When DreamWorks’ animated comedy Father Of The Pride comes to NBC this fall, studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg is hoping that the show will be an immediate hit – especially with…

The {{link http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2004-04-14 IMDb Studio Briefing}} has several stories of interest to animation fans. In the first, they report that analysts have “expressed skepticism that Comcast’s February proposal to buy…

Nowhere near the “flop” that many critics (and the studio that produced it) claimed it to be, this week saw Disney’s Brother Bear continue a strong run in Europe, particularly…

{{link http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/local/8498375.htm Harry Holt}}, a Disney animator who began at the studio in 1936 as an apprentice and quickly worked his way to playing a role in the development of…

…The film was supposed to have had a 2005 release, though it appears that the studio is putting all of its energy behind its Curious George adaptation, due for release…

Independent studio WhooHoo Pictures’ first film is out in selected theaters around the country, and coming to DVD “soon”. Rex Steele is a stereotypical war hero who fights Nazis around…

Now that Freddie Prinze Jr has been revealed as the voice of the hero in new independent CG movie Delgo (not that exciting after all, was it?), the studio behind…

TheForce.net reports that the Star Wars – Clone Wars animated series DVD is now listed at Amazon.com. While the listing does say, “The studio is currently not producing this title…

…Francisco AWARD-WINNING SIGNERS: Alan Burnett · Paul Dini · Bruce Timm WHO: Wonderful World of Animation art Gallery (WWA) along with Clampett Studio Collections, Home of the Warner Bros. Gallery…

…Despite speculation the dispute would shorten the 2004-05 season, the studio said it was optimistic that all 22 planned episodes could be finished. ‘We couldn’t be happier to have reached…

…Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper, the fourth Barbie direct-to-video movie. Vancouver studio Mainframe Entertainment again provide the film’s computer animation. Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper, currently…

As the Big Idea studio continues to pick up the pieces on the way to financial recovery, Senior Designer John Trauscht has alerted us to a new upcoming DVD set…

…watch the storyboard presentation, because that’s what happens during production. They then had a portable recording studio brought in, and Michael, Will and a kid came read lines from the…

…from the movie. Meanwhile, the {{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/sharktale/ DreamWorks FanSite}} reveals the massive marketing support, retail companies the studio is partnering with to promote Shark Tale for its October 1 opening….

DreamWorks will debut the first five minutes of their May 19th summer sequel Shrek 2 on kids television, says {{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000504352 The Hollywood Reporter}}. “The studio aims to whet its…

…“This is a shame as it is the only Wave 3 title which features ‘golden age’ cartoon films produced by the Walt Disney Studio when it was really in its…

Usually only dealing with product from the Disney Studio, {{link http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID280220.asp The Laughing Place}}’s Kirby Holt takes at look at rival DreamWorks’ Shrek 2, now in theaters and making a…

…to traditional arts, but can keep pace with the latest in technological innovation.” Simon James joined with award winning computer animation studio {{link http://www.newmachinestudios.com New Machine Studios}} to ensure that…

…stating he was chosen “because he’s the studio’s favourite, and McG wants to work with him. He’s tied because he’s not exactly sure if he wants to accept, and he…

…as early as January this year, for a holiday 2006 release. {{link http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4967 Coming Soon}} says the studio has hired Peter Seaman and Jeffrey Price, the duo who wrote Jim…

…theirs is a cheaper alternative which offers twice the resolution of DLP. As owner of Hollywood studio Columbia, Sony sees value in promoting the system, which would mean digitally completed…

…than creating a way for a studio to make a quick buck. “What this whole DVD business is about is offering consumers more of the franchises that they have fallen…

…and Sarah Michelle Gellar. The next toon feature to go into production at Vanguard will be Space Chimps. The company’s CG-animated pics are produced at its dedicated studio, Vanguard Animation…

Mind Game is a Japanese feature film directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Studio 4°C. Based on the manga by Robin Nishi, the movie employs different techniques, mixing traditional…

…Studio 54″. This is likely to be an an extra on the disc, and not an additional scene inserted into the movie. In related stories, {{link http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9794796%255E16947,00.html The Australian News}}…

…nothing to hide co-director Rob Minkoff explained that production of The Lion King was well under way when someone at the Disney studio discovered some Kimba art and took it…

…key creators of AnimationMentor.com are Bobby “Boom” Beck, Pixar Animation Studios, Shawn Kelly, Industrial Light & Magic, and Carlos Baena, Pixar Animation Studios. They have worked on several major films…

…Raven Tales Productions’ press release here: June 14, 2004 Vancouver B.C./Calgary Alberta/Las Cruces, NM – Raven Tales Productions, the animation studio and makers of the computer animated TV show Raven…

…Bill is best known for producing 40 years of Peanuts specials and movies and for providing the voice of Snoopy but has also worked with every other major Hollywood studio….

The UK’s Guardian online has reprinted an interview with DreamWorks’ {{link http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,6737,1253349,00.html Jeffrey Katzenberg}} by my old pal Jason Solomons from The Observer newspaper. The studio head, currently riding high…