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U.S. box office actuals: October 12–14, 2007
Courtesy of Box Office Mojo: 30) Ratatouille with $389,332, averaging $990 over 393 theaters ($204,431,330 total; 16th week) 36) The Simpsons Movie with $180,675, averaging $810 over 223 theaters ($182,511,152… |
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WALL•E teaser description
Upcoming Pixar points to Cinema Blend who have posted a description of Pixar’s WALL•E teaser trailer, first shown at the recent press screening of Ratatouille. Mind that the teaser description… |
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DCA Expansion
…dark ride based on The Little Mermaid, presumably similar to the virtual ride included on the recent Platinum Edition Little Mermaid DVD. A rumored Ratatouille ride was not announced. The… |
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Cheese carver creates Remy sculpture
A rather cheesy article on Upcoming Pixar points to the sculpture-artist Troy Landwehr, who created a carving of Ratatouille‘s star, Remy, for the film’s DVD release party. The catch? The… |
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Lasseter talks Pixar and more
Rotten Tomatoes has an exclusive interview with John Lasseter, chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. Following the U.K. cinema release of Pixar’s latest film, Ratatouille, and… |
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Enchanted images, videos, deal
…one containing cast interviews and the other one revealing footage from the film’s London premiere. On a final note, the forum writes that those who purchase either a Ratatouille DVD,… |
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Your Friend The Rat stills
The following are three stills from Your Friend The Rat, a short that will be available on the standard DVD as well as the Blu-Ray edition of Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille, both… |
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Pixarian interviews, book and DVD reviews
…and a few other topics as well. The second one is a Q&A with Brad Bird promoting the release of Ratatouille on DVD and Blu-Ray. This long piece at Home… |
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Report from Seattle's 2D Or Not 2D Animation Festival
Over at Pencil Lines, the blog dedicated to the recent Seattle 2D Or Not 2D Animation Festival, Tony reports on numerous presentations that were given, including ones related to Ratatouille,… |
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Twelve films submitted for animated Oscar
…Theaters, Bee Movie, Beowulf, Meet the Robinsons, Persepolis, Ratatouille, Shrek the Third, The Simpsons Movie, Surf’s Up, Tekkonkinkreet, and TMNT Three films (Alvin and the Chipmunks, Beowulf, and Persepolis) have… |
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Latest on Stainton whereabouts
While speculating on the format war between Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD, including Ratatouille director Brad Bird’s choice between the two options, O-meon provides an update on the current location… |
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Remy educates about food
The Orange County Register’s weekly Wine & Food section today offers up an article on the culinary aspect of Disney/Pixar’s upcoming Ratatouille, noting the gustatory research that the Pixar people… |
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WALL-E
…I enjoyed Pixar’s Ratatouille more, WALL-E is a much more unique and non-tradtional animated film. It seems like too many studios today feel like they have to make movies that… |
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DVD charts: November 19-25, 2007
…Ratatouille, the Disney/Pixar hit dropped to 4th place in its third week. Interestingly, Black Friday discounts saw Happy Feet jump back into the top ten, with the Oscar-winning penguin pic… |
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Pixar's Lifted abducts more positive buzz
…know that the article does present spoilers. Lifted will be screened today at the Chicago International Film Fest, while its nationwide debut will arrive with the feature Ratatouille next June…. |
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Other release dates revealed
Ultimate Disney has discovered a slew of more Disney-related 2007 release dates at Box Office Mojo, including: Bridge to Terabithia (February 16), Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (May 25), Ratatouille… |
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Pixar finds "record results" in 2005
…films have grossed more than $3.2 billion at the worldwide box office to date. The Northern California studio’s next two film releases are Cars (June 9, 2006) and Ratatouille (summer… |
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Interview: Pixar's Jan Pinkava
…directing Ratatouille, a project Pinkava was once attached to direct. “I think that Brad Bird’s going to make a great job of it, but beyond that – and I’ve always… |
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French Cars premiere report
…screening of the film the teaser trailer for Ratatouille and the short One Mand Band were also shown and Kinoo was able to pose an important question to John Lasseter…. |
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Next year to bring Extra Pixar short?
…2007, Pixar will unveil a new short film, The Extra. The only detail found thus far for the project is, “Odds are, this will be released with the Ratatouille DVD.”… |
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Disney 2007
Jim Hill reveals some semi-official plot descriptions for four big 2007 Disney releases: Meet the Robinsons, Pirates of the Caribbean III: World’s End, Ratatouille, and Enchanted. Tread carefully as some… |
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More info on Cars DVD
USA Today posts a preview for the November 7th DVD release of Disney/Pixar’s Cars. Among the DVD’s features will be a sneak peek at next July’s Ratatouille; the short films… |
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Interview: Nate Wragg, Pixar character designer
…Wragg’s work, other top character designers, and a typical day at Pixar. Recently, Wragg lent his talent to the company’s upcoming Ratatouille and the E-Ville Press comic anthology Afterworks 2…. |
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Flushed Away: The Animated News Review
…characters we met in last summer’s teaser trailer for Pixar’s sure-to-be mega-hit, Ratatouille. Funny how when it rains, it pours. A Bug’s Life/Antz, Madagascar/The Wild, Over The Hedge/Open Season, Happy… |
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Interview, Carlos Baena
CG-Node has published an interview with Carlos Baena, an animator at Pixar who has worked on movies such as Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars and Ratatouille. Outside of Pixar, Carlos… |
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Pixar sets release date for Stanton's next film
…Story films, A Bug’s Life, and Monsters Inc. in addition to Nemo. Wall-E will follow Brad Bird’s 2007 film, Ratatouille. This news entry was written by Animated News intern Ryan…. |
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Essay examines similarities between studio projects
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette looks at the similarities certain features have shared, trying to explain why the connections occur. Some of the counterparts in the piece include Flushed Away versus Ratatouille,… |
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Covers revealed for movie-based books
…and Viewer. The style of the latter book has also been adopted for a Ratatouille reading, as discovered by Upcoming Pixar. The Pixar pic also has an Art of venture… |
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MTV anticipates animated flicks of 2007
MTV Movie News counts down its ten most anticipated animated films of 2007, with Brad Bird’s latest Pixar project, Ratatouille, topping the list. Shrek the Third comes in second place,… |
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Disney/Pixar want rights to John Carter of Mars – but for live-action or animation?
…live action movie, and John Carter is what he fancies… but he’s lined up to do Pixar’s post-post-Ratatouille film, meaning he wouldn’t get started on John Carter, at the earliest,… |