes new short!
…piece in the spirit of Disney’s cartoon Pecos Bill. No word yet on when and where it will premiere, though it’s a good guess that it’ll appear at various festivals… |
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'Finding Mick-o' in 2012
The Big Cartoon Database notes that the now rumored release date for The Search for Mickey Mouse is in 2012…. |
