2000

Looney Tunes 2000

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

The Scarecrow

Miss Congeniality

2000 (MM) was a century leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2000th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1000th and last year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 2000s decade.

Theatrical releases

Feature films

Warner Bros. Pictures

• January 14 - My Dog Skip (Alcon Entertainment/MDS Productions LLC) is premiered on limited releases.
• January 28 - The Big Tease
• February 18 - The Whole Nine Yards (Morgan Creek Productions/Franchise Pictures)
• March 3 - My Dog Skip (Alcon Entertainment/MDS Productions LLC)
• March 22 - Romeo Must Die
• April 7 - Ready to Rumble
• April 21 - Gossip
• May 12 - Battlefield Earth
• June 30 - The Perfect Storm
• July 19 - The In Crowd

Castle Rock Entertainment

• September 15 - Bait (Warner Bros.)
• September 29 - Best in Show (Warner Bros.)
• October 13 - Lost Souls (New Line Cinema)
• December 8 - Proof of Life (Warner Bros.)
• December 22 - Miss Congeniality (Warner Bros.)

Kids' WB

• July 21 - Pokémon: The Movie 2000 (OLM, Inc./Nintendo/4Kids Entertainment)

New Line Cinema

• January 12 - Next Friday
• January 30 - Boiler Room is premiered on Sundance Film Festival.
• February 18 - Boiler Room
• March 17 - Final Destination
• March 31 - Price of Glory
• April 21 - Love & Basketball
• April 28 - Frequency
• December 25 - Thirteen Days

Fine Line Features

• January 28 - The Cup (Coffee Stain Productions/Palm Pictures) is premiered on New York City.
• February 27 - The Cup (Coffee Stain Productions/Palm Pictures) is premiered on Portland International Film Festival.
• March 24 - Buddy Boy
• March 29 - The Filth and the Fury
• July 14 - The Five Senses

HBO Films

• February 24 - Dancing in September (StarRise Entertainment/WeeCan Productions) is premiered on Hollywood Black Film Festival.
• March 8 - Dancing in September (StarRise Entertainment/WeeCan Productions) is premiered on Santa Barbara Film Festival.
• April 27 - Dancing in September (StarRise Entertainment/WeeCan Productions) is premiered on New York African Film Festival.
• April 29 - Dancing in September (StarRise Entertainment/WeeCan Productions) is premiered on USA Film Festival.

Month	Title	Note
August 4	Space Cowboys	Distributed by Warner Bros.; co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment and Malpaso Productions
August 11	The Replacements	Distributed by Warner Bros.; co-production with Bel Air Entertainment
August 11	An Affair of Love	Distributed by Fine Line Features
August 18	The Cell	Distributed by New Line Cinema
August 25	The Art of War	Distributed by Warner Bros.
September 1	Saving Grace	Distributed by Fine Line Features
September 4	Turn It Up	Distributed by New Line Cinema
September 15	Bait	Distributed by Warner Bros.; co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment
September 22	Chain of Fools	Distributed by Warner Bros.
September 29	Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport	Distributed by Warner Bros.
September 29	Best in Show	Distributed by Warner Bros.
October 6	Get Carter	Distributed by Warner Bros.
October 6	Dancer in the Dark	Distributed by Fine Line Features
October 13	Lost Souls	Distributed by New Line Cinema
October 18	For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story	Distributed by HBO Films
October 20	Bamboozled	Distributed by New Line Cinema
October 20	Pay It Forward	Distributed by Warner Bros.
October 27	The Little Vampire	Distributed by New Line Cinema
November 10	Little Nicky	Distributed by New Line Cinema
November 10	Red Planet	Distributed by Warner Bros.
December 8	Proof of Life	Distributed by Warner Bros.
December 8	Dungeons & Dragons	Distributed by New Line Cinema
		Distributed by HBO Films

Shorts

• December 30 - Little Go Beep

Television

Television series

Warner Bros. Animation

• February 5 - The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries is ended on Kids' WB.
• March 25 - Detention is ended on Kids' WB.
• March 31 - Histeria! is ended on Kids' WB.
• July 28 - Baby Blues premieres on The WB.
• August 31 - The Big Cartoonie Show is ended on Kids' WB.

DC Comics

• February 12 - Superman: The Animated Series ends as part of The New Batman/Superman Adventures on Kids' WB.
• August 19 - Batman Beyond 2nd season is ended on Kids' WB.
• September 16 - Batman Beyond 3rd season premieres on Kids' WB.
• September 23 - Static Shock premieres on Kids' WB.

Warner Bros. Television

• February 4 - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is ended on Nickelodeon.
• August 15 - Bull premieres on TNT.
• October 5 - Gilmore Girls Season 1, Pilot premieres on The WB.
• October 12 - The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton premieres on The WB
• October 19 - Kill Me Now premieres on The WB.
• October 26 - The Deer Hunters premieres on The WB.
• November 2 - Cinnamon's Wake premieres on The WB.
• November 9 - Rory's Birthday Parties premieres on The WB.
• November 16 - Kiss and Tell premieres on The WB.

Telepictures

• October 2 - Street Smarts is premiered on Syndication.

Castle Rock Entertainment

• October 24 - The Michael Richards Show is premiered on NBC.
• December 19 - The Michael Richards Show is ended on NBC.

Turner Broadcasting System

Cartoon Network

• January 2 - The Moxy Show is ended on Cartoon Network.
• January 28 - Johnny Bravo 2nd season is ended on Cartoon Network.
• March 30 - Courage the Cowardly Dog 1st season is ended on Cartoon Network.
• April 14 - The Bob Clampett Show is premiered on Cartoon Network.
• April 21 - Mike, Lu & Og 1st season is ended on Cartoon Network.
• June 30 - The Powerpuff Girls 2nd season is ended on Cartoon Network.
• July 28 - The Powerpuff Girls 3rd season is premiered on Cartoon Network.
• October 31 - Courage the Cowardly Dog 2nd season is premiered on Cartoon Network.
• November 17 - Sheep in the Big City is premiered on Cartoon Network.
• December 22 - Ed, Edd n Eddy 2nd season is ended on Cartoon Network.

Williams Street

• December 21
  • The Brak Show premieres on Adult Swim.
  • Sealab 2021 premieres on Adult Swim.
• December 30
  • Aqua Teen Hunger Force premieres on Adult Swim.
  • Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law premieres on Adult Swim.

TNT Originals

• Tennis on TNT is premiered on TNT.
• September 17 - MonsterVision is ended on TNT.

HBO

• January 16 - The Sopranos 2nd season is aired on HBO.
• April 9 - The Sopranos 2nd season is ended on HBO.
• June 4 - Sex and the City 3rd season is aired on HBO
• July 12 - Oz 4th season is aired on HBO.
• July 18 - Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is ended on HBO.
• October 15 - Sex and the City 3rd season is ended on HBO.

Specials

• The Big Game XXVIII: Coyote vs. Road Runner airs on Cartoon Network

Television films

HBO Films

• March 5 - If These Walls Could Talk 2 airs on HBO.
• May 20 - Cheaters airs on HBO.
• August 26 - The Last of the Blonde Bombshells airs on HBO.
• December 9 - Disappearing Acts airs on HBO.

Home Video releases

VHS & DVD releases

• January 18 - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Laserdisc release)
• February 8 - The Astronaut's Wife (New Line Cinema)
• February 15 - The Story of Us
• March 7 - Eyes Wide Shut
• March 21
  • Pokémon: The First Movie
  • Free Willy (re-release)
  • Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (re-release)
  • Free Willy 3: The Rescue (re-release)
  • The Amazing Panda Adventure (re-release)
  • Wild America
  • Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (re-release)
  • Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (re-release)
  • Chill Factor
• April 11
  • Three Kings
  • Three to Tango
• April 18
  • House on Haunted Hill
  • The Bachelor
• May 2
  • Pee-wee's Big Adventure (re-release)
  • Richie Rich (re-release)
  • Quest for Camelot (re-release)
  • Dennis the Menace (re-release)
  • Dennis the Menace Strikes Again (re-release)
  • The Mask (re-release)
  • The King and I (re-release)
• May 16 - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
• June 6 - Next Friday (New Line Cinema)
• June 13 - The Green Mile (film)
• June 20 - Liberty Heights
• July 11
  • My Dog Skip
  • Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
  • Boiler Room
• July 18 - The Big Tease
• July 25
  • Carrotblanca (re-release)
  • Chariots of Fur (re-release)
  • Space Jam (re-release)
  • From Hare to Eternity (re-release)
  • Superior Duck (re-release)
  • Taz's Jungle Jams (re-release)
  • Tweet and Lovely (re-release)
  • Home Tweet Home (re-release)
  • Space Tunes (re-release)
  • Big Top Bunny (re-release)
  • The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (re-release)
  • The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
• August 1 - Romeo Must Die
• August 22
  • Beetlejuice (re-release)
  • The Gremlins (re-release)
  • The Goonies (re-release)
• August 29
  • Magnolia
  • Any Given Sunday
• September 12 - Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (Looney Tunes)
• September 19 - Ready to Rumble
• September 26
  • The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (Hanna-Barbera) (Universal Home Video)
  • Jack Frost
  • Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (re-release)
  • Final Destination
• October 3 - Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (Hanna-Barbera)
• October 10 - Love & Basketball (New Line Cinema)
• October 31
  • Gossip (Warner Bros.)
  • Frequency (New Line Cinema)
  • Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
• November 14
  • Pokémon: The Movie 2000
  • Price of Glory
  • The Perfect Storm
• November 28
  • The In Crowd
  • The Replacements

Direct-to-video releases

• August 22 - The Scarecrow (Warner Bros. Family Entertainment)
• September 12 - Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (Looney Tunes)
• October 3 - Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (Hanna-Barbera)
• October 31 - Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
• November 21 - Our Lips Are Sealed
• December 12 - Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (DC Comics)

Video Games

• Looney Tunes Racing
• Taz Express
• Looney Tunes Collector: Alert!
• Duck Dodgers
• Looney Tunes Space Race
• Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters

Theme parks

• March 11 - Superman: Krypton Coaster opens at Six Flags Fiesta Texas.
• May 5 - Poison Ivy's Tangled Train opens at Six Flags New England.
• May 13 - Superman: Ride of Steel opens at Six Flags America.

Character Debuts

• April 8 - Zeta, James Bennet
• June 16 - Robot Jones

People

Deaths

• January 7 - Bob McFadden (singer, impressionist and actor)
• January 9 - Marguerite Churchill (actress)
• January 10 - Arthur Batanides (actor)
• January 11
  • Bob Lemon (right-handed pitcher and manager)
  • Helena Carter (actress)
• January 15 - Fran Ryan (actress)
• January 18
  • Jester Hairston (composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor and actor)
  • Nancy Coleman (actress)
• January 19 - Hedy Lamarr (actress and inventor)
• February 9 - Buck Young (actor)
• February 16 - Marceline Day (actress)
• February 22 - John Kellogg (actor)
• February 27 - George Duning (musician and film composer)
• March 13 - Rex Everhart (actor)
• March 23 - Raymond Katz (producer)
• March 27 - Elmore Vincent (actor)
• April 7
  • Meriel Forbes (actress)
  • John Nolan (actor)
• April 8 - Claire Trevor (actress)
• April 10 - Arnold Johnson (actor)
• May 5 - Edward Ashley-Cooper (actor)
• May 7 - Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (actor, producer and decorated naval officer)
• May 9 - Arthur Davis (animator and director)
• May 10 - Craig Stevens (actor)
• May 13 - Paul Bartel (actor, writer and director)
• May 21 - John Gielgud (actor and director)
• May 31 - Walter Sparrow (actor)
• June 1 - Irving Hellman (actor)
• June 11 - Lew Gallo (actor and producer)
• June 28 - Michael Ripper (actor)
• July 1
  • Walter Matthau (actor, comedian and film director)
  • Burt Douglas (actor)
• July 3 - Walter Cassel (operatic baritone and actor)
• July 14 - Meredith MacRae (actress)
• July 21 - Jane Harker (actress)
• July 22 - Eric Christmas (actor)
• July 30 - Max Showalter (actor, composer, pianist and singer)
• August 10 - Joan Marsh (actress)
• August 12 - Loretta Young (actress and television host)
• August 22 - Professor Tanaka (professional wrestler, professional boxer, college football player, soldier, actor and martial artist)
• August 29 - Rose Hobart (actress)
• August 30 - David Haskell (actor and singer)
• August 31 - Patricia Owens (actress)
• September 16 - Dori Brenner (actress)
• September 19 - Ann Doran (actress)
• September 26 - Carmencita Johnson (actress)
• September 28 - Ted Gehring (actor)
• October 6 - Richard Farnsworth (actor and stuntman)
• October 14 - Ron Marshall (actor)
• October 18 - Julie London (singer, actress and model)
• October 26 - Muriel Evans (actress)
• November 11 - Rayford Barnes (actor)
• November 27 - Anne Barton (actress)
• November 28
  • Robert Bentley (animator)
  • Jane Nordin (animator)
• November 29 - Rene Garcia (background artist and layout artist)
• December 3 - Hoyt Curtin (composer)
• December 6 - Werner Klemperer (actor)
• December 10 - Marie Windsor (actress)
• December 11 - Pauline Curley (actress)
• December 12 - George Montgomery (actor)
• December 23 - Billy Barty (actor and activist)
• December 26
  • Jason Robards (actor)
  • Leo Gordon (actor and screenwriter)
• December 30 - Julius J. Epstein (screenwriter)

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