The SF Gate has a new article on computer animation that is feature length and has a quick bit about an upcoming ILM release:

"Shrek" and "Monsters, Inc." are among recent hits that have made the industry forget one major flop, "Final Fantasy." Another success was Paramount's "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius," made for just $25 million by Dallas-based DNA Productions, which used off-the-shelf software.

"Jimmy Neutron really set everybody on their ear with the fact that you can take $25 million and make a very good looking CG (computer graphics) picture," said Heather Kenyon, editor in chief of Animation World Network, an industry Web site. "There's a number of companies now that are trying to go down that path."

Some are in Hollywood, such as Vanguard Films, which recently partnered with Disney and has promised to deliver four films for under $40 million each.

But others, like DNA, are not. Blue Sky of Harrison, N.Y., made "Ice Age" for Fox last year. George Lucas's San Francisco-based Industrial Light and Magic -- though considerably larger, with 1,200 employees -- set up a digital features division two years ago. A project to make a Frankenstein film fell through, but it hopes to announce its first project soon, spokeswoman Ellen Pasternack said.

Thanks to Fuufuuu for the find!