Just ran across this. Sounds like quite a few former Disney and Warner Bros. folks are joining a new 2-D studio starting up in Wisconsin.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/jul05/344361.asp
2-D animation alive in Wisconsin?
This article is very interesting I hope that it does really well I would like to see an underog in 2-d animation do really well and show the Big dogs out there that with good a good story 2-D animation can still be awesome. I watched the video Clip for the Miracle homes and it looks like it is really well done.