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Pixar luminaries to appear at screenwriting expo
…Life to the emotional depths of Finding Nemo and The Incredibles, Pixar Animation Studios has amassed a string of successful films that remains unparalleled in the history of entertainment. Do… |
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Focal Press educates on animation with recent projects
…key skills every animator needs, whether they are working in 2D (e.g. Beauty & the Beast), 3D model (e.g. Wallace and Gromit), or computer animation (e.g. Shrek or Finding Nemo)…. |
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Essay examines similarities between studio projects
…trying to explain why the connections occur. Some of the counterparts in the piece include Flushed Away versus Ratatouille, Finding Nemo versus Shark Tale, and Antz versus A Bug’s Life…. |
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Disney/Pixar want rights to John Carter of Mars – but for live-action or animation?
…also reports that if Disney doesn’t go animated with it they may sit “on the film for Andrew Stanton, the director of Finding Nemo. Apparently Stanton wants to do a… |
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WALL• E revealed
…their next movie, WALL• E (pictured here), which will be released the following year.” Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) is directing and the film is scheduled for release June 2008. Thanks… |
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Garrett to play dead in Ratatouille
…character’s dead.’ I went, ‘Well, look, it happens. I appreciate the opportunity.’ They went, ‘No, no, no, you’re in it…’” Regarding a possible Finding Nemo 2, Garrett adds, “I haven’t… |
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Swimming lessons for Mermaid
…used that style of puppets for their production of Finding Nemo at Disney World in FL. It will be unlike the Lion King puppets and more of its own style”… |
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High-res Disney Annual Report images
…from the films Ratatouille and WALL•E, as well as theme park attractions Toy Story Mania, Toy Story Live, Monster’s Inc. Ride & Go Seek, Carland and Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage…. |
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[Press release] Ratatouille 9-minute preview
…Peter O’Toole Original Story by: Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird Academy Award®-winning director Brad Bird (The Incredibles) and the amazing storytellers at Pixar Animation Studios (Cars, Finding Nemo) take… |
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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 makes "Best of" lists
…picks for the top five computer animated movies of all time. Their choices include: 1) The Incredibles, 2) Toy Story, 3) Shrek, 4) Finding Nemo and 5) Toy Story 2…. |
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Pixar's Wall-E first teaser unveiled
The very first teaser of Pixar’s Wall-E has made its way across the net. Apple has the teaser in various formats. Directed by Andrew Stanton, writer-director of Finding Nemo, Wall-E’s… |
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Ratatouille takes the #1 spot
…is still well below the last Pixar toon Cars, which opened in 2006 to $60 mil and earned less than 2003’s Finding Nemo ($70 mil) and 2004’s The Incredibles ($70… |
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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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Ratatouille cooks up DVD and Blu-Ray disc editions
…Scenes From Academy Award-winning director Brad Bird (The Incredibles) and the amazing storytellers at Pixar Animation Studios (Finding Nemo, Cars) comes Ratatouille, this year’s most original comedy about one of… |
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Top 20 Pixar characters named
…choices for “The Top 20 Pixar Characters.” At the peak of the countdown is Buzz Lightyear (the Toy Story franchise), followed by Mike Wazowski (Monsters, Inc.) and Dory (Finding Nemo)…. |
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DCA Expansion
…grow with the addition of popular attractions and shows, including: Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, Pirate’s Lair on Tom Sawyer Island, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror,… |
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AFI names Ratatouille a top film of the year
…a mark on American society.” This is the third time since the award’s conception in 2000 that a Pixar film has won this award (Finding Nemo, 2003; The Incredibles, 2004)…. |
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Animated disc announcements
…special edition DVD, and HD DVD on March 11th. And in addition to the previously reported Finding Nemo and Sleeping Beauty BDs, Disney announced Tinker Bell will be coming to… |
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WALL•E: Angus MacLane’s burning love for BURN•E!
…on various award-winning Pixar films, such as Geri’s Game, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, For The Birds, Monsters, Inc., and Finding Nemo. For his work on The Incredibles, he… |
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Yahoo! users rate the top 30 animated films of all time
…a few animation buffs but even those will be curious to check out the full list–so here it is below! 1. Finding Nemo 2. The Lion King 3. The Incredibles… |
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New clip from Wall•E makes its way online
/Film posted on their site the video clip from Pixar’s upcoming film that was shown during ABC’s airing of Finding Nemo this weekend. The scene involves Eve placing Wall•E in… |
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Disney to offer free movies online
…are scheduled to stream through August. Finding Nemo is available at Disney.com/WWoD through Friday. Monsters, Inc., Haunted Mansion, and Peter Pan also will be available on the site this summer…. |
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Kung Fu Panda to reach $120M by Sunday
…kiddie toon and a $120M 10-day gross would make for the fourth-best one for an animated non-sequel behind only Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and Monster’s Inc according to Fantasy Moguls…. |
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AFI's top 10 animated films
…Brad Garett (Bloat) and #10. Finding Nemo (2003) #9. Cinderella (1950) #8. Shrek (2001) #7. Beauty and the Beast (1991) #6. Toy Story (1995) #5. Fantasia (1940) #4. The Lion… |
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Ambitious plans for Portland-based animation studio Laika
…race to Florida along the north-south migration route. Barry Cook (Mulan) would direct, David Skelly is writing and Ric Sluiter (Lilo & Stitch) is art director. “What ‘Finding Nemo’ did… |
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Wall•E articles keep flooding in
…(Finding Nemo), Fred Willard and Jeff Garlin. USA Today also spoke to Andrew, The Hollywood Reporter chatted it up with producer Jim Morris, and io9 discussed the movie’s retro posters… |
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Marketing budgets for animated features are on the rise
…Express and Finding Nemo led each annual list, respectively, before that. Why are animated features the most expensive movies to promote, easily costing tens of millions more than the average… |
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Wall•E headed off to a $60+M opening weekend
…Incredibles ($70.4M), Finding Nemo ($70.2M) and Monsters, Inc. ($62.5M). By comparison DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda grossed $20.3M on its opening day and went on to gross $60.2M over the 3-day… |
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$65M opening weekend in sight for Wall•E
…a $64–67M three-day weekend. That would make it the third biggest opening for a non-sequel animated film, behind Pixar’s own Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. Congratulations to everyone at Disney/Pixar!… |

