…the FrankAndOllie.com website. They were likewise revered by the animation community, especially by director Brad Bird, who memorably gave them both cameo appearances (voiced by the gentlemen themselves) in his…

…mother. The alleged incident occurred while cast member Michael Chartrand, in costume at the time, was posing for pictures with the two. Disney says he has been suspended without pay….

…films sparked the ‘how did they do that?’ question up and down the country the morning after they were first aired. Gillie was involved in the production of more than…

…20th Century Fox. Blending live-action elements with some traditional or computer animation, the plot for the movie remains a secret, although it will focus on the theme of girl power….

The Digital Bits is reporting a delay in the long-awaited Region 1 DVD releases of Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Porco Rosso, along with a…

Every year the beautiful French town Annecy hosts the top ranking competitive international festival entirely dedicated to animation. Over forty years after coming to the town, the Festival competition is…

…version of the beloved fairy tale will tell the story from the wolf’s point of view, with the idea that the wolf was framed. Mike Glock, set to write the…

…the requisite love interest, the malevolent villain who manipulates things from his lair, the sage with the advanced knowledge, the loony, the minor villain who is being used by the…

{{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=598&ncid=790&e=7&u=/nm/20040308/film_nm/film_ross_dc The Hollywood Reporter}}, via Yahoo News, has revealed that Gary Ross, the writer of such films as Big, Dave and the director of Pleasantville and this year’s hopeful…

The {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=31357 Big Cartoon DataBase}} reports that “Michael Chartrand, the Walt Disney World employee charged with fondling a 13-year-old girl while dressed as Tigger, was acquitted last week and…

…fell into place.” There was an added bonus: One of the company’s lawyers told Disney that the entertainment giant could take legal ownership of the Dali artwork stored at the…

…position”. The ABC site also announces that the producers “are seeking adorable, outgoing and fun-loving twin girls to play the roles of Hallie and Annie in the Parent Trap television…

…Knotts as Turkey Mayor, and Garry Marshall as Father. Braff’s casting marks yet another change in gender for the title character. The role was originally written as a male. Then…

{{link http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_845375.html Ananova}} reports that the group Atomic Kitten has finished recording “I Want To Be A Girl”, the title track for Disney’s \\Mulan 2\\….

…York. She falls in love with the real-life big city, but things get complicated when the animated prince travels to the city to find her, and the evil queen follows…”…

…Movie.” I wonder if it will have that bee girl from the Blind Melon music videos or if it will be about “nothing” as the “Seinfeld” television series purportedly was….

Robert Longbottom, a 2003 Tony Award nominee for Best Choreographer, has been chosen to direct the new Disney Theatricals show \\On the Record\\, according to {{link http://www.playbill.com/news/article/83091.html Playbill’s}} report of…

…eating them, the princess that he cherishes, a bumbling servant girl who longs to be a princess, and an unhappy rat who schemes to leave the darkness of the dungeon….

Max and Dave Fleischer’s Boop-Oop-A-Doop girl Betty’s transfer to the stages of Broadway just took another turn: replacing Jason Robert Brown as composer is Andrew Lippa (A Little Princess), who…

…with the original camera style. These are more clearly visible on the disc’s extras which show the differences between the original 1.33:1 pre-restored image, the original DVD/theatrical masked framing, and…

USA Today provides a look at the upcoming release of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and how it may change the stereotypical view associated…

…the disc’s extras which show the differences between the original 1.33:1 pre-restored image, the original DVD/theatrical masked framing, and this new DVD edition, though the level of attention each shot…

…Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind – In Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, set in the distant future, the “Seven Days of Fire” have destroyed much of…

…chaos of a child-on-the loose in Monstropolis they encounter the super-sneaky Randall Boggs, the yellow-suited agents of the CDA (Child Detection Agency) and other characters from the film. Guests will…

…report also mentions a pending DVD box set of said shorts and a brand new short, Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Match Girl that the Brewmasters attended a screening of….

…Harvested a Star, based on artist Naohisa Inoue’s Iblard. The three short films will be screened at the Studio Ghibli Museum’s Saturn Theatre, with none of the features running at…

Sci Fi Wire reports that Paul Giamatti will be among the actors to voice the half hour animated series Amazing Screw-On Head. Based on Mike Mignola’s comic book, the series…

…celebrates the power of love to transform and the resiliency of the human spirit in the face of adversity. Brimming with a blend of imagination, humor, action, and romance, Howl’s…

…made King Kong popular was the girl and the ape, and that’s not true. The original had so much fantasy and the whole thing hinges on fantasy. [But Jackson’s] in…

…entered in the competition section. Set in a world of science and witchcraft, the story describes the romance between a sorcerer named Howl and an 18-year-old girl, Sophie, who is…