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Up:rising with Story Artist Enrico Casarosa!
…touching storymen Pixar has ever counted in their ranks, Enrico Casarosa. We have already met Enrico to chat about Ratatouille and his own Venice Chronicles [see the Related Article links… |
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Up:rising with Story Artist and Dug’s Special Mission‘s Director Ronnie del Carmen!
…a story supervisor on the film. He did production design on the Academy Award-nominated short film, One Man Band, story work on the Oscar-winning, Ratatouille, and was the Head of… |
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Monsters, Inc.
…ending. Monsters Inc, director Pete Docter’s first production and one that started to lay the groundwork for the more emotionally layered and confident work that Pixar would continue through Ratatouille… |
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Up
…it’s not vastly entertaining or well made, which it most certainly is. But after the double progressions of human relationships in Ratatouille and precise storytelling of WALL-E, Docter’s film struggles… |
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Go to infinity and beyond with the Lightyear trailer
…he won an Oscar, Golden Globe and GRAMMY for the original score in Up. His other Pixar credits include The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Cars 2, Inside Out, Coco and Incredibles 2,… |
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Pixar Short Films to debut on ABC Family
…toys under the sofa. He knows his job is to make children laugh, not cry. YOUR FRIEND THE RAT From Disney∙Pixar’s 2007 Academy Award-winning Ratatouille (Best Animated Feature Film) –… |
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2021 Quick Review Recaps
…DISCUSSION HEADLINE: The Little Mermaid meets Cars meets Ratatouille? OK, not exactly, but weirdly close! STORY: The plot is fairly simple, but crafted extremely well. Luca is a sea creature… |
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Giacchino to host AMPAS animation music event
…ACADEMY HITS A HIGH NOTE WITH “WHAT’S OPERA, DOC?” Oscar®-winning composer Michael Giacchino (Ratatouille, Up) will guide audience members through some of the most inspired and memorable uses of classical… |
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Toy Story 3
…some of the most adult themes in any animated film from a major modern animation studio. While Up and Ratatouille before it also were more profound in some of their… |
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Cars 2’s Victor Navone takes the wheel!
…the films Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille and WALL-E, where he earned a character development credit, Toy Story 3 as well as various short projects. An expert… |
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How to Train Your Dragon 3 gets a title, plot summary
…Craig Ferguson (Doc Martin), and F. Murray Abraham (Homeland, Isle of Dogs) as the villain Grimmel. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD is produced by Brad Lewis (Ratatouille,… |
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Despicable Me despicably on Blu-ray and DVD!
…Night Live), Will Arnett (Monsters vs. Aliens, Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!, Ratatouille), Danny McBride (Tropic Thunder, Pineapple Express), Jack McBrayer (TV’s “30 Rock”, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and Jemaine… |
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Pixar’s RenderMan licenses drop price
…and beloved animated films of all time, including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, WALL•E, Up and most recently, Toy Story 3. The Northern California studio has won… |
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US Postal Service to release Pixar stamps in 2011
…includes five different designs featuring Pixar characters Lightning McQueen and Mater from Cars, Remy the rat and Linguini from Ratatouille, Buzz Lightyear and two of the green, three-eyed aliens from… |
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Tangled: Illustrator David Gilson’s dream come true!
…heard it would be CG, since I prefer hand drawn animation (even if, since Ratatouille, we’ve seen we could do interesting things in CG!), while waiting for it with great… |
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Kachow! The Cars 2: Agents On A Mission Tour
…one of their favorites is the themed tour, particularly for films from Pixar Animation Studios. Whether letting folks cook with Ratatouille‘s Remy or fly a house – well, chair –… |
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Au clair de La Luna with director Enrico Casarosa
Enrico Casarosa joined Pixar Animation Studios in January 2002. He began working as a story artist on Cars and the Academy Award-winning feature Ratatouille. Casarosa’s next project was as story… |
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The View Conference 2018 complete program now announced
…animation Ratatouille, and a 2018 Primetime Emmy nomination for Spotlight Stories’ interactive program Back to the Moon. And, Kim Davidson, Founder and CEO of SideFX, received an Academy technical achievement… |
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Cars 2
…none of the authentic feel of Ratatouille, and Italy…well, by Italy I’d done a very rare thing and actually fallen asleep during the movie. In order to give Cars 2… |
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A little more on Rex Havoc and the Atomic 8; Pixar's next
…Pixar have registered the domain ‘{{link http://www.whois.net/whois.cgi2?d=ratatouillesucks.org ratatouillesucks.org}}’, perhaps in preperation for their first post-Disney film, which has already changed titles from Ratatouille to Rats. Could this be a new… |
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Cinderella III: A Twist In Time
…Platinum Edition, the Tinker Bell preview from before the film was pulled for reworking, the teaser for Pixar’s Ratatouille, the generic Disney Blu-Ray promo, and a spot for the Princess’… |
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Pixar battling "brand fatigue"?
Jim Hill Media ponders why Ratatouille did not reach the domestic box office heights that other Pixar films have met, pointing out thoughts on the matter from Director Brad Bird…. |
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Bird talks Incredibles sequel and Toy Story 3
…“I have to come up with a story that is as good as or better than the original,” the Ratatouille director explained. “If I could come up with something like… |
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U.S. box office actuals: June 29–July 1, 2007
Courtesy of Box Office Mojo: 1) Ratatouille with $47,027,395, averaging $11,935 over 3,940 theaters (1st week) 11) Shrek the Third with $2,673,877, averaging $1,294 over 2,066 theaters ($313,739,703 total; 7th… |
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Brad Lewis talks unannounced Pixar project
JV Pixar News via the Animated News & Views Forum spreads the word that Ratatouille producer Brad Lewis has confirmed he is working on a Pixar project that has yet… |
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Spotlight on Pixar's Jason Deamer
…now at CGSociety. The piece explains how Deamer attained the job of character designer for the animation house, where he has worked on such films as Ratatouille and Finding Nemo…. |
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U.S. box office actuals: August 17–19, 2007
Courtesy of Box Office Mojo: 4) The Simpsons Movie with $6,829,648, averaging $2,159 over 3,162 theaters ($165,271,443 total; 4th week) 16) Ratatouille with $1,643,850, averaging $1,171 over 1,403 theaters ($196,620,846… |
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Coverage of Pixar's recent Australian events
Rachel O’Brien recently attended the Australian premiere for Ratatouille, as well as the Pixar: 20 Years of Animation exhibit in Melbourne. For Upcoming Pixar, she has written a recommended, in-depth… |
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Essay studies Pixar's appeal
Studying the animation powerhouse’s latest entry, Ratatouille, Times Online speculates on Pixar’s ability to please both children and adults with their films. In addition, the piece highlights the company’s view… |
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Will the real WALL-E please stand up?
…is now showcasing maquettes from WALL-E, Ratatouille, and Meet the Robinsons, as well as a spinning, strobe light-enabled Toy Story animation . . . Pixar in true 3D. A few… |