MONSTER ROAD

Monster Road is a feature-length documentary by Brett Ingram (Director/Co-editor) and Jim Haverkamp (Co-Producer/Co-Editor) that explores …

SPEED RACER

Movielink has acquired the right to carry all 52 episodes of the classic Speed Racer animated television series for legal download, to …

2-D EXPO

On June 26th, in Burbank, Asifa-Hollywood is hosting a 2-D EXPO.I am one of the co-conspirators behind this event – and it’s shaping up …

THE BUZZ ON “PRIDE”

This doesn’t sound too good:Silence greeted the NBC sales presentation of FATHER OF THE PRIDE, the Dreamworks CG animated comedy based on …

AnimationMentor.Com

Here’s a website that looks quite promising: AnimationMentor.com. The concept is an on-line animation school where students can receive …

LION KING REUNION

Ten years ago, The Lion King not only became the high water mark of the Disney Feature Animation revival, but it also capped the 2-D …

MONKEY EXEC

FYI – Don’t miss Pete Emslie’s wonderful poem posted on Jim Hill Media today, “The Monkey’s Tale”.

Are You Down With That?

In the forthcoming GARFIELD movie, the filmmakers have apparently made the bold decision to have CG Garfield be afflicted with Down …

Genndy’s New Gig

Genndy Tartakovsky (creator of SAMURAI JACK and DEXTER’S LABORATORY) has been signed by Sony Pictures to write and direct a live-action …

Fun and Educational

While I already have a pretty firm grasp of the concepts of “up” and “down,” I’m still going to buy THE UP AND DOWN BOOK when it’s …

SIAN KA’AN

Here’s more proof that there’s life after Disney.Raul Garcia, who was an animator at Disney on most of their major features of the past …

False Alarm of the Week

“The 2-D business is coming to an end, just like black and white came to an end.” – Michael Eisner (June 2, 2004) Eisner has been known …

LIFE’S A PITCH

The April 2004 edition of ASIFA-East’s newsletter, “aNYmator”, had a great piece by ASIFA-East president David Levy on the realities of …

Another Look at United’s TV Spots

A few months ago, I expressed some bewilderment about United Airlines’ new animated ad campaign. Now here’s another OPINION from …

HERITAGE AUCTION

Once again, my friends at HERITAGE COMICS AUCTIONS have released their latest drool-inducing catalog of “stuff I would buy if I were a …

ITALY ANIMATION FESTIVAL

Let’s add another international animation festival to this year’s calender: If you are in Italy in September the Chiavari Animation …

A Disney Book We Didn’t Need

SCREENPLAY BY DISNEY is supposed to give “tips and techniques to bring magic to your moviemaking.” If you’ve ever wondered, ‘How can I …

PBS KIDS CHANNEL

Just what we need: another kids cartoon channel! PBS KIDS is considering spinning itself into a 24 hour basic cable channel.However, this …

CHINESE TOM & JERRY

Reader “Lyris” sent this in: “You may or may not know about this, but there’s a DVD in China of Tom & Jerry featuring all the …

PIXAR MADE SHREK?

Brew regular David Gerstein asks: “Did you know PIXAR made Shrek II?”Neither did I, but somebody thinks so: in this review from Oshkosh …

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