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…and Karen Paik’s To Infinity and Beyond: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios. Meanwhile, AWN takes a look at Don Peri’s new book Working with Walt: Interviews with Disney Artists….

Dustin Hoffman discusses Kung Fu Panda, The Tale of Despereaux

…set with the director,” explains the L.A. native and Strasberg grad. “You draw the line. They are the director, the captain of the ship, and you don’t show disrespect. You…

Toon producers outsource to China

…suggests Imagi makes movies a lot cheaper than its international competition, which could translate into major profits even when their films don’t earn big-studio-size returns. And to do that, the…

Angelina Jolie "upset" by Disney films

…her daughters movies from the animation giant because they don’t feature African princesses. “Even the colour of the children in the cartoon matters. There still isn’t a Disney princess that’s…

Dumbo Cel Release and Artist Signing

…Jumbo’s, sweet, little, “Baby Mine” with the newest edition to the Ink and Paint collection from the Studios Animation Gallery at the Walt Disney World Resort! . . . Don’t

Andrew Stanton discusses Waaaall•E

…a storyteller, since the characters themselves don’t even really speak. Stanton believes “if you can orchestrate your story right without much dialogue, you can really get some powerful responses from…

M. Night Shyamalan's take on The Last Airbender

…is it’s almost like they don’t ever really touch each other based in this world. They kind of do a form of manifesting something and then it comes at the…

New Orleans artist to sing The Princess and the Frog theme song

…Rebennack since the 1960s, when both men worked as Los Angeles studio musicians. “You don’t have to tell him much about music. He knows where he is, wherever he is.”…

Reviews leak and amazing buzz starts on Wall•E

…That’s it. That’s truth in one word,” says ‘Nordling’; “This film is gorgeous. The scenes in the trailer don’t even approach how amazingly beautiful the film is. I teared up…

Wall•E worldwide premiere and early buzz

…“That’s why you go to the movies: to see something different. I spend four years on these movies. I don’t want to do them twice.” John Lasseter added, “Every Pixar…

Gary Oldman discusses his Christmas Carol roles

…… and you don’t wear a costume, and you have dots on your face, and Zemeckis will make the movie in the computer later.” A Christmas Carol will be released…

Second Simpsons movie on the way

…four years – mainly because we don’t like to work any harder than we usually do.” Thanks to “gaastra” over at the Animated News & Views Forum for the tip!…

Only Yesterday amongst top movies not available in US

…content of the film which, Disney officials felt, was incompatible with their family-friendly image. In an old Nausicaa.net interview, Cindy and Don Hewitt, the duo behind the English adaptations of…

Oliver & Company's Director George Scribner!

…work with Walt Disney Imagineering – go read it right now! Don’t forget that you can win your very own copy of Oliver, as well as Disney’s current releases of…

Python's Gilliam honored, Gulliver's details, plus new discs!

How great to hear that former Monty Python animator, director and star Terry Gilliam will be honored at this Sunday’s BAFTA film awards at London’s Royal Opera House in the…

Ollie Johnston: In Remembrance

Animation World Network now sports a collection of remembrances by many in the animation industry (including Don Hahn, Glen Keane, Gene Deitch, Chuck Williams, Chris Wedge, John Lasseter, and Jeffrey…

The Chestnut Tree gets internet debut

…world, including Jennifer and Bert Klein, Eric and Susan Goldberg, and Don Hahn (remember his panel is tonight). Click here to read our Animated Views interview with the creators of…

Studios enter multiple toons in Oscar race

…had entered The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie and pushed the total submission count to 16, boosting the chances for films such as Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears…

WALL-E contest ending soon; review online now

…18 at 11:59 ET, and we’ll announce the winning name soon after. Also, don’t forget to check out the full Animated Views review of the Special Edition DVD, online now!…

Beauty and the Beast to get 3-D makeover

…of filmmakers, including producer Don Hahn and co-directors Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale. Disney plans to roll out 3-D versions of 10 other films over the next two years which…

Azur & Asmar: Michel Ocelot’s Quest For Tolerance

done and what could not be done with CGI. It means I want to make more films with CGI, and more films with drawings and more films with cutouts. AV:…

Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic

…the live-action films (and the recent Hellboy movies). The animation, in this case, was done by San Francisco-based Juice Films who have done an amazing job at adapting comic books…

The Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest: Season One, Volume One

…as they don’t wish to release more discs than they have to in order to gauge interest in potential buyers, but it is unfortunate for those of us who would…

The real adventures of Jonny Quest and Pinocchio!

…7 April at 11:59pm ET. And if that’s still not enough Pinocchio for you, don’t forget to catch up on Jeremie Noyer’s fascinating musical history of the film right here!…

Paul & The Dragon: Cartoon Laugh-O-Therapy with the Film’s Creators!

…classic cartoons (like Roadrunner and Tom & Jerry) don’t rely on dialogue at all. We knew that then the music and sound effects would become very important. We’re extremely happy…

Britain’s Biggest Red Carpet Rolled Out To Celebrate The BAFTA Awards 2009

…Can it beat the all-American Benjamin Button at the Oscars? You’ll have to tune in later this month to find out – and don’t forget to play along with our…

Like a Bolt out of the Blu! Plus The Odd Couple!

…fairly light on bonus features, don’t forget that our own Jeremie Noyer has been posting some cool Bolt content, including speaking to the film’s designer Joe Moshier, Bolt’s animator Cinzia…

Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter

…It all seems so obvious now. Boy, I was dumb at sixteen. (Don’t ever tell my dad that I’m admitting it now!) Tales Of The Black Freighter, the pirate story,…

Paul & The Dragon

…the Rex Steele short from a few years back, and by Don Bluth’s work in the Dragon’s Lair games footage. A very neat scene in which Paul’s plight is spelled…

Schoolhouse Rock! Earth

…song. The final song on the disc is Don’t Be a Carbon Sasquatch which compares the footprint of a Sasquatch to our carbon footprint. This was a clever idea, but…