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AV introduces website calendar and iPhone app
We launched two new features this week: an iPhone app called AV Countdown, and a website calendar listing upcoming animated films. Toon in here to get the details!… |
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Finding Nemo: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…animation stalwarts Brad Garrett (various Disney toon series), Stephen Root (King Of The Hill, Ice Age), plus a couple of Pixar crew as additional voices: particularly touching is hearing storyman… |
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40th Annual Annie Award winners revealed
…— Pixar Animation Studios JURIED AWARDS Winsor McCay Award — Oscar Grillo, Terry Gilliam, Mark Henn June Foray Award — Howard Green Ub Iwerks Award — Toon Boom Animation Pipeline… |
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UPDATED! Mickey Mouse, Roger Rabbit to reunite in The Stooge?
…act needs a “stooge,” the Lewis role to be filled by Roger. According to Wolf, the film will incorporate five specific locations from Disneyland and will introduce the Toon Train,… |
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Frozen is now the biggest animated movie ever in terms of worldwide box office
…however, is at the domestic box office, where Shrek 2 still reigns supreme as the biggest toon ever with a take of $441 million. In other Frozen success stories, the… |
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Great songs never die: how animation students are bringing a fresh touch to Aria For A Cow
…stop-motion with Legos and clay. I was so captivated by that. Later on, I found a program called Toon Boom. At the time it was a relatively smaller than now,… |
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Rock Dog has dismal opening weekend
Lionsgate has another animated bomb on their hands, as their latest toon Rock Dog failed to even make the top ten, Box Office Mojo is reporting. The movie saw a… |
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The Blazing Dragons of Monty Python’s Terry Jones
…humans the antagonists. The show ran for two seasons from September 9, 1996 to February 16, 1998 on Teletoon in Canada and also on the former Carlton Television (now ITV… |
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AfroAnimation summit honors Kemp Powers, Camille Eden, Bruce Smith, and Jermaine Turner at inaugural Icon Awards
…Animation, Warner Bros. Animation, Netflix Animation, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Marvel Animation, Lucasfilm Ltd., Pixar, Industrial Light & Magic, Walt Disney Imagineering, 20th Television Animation, Disney… |
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Masterpiece Alice final DVD specs?
…(one of the Jabberwocky songs will be here), and an art gallery including abandoned concepts and deleted storyboards. New to the DVD are two sing-alongs and “Adventures In Wonderland” activities…. |
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Robert Evans Is Voice of Animated Comedy
…Now, at 73, he’s an animated cartoon. ‘Kid Notorious’ follows the adventures of ‘Kid’ Evans; his butler, English; his cat, Puss Puss; and his housekeeper-cook, Tollie Mae, as Evans cuts… |
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\\The Critic\\ coming to DVD
…the January slate include: \\The New Adventures Of Spider-Man: Season One\\ on the 13th; \\Dilbert: The Complete Series\\ on the 20th; and \\Labyrinth: Collectors’ Edition Box Set\\ on the 27th…. |
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Poindexter named as Warner Animation’s new "action man"
…develop animated specials for kids and adults. Previous experience includes a five-year stint at Fox Kids, where he was principally involved in Spiderman: Unlimited and The Adventures of Batman and… |
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\\Looney Tunes: Back In Action\\ and \\The Triplets Of Belleville\\ reviewed
Animation historian Jerry Beck has posted reviews of two upcoming animated features at his wonderful site, {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/ Cartoon Research}}. \\Looney Tunes: Back In Action\\ is “way better than \\The… |
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Disney's TV Cartoons Enter the Spotlight
…Dave the Barbarian, an animated comedy series set in the Middle Ages. Created by improvisational comic and animator Doug Langdale, the television series follows Dave’s adventures with his family as… |
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Bionicle gets theatrical upgrade
…perfromances of a botched Arabian Knight re-edit of Richard Williams’ The Thief And The Cobbler, the direct to video Adventures Of Tom Thumb And Thumbelina and the continuing Pokemon franchise…. |
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Disney signs writers for \\The Three Pigs\\
…Wiesner’s version of the story “updates the traditional tale and follows the pigs’ adventures” as they escape the Big Bad Wolf by going into other fairy-tale lands. “The film is… |
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Batman and Goliath Coming To DVD
TV Shows on DVD reports that Batman: The Animated Series will be heading to DVD in seasoned sets this summer, not to be confused with the soon-to-be-released Adventures of Batman… |
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Reminder: Dave the Barbarian premieres today
…adventures with his family (with his sisters Candy and Fang) as they protect themselves and their family from a world of oddball foes. Dave himself combines strength with an appreciation… |
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DVD Toons back online with major updates, including full Lion King 1½ review!
Though laying dormant since the recent holiday season and throughout January, the animation-on-disc website {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/ DVD Toons}} sprung back into action this week, with no less than four major… |
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L'Île de Black Mor opens in France
…story is based on the book that Laguionie wrote inspired by his youth’s favourite writers, from Joseph Conrad to Robert Louis Stevenson. Set in 1803, It narrates the adventures of… |
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Mainframe Animation develops ties with Tony Hawk
…adventures of the Shade gang: “a team of kids who, beneath their helmets and pads, are Lincolnville’s last line of defense against the forces of evil”. Thanks to ‘MusicFan’ for… |
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Popeye's 75th!
Over at DVD Toons, the {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/features/65 Ink And Paint Club}} is a great place to brush up on cartoon history and discover a few rarities. This time around, Randall… |
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HP and DW and WB…
…has deals with DreamWorks (since the original Shrek) and Warner Brothers, where their computers and software have helped restore such films as Singin’ In The Rain and The Adventures Of… |
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Shorties Watchin' Shorties
…a reality series about the adventures of the spaced-out actor? Still hungry for offbeat programming? Perhaps Shorties Watchin’ Shorties has what it takes to satisfy your appetite. Executive produced by… |
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VeggieTales live again
…Cartoon Adventures (The Angry Eyebrows, Leggo My Ego, The Yodelnapper, The Good, the Bad, and the Eggly), while the set also retains all the extra features from the VeggieTales Classics… |
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News from The Front Lines
…historic Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA, hosted by Jerry Beck of Cartoon Research and Cartoon Brew. Follow the ‘Full Story’ link for my full review. Due to the free and… |
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Seinfeld And Superman to air on NBC
Following the web shorts created for American Express that we {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00001223.html recently reported}} about, it has been announced by Variety that “NBC will air The Adventures Of Seinfeld And… |
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Cast and crew of Shrek 2 speak about the film
…has a lot riding on the success of Shrek 2, they’re confident enough to already start developing story ideas for the further adventures of the green ogre. There are a… |
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Finding Nemo…again?
…News Forum}} points to a recently added page at Nintendo’s site for {{link http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=6f465e96-4535-4cc1-890b-a86f4c10dd00& Finding Nemo: The Continuing Adventures}}. Nothing much to see right now, but we’ll keep you posted…. |

