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Interview with Lisa Davis
…brought from England to America by Walt Disney to play the title role of Alice in Wonderland but after Walt decided to animate the entire film including the main character… |
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New Madagascar 2 teaser
A new sneak peak for Madagascar 2: The Crate Escape can be viewed at DreamWorks SKG Fansite. The video is included in the Bee Movie DVD, which hit stores last… |
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Exclusive! Enchanted’s Kevin Lima and Chris Chase on their fairytale experience
…as they reveal how they finally brought the long on the shelf project to the screen in a truly magical fashion! Enchanted is available on Disney DVD and Blu-Ray now!… |
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Batman: Gotham Knights voice cast announced
Currently featured on Toon Zone is an article announcing the voice cast of the upcoming direct-to-DVD project, Batman: Gotham Knights. Playing Batman will be fan-favorite Kevin Conroy, who has voiced… |
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Box office and sales charts – week ending March 23, 2008
MOVIES (weekend box office from Box Office Mojo) 1. Horton Hears a Who! – $24.6 million ($86.0 million total) DVD (weekly sales from Nielsen VideoScan via The Hollywood Reporter) 1…. |
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Alvin #1 for second week
According to The Numbers, Alvin And The Chipmunks has managed to remain the number one best-selling DVD for a second week. The live-action adaption sold a total of 4,023,164 units,… |
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Justice League – Season 1 on Blu-ray
TV Shows On DVD reports that the first season of Justice League will soon be available on Blu-ray. The collection, which includes all 26 episodes of Justice League‘s first season,… |
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Kung Fu Panda not all 3D
From over at the Animation Guild Blog comes word that DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda will open with a traditionally animated, hand-drawn scene, “and the DVD is going to have… |
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Corey Edwards to direct Fraggle Rock movie
…Wembley, Mokey, Boober and Red outside of their home in Fraggle Rock, where they interact with humans, which they think are aliens. The show premiered on HBO in 1983, ran… |
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Les Nuits Magiques : The 18th International Animated Film Festival
…dialogues or subtitled in French. Entry is free. You can participate in the competition before August 31, 2008 using the following links : Online registration with www.lesnuitsmagiques.fr Print entry form… |
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New Year's Surprise — Peanuts treats!
A few weeks ago, we posted a number of reviews of DVDs featuring the Peanuts gang, but I had one more in the hopper that I’d been holding off on… |
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Disney and Pixar: a Hollywood marriage that works?
The New York Times takes an interesting look at the surprisingly smooth integration of Pixar into Disney two years after their merger. Among other victories, the paper points out that… |
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Madagascar coming to Blu-ray on September 16th
The DreamWorks Animation blockbuster will debut on Blu-ray this Fall, says DVD Town, 6 weeks before the theatrical release of its sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa…. |
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Bernie Mac and Alec Baldwin onboard Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, more images surface
…of the lead characters to find out a lot about themselves.” The entire menagerie from the first film, which grossed $194 million in North America alone, is back: Alex the… |
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Yahoo! users rate the top 30 animated films of all time
…White and the Seven Dwarfs 24. Ice Age 25: Ice Age: The Meltdown 26. The Simpsons Movie 27. Over the Hedge 28. Sleeping Beauty 29. The Jungle Book 30. Bambi… |
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Voice acting workshops at Anime Expo
…engineer. Anime Expo 2008 will be held from July 3-6, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA. More information can be found on the website www.anime-expo.org…. |
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More Wall-E clips, Watercolors for sale and a New Pixar short
…also posted some information on the next Pixar short film Burn-E, which will appear as an extra on the Wall-E DVD. Directed by Andrew Stanton, Wall-E opens nationwide June 27…. |
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Marketing budgets for animated features are on the rise
…million to cook up ads for the Pixar-produced pic. To put that into perspective, the industry average to promote a pic was $35.9 million last year. And Cars, The Polar… |
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Kung Fu Panda sequel in the works and more 2D coming
The TAG Blog reveals that a story crew has started early work on a Kung Fu Panda sequel at DreamWorks, while animators are hand-drawing new material for the DVD of… |
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Details emerge on Open Season sequel
…rest of the woodland creatures launch a full-scale rescue mission for their sausage-shaped friend and soon find themselves in enemy camp: the world of the pets. Led by a toy… |
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More details on the Madagascar and Shrek the Third Blu-rays
DVD Active has the full list of bonus features on the September 16th Blu-ray release of DreamWorks Animation’s blockbuster hit Shrek the Third and cover art for the September 23rd… |
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Character from Pixar's Up revealed
…During the commentary (not available on the DVD), director Brad Bird points out “this is actually a little guest appearance from a character that will appear in the film after… |
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Sleeping Beauty's Castle to reawaken
According to The Orange County Register the iconic Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, CA, will reopen its walkthrough attraction, originally opened in 1957 but closed in 2001,… |
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Horton to get big push
ContactMusic reports that Fox is planning to spend $25 million to promote the dvd release of Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! in December. Horton will be released as a… |
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Sleeping Beauty Blu-Ray updates
…carry 3 discs, two the previously announced Blu-ray presentation and third being a bonus standard DVD of the film. Sleeping Beauty Platinum Edition will be in stores on October 8…. |
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Polar Bears, WALL-E's BAFTA win, plus the return of our Oscar Contest!
…these three titles: the Oliver & Company: 20th Anniversary Edition, Space Buddies, and the recently released The Secret Of The Magic Gourd! All three giveaways end at the stroke of… |
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The All-New Super Friends Hour: Season One, Volume Two
…the Justice League, the second story had the love-’em-or-hate-‘em Wonder Twins teaching lessons to fellow teenagers, the third story was the main event featuring the entire team against a fantastic… |
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Bob The Builder 10th anniversary
…The Builder first aired in 1999 in Britain, and now can be viewed in over 250 territories worldwide. To visit the newly updated official website for the show, click here…. |
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Fraggle Rock Complete Series Collection in November
DVDTimes reports that Lionsgate Home Entertainment and HIT Entertainment have announced the release of Fraggle Rock Complete Series Collection dvd on 4th November 2008. This 20-disc collection features all 96… |
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Sleeping Beauty awakes at Animated Views!
…articles on the film: • Mary Costa speaks about her role as Princess Aurora in an interview exclusive • Marc Davis’ Maleficent collaborator Burny Mattinson reveals his animators’ secrets •… |


