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Kids' WB! fall season to debut three new cartoons

…Salad Island debuts Saturday, September 17th at 10:30am ET. Johnny Test is the story of an 11 year old boy who has a zest for life and an ambition just…

Fraggle Rock moving to the big screen

…from the original television show entering outer space, also known as the “human world.” Targeted for audiences both young and old, the Fraggle Rock movie is being eyed for a…

Making Ginja Ninja Cool at this year's MIPCOM

…Chan! And adding to the old-school feel is the heavy animation influence, something that will come even more to the fore in the animated spin-off \\Ginja Toons\\. For the early…

Dinosaur director takes Otter

…circus sea otter named Ollie who tires of doing the same old stunts at the behest of his demanding father. Ollie leaves his family and the aquatic circus behind to…

Ollie Johnston to receive National Medal of Arts

We have just been informed that Ollie Johnston, veteran Disney animator and the last surviving member of Walt’s Nine Old Men, will be awarded with the National Medal of Arts…

Madagascar DVD bonus features review

old, ahem, Steve Carrell hosts a sneak peek at Over the Hedge. There’s a whole music video for “I Like to Move It” which shows just about every character in…

Animated characters affect children's nutrition, study says

In a recent report, the U.S. Institute of Medicine stated that television has been found to strongly influence what children younger than 12 years old eat. Responding to that finding,…

Disney Day-After-Christmas New Release: Toy Story 2

…John Lasseter tells the real reason Toy Story 2 was made How not to care for your old vinyl records In the primitive era before Mapquest came along Also, get…

Bacon bit

…by a user known as “soybeanoil,” which reveals that Wilbur will be voiced by a young actor under the age of 18 years old, rather than a well-known adult celebrity….

Press release: The Wubbcast video podcast for pre-schoolers

For cartoon fans and filmmakers young and old, the announcement has arrived that The Wubbcast, the first video podcast for pre-schoolers, is now available. Offering a lineup that includes the…

Classic Disney shorts now on iTunes

…\\The Three Little Pigs\\ (1933), \\The Old Mill\\ (1937), \\Brave Little Tailor\\ (1938), \\Ferdinand the Bull\\ (1938), \\Good Scouts\\ (1938), \\The Tortoise and the Hare\\ (1935), \\The Ugly Duckling\\ (1939),…

Jasper Morello animator Lucas shares Oscar reaction

…Sun has the reaction from Lucas, who insisted, “Winning is being nominated.” As the 40-year-old father of two, whose wife Julie produced the film, stated, “I’ve won, I’ve totally won…

Don Knotts dies at 81

…Hills, according to the {{link http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/02/25/knotts.obit.ap/index.html AP}}. He was 81 years old. Knotts was no stranger to animation voicing characters in several tv shows and films, including: the title character…

Updated: RIP, Dennis Weaver

Dennis Weaver, most famous for his work in the hit television series Gunsmoke and McCloud, died on Friday, at the age of 81 years old. His animated work included voicing…

Dykstra to helm Tortoise and Hippo

…reports The Hollywood Reporter. The film is based on the true story of a baby hippo and 100-year-old tortoise that were rescued from the Indian Ocean following the Asian tsunami….

Screen Media Ventures finds Mee-Shee

…a screenplay by Barry Authors, John Henderson directed the picture. Budgeted at $25 million, Mee-Shee is about one 8-year-old boy’s quest to save a “Loch Ness monster-type creature” from poachers….

RIP, Robert "Tiger" West

From Toon Zone and The Big Cartoon Database comes word that Robert “Tiger” West died on February 13th, at the age of 81 years old. West’s major contribution to animation…

Review: Chicken Little DVD

IGN FilmForce has a look at the Chicken Little DVD, entering stores next week. “Chicken Little is merely a so-so execution of an amusing twist on its old, namesake fable….

Cartoon Network gets more Fantastic

…the weekly series has set its target audience to ages 6 – 11 years old, with 26 episodes having been commissioned. Variety, via Coming Soon, has more on the story….

Spongebob shirt blamed for fire injury

…It appears that the emblem on the garment caught ablaze as the nine-year-old was stroking fire embers at his grandmother’s house. As a result, the boy’s face, arm and legs…

Sun-Maid Girl receives CGI makeover

For someone close to 90 years old, the Sun-Maid Girl continues to look young, especially thanks to her recent computer animated facelift, as a press release from Sun-Maid Growers of…

Ice Age sequel receiving massive campaign

…media support and retail partners, the campaign aims to make the film known to filmgoers young and old. In fact, as Meltdown’s stars promote the movie on talk shows, the…

Shuffling around: Where will Disney animators animate?

…the “hat building” (so named for the big Sorcerer’s Apprentice hat out front) to either the old animation building on the studio lot or to the newer Circle 7 facility….

Possible Special Edition DVD of The Last Unicorn on its way?

…that this is not yet definite. But it is being seriously discussed, and we should know soon. This new edition would be made from better masters than the old one,…

DreamWorks buys a farm, a Punk Farm

…are thrilled that the project has landed at DreamWorks — and my five-year-old son couldn’t be more excited that his dad is working with the studio behind ‘Shrek.’” Jim Hecht…

Bridges talks Surf's Up

Speaking to Sci Fi Wire, Jeff Bridges explains his involvement in Sony Pictures Animation’s Surf’s Up. “The character is this penguin, an old surfer penguin. What’s happening in this movie,…

Early preview of Disney's \\Meet the Robinsons\\

…follows Lewis, a brilliant twelve-year-old with a surprising number of clever inventions to his credit. His latest and most ambitious project is the Memory Scanner, which he hopes will retrieve…

Newport Beach Film Festival 2006

…at 4:30pm, Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation (12-yr. old boys remake Indiana Jones’ first movie and get Steven Spielberg’s approval) on April 24 at 8:00pm, and Shorts for…

Boomerang readies Captain Planet unseen episodes

…Planeteers have only days to collect evidence which proves that Looten Plunder is illegally clear-cutting one of our last old-growth forests. • “Frog Day Afternoon”: Frogs around the globe are…

Hoodwinked succeeds on DVD sales chart

…The Complete First and Second Seasons entered the sales chart at #11 – a surprisingly well DVD debut for a 15 year-old television series. The news comes courtesy of Yahoo!/Reuters….