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Brother Bear and Looney Tunes get the Barrier treatment
{{link http://www.michaelbarrier.com/index.html Michael Barrier}}, author of Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation In Its Golden Age and a contributor to the recent Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD set, offers up his take… |
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Bill Plympton's Hair High
…West Hollywood, CA) from April 13th to April 19th, 2007. www.laemmle.com/viewmovie.php?mid=2806 For more information about the film, please visit www.hairhigh.com or www.plymptoons.com Hair High Press Kit available online at www.plymptoons.com/biography/press.html… |
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Pocahontas leads new reviews, plus DVD Toons on Plague Dogs, Spongebob and Kim!
The animation-on-disc website {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/ DVD Toons}} has been busy lately, with an update of more than six reviews, covering several recent releases and everything from {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/391 The Man… |
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Another packed DVD Tuesday
…http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000CABKY/002-1902555-2863210 Rugrats Go Wild}}, the old-style effects-packed and actually very good fun {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JM5B/002-1902555-2863210?v=glance&s=dvd The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen}}, and Disney’s remake of their own {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JMCW/002-1902555-2863210?v=glance&s=dvd Freaky Friday}}, all… |
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Pixar loves Eisner
…on the site: {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17788 four new}} spolier-filled {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17795 Spidey reviews}}, an audio clip featuring {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17796 Ray Harryhausen}}, and new looks at the Batman Begins {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17797 Batmobile}}… |
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Shrek the Third trailer – streaming links
…Shrek the Third‘s new trailer which debuted Friday in theaters: Windows Media http://mfile.akamai.com/17690/wmv/paramount.download.akamai.com/30/mp/shrek3/shrek3_trailer3_lrg.asx http://mfile.akamai.com/17690/wmv/paramount.download.akamai.com/30/mp/shrek3/shrek3_trailer3_med.asx http://mfile.akamai.com/17690/wmv/paramount.download.akamai.com/30/mp/shrek3/shrek3_trailer3_sml.asx Real Media http://mfile.akamai.com/17690/rm/paramount.download.akamai.com/30/mp/shrek3/shrek3_trailer3_lrg.ram http://mfile.akamai.com/17690/rm/paramount.download.akamai.com/30/mp/shrek3/shrek3_trailer3_med.ram http://mfile.akamai.com/17690/rm/paramount.download.akamai.com/30/mp/shrek3/shrek3_trailer3_sml.ram QuickTime http://www.shrek.com/video/shrek3_trailer3_lrg.mov http://www.shrek.com/video/shrek3_trailer3_med.mov http://www.shrek.com/video/shrek3_trailer3_sml.mov Flash http://www.shrek.com/video/shrek3_trailer3.flv iPod http://www.shrek.com/video/shrek3_trailer3_ipd.zip PSP http://www.shrek.com/video/shrek3_trailer3_psp.zip… |
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\\Cars\\ impresses theater owners and reviewers
Karl Cohen shares with us a piece about Pixar’s upcoming film \\Cars\\ that he wrote for the April {{link http://www.asifa-sf.org/ ASIFA-SF}} newsletter: PIXAR’S \\CARS\\ IMPRESSED THEATER OWNERS AND REVIEWERS AT… |
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King Con! News from San Diego…
The schedule for this year’s {{link http://www.comic-con.org/index.php San Diego Comic-Con}} has just been released and there’s a whole bunch of stuff to get worked up about for animation and film… |
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Coming Events
…September 22: Newport Beach Film Festival Short Film Showcase Repeat September 24: ASIFA Hollywood Screening of ASIFA East 2005 Festival Winners And from all of us here at Animated News,… |
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Groovie Goolies: The Saturday Mourning Collection
…looked, to my little eyes, like it mixed the characters from the Rankin/Bass stop–motion feature Mad Monster Party with the classic stable of Warner Brothers’ Looney Tunes gang. I distinctly… |
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Private Snafu Golden Classics
Leon Schlesinger Studio, MGM, and UPA, for the First Motion Picture Unit (1943-1945), Thunderbean (December, 2010), 1 disc, Approx. 120 mins, 4:3 ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono, Not Rated, Retail:… |
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Walt & El Grupo / The Boys / Waking Sleeping Beauty
…of intimate portrayal of her Dad for Walt: The Man Behind The Myth (2001). That film was the work of The Walt Disney Family Foundation, an organization established by Disney-Miller… |
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DVD news
…on Main Street in Disneyland! {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000TAYSO/qid=1066674006/sr=8-8/ref=sr_8_8/103-1770025-2203035?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846 Amazon}} has relisted the disk as being not available until November 18, 2003. Second, {{link http://www.animatedbliss.com/news.asp?TID=1122 AnimatedBliss.com}} has the details on the upcoming… |
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Despicable Me despicably on Blu-ray and DVD!
…fun-filled adventure with a whimsical story and terrific voice casting. Steve Carell as the voice of Gru is hilarious”. Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter praised the film as “An… |
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Vision Film Festival Call for Entries
…Ridge SW VA Film Office Art Director: Vision Film Festival www.blueridgeswvafilm.org President: Curtis Turner Inc. Curtis Turner Museum www.curtisturnermuseum.com 540-520-3171c, 540-774-1441h, VISION FILM FESTIVAL P.O. Box 20588 Roanoke, VA 24018… |
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Before Walt
…formative years.” This event will be held at AFI’s Steven Ross Screening Room (Warner Bros. Building) in Hollywood, CA. Admission is free for members of ASIFA–Hollywood and $10 for non-members…. |
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AMPAS presents A Salute to Norman McLaren
…Arts and Sciences 8949 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90211 MISC: Tickets are $5; $3 for AMPAS members Free parking is available at 8920 and 9025 Wilshire Blvd. 310.247.3600 http://www.oscars.org… |
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Pencils to Pixels to Prominence
…in assignments to Indian studios. Three of MYP’s series, all animated in India, are 2005 Daytime Emmy Award nominees for Best Animated TV Series. FOR INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER: WWW.IndianFilmFestival.org… |
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Wartime Animation Special Event: Animation At War
…December as part of the Walt Disney Treasures: On The Front Lines DVD. Check out his {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=42#post42 post}} for details. There is more at the {{link http://www.oscars.org/events/aaw/index.html AMPAS Official… |
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\\Ice Age\\ team options \\The Wainscott Weasel\\
{{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2035154 The Hollywood Reporter}} reports that Fox Animation and the team behind the surprise hit \\Ice Age\\ have optioned the rights to Tor Seidler and Fred Marcellino’s children’s book… |
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\\El Cid\\ gets U.S. release date
\\{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=2511 Animation Magazine}}\\ reports that the Spanish animated feature, \\{{link http://www.elcidthelegend.com/ El Cid: The Legend}}\\, has finally got a new distributor, Hannover House, and will debut on U.S. screens… |
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\\Wallace & Gromit\\ leads 2005 Annie Award nominations
The ASIFA–Hollywood Blog reports that the nominations for the {{link http://www.annieawards.com/ 33rd Annual Annie Awards}} have just been announced. Aardman’s \\Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit\\ leads the… |
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Were-Rabbit hops away with ten Annies
…Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA. The stop–motion film won 10 awards, sweeping every feature film category and winning an award in every category it was nominated in. Photos at ASIFA–Hollywood… |
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Comic-Con@Home 2021 Coverage
…on Sunday, July 25, 2021 at 1pm PST Music in Motion Pictures and Television: The Soundtrack of Comic Book Characters and Superheroes ASIFA–Hollywood presents renowned music producer, Robert Townson (Cinema… |
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Britney Spears to stop and smell The English Roses
M&C Movies indicates that Britney Spears will voice the heroine Binah in the animated film based on the Madonna’s children’s book The English Roses. David Bowie and rapper Snoop Dogg… |
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Iger continues push to stop delay between theater and DVD release
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, via the Internet Movie Database, Disney CEO Robert Iger shows no signs of backing down from his stance of eliminating the delay… |
