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AV Readers’ Best of the Decade List: 2001-2010
…through the following decade! — James R Whitson 1 toy story 3 1573 2 the incredibles 1478 3 WALL-E 1362 4 ratatouille 1338 5 up 1285 6 finding nemo 1234… |
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Brad Bird desires animated movies for older audiences
…cute?” he asked. The director continued by noting Disney “has the budget and the talent but doesn’t want to do those subjects.” Bird’s most recent animated feature was Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille… |
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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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Ratatoing studio sets sights on Disney’s Planes
…“mockbusters” was arguably Ratatoing, a thinly-veiled knock-off of Ratatouille. However, Vídeo Brinquedo also made a mint off their Little Cars series, just as Disney has made a fortune from Pixar’s… |
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Weekend wrap-up…
…the third spot over bigger hits Bee Movie and The Simpsons Movie. Any argument that Shrek The Third should have been in the running hasn’t been raised by anybody… Ratatouille… |
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Awards, Neverland's composers, and a 2-disc for the Rat!?
We’re well into the awards season, with both the animation Annie Awards and the British BAFTAS being handed out over the weekend, and Ratatouille the big Feature Animation winner at… |
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One Hundred And One Dalmatians: Platinum Edition
…One Hundred And One Dalmatians, and given the resurgence in the Xerox look thanks to the credit sequence in the recent Ratatouille and DVD bonus Your Friend The Rat, the… |
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Encrico Casarosa's Venice Chronicles, plus new reviews!
…he celebrated Ratatouille‘s arrival in theaters via a discussion with the film’s storyboard artist Enrico Casarosa. One of the things Enrico mentioned was his personal project The Venice Chronicles, a… |
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Wild about Wild Things, Up, Sister Act and more!
…having enjoyed a big bow in Italy this past weekend: Up‘s take now stands at almost $600m worldwide, putting it on track to equal or exceed WALL-E and Ratatouille. Ironically… |
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Glen Keane’s Over the Moon: Meet Fei-Fei and her creators
…Keane (Dear Basketball, Duet), Producers Gennie Rim (Dear Basketball, Ratatouille) and Peilin Chou (Abominable) as well as Fei Fei’s voice talent, Cathy Ang. From the Earth to the Moon: the… |
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Monsters, Inc.: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…confident work that the Studio would continue through Ratatouille and Docter’s own recent Up, is very much cut from this same cloth. There are some great concepts (the Harryhausen Bar!)… |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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… |
