Animation news, reviews and features from the BCDB blog, 2011 to 2017, kept here to read.
June 4, 2011 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Bugs' story of why Steve Brody jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886. Brody is, at first, going to cut Bugs' leg off for a rabbit's foot to change his bad luck. Bugs convinces Brody to consult a fortune- telling swami (Bugs, of course), and a series of mishaps leads Brody to become so averted to rabbits that he jumps off the bridge!
June 3, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
American stage and television actress Lillian Adams, who had over 100 film and TV roles during her career that lasted for over 52 years, died of heart failure May 25 at the Motion Picture and Television Fund in Woodland Hills, California. She was 89. Adams had voice roles in two Ralph Bakshi feature films: as Rosa in Heavy Traffic (1973) and the Italian Woman in Hey Good Lookin'(1982). Born in Chicago on May 13, 1922, Adams was best known for her roles in commercials. It wasn't until she was over 30 that she started her acting career.
June 2, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Stung by a lower-than-expected opening weekend for Kung Fu Panda 2, DreamWorks Animation found its shares dropping to their lowest point in two years Tuesday. Shares reached as low as $23.09 early in the trading session, the lowest level in about two years. That's below a 52-week low of $24.38 reached last week.
June 2, 2011 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Donald is given a wartime assignment to wipe out a Japanese airfield.
June 1, 2011 · Dave Koch
This inventive mixture of live-action and animation served to introduce the character of Bosko, a lovable and ever-jovial character. Animator Rudolf Ising sits at his drawing board and before our eyes creates Bosko, who comes to life and shows us "what he can do" in a series of snappy musical and comedy routines.
May 31, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into Jellystone Park, Warner Bros. has signed the team of Joshua Sternin and Jeffrey Ventimilia to write a sequel to last December's live-action/CG animated movie Yogi Bear.
May 31, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
True to its ordinal, DreamWorks Animation's "Kung Fu Panda 2" came in a solid second at the North American box office over the Memorial Day weekend. Between Friday and Sunday, Kung Fu Panda 2 made $48 million at its opening weekend, although that's considerably below the $60.2 million collected by 2008's Kung Fu Panda when it first reached movie houses.
May 31, 2011 · Dave Koch
Granny O'Grimm, a seemingly sweet old lady, loses the plot as she tells her version of Sleeping Beauty to her terrified granddaughter.
May 30, 2011 · Dave Koch
The film follows the comedic and eventful journeys of two fish- Marlin and his son Nemo- who become separated in the Great Barrier Reef when Nemo is unexpectedly taken far from home and thrust into a fish tank in a dentist's office overlooking Sydney harbor.
May 28, 2011 · Dave Koch
Professor Owl teaches his music class (full of birds) about melody and its importance to the world of music. It's all around in nature. Only birds and man can sing; man "sings" even when he speaks. We see a quick survey of the stages of life, as captured by songs: the Alphabet Song for primary school, "Here Comes the Bride," "The Old Gray Mare," etc.
May 27, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Returning with all-new episodes, Johnny Test features the intrepid Johnny, his genetically altered super-dog Dukey and his super genius twin sisters. Whether it's a questionable science experiment or things blowing up, as long as Dukey can come along, Johnny gives it a go.
May 27, 2011 · Dave Koch
Three little pigs set off to the great wide world; their first step, to build a house. They each have their own life philosophies, which govern their lives, and they types of houses they make.
May 26, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
All work is off on "The Governator," the would-be animated series starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a superhero. The companies behind the TV show said Friday that they have stopped working on the franchise, which had shown signs of growth.
May 26, 2011 · Dave Koch
Little Audrey bakes a gingerbread man while listening to a radio cooking show. When the dough is in the oven, she falls asleep. The gingerbread man comes to life and takes her to Cakeland, a colorful musical land of candy canes and ice cream cones. There is a big celebration because the Gingerbread Man is taking Miss Angel Cake as his wife.
May 25, 2011 · Mr. Clevland
Nicktoons brings the iconic franchise Voltron to a new generation with the brand new animated series, Voltron Force. The series will launch as a commercial-free presentation of the 90-minute movie, “Voltron Force: New Defenders Trilogy,” Thursday, June 16, at 8:30 p.m. (ET).
May 25, 2011 · Dave Koch
A mad scientist needs specimens for his experiments. Lured to the scientist's lair in a castle by a sexy mechanical rabbit, Bugs is hunted down through the dungeon by the big orange monster (so scary that it frightens its own mirror image away) who wants the bunny for dinner.
May 24, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., Paramount Pictures and Zynga announced Friday a new in-game item and quest for players of the popular game CityVille to promote the opening of Kung Fu Panda 2, which debuts in theaters Thursday. This is the first-ever in-game integration within CityVille, Facebook's largest and most popular application.
May 24, 2011 · Dave Koch
Mike get's a new car, and wants to show it off to his pal Sully.
May 23, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Oscar-winning songwriter Joseph Brooks, who composed the hit "You Light Up My Life," was found dead Sunday in his New York apartment. Brooks, 73, apparently killed himself, police said. His body was found at about 12:30 p.m. at his apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side by a friend with whom he had planned to have lunch, according to police.
May 23, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Bill Hunter, a mainstay of Australian film who voiced the dentist in Pixar-Disney's Finding Nemo (2003), died Saturday evening in Melbourne. He was 71. The actor died surrounded by family and friends at a Kew hospice at 8:05 p.m. local time after fighting cancer, manager Mark Morrissey said.