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Cars teaser ready for The Incredibles?
…of this November’s The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird. “The script has been recorded and the animation is almost done [for the teaser]”, our source says. The news isn’t a… |
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Disney "dweebs": fighting the cause
MLive’s {{link http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/business/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_story.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?f0037_BC_WSJ–Disney-Fans&&news&newsflash-financial Business News Flash}} has a great little story on the kinds of Disney fans who are standing up to help Roy Disney’s fight against the current Disney… |
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Studio Ghibli release date updates
‘Wolf Tooth’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1497#post1497 Animated News Forum}} reports some great news for fans of Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli films. “Anime Digital in the UK gave us a… |
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Jump over to the Inkwell for Alice In Cartoonland and Ko-Ko The Clown on DVD!
…rare re-issue original soundtracks as they were originally intended, for the best-yet presentation of these films on any format. Ray reveals the lengths he went to in bringing these classics… |
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More unannounced DreamWorks animation in the pipeline: Chicken Run 2?
…anything – but are the team at Aardman looking to return to Tweedy country after completing the Wallace and Gromit movie The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (originally titled the much… |
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Walt's daughter Diane Disney-Miller: "New leadership is necessary; Roy's move ill timed"
Walt Disney’s daughter Diane Disney-Miller has finally spoken out about the power struggles at the top of the company that bears her father’s name. Speaking to the {{link http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-diane10mar10,1,6178675.story?coll=la-home-headlines LA… |
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Ron Clements and John Musker Interview
…great new in-depth interview with Disney’s dynamic directing/writing duo Ron Clements and John Musker who helmed The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, and Treasure Planet. Thanks to Kristin for the alert…. |
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A new toon "Brew"…
…toons and promote their upcoming projects: {{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ Cartoon Brew.com}}. Both the writers’ previous sites will remain active as archives, but look to the Brew for new updates, features and… |
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Muppet figures go MEGA!
If you’re one of the many who hope that Disney begin using the woefully underused Muppet characters again and are missing their dose of Kermit and Co, how about stocking… |
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Stop Staring, start reading
An animator’s guidebook, {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782141293/qid%3D1072479639//102-4687562-8010520 Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right}}, by Jason Osipa, which looks at one of the still-challenging aspects of 3D animation: namely the modeling… |
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The Batman Teaser
The teaser for the new animated series that aired on WB is now available online form the great French site Catsuka…. |
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As WDFA-Florida remains dark, Firefly is ready to shine!
…the fact that Orlando and the State of Florida remain competitive in the entertainment industry.” Project Firefly has a slate of original projects in development for theatrical and video release,… |
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Brother Bear: the DVD Toons review
…their take on Brother Bear}}. While the disc gets good marks, the film doesn’t fare so easily: “It’s almost a case of Disney by numbers. The opening human sections are… |
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Home On The Range: AICN review
‘Burma’ has seen Disney’s Home On The Range, out this weekend, and sends in a frank report to {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17279 Ain’t It Cool News}} about the film and a “premiere… |
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The Digital Bits on Disney DVD documentaries
…usual {{link http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/barriemaxwell/maxwell032904.html Coming Attractions}} page (which highlights many animated titles in the works), Barrie also gets to grips with a {{link http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews3/disney3.html group of reviews}} on the DVD issues… |
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Chicken Little teaser now in QuickTime
{{link http://www.movie-list.com MovieList.com}}, a great archive of classic, new and coming soon trailers online, have posted a hi-res version of the teaser for Disney’s first CGI-without-Pixar film. The {{link http://www.movie-list.com/trailers.php?id=chickenlittle… |
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Popeye's 75th!
…Theater comic strip, the piece follows our favorite spinach-guzzling sailor through his adventures in the cartoon trade, a little known radio excursion, the 1980 live-action misfire and a future bound… |
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Paul McCartney's Music And Animation Collection gets the DVD Toons onceover
…due to the fact that the material on the disc originated in Britain, all of the footage is PAL conversions to NTSC, rather than new, film based transfers. Getting over… |
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Home On The Range premiere pics
…{{link http://inlandempirestrikesback.net/ipw-web/gallery/hotr the photos}} is a great shot of Cuba Gooding Jr and a poster of the character he voices, Buck the horse, plus Randy Quaid with Alemeda Slim, guest… |
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New Haunted Mansion DVD review
Coming Soon! reviews the Haunted Mansion DVD, which will be released tomorrow. What is the review’s “bottom line”? “In the end, I think kids will enjoy The Haunted Mansion a… |
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Winsor McCay: Milestone DVD
{{link http://www.milestonefilms.com/movie.php/winsor/ Milestone Films}} continues their great exploration of early animation with Winsor McCay: The Master Edition, an upgrade to the currently available collection of the pioneer’s works. {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/562… |
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WB authorized Batman signing event
…of the WB’s {{link http://www.animationartgallery.com/batmanevent.html Batman: The Animated Series}}. Check here for their full press release: Wonderful World of Animation holds a WB Authorized Batman Signing Event at WonderCon San… |
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Klasky Csupo launches adult toon site
Klasky Csupo, the studio responsible for a great deal of animation on television these days, has found a way to release some of the tension that must have built up… |
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Hot Spots Showcase 2
While searching the ‘net for some new animated shorts to bring to the attention of the Animated News readership I stumbled across the mother lode at Animation World Network. This… |
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Top Marx for including classic cartoons in WB's new collection
…from the 1938-46 era, plus a number of rarely seen MGM cartoon classics. Among the line up are Rudolf-Ising’s The Milky Way, Hanna-Barbera’s Officer Pooch and Clampett’s The Daffy Doc!… |
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Raven Tales: The first all Native American computer animated short film
…follows the comic misadventures of Raven and his friends Eagle and Frog among the first people and the strange creatures at the beginning of the world”. Follow this link for… |
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What's Waiting upstairs?
A new animated web short answers the question of what we can look forward to when we finally make that trip to the great upstairs. Mishmash Media’s {{link http://www.mishmashmedia.com/waiting01.html The… |
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The Lion King to roar again for crew reunion
…connection between the film’s success and the future of traditional animation, Worth added, “To stay with the tone of the event, all proceeds will benefit the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project,… |
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Mike Barrier on Fritz The Cat and post-Fritz Bakshi
…Funnyworld Revisited}} pages to re-print a fascinating and in-depth piece on the making of Bakshi’s first feature, Fritz The Cat, with some additional thoughts on Bakshi’s post-Fritz career. Great suff!… |
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Fan reaction to Mickey's Three Musketeers
…was a great movie, but as usual Disney has twisted the original story to the unrecognizable,” says ‘Karlsen’. The Three Musketeers will arrive on DVD in stores on August 17,… |
