Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi, known online for their animation history and comment sites Cartoon Research and Animation Blast respectively, have joined together to launch a new place to discuss…

Join Jerry Beck to have the Fleischer Brothers’ original 1930s Popeye cartoons – some of the most brilliant and inventive shorts ever created – released on DVD. Over at {{link…

{{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ Cartoon Brew}} notes that the June issue of \\Wired\\ Magazine (on sale now) has a “major article about Pixar and Brad Bird”. Brewmaster Jerry Beck calls it “a…

…of a new article by animation art conservationist Ron Barbagallo and pointed out to us by Jerry Beck of Cartoon Brew. The article includes some of the same stills seen…

If you haven’t made a trip over to Jerry and Amid’s {{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ Cartoon Brew}} recently, you’ve been missing out on some fantastic stuff! A couple of reports from the…

Jerry and Amid’s {{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ Cartoon Brew}} links to another winner today: a Flash-animated short from director/animator Bruno Bozzetto. Be sure to watch until the very end of this Mr…

About.com has a new article where producer Jerry Bruckheimer reveals some more information about the two upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, including the fact that plans to film the…

Jerry Beck at Cartoon Brew points out that animator extraordinaire Bill Melendez has made some major renovations to his site at {{link http://www.billmelendez.tv www.billmelendez.tv}}. Bill is best known for producing…

According to Newsarama and Heidi McDonald’s The Beat weblog, the estates of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster have filed papers to terminate Time-Warner’s copyright of Superboy. Additionally, Shuster’s estate may…

Feeling the pinch from being scooped by a couple of sites with yesterday’s release of the cover art and release date, series contributor Jerry Beck chimes in on his {{link…

Just weeks after losing gifted film composer Jerry Goldsmith, another Hollywood legend, Elmer Bernstein, has passed away. While not as strongly tied to the animation world as Goldsmith, Bernstein’s {{link…

Jerry Beck, at the {{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2004_09.html#000487 Cartoon Brew}} website, reports on Wednesday evening’s tribute to animator Frank Thomas. Among other things, scenes shown at the memorial included Frank and lifelong…

…Giant reunion with over two dozen members of the crew present with a Q&A session hosted by Jerry Beck of Cartoon Research and Cartoon Brew. Attendance and commemmorative figure are…

…American, and commercial,” writes Jerry Beck, some of the new balloons include Chicken Little and SpongeBob SquarePants, while new floats will feature Barbie and the Sesame Street muppets, among others….

Jerry Bruckheimer clears up some rumors concerning the upcoming sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean, in an interview with Latino Review. Apparently, Keith Richards has not yet signed on to…

{{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ Cartoon Brew}}’s Jerry Beck reports that the long-suffering aways-in-limbo \\Lil’ Pimp\\ will finally see the light of release. On January 11th, 2005, the R-rated Flash made film, originally…

…Of Fire\\ will air on Saturday, December 11 at 8pm ET. With the voice talents of Ben Stiller, Hugh Grant, Britney Spears, Jim Belushi, Brad Garrett, Leah Remini, Jerry Stiller,…

…Brad wasn’t able to attend a similar event early last month (but which was still very worthwhile). What makes this event even better is Jerry Beck’s recent announcement that Life…

This may be the most belated bit of news we’ll ever post here, but over at Cartoon Brew, Jerry Beck has posted a link to a piece at an Iranian…

…DVD are scarce but it does feature a nice behind-the-scenes look at the voice talent in the movie including John Ryhs-Davies (in a very loud Hawaiian shirt), Jerry Orbach, and…

As previously declared by Jerry Bruckheimer, the subtitle for Pirates of the Caribbean will not be “Treasure of the Lost Abyss”. Now, a scooper for JoBlo has pointed to the…

…summer of 2007. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Gore Verbinski, Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley will return for both sequels. In related news, Dark Horizons reports that Aussie band…

Tomorrow afternoon ASIFA-Hollywood and Cartoon Brew’s Jerry Beck will be hosting a program featuring animated commercials from the 1950s & 60s, television’s golden age. Come check it out because, “much…

…with a few people even having to sit on the steps in the aisles. Due to its success Jerry Beck has promised to put together another such show with all…

…Astin, Elisha Cuthbert, Stanley Tucci, Alan Cumming, Fred Willard, Catherine O’Hara, Billy Idol, Wayne Knight, Michael Richards, David Cross, Rip Torn, Jerry O’Connell, Chazz Palminteri, and R. Lee Ermey. Cat…

Despite no recent news on Bee-Movie, an animated comedy written and featuring Jerry Seinfeld, it seems development work is continuing, with the {{link http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=7243 JoBlo movie website}} reporting that Renée…

Coming Soon has the latest on DreamWorks Animation’s Bee Movie, co-written and produced by Jerry Seinfeld. Bee Movie is “the comedic tale of Barry B. Benson, a graduate bee fresh…

Jerry Beck’s got the low down on many of the features of the upcoming 3rd volume of Warner Bros.’ Looney Tunes Golden Collection and it looks like it’s going to…

If you’ve had second thoughts about seeing Valiant take note that animation historian Jerry Beck has given it a favorable rating. “I was expecting a disaster, but the story was…

…magazines, with an introduction penned by Jerry Seinfeld, into an animated series, says Variety. But is Seinfeld’s involvement actually deeper than it appears? Moron’s Broth, like Ted L. Nancy, the…