|
Brother Bear: 2-Movie Collection
…to be bold, the backgrounds begin to look quite bland to me, almost approaching the overly exposed look of a DTV release, something that seems to have been toned down… |
|
Trailers: TMNT, Robinsons, Shrek, Simpsons
The latest trailer for TMNT, the return of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, is now hosted at MTV.com. Thanks to “YCougar” at the Animated News & Views Forum for the… |
|
Wreck-It Ralph: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…in those days, but get me plugged into Space Invaders, Asteroids or Star Wars and I’d regularly be up in the top five toggling the joystick to place my initials… |
|
|
Atlantis, New Groove and Stitch all going Blu
Continuing Disney’s trend of rushing their animated features/direct-to-DVD sequels to Blu-Ray in the form of “2-Movie Collections,” the studio will continue that trend this summer with three releases on June… |
|
A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story Of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman
…Pythons did continue to come together for one off projects, such as a retrospective (where Chapman was represented by what was purported to be his ashes) and some new thirtieth… |
|
|
Dorothy of Oz gets new title, release date
Clarius Entertainment will distribute Summertime Entertainment’s computer animated musical Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return in early 2014, says Variety. Originally titled Dorothy of Oz, the project had been scheduled for… |
|
|
Atlantis Blu-ray coming this summer
Last December, Disney announced the Atlantis: 2-Movie Collection Blu-ray, featuring The Lost Empire as well as its direct-to-video sequel Milo’s Return, would hit stores this week, alongside Who Framed Roger… |
|
|
Rio 2 cast news
…Rodrigo Santoro, Bebel Gilberto, Jake T. Austin, and Jamie Foxx return and will be joined by Andy Garcia, Bruno Mars, Kristin Chenoweth, Rita Moreno, Amandla Stenberg, Rachel Crow, Pierce Gagnon,… |
|
|
Powell and Mendes going back to Rio
John Powell and Sergio Mendes will be back to provide the music for Rio 2, according to Film Music Reporter. The movie will also include “new Brazilian artists and original… |
|
|
Groening on Simpsons, Futurama
With iF Magazine [note: mild language], Matt Groening speaks about the return of Futurama. “We’re doing four DVD movies around ninety minutes and then we’re going to reconfigure those and… |
|
|
Paperman producer (temporary) kicked out of Oscars
…think the act was very sweet, kicking her out of the Dolby Theatre auditorium”. Luckily after a protest she was allowed to return to her seat about ten minutes later…. |
|
|
New Pooh Christmas tale coming to DVD
…Pooh and his pals, including a six-year-old girl named Darby, must return Santa’s magic sack and a lost reindeer to the North Pole. Extras for the DVD feature a bonus… |
|
|
The Animated Seuss
…War Bonds campaign, and these appeared in many papers during the War years. At 38, he was too old to be drafted; so, wanting to make a larger contribution to… |
|
|
Three Happy Chappies
The Three Caballeros, Donald Duck, Jose Carioca, and Panchito Pistoles, return in glorious hand-drawn animation (I’m hesitating in this instance to call it “2D” animation) to the Mexico Pavilion’s Gran… |
|
|
Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Me & My Shadow pushed back
…totally agree is a much more advantageous release window,” said Anne Globe, Chief Marketing Officer. “We believe the best strategy for DreamWorks Animation in the long run is to ensure… |
|
Frankenweenie
…Aquatic and the brilliantly insane MonkeyBone), and Burton returning to live-action filmmaking, using his new clout to bring his personal Ed Wood biopic and the certainly Wood-inspired Mars Attacks! to… |
|
|
Planes already a hit; could possibly lead the weekend?
…box office hits before then like Return to Never Land and The Jungle Book 2, both of which grossed more than $100 million worldwide. Planes is reportedly Disney Toon Studio’s… |
|
|
Christmas specials scheduled for Cartoon Network
…little girl, plots to trick Santa into turning her into the fourth Powerpuff Girl. Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup explode into a Yuletide winter blizzard of bad-girl-thwarting action to put Princess… |
|
|
ReFrederator presents classic cartoons
…networks, including its number one show The Fairly Oddparents. Prior to forming Frederator Studios, Seibert served as president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, where he led the return of cartoons to the… |
|
Animation Addicts Podcast #64: The Lord of the Rings – So Many Miniskirts
…Middle Early! Roll credits.” • Would you want to see Bakshi finish and do The Return of the King? • We rate it! • Mail bag and bloopers! • Use… |
|
|
Pup Named Scooby-Doo DVDs on the way
The third and fourth volumes of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo will arrive in stores on July 18th, says Toon Zone. Both DVDs will hold four 22-minute episodes from the series…. |
|
|
AOD: San Francisco Animation Convention coming this August
…28, 2006 – AOD 2006: The San Francisco Animation Convention announced today its second round of guests of honor for the upcoming August convention, including Vic Mignogna, Greg Dean, Tommy… |
|
Pinocchio: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…animation and CGI, when the camera comes to a stop, has more life to each frame thanks to the overlying grain that ties all the elements together; here everything is… |
|
|
Over the Hedge interview, review
On the heels of reports regarding its first quarter profits falling, DreamWorks Animation is looking to find a tidy box office return in its most recent offering, Over the Hedge…. |
|
|
The Pixaresque tale of John Lasseter
…his career from his first job at Disney to his instillation as the creative genius behind Pixar’s force to his vindicating return to head up Walt Disney Feature Animation this… |
|
|
Anastasia's DVD gets big thumbs up
…The Magnificent direct-to-video spin-off, for what that’s worth] means a solid double-disc experience topped off with a low-list price that’s a steal and a terrific transfer of the original feature… |
|
|
\\Futurama\\ Returns
…episodes which are slated to begin airing in 2008, and will bring the total number of series episodes to 85. Creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen will return as… |
|
|
DVD of the Apes
TV Shows on DVD notes the October 3rd release of Return to the Planet of the Apes. The 1975 animated series will come in a 2-disc DVD package containing every… |
|
|
Enchanted 2 moving forward at Disney (again!)
…Stem and David N. Weiss being hired to work on the screenplay. There is still no release date set for the film–or any confirmation that star Amy Adams will return,… |
|
|
RIP, Mako
…Akiro ‘The Wizard’ in Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Conan the Destroyer (1984). To the animation community, Mako was a healthy presence. His first animated act came in 1972, with… |
