Head Band

#CotD: Dexter is a bespectacled young boy who just happened to be a genius…
“Head Band” has Dexter try and help his sister.

Head Band (2003) — Dexter’s Laboratory Cartoon Series

Dee Dee has a song stuck in her head. Literally.

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Head Band (2003) — Dexter’s Laboratory Cartoon Series originally appeared on Big Cartoon News from BCDB on May 16, 2012.

Yellow Submarine

Yellow Submarine, the classic animated film starring the four lads from Liverpool, will be seen in theaters again in late May. Cineplex Entertainment announced Yellow Submarine, the animated feature first released in 1968 will return to theaters for one night only on Thursday, May 24, 2012, show times vary by location. Currently out of print, this landmark movie has been restored by hand, frame-by-frame in 4K digital resolution for the first time by Paul Rutan Jr. and his team of specialists at Triage Motion Pictures and Eque Inc.

“Yellow Submarine has been delicately restored, bringing back the rich and vibrant colours it was known for and the legendary music of The Beatles comes to life in 5.1 Dolby digital surround sound,” said Pat Marshall, Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations, Cineplex Entertainment. “The Beatles remain one of the biggest bands in music today with generations of fans who will not want to miss this masterful and influential movie that we have brought back to the big screen for one night only.”

The Beatles’ classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, has been digitally restored for DVD and Blu-ray release on June 5 in North America. The film’s repackaged song track album will be reissued on CD on the same date.

Yellow Submarine To Set Sail Again originally appeared on Big Cartoon News from BCDB on May 15, 2012.

Plane Crazy

#CotD: Actually produced before Steamboat Willie, “Plane Crazy” was the third Mickey Mouse cartoon released.

Plane Crazy (1928) — Mickey Mouse Cartoon Series

Mickey tries to emulate his hero, Charles Lindbergh, and woo Minnie with his own, homemade airplane.

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Plane Crazy (1928) — Mickey Mouse Cartoon Series originally appeared on Big Cartoon News from BCDB on May 15, 2012.

Hyde And Go Tweet

#CotD: A looney take on the classic Robert Louis Stevenson tale, “Hyde And Go Tweet” features Tweety and Sylvester in the title roles.

Hyde And Go Tweet (1960) — Merrie Melodies Cartoon Series

Sylvester is sleeping on the ledge outside the office of Dr. Jekyll (whom we see in his office drinking the potion which turns him into a monster). Sylvester wakes up and chases the birds off the ledge. Tweety flies by, and Sylvester chases him into Jekyll’s lab. Tweety hides in the Hyde formula, and he becomes a giant Tweety monster terrorizing Sylvester. When Tweety returns to normal, Sylvester resumes the chase, always being caught with Tweety in a tight situation when the little bird reverts to “Mr. Hyde” size.

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Hyde And Go Tweet (1960) — Merrie Melodies Cartoon Series originally appeared on Big Cartoon News from BCDB on May 14, 2012.

Up

#CotD: Budgeted at an estimated $175 million, PIXAR’s “Up” made that all back in the first 23 minutes of it’s release. NOT.

Up (2009) — PIXAR Animated Film

Carl Fredricksen has spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life. The unlikely pair encounters wild terrain, unexpected villains and jungle creatures.

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Up (2009) — PIXAR Animated Film originally appeared on Big Cartoon News from BCDB on May 13, 2012.

Early To Bet

#CotD: The very popular short “Early To Bet” is the only appearance of the Gambling Bug in a Merrie Melodies short.

Early To Bet (1951) — Merrie Melodies Cartoon Series

The Gambling Bug bites a tall black cat, giving the tormented feline gambling fever. The cat keeps betting with a bulldog and loses, and the punishment is whatever is written on a spinning wheel.

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Early To Bet (1951) — Merrie Melodies Cartoon Series originally appeared on Big Cartoon News from BCDB on May 12, 2012.

Walt Disney Studios

Although the Walt Disney Company lost $200 million on its partly animated science-fiction bomb John Carter, the entertainment giant announced Tuesday that its overall profit from January through March grew 21%.

Costing $250 million, John Carter had led to an $84 million operating loss for the movie studio division during the fiscal second quarter. Studio chief Rich Ross stepped down April 13 after the movie disaster. Revenue dropped 12% to $1.2 billion.

Nonetheless, losses at Disney’s movie studio were at the low end of the $80 million to $120 million range that the company had predicted earlier due to the poor results of John Carter.

Quarterly growth at the Mouse House was aided by strong attendance at theme parks and higher advertising revenue at cable networks.

Meanwhile, Disney CEO Bob Iger told analysts that a sequel to the superhero smash hit The Avengers is in development.

In spite of the loss at the company’s studio division, Disney announced second-quarter earnings of $1.1 billion and a 6% revenue rise to $9.6 billion.

Adjusted earnings per share rose 18% to 58 cents. Analysts had expected 55 cents.

Disney’s earnings once again were increased by its media unit, where operating earnings went up 13% to $1.7 billion in the most recent quarter.

California’s Disneyland set a second-quarter attendance record, said chief financial officer. Overall, earnings at the theme park unit jumped 53% to $222 million. Parks and resorts revenue grew 10% to $2.9 billion. Attendance and spending grew in the United States, while overseas parks in Tokyo and Hong Kong experienced gains which were partially offset by a decrease in Paris.

“You’ve got a parks recovery that’s underway, and you have a cable network business that’s best in class. It showed good growth on the top-line,” Janney Montgomery Scott analyst Tony Wible said.

Results for the latest quarter don’t include the huge takings from Avengers, which has already collected $702.2 million worldwide.

Shares Disney rose 75 cents (1.7%) to $45.05 in after-hours trading after results were released Tuesday. Stock has increased 20% since the beginning of the year.

Disney’s Profit up Despite “John Carter” Disaster originally appeared on Big Cartoon News from BCDB on May 11, 2012.

Total Drama: Revenge of the Island

The contention, the rivalries, the tension, the money and… Chef are all coming back to Cartoon Network at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5 for the animated reality competition series Total Drama Revenge of the Island, produced by Fresh TV and distributed by Cake Entertainment.

In past seasons, egotistical series host Chris McLean brought the show to diverse locales, including a movie set and a voyage around the world, but now it’s back to the island, where the drama began in Season 1 — this time with an all-new cast! Since the show has gone global, Camp Wawanakwa has been abandoned and turned into a toxic nuclear waste dump — the perfect place for new and painful, cringe-inducing challenges!

Fighting for the $1 million prize are 13 wild new players: athletic overachiever Lightning, wide-eyed bubble-boy Cameron, multiple personality Mike, take-no-prisoners jock Jo, devious Scott, fame-monger Dakota, indie chick Zoey, compulsive liar Staci, strong silent genius B, fake tan and hairspray lover Anne Maria, moonchild Dawn, nice-guy gamer Sam and cadet Brick.

This season promises to be the toughest ever. As usual, the Total Drama contestants will be split into two teams, this time there are no reward challenges and one teen will be voted off in every episode. There is one chance for salvation when host Chris unveils an immunity statue, shaped in his own likeness, to be hidden somewhere on the island. Whoever finds the statue wins immunity from elimination for one radioactive campfire ceremony. Those chances are slim and all but one contestant will be catapulted off the island via the Hurl of Shame!

CartoonNetwork.com will also feature a Total Drama Revenge of the Island game where contestants will attempt to balance a portion of the Island’s mutant squirrel population on their bodies all while standing precariously on crudely built structures, trying to dodge meatballs being pelted at them by Chef. The player’s goal is to topple each contestants one-by-one using Chef and several types of meatball ammo ranging from large meatballs that pack a punch to explosive and corrosive meatballs that damage the structures the contestants are positioned on. The game has 30+ levels to master and will launch on May 29.

“Total Drama Revenge of the Island” coming to CN originally appeared on Big Cartoon News from BCDB on May 11, 2012.

Sony Corporation

Despite the popularity of the partly animated “The Smurfs,” Sony Corp. announced Thursday a record annual loss of 457 billion yen ($5.7 billion), marking its fourth year of red ink in a row.

Although sales improved in Sony’s film business — helped by TV shows that it produced and home video sales of movies — profits dropped a bit. The Smurfs and the live-action Bad Teacher helped neutralize the effects of the failure of Arthur Christmas, co-produced with Aardman Animations.

The entertainment and electronics firm, maker of the Spider-Man movies, reported a loss of 255 billion yen ($3.2 billion) for the quarter from January to March. That’s Sony’s fifth straight quarterly net loss. The fiscal year has been the worst in the Tokyo-based company’s 66-year history.

The most recent losses were greater than those in 1995, after Sony made a bad gamble by purchasing Hollywood studio Columbia Pictures.

Worsening the picture for Sony was factory and supplier damage in northeastern Japan, were last year’s earthquake and tsunami caused widespread damage. The flooding in Thailand also caused production disruptions for Sony.

Chief financial officer Masaru Kato believes that entertainment revenue will improve this year with the release of The Amazing Spider-Man, Men in Black 3 and the new James Bond flick Skyfall.

Kazuo Hirai was appointed the company’s president last month, when he said that Sony would cut 10,000 jobs, or about 6% of its global workforce.

Sony shares have lost about half their value over the past year. They fell 1.2% to 1,213 yen during trading Thursday in Tokyo. Trading ended shortly before the earnings announcement.

Blue Smurfs don’t keep Sony Corp. out of red ink originally appeared on Big Cartoon News from BCDB on May 11, 2012.

Runaway Train

#CotD: Created by Van Partible, Johnny Bravo took the “Runaway Train” on an unexpected trip around the world.

Runaway Train (2001) — Johnny Bravo Episode Guide

Johnny thinks he’s getting on the 5:40 commuter train to visit his annoying aunt, but he mistakenly boards the Blue Goose 9000, a supersonic train prototype. When Johnny triggers the ignition, he sends the train soaring around the globe. Only the savvy employment of Mama’s super-dense bundt cake can save the day.

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Runaway Train (2001) — Johnny Bravo Episode Guide originally appeared on Big Cartoon News from BCDB on May 11, 2012.