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Second The Sky is Falling! Newsletter online
Coming Soon has the second issue of Chicken Little’s The Sky is Falling! Newsletter. This installment investigates the mysterious dark spot in Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa…. |
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Don Knotts dies at 81
…the title character in \\The Incredible Mr. Limpet\\, T.W. Turtle in \\Cats Don’t Dance\\, Turkey Lurkey in \\Chicken Little\\, and starred in several episodes of \\Scooby-Doo\\ where he played himself…. |
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Legendary Batman star Adam West passes away
…Animated Series. In addition, West also gave his voice to the Disney animated feature films Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons. West is reported to have completed work on the… |
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Michael Eisner Speaks at Telecommunications Conference
…record attendance at WDW during December, strong Studios performance and highlighted various upcoming projects including Chicken Little and King Arthur.” The audio webcast replay will be available until January 13…. |
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DreamWorks/Aardman deal is flushed away
…stand a chance? Their first collaboration, Chicken Run looks more than a fluke by comparison. That was also released, of course, at a time when we were not as swamped… |
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Mark Dindal, Randy Fullmer leave WDFA
Chuck Oberleitner reports at o-meon that director Mark Dindal and producer Randy Fullmer have decided to depart Walt Disney Feature Animation after wrapping up work on Chicken Little, culminating with… |
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Family films becoming less family-friendly?
…the Were-Rabbit and Chicken Little. Despite these movies’ inclusion of certain features that may be more suited for adults, both were given a “G” rating by the MPAA. Meanwhile, Harvard… |
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The Prince Of Egypt: Signature Selection
…movies Road To El Dorado and Chicken Run – still fun to check out and interesting in their own right! As an early issue, the disc doesn’t come with any… |
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Don’t be a jerk! It’s a SpongeBob Christmas with Screen Novelties!
…and stop-motion. The trio was instrumental in launching Robot Chicken and Moral Orel for Adult Swim. They’ve directed a number of public service announcements and commercials for clients such as… |
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Freakazoid!: Season 2
…first season was marred by anything, it was the eventual repetition of character gags: just as Animaniacs’ Chicken Boo or Katie Kaboom inserts became predictable, the adventures of the Jack… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume One
…way to the later full-length compilation TV specials and 1980s features. The black and white footage shows its age, but the color segments used, while being a little soft, looks… |
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Aardman's new home; Treasures still a comin'; new contest and more reviews on the way, plus a recharge to the site coming soon…
…and on other projects. You’ll find a little recap on my recent woes and why I haven’t been showing up for these Tooning In… updates here, but rest assured that… |
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Super Friends: Season One, Volume One
…Little did I realize then that there had been an earlier version of the show… Having had success already with Jonny Quest (1964) and The Fantastic Four (1967), Hanna-Barbera was… |
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Fun And Fancy Free: Gold Classic Collection
…the recording. Unhappy with circus life, little bear Bongo escapes into the countryside where he learns to fend for himself when he comes up against the threatening Lumpjaw when they… |
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Bruce Broughton: The Great Prince of Bambi II‘s Music
…of this film? BB: The style of the music in Bambi II is very much based upon the style of the original. It’s very fluid harmonically, full of little themes… |
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Warner Archive: The Amazing Captain Nemo
…some of their more requested (but way down the restoration line) titles out on disc (and bring in a little revenue on masters that would otherwise stay lined up on… |
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Toy Story That Time Forgot
…top pigs with pigs” was Uncle Walt’s famous retort when asked for more Three Little Pigs cartoons back in the 1930s, although even he relented with a short-lived series of… |
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Tom and Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures Vol. 3
…goes on for a little longer. Tom and Jerry are trying to go to sleep, but they keep waking each other up in a non-sleep war. What surprised me about… |
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The Peanuts Movie
…could cut all of these scenes together and have one of the funniest Peanuts shows ever! Don’t assume this wasn’t a good story! I may be being a little harsh… |
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Director Kevin Munroe on TMNT
…It was all about her realizing that she can’t change Casey, and him realizing that he has to be a little more responsible. It was a really great subplot. But… |
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The Secret Life of Pets
…and 1970s Warner Brothers cartoons — a little too loud, a little too brash, but fun. Most of the voice cast, like a lot of the film, was serviceable if… |
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Ultimate Avengers 2
…team travels to Wakanda in search of Kleiser. At about this time, the movie begins jumping around a little too much. Cap, already having had flashbacks and a dream sequence… |
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Animation visionary Glen Keane talks about Nephtali
…yourself.” I was a little nervous to take something so personal as my own spiritual life, my own faith and my own love for Psalm 42, and put that out… |
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The Fox And The Hound: 30th Anniversary 2-Movie Edition
…feathered double act out to catch a sneaky caterpillar – that might feel a little old hat, but I don’t remember thinking that when I first saw the film theatrically… |
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How Dean Wright and Wendy Rogers brought FX to Prince Caspian
…the first film. A lot of time has passed and there’s a lot more variations amongst the characters who are a little “wilder”, if you like. Howard Berger, special make-up,… |
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Cars 2
…sharing so very little with what came before that there’s not a lot to connect them save returning characters. Coupled with this, the decision to go in a direction that’s… |
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Captain America (1990)
…secrets. Steve has little time to recover, as Lt. Col. Louis (Michael Nouri) informs him that the Nazis are about to send a rocket to the USA that could kill… |
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My Neighbors The Yamadas
…of the Peanuts TV specials, with little continuity from one scene to another. The film therefore jumps around from Nonoko being left behind while the family drives off, to dealing… |
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A Conversation with Ben Balistreri
…at the end of my second year by Disney TV, where I went on to design on the Little Mermaid Video sequel. AV: While at CalArts, why did you create… |
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Pom Poko
…for liking such a weird little movie, I’ll just mention that it was the 1995 Annecy International Animated Film Festival Grand Prix winner for Best Animated Film. So I guess… |
