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The battle for Disney heats up: Philadelphia 2004…

…be here next week, next month, next year”. {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/dowjones/20040303/bs_dowjones/200403022041001236 Yahoo News}} has more on the story, with a report from the “alternate” shareholders meeting Disney and Gold set up…

Universal announces animation project to follow Curious George

{{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…

Simpsons cast back at work

‘MusicFan’ lets us know that the cast dispute for The Simpsons has been finally settled, with the actors getting, to borrow the {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=494&e=1&u=/ap/tv_simpsons_dispute Associated Press}} story’s words, more “D’oh!…

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…

The Lion King Tenth Anniversary Reunion

…Deja, supervising animator for Pumbaa Tony Bancroft, creator of the CGI wildebeest stampede Scott Johnston, and was moderated by story artist Tom Sito. Follow this link for some of Christian’s…

TV Guide Reviews A&E's Pride

…standard and overlong coming-of-age story that holds few surprises. The tale centers on two sibling lion cubs, Suki (voiced energetically by Kate and Linus (a playful Rupert Graves). The young…

Chicken Little: expectations big

“I thought it looked like a commercial for Pixar stock” says one particularly disgruntled money manager about the teaser for Chicken Little. He’s quoted in a story at {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20040815/va_ne_al/inside_move__beak_preview&e=5…

The Incredibles: "plenty of superhero action"; "human characters based on 1960s Disney"

Pixar’s story supervisor Mark Andrews speaks to the {{link http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/movies/orl-mag-sp-comicmovies_082204,0,4863759.story?coll=orl-calmoviestop Orlando Sentinel}} about the upcoming Brad Bird superhero spoof The Incredibles. “According to Andrews, there will be plenty of superhero…

The box office summer

‘Monkeyboy12’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=5004#post5004 Animated News Forum}} points to an intresting story at Yahoo that rounds up the {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=762&e=1&u=/ap/20040906/ap_en_mo/film_summer_box_office box office numbers}} for this summer’s big – and…

Jim Rygiel to direct Bunyan And Babe; first look at Igor

…CGI-animated Babe the Blue Ox. Bunyan and Babe tells the story of Bunyan’s attempts, with the help of a couple of kids, to rescue his ox from the evil clutches…

What makes The Incredibles tick?

Apparently, it’s a well-executed story! Who’da thunk?! Skwigly Magazine has an intelligent, detailed article about the story dynamics behind the new Pixar film, guaranteed to give any reader a virtual…

2004 CG Retrospective

{{link http://www.cgnetworks.com/story_custom.php?story_id=2671&page=1 CGNetworks}} has posted their CG Retrospective, a look back at the top 20 “CG-related things that happened in 2004. The criteria for selection were that the event or…

Animated News takes a look at Dreamer…

…be the office of any business worker; but it just so happens to belong… to an animator.” A sketchbook is then used as the “storybook” with which to outline the…

DreamWorks previews upcoming slate at 2005's Comic-Con International

…than alive. Michael Bay directed The Island from a screenplay by Caspian Tredwell-Owen and Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci, from a story by Tredwell-Owen. A suspense thriller at 30,000 feet,…

DreamWorks buys a farm, a Punk Farm

…and produce the computer-animated feature “Punk Farm,” inspired by Jarrett J. Krosoczka’s popular children’s book of the same name. The story was developed by producer Kevin Messick and writer Jim…

Hollywood Reporter goes Wild with review

…and a koala (Eddie Izzard) as they attempt to rescue the lion’s cub (Greg Cipes) after he is mistakenly shipped to the wild. Providing the emotional hook to the story

Tarzan's Broadway debut review

…production, the impact of which lessens considerably once the story and score kick in. While somewhat lacking compared to the long-running hits Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King,…

Before Jack Sparrow there was Captain Hook . . . and Smee

…That Almost Was” – Experience the story beginning in Neverland • Deleted Song • In Walt’s Words – Why I Made Peter Pan – Details Walt Disney’s thoughts and experiences…

The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ To Town: Deluxe Edition

Storyboard: In imaginary Kidsville, Sunny the Bunny’s job is to make the annual drop off of Easter treats to a dreary old village, Town, where live a population of old…

Hey Seuss! Horton hears our Views! Plus the new League…

…short version of the story again on DVD. Of course, Jones and Dr Suess Ted Geisel previously teamed up for the classic TV version of The Grinch (and way before…

Horton Hears a Who!

…special How the Grinch Stole Christmas was successful, in part, because of its 26 minute short format. When you need to take that same story and translate it to a…

The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show: The Complete Series

Hanna-Barbera (1971), Warner Home Video (March 18, 2008), 2 discs, 319 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $26.98 Storyboard: Fred and…

Roy Disney Presents At The Newport Film Festival 2008

…evening). Roy gave a lengthy history of this short, explaining its genesis in 1945 and how its completion in 2002 came about largely because of a legal issue forcing it…

Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: The Complete Animated Series

Filmation (1971), Classic Media/Genius (April 29, 2008), 3 discs, 628 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $29.95 Storyboard: Archie’s magical pal…

The Richie Rich Scooby-Doo Show: Volume One

…set. The Story Of Richie Rich (9:45) covers the history of the character relatively briefly, though this will likely suffice for most fans. Naturally, the featurette quickly turns its focus…

Bonhams & Butterfields celebrate Carl Barks at auction

Carl Barks, master of comic book storytelling and creator of Uncle Scrooge, is being spotlighted in a June 4 auction in Los Angeles. Diverse works are being offered, including a…

Ratatouille opens

…visual panache and detail”; Minneapolis Star Tribune: “I defy you to name another animated film so overflowing with superfluous beauty”), its story (Beaumont Review: “If rival studios ever adopted Pixar’s…

Cartoon Network Panels and Events Lineup for 2007 Comic-Con International

…ED, EDD, n EDDY Thursday, July 26, 12:30-1:30 p.m. (PT) Location: Room 1 AB Ed, Edd n Eddy, tells the story of three best friends who band together to tackle…

Shrek the Musical World Premiere at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre

…performances will begin in early November at a theater to be announced. Shrek the Musical is an entirely new musical based on the story and characters from William Steig’s book…

Shrek The Halls

…offensive), Retail: $19.99 Storyboard: Shrek finds trouble brewing as he tries to settle down for his first family Christmas with Fiona, Donkey, Puss and the rest of the fairytale characters…