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New online comic from Pixar animator
…who worked previously on \\A Bug’s Life\\, \\Toy Story 2\\, \\Monster’s Inc\\., and \\Finding Nemo\\, is currently working on the upcoming film \\Cars\\. His new strip is online at {{link… |
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John Lasseter to receive Art Directors Guild Award
…Story\\, \\A Bug’s Life\\, \\Toy Story 2\\, and the upcoming \\Cars\\, and executive producing \\Monsters, Inc.\\, \\Finding Nemo\\, and the upcoming \\The Incredibles\\, Lasseter is also Pixar’s Executive Vice President,… |
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UPDATED: Pixar ends talks with Disney; Eisner responds
…to grow as an independent company”. In after hours trading: 5:00pm ET: **DIS -5.97%**; **PIXR +4.75%** 5:20pm ET: **DIS -6.09%**; **PIXR -4.98%** 5:40pm ET: **DIS -5.93%**; **PIXR -4.05%** More quotes:… |
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Pixar's press release on ending talks with Disney
…Incredibles\\ in 2004 and \\Cars\\ in 2005, Pixar intends to retain full ownership of its future productions. “After ten months of trying to strike a deal with Disney, we’re moving… |
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Disney's press release on ending talks with Pixar
…animated features, \\The Incredibles\\ expected in 2004 and \\Cars\\ expected in 2005. “We have had a fantastic partnership with Pixar and wish Steve Jobs and the wonderfully creative team there,… |
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A look at Oscar's Animated Short Films
…http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=all&sort=date&article_no=1761}} – {{link http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,60385,00.html http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,60385,00.html}} – {{link http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/living/8045453.htm http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/living/8045453.htm }} – {{link http://awn.com/oscars04/?type=shorts&id=destino http://awn.com/oscars04/?type=shorts&id=destino}} **\\GONE NUTTY\\** Blue Sky Studios Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin “Here’s a refreshing change of… |
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Another Big Thunder Mountain Railroad accident
…no passengers were on board”, according to {{link http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=4852723 SwissInfo}}. Two cars on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad crashed and were damaged. State safety regulators have barred two Disney castmembers… |
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Meet the modern space-age family: Jetsons on DVD
…watch the show and imagine what the future would be like with its many robots, flying cars, and wall-sized televisions. Looking at the show now, it seems like many of… |
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Disney characters to appear on Brown shoes
…and Kim Possible, in addition to characters from Disney’s upcoming feature films such as Pooh’s Heffalump Movie and Disney/Pixar’s Cars. The new Disney character lines, designed for kids ages 1… |
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CGI: changing the way students learn about filmmaking
…with 3D compositing, in combination with his cinematography skills, made him more attractive than the average film school graduate when he was hired to work on Cars after attending UCLA…. |
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Incredible reviews, pics, and television spot
At Jim Hill Media, Michael Howe expresses his feelings toward The Incredibles (“Pixar takes a big step forward…”), the Cars teaser trailer (“kind of intriguing”), and the animated short Boundin’… |
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AICN reviews The Incredibles and The Polar Express…
…for Pixar’s next film Cars, coming in November of 2005. On a similar note, the site’s own Capone has an overall fairly positive review of the upcoming CGI/motion-capture film, The… |
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Ultimate Disney's early review of The Incredibles
Ultimate Disney’s webmaster was lucky enough to attend an early screening of The Incredibles, and has posted his first impressions of the film, as well as the forerunning Cars teaser… |
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The Incredibles production notes excerpts: Parts III and IV
…German engineering. And then I got to thinking that the Japanese make all those unbelievable cars and cameras. So I thought about a half German, half Japanese, tiny powerhouse of… |
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Jobs Talks Pixar's Future
Pixar has reported the company’s third quarter 2004 earnings in an investor conference call, on the business side of things, during the quarter, the company earned $22.4 million, or $0.38… |
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Pete Docter to lead production of English Castle
…of Howl’s Moving Castle. John Lasseter, the first choice to head the production, was unable to work on the film, due to his involvement with Pixar’s next movie, Cars. Thanks… |
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DreamWorks follows Pixar lead, moves \\Shrek 3\\ to summer 2007
…increase profitability, thereby generating enhanced asset value and better returns for our shareholders.” This comes one day after Disney and Pixar’s announcement that \\Cars\\ would be moving from November 2005… |
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More Incredible DVD bonus features
…are the new short “Jack Jack Attack” (4½ minutes), a trailer for Cars, a 15-minute alternate opening, and around 20 minutes of additional deleted scenes. Also on the forum is… |
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Former Lucasfilm Digital President becomes Pixar producer
Former Lucasfilm Digital President Jim Morris has moved to Pixar where he will be producing one of the post-Disney films coming after Cars’ release in 2006, according to a {{link… |
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Brad Garrett's role in Ratatouille
JoBlo has the scoop that Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond, Finding Nemo) will play a chef in Pixar’s next film after Cars, Ratatouille, which tells the story of rodents living… |
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Toy Story: full 10th Anniversary DVD details
…Ralph Guggenheim and Bonnie Arnold – Sneak Peek – Rev up for Pixar’s Next All New Animated Feature “Cars”, a never-before-seen look under the hood at Pixar Director John Lasseter’s… |
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Pixar's new short: One Man Band
Steve Blake writes in to tell us about {{link http://liudger.blogspot.com/2005/06/back-from-annecy.html the Liudger blogsite}}, where photos from the 29th Annecy Animation Festival, which has just come to a close in France,… |
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Pixar teleconference to review second quarter 2005 earnings results
…developments affecting the company’s operations. The teleconference will be held on Thursday, August 4, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time. To participate in the teleconference, please… |
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Pixar releases financial results for fiscal second quarter
Yesterday, Pixar Animation Studios announced financial results for the company’s fiscal second quarter, which recorded revenues of $26.4 million and earnings of $12.7 million, or $0.10 per fully diluted share…. |
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One Man Band, two new articles
The Age [free registration required] writes of the latest short film from Pixar, One Man Band, which will play in front of Cars next summer. The article includes a fresh… |
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Joe Ranft, dead at 45
…Jordy, 13, and Sophia 9. UPDATE: \\{{link http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/19/BAGAREA6HI1.DTL&hw=ranft&sn=001&sc=1000 The San Francisco Chronicle}}\\ has the response from Pixar’s John Lasseter: “This is not only a huge personal loss for all of… |
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Disney Day-After-Christmas New Release: Toy Story 2
…Also, get a brand new sneak peek of Pixar’s Cars: This is an entirely different sneak peek than the one that was on the DVD for the first Toy Story…. |
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UPDATED: Disney acquires Pixar
…entertainment and consumer products. Disney is a Dow 30 company, had annual revenues of nearly $32 billion in its most recent fiscal year, and a market capitalization of approximately $50… |
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Release date news: Dumbo, Leroy & Stitch, Toy Story, JoJo, Kim Possible
…entry of Cars will meet the temporary price reductions of both Toy Story: 10th Anniversary Edition and Toy Story 2: Special Edition DVDs. Lastly, the newsletter unveils word that Disney… |
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Catmull's pay hike
…President Ed Catmull has been raised by Pixar to an annual salary of $1 million. Maybe now he can get a Cars pool next to his Finding Nemo swimming pool…. |


