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While many production companies are trying to figure out how to bring in big bucks with new ideas, an easy way to bring in money has been to re-release classics in theaters. Although they can't market these productions as new, a great way to get people to visit the theaters to re-watch something they saw years ago is to highlight the anniversary of its release. The latest classic film to get its second dose of theater time is the 1995 ghost comedy Casper. The film, which starred Christina Ricciand served as Brad Silberling's feature film directorial debut, will be available to watch once again on the big screen during the Halloween season.

According to Bleeding Cool, the month of October is known for ghosts and everything spooky, and now it'll be Casper's month too, as the movie celebrates its 30th anniversary. Although the film debuted in May 1995, there's nothing...

In Brad Silberling's 1995 ghost comedy "Casper," Kat Harvey (Christina Ricci) and her widowed father James (Bill Pullman) move into a large, spooky mansion haunted by cartoonish, playfully destructive spirits. Casper (Malachi Pearson) is a friendly ghost, but his ghostly roommates Stretch (Joe Nipote), Fatso (Brad Garett), and Stinkie (Joe Alaskey) are more sinister, able to scare, harm, or bodily possess any interlopers. 

In order to scare him out of their home, the ghostly trio attack James, chasing him around the house, using their supernatural powers to creatively terrify him. In a standout sequence, James stares into a mirror, and the ghosts transform his face into other people's. James looks up from the sink, and he suddenly looks like Clint Eastwood. Then his face morphs, and he looks like Rodney Dangerfield. Then he morphs again to look like Mel Gibson. Finally, and most terrifying, he morphs to look like the...

The afterlife's friendliest ghost is officially about to haunt theaters once again. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the fantasy comedy classic, 1995's Casper is making its return, complete with a new trailer reflecting on the adorable little spirit's adventures in Friendship, Maine, with a new coat of paint. Hailing from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, it's packed with some big-time talent, including Bill Pullman as ghost therapist Dr. James Hardy, Christina Ricci at the height of her Addams Family fame as his daughter Kat, who desperately wants a friend, and Malachi Pearson as the titular Casper, who's more than willing to be that pal. The film will kick off the spooky season for the whole family on October 3 and run through Halloween on October 31.

Casper the Friendly Ghost was no stranger to theaters before Casper, but the film was the first proper feature outing for the pop-culture icon created...

"Remember, ghosts – they're simply spirits with unfinished business." Universal has unveiled a brand new trailer for the 1995 movie Casper, about the Friendly Ghost living in the mansion. The movie is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and will be re-released by Universal in theaters again this October. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Brad Silberling, the film stars Bill Pullman as Dr. Harvey, a ghost therapist, and Christina Ricci as his daughter Kat. An afterlife therapist and his daughter meet a friendly young ghost when they move into a crumbling mansion in order to rid the premises of wicked spirits. When I was a kid growing up in the 90s, this movie was a huge deal – the first "ghost" movie that was meant for kids to go enjoy. It also stars a powerhouse comedic cast including Brad Garrett, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, Ben Stein, and Joe Nipote & Joe Alasky as Stretch & Stinkie...

Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment announced today that they will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the beloved family blockbuster, Casper, with a nationwide rerelease beginning October 3 and running through Halloween, October 31, 2025.

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Brad Silberling, the film stars Bill Pullman (Independence Day and Equalizer franchises) as Dr. Harvey, a ghost therapist, and two-time Emmy nominee Christina Ricci as his daughter Kat.

When they move into a drafty old mansion so that Dr. Harvey can exorcise the home’s otherworldly inhabitants, they meet a friendly but lonely young ghost named Casper (voiced by Malachi Pearson), who’s just looking for a friend, and his outrageous uncles Stretch (Joe Nipote), Stinkie (Joe Alasky), and Fatso.

The film stars a powerhouse comedic cast including Garrett, Academy Award nominee Cathy Moriarty (Raging Bull), Monty Python icon Eric Idle, and Ben Stein (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), as well as appearances from vintage TV...

Casper will celebrate its 30th anniversary with SteelBook and standard 4K Uhd + Blu-ray + Digital releases on August 12 via Universal.

Based on the classic Harvey Comics character created by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo, the 1995 film is presented in 4K with Dolby Vision Hdr and Dolby Atmos audio.

Special features:

Audio Commentary by Director Brian Silberling Revealing Casper – 2003 Making-Of Featurette with Cast and Crew Deleted Scene 7 Vintage Casper the Friendly Ghost Theatrical Shorts Casper’s Spree Under the Sea Once Upon a Rhyme Boo Hoo Baby To Boo or Not to Boo Boo Scout Spooking with a Brogue Penguin for Your Thoughts

Ghost therapist Dr. James Harvey is hired to exorcise Whipstaff Manor’s apparitions — a friendly but lonely young ghost named Casper and his outrageous uncles Stretch, Stinkie and Fatso — so its greedy owner can get her hands on the house’s fabled treasures. Meanwhile, Casper finds a kindred spirit in Dr.

Original Final Destinationstar Devon Sawa celebrates one of his earliest feature film roles thirty years after its premiere.

On May 26, Sawa celebrated the thirty-year anniversary of 1995's Casper by sharing an image of the movie's original promo poster on Twitter. Although the post wasn't shared with any accompanying caption, the intent was perfectly clear, and fans responded in kind with an outpouring of love for the iconic film in the comments.

pic.twitter.com/nJg9XKUgrX— devon sawa (@DevonESawa) May 26, 2025

"Is this you reminding me that I’m old? I don’t appreciate this," one fan said in response to the post.

"Can't believe it's been 30 years," another fan said. "Still one of my favorite childhood movies!!!"

Another fan noted, "Need this on 4K! One of my favorites."

Casper Is Now 30 Years Old

Based on the beloved Harvey Comics cartoon character, Casper the Friendly Ghost, 1995's Casper was directed by...

Casper the Friendly Ghost made his theatrical debut in I. Sparber's 1945 short "The Friendly Ghost," released by Famous Studios. The gimmick of the short was that a boy-like apparition named Casper, feeling lonely and wanting friends, would causally approach animals and adults to introduce himself only to see them flee in terror. He is, after all, a ghost. Only open-minded children could see that Casper wasn't a threat and befriend him.

The success of "The Friendly Ghost" led to 54 additional Famous Studios Casper shorts that lasted through 1959. Casper also began starring in a series of Harvey Comics in 1951, and the character's mythos expanded greatly. He soon became friends with a witch named Wendy and was bullied by some baddies called the Ghostly Trio. The comics and shorts also spawned multiple TV shows to feature the Friendly Ghost, mostly in the 1960s and 1970s, and his popularity was retained throughout the 1980s through incessant reruns.

Is nothing sacred anymore? Must Hollywood continue to transform our childhood memories into unholy cinematic nightmares? It would appear so, as the beloved 90s cartoon Rugrats is all set to be put through the godless machine that turns animation into a live-action hybrid (via Deadline). Though perhaps we should calm down and think of the good live-action hybrid movies that are out there...because there are definitely some.

Though it does make one wonder what elements of the Rugrats will be CGI and what will be live-action? Regardless of the strive for positivity, its near-impossible not to imagine the terrifying computer-generated versions of Tommy Pickles and the gang that Hollywood might concoct. Anyone remember the original version of Sonic?

Now for the details, as the Rugrats live-action CGI hybrid movie is all set to be directed by Jason Moore, who is best known for the likes of the first Pitch Perfect movie,...

Created by Ton Ruegger and overseen by executive producer Steven Spielberg, "Tiny Toon Adventures" debuted in September of 1990, marking a sea change in mainstream TV animation. "Tiny Toons," tapping into 1990s trends toward self-awareness, regularly addressed its own status as a cartoon show, and the characters would frequently give side-eyes to the audience, extract scripts on camera, or even exit their animation cels to cause havoc for the animators. The show's regular obliteration of the fourth wall reflected — and guided — the prevailing winking sarcasm of the 1990s, making it (and I am not exaggerating) a vital and definitive text of the decade. It's no coincidence that it landed the same year as Richard Linklater's "Slacker."

"Tiny Toons" was striking, funny, and launched an entire series of notable Spielberg-backed 1990s cartoons like "Animaniacs," "Histeria!," and "Freakazoid!"

The characters on "Tiny Toons" were largely all distaff "youth" counterparts of established Looney Tunes characters.

Looney Tunes is not leaving Max after all. The streamer had released a list that included the classic cartoons leaving the platform in December.

Max has since revised their “What’s New on Max This December” press release.

“Looney Tunes was included in error as a title leaving the platform,” read the statement clarifying the status of the classic shorts. “This is not the case and the show will continue streaming on Max.”

An outcry from fans of the show followed on social media after believing Bugs Bunny and his friends would not live on the streaming platform anymore.

The error comes a couple weeks after Wbd announced it would be scrapping the already-completed Coyote Vs. Acme for a tax writeoff. The David Zaslav-run company reconsidered the decision after fan backlash and set up screenings for streamers who might want to buy it.

However, it’s not all good...

Casper, the live-action adaptation of the Friendly Ghost, featured a fully CGI lead character and a darker storyline about Casper's tragic past. The Ghostly Trio, consisting of Stretch, Fatso, and Stinkie, play a key role in Casper's comedy and are known for scaring the living. Stretch is the tallest and most aggressive of the trio, voiced by Joe Nipote, while Fatso is corpulent and dim-witted, voiced by Brad Garrett. Stinkie, voiced by Joe Alaskey, uses his bad breath to scare people.

Casper introduced the audience to the title Friendly Ghost, but with Casper also came the Ghostly Trio, and here’s who played these chaotic but fun characters. In 1995, Casper the Friendly Ghost made the jump from cartoons to live-action in Casper, directed by Brad Silberling and with Steven Spielberg as executive producer. Casper mixed live-action with CGI in order to make the ghosts look believable, and became the first...

Babs and Buster Bunny, Plucky Duck, Hamton J. Pig, and their crazy friends are returning. The animated stars of the 1990s Tiny Toon Adventures series are returning in a new show called Tiny Toons Looniversity. HBO Max and Cartoon Network Series have ordered the new series from Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation.

There's no word yet if the original Tiny Toon Adventures series' voice actors will return for the new incarnation. They include Charlie Adler, Tress MacNeille, Kath Soucie, Maurice Lamarche, Frank Welker, Rob Paulsen, Danny Cooksey, Cree Summer, Jeff Bergman, Candi Milo, Noel Blanc, Jim Cummings, John Kassir, Bob Bergen, and Greg Burson. Legends Joe Alaskey, Don Messick, June Foray, and Stan Freberg also worked on the original 1990-95 series but have since passed away.

Two seasons have been ordered but there's no word on when the show will launch. A...

Reel-Important People is a monthly column that highlights those individuals in or related to the movies that have left us in recent weeks. Below you'll find names big and small and from all areas of the industry, though each was significant to the movies in his or her own way. Joe Alaskey (1952-2016) - Voice Actor. He took over voicing Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck when Mel Blanc died and can be heard as those characters and more in the movie Looney Tunes: Back in Action, as well as many TV and video game works. He also voiced Yosemite Sam and Foghorn Leghorn in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (hear him below), President Nixon in Forrest Gump and Grandpa Lou Pickles in the Rugrats movies. His other film credits include Spaced Invaders...

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“Big Hero 6” screenwriter Daniel Gerson died on Saturday after battling brain cancer. He was 49. According to a New York Times obituary, Gerson died peacefully in his Los Angeles home. Before tackling the 2015 Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature Film, Gerson co-wrote Disney/Pixar’s “Monsters, Inc.” and “Monsters University.” Also Read: Joe Alaskey, Voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Dies at 63 Gerson, a New York native, started his career as a staff writer for the former NBC sitcom, “Something So Right,” and went on to write for several other series in the late ’90s before transitioning to writing feature films.

Voice actor Joe Alaskey died February 3, 2016, at the age of 63. Reports indicate the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Grandpa Lou Pickles, Marvin the Martian and more, died from cancer.

Alaskey lent his voice to characters from many many TV series, including Rugrats and sequel All Grown Up, Loonatics Unleashed, and as Daffy Duck on Duck Dodgers, for which he won an Emmy in 2004. Alaskey also narrated the Investigation Discovery TV series, Murder Comes to Town.

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Voice actor Joe Alaskey, the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird and others, has died after a battle with cancer. Alaskey had taken over these roles after Mel Blanc’s death in 1989, winning himself an Emmy award in 2004 for his work as Daffy Duck in Duck Dodgers. Other notable roles of Alaskey […]

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Dave Mirra, an X Games champion who hosted two seasons of MTV’s Real World/Road Rules Challenge from 2001 to 2002, was found dead in his truck in Greenville, N.C., on Thursday.

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The 41-year-old biker died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to TMZ Sports, though police are still looking into his death.

In addition to his work on MTV, Mirra was the subject of a series of video games, including Playstation’s Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX. He also made special appearances on Punk’d — in which...

Emmy-winning voice actor also played Richard Nixon in Forrest Gump, and various cartoon stars since the late 1980s including Tweety and Sylvester the Cat

Joe Alaskey, the voice behind notable cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, died of cancer on Wednesday. He was 63.

The voice actor, who was born in upstate New York, started out as a standup impressionist. He worked with voice actor June Foray on a Boston radio morning show called Effective Radio with Bill.

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Joe Alaskey, an actor who provided the voices of some of TV’s best-known animated characters, has died of cancer, our sister site Variety reports. He was 63.

Alaskey voiced Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in the 2000s. (Mel Blanc provided the original voices.) Alaskey also brought life to Duck Dodgers‘ title character, a role for which he won a Daytime Emmy in 2004.

His many other gigs included voicing Tiny Toon Adventures‘ Plucky Duck, Rugrats‘ Grandpa Pickles and Forrest Gump‘s Richard Nixon.

At the time of his death, Alaskey served as narrator for Investigation Discovery’s Murder Comes to Town.

"Looney Tunes" fans, today we raise a carrot for Joe Alaskey, modern voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester the Cat, and other cartoon favorites. According to Entertainment Weekly, Alaskey died of cancer at age 63. Sufferin' succotash indeed.

When Mel Blanc passed away, Alaskey was one of the voice actors to take on his iconic characters. In the 2003 movie "Looney Tunes: Back in Action," Alaskey voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Beaky Buzzard, and Mama Bear. In the 2000 animated movie "Tweety's High-Flying Adventure," Alaskey voiced Tweety, Sylvester, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Pepé Le Pew, Marvin the Martian, Henery Hawk, and Colonel Rimfire. Phew!

In addition to Warner Bros. characters, Alaskey also voiced Grandpa Lou Pickles in the "Rugrats" movies and video games, and on the TV series from 1997-2004. You may also recall his voice as Droopy in the "Tom and Jerry" movies, Stinkie in "Caspter," Yosemite Sam in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit,...

Joe Alaskey, a successor to Mel Blanc who for years voiced iconic cartoon characters such as the modern Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety Bird and others from the classic Warner Bros cartoons, has died. The news was confirmed by his family on Alaskey’s Facebook page. He was 63. Alaskey’s prolific decades-long career included voicing Grandpa Lou Pickles on Rugrats, inheriting the role after David Doyle’s death in 1997. He also voiced the character again in the Rugra…...

Joe Alaskey, a successor to Mel Blanc who for years voiced iconic cartoon characters such as the modern Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety Bird and others from the classic Warner Bros cartoons, has died. The news was confirmed by his family on Alaskey’s Facebook page. He was 63. Alaskey’s prolific decades-long career included voicing Grandpa Lou Pickles on Rugrats, inheriting the role after David Doyle’s death in 1997. He also voiced the character again in the Rugra…...

Sad news for animation fans. Joe Alaskey, the modern voice for Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, has passed away at the age of 63. His family confirmed the news earlier this week. The actor and voiceover artist succumbed to cancer.

Joe Alaskey was a successor to iconic Looney Tunes voice artist Mel Blanc, who passed away in 1989. Alaskey inherited the roles of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and countless other Warner Bros. animated characters, going to work to recreate their personalities starting in the 2000s. His most notable turn as these iconic and beloved characters came in the 2003 movie Looney Tunes: Back In Action.

Over the past few years, Joe Alaskey also gave new voice to such beloved icons of animation as Sylvester and Tweety. He served as the primary voice of Plucky Duck on Tiny Toon Adventures. In 1988, he voiced the role of Yosemite Sam in the blockbuster hit film Who Framed Roger Rabbit?...

Joe Alaskey, the voice actor behind iconic Looney Toons cartoon characters like Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny, has died after a battle with cancer, his spokesperson confirmed to Entertainment Weekly. He was 63.

Alaskey, who succeeded Mel Blanc in voicing characters like Marvin the Martian in 2001, most notably took on Bugs Bunny and gang for 2003's Looney Tunes: Back in Action feature film. Prior to that, the actor brought Rugrats' Grandpa Lou Pickles to life from 1997–2004, and Sylvester the Cat in The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries from 1995–99.

In addition, Alaskey could be heard as Plucky Duck on Tiny Toon Adventures and...

Joe Alaskey, the voice actor behind iconic Looney Toons cartoon characters like Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny, has died after a battle with cancer, his spokesperson confirmed to Entertainment Weekly. He was 63. Alaskey, who succeeded Mel Blanc in voicing characters like Marvin the Martian in 2001, most notably took on Bugs Bunny and gang for 2003's Looney Tunes: Back in Action feature film. Prior to that, the actor brought Rugrats' Grandpa Lou Pickles to life from 1997–2004, and Sylvester the Cat in The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries from 1995–99. In addition, Alaskey could be heard as Plucky Duck on Tiny Toon Adventures and...

Joe Alaskey, the man who voiced cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, has died of cancer. He was 63. The actor died peacefully in his home on Feb. 3, according to a statement obtained by TheWrap. Alaskey began his career as a stand-up comedian and broadcaster. His big break came when he replaced Mel Blanc as the voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck after his death in 1989. “Looney Tunes” fans also remember the actor for voicing Tweety and Sylvester the Cat. Also Read: Crackhead Bob, Howard Stern Wack Packer, Dies at 56 In addition to his work on several “Looney...

According to his spokesperson, prolific voice actor and impressionist Joe Alaskey died of cancer Wednesday night at the age of 63. In addition to being one of several actors who performed the roles of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Tweety Bird throughout the ’90s, Alaskey voiced a host of familiar characters, including Pluck Duck on Tiny Toon Adventures, Richard Nixon in Forrest Gump, Yosemite Sam in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, and Grandpa Lou Pickles on Rugrats, following the death of original voice actor David Doyle. A Daytime Emmy winner for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program, Alaskey also lent his voice to video games like Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, Dark Seduction, and Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest. Here he is doing a set on Letterman in 1986:...

Joe Alaskey, who voiced legendary cartoon characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and Sylvester the Cat has died. Alaskey's family members announced the news of the NY native's death Wednesday night. Alaskey voiced other Looney Tunes characters as well, including Marvin the Martian and Foghorn Leghorn. Joe -- who was a successor of voice actor Mel Blanc at Warner Brothers -- voiced many of his famous characters from 1990-1995. Alaskey did some non-Warner Bros' work too,...

What do a pyrokinetic girl, a lonely ghost, and a group of cannibalistic children have in common? They’re all getting the Blu-ray treatment from Universal this September.

Blu-ray.com reports that Firestarter, Casper, and The People Under the Stairs are all slated for a September 2nd Blu-ray release, but only one of the films is coming with substantial bonus features:

Firestarter Release Details (via Blu-ray.com):

“Firestarter chronicles the extraordinary life of Charlene “Charlie” McGee. Eight-year-old Drew Barrymore stars as the child who has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic power and the love of her father save her from the threatening government agency, “The Shop,” that wants her destroyed?

The Blu-ray edition of Firestarter is presented in 1080p with a DTS-hd Master Audio 2.0 Mono track. An UltraViolet Digital HD digital copy of the film is included, but there are no other special features.

Like many things in life (and perhaps even more in entertainment), Tiny Toon Adventures can only be fully understood when considered with what came before and after it. For example, how much more irritating were the Ewoks when you realized that they were paving the way for Jar Jar Binks? Can you watch Jack Nicholson’s original interpretation of the Joker without thinking of Heath Ledger’s more recent portrayal? All the same, Tiny Toons can really only be seen in retrospect as the link between the Muppet Babies of the late 1980s and the subsequent, far more engaging Animaniacs, which premiered in 1993. It should be evaluated on its own terms, but it can’t really be thought of or remembered any other way.

Tiny Toon Adventures takes place (for the most part) at Acme Looniversity, where younger counterparts of nearly all of the original Looney Tunes characters learn how...