What? Did anyone actually took the time to read the blog I refered to?

Because this is a blog maintained by people WORKING in the animation industry. ALL the information there are true, because they have contracts with the animation companies. This is the Animation Guild. They often make announces for things that companies didn't make official, and they always come true. (logical, considering it comes from the inside)
Really, read the blog and you'll understand. Another post example :

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/201...e-division.html

So yes, this is 100% valid information. Universal will not make any announcement, the studio has already been closed. What more proof do you want?

I know that it's not what you would have liked, it's not to me either and I really hate what the industry is leading to - but at one point, you need to accept it.

But didn't this new staff come on before the production of LBT 13? They did make another movie.

Yes and no, we can't know for sure, as even DTV sequels take at least 2 years to make. Maybe the film was already in pre-production when the staff changed.

I tried to contact Aria for getting confirmation, but instead her representative answered me, and confirmed the same thing. I think you should find this email interesting as well :

Yes, for a long time the new regime tried to kill the series, they did everything possible, released new ones in mid January instead of Christmas, (the videos) so they could say they were not selling as well, changed the series airing time on cartoon network several times so the poor little kids had to keep looking for it or lose interest. The first air time was for little toddlers and no weekends for older kids who would be very interested. Only true and rabid fans cared. The old true producing staff for these shows (LBT, Balto) were wonderful people professionally and personally.  The new people that take over in this kind of case just want to dump all the old shows and put on edgier stuff, so it has their signature, and they want to pay the actors very little, and hope to pay them no residuals from sales as well. It is this same callousness and greed that has us in the current writers strike. It is sad.
Will let you know if we can find out anything. Anything is possible. If the "glorious" minds of the current crop of people in power think they can make a personal fortune by re starting or re-releasing something, they will.
 
Yes I am a bit cynical if you can't tell. I have heard and seen too much. I liked the simple days when there were really good people at Universal Animation. Now it seems all about them keeping money for themselves however they can. Even if Balto and LBT had more fans than any other shows they would not want to keep their finger on the pulse of what people want. They want to DRIVE people and steer them into wanting whatever it is the animation companies want to push.
Sad.

I said it : it came from a petition WE (the fans from my site)sent them. One of the member (the one who sent the petition) received the letter/answer and typed it.

Considering Universal can't seem to decide on which camp (Blu-Ray or HDDVD) to go with

They have, they've always been exclusive to the HD DVD format. But I doubt they wouldn't switch to Blu-ray if this one becomes the major format for high def.

Anyway, I really doubt Universal would release their animated films in high def format before a VERY long time. (not before 4 or 5 years, I think) It's a niche market, for now the "family" target doesn't really know what high definition means and doesn't care much. The animated films were the latest ones to switch to the DVD format...
There's even an animated film they never released on DVD... (We're back : a dinosaur's story)
And for all the others (An american tail, Balto, Land before time and their sequels), they released cheap DVDs with no real extras on it, which were not really more than just VHS versions ported to DVDs. So no, I really don't think the HD DVD formats are their main focus.

Hi LBT fans,

I don't like too much bringing bad news, but this little bit of information I've found seems to be a little worrying - If I understood it the right way.
Here's what it says :

Universal Cartoon Studios has shuttered the long-running Land Before Time and continues with the popular Curious George, delighting the tots on PBS.

Source :
http://www.animationguild.org/_Home/home_FRM1.html

(go to "current pegboard", then see the "what's happening in animation" section)

If you ask if this is reliable news or not, I can tell you this is a very reliable site. I often go there to see if Universal decides one day to make more Balto films (yes I'm more a Balto fan), but when I saw that, I thought I had to tell you about it...

It would still come as a surprise to me, if they decided to stop doing anything Land before time just after having started a TV series, released 12 sequels with one very recently - but then again, they totally forgot about Balto and An american tail after making two sequels, so at the same time...

This may also mean that they've stopped the TV series only, not the sequels, as the Curious george thing they're saying is actually a TV series for young children.

Mmm, I didn't expect this...I'm the Balto Source admin, I sometimes check this forum to find some information about Universal's actings and projects.

If you ask me, Disney does a better job when they re-release a classic movie. They not only upgrade the quality, but they also give a VERY nice amount of bonus features that are quite enjoyable. smile.gif

Universal really needs to get their act together if they hope to beat their toughest competition. smile.gif

You just don't know how much it's true...Universal is just very lazy and only does the minimum. They don't want to take ANY risk, hence the low budget for the sequels and all their animated productions, including the DVDs.
They only care about the franchises that earn money (= Land before time), and even in that case they don't make any real effort.

In fact, this DVD pack is the ONLY thing they did for the Balto franchise since 2004...It's a good step, but still just a repackaging of the current DVDs.
They made two sequels for Balto, but did not make any effort to promote them (no merchandise, no soundtrack, no advertisement, no video game, absolutely nothing...)
They didn't make any merchandise for Balto since the release of the film in theaters, 12 years ago.

I could go on longer like this, but it would be easier to read this article I had written :

http://baltosource.timduru.org/en/b1articl..._Balto/749.html

I can tell you that you're lucky they're making sequels and a TV series for Land before time, or everyone would have forgotten about it for years...