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John Lasseter taking leave of absence from Pixar as result of “missteps”
John Lasseter, the head of Pixar Animation Studios and creative consultant at Walt Disney Feature Animation, is taking a leave of absence from the company, THR is reporting. In a… |
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Pixar animator presents UK animation workshop
Escape Studios is hosting a two-day animation workshop in London on June 10-11 presented by Andrew Gordon, who is currently supervising animator on Pixar’s new short film Presto. During the… |
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Pixar employee arrested for sending explicit images to 'minor' from office
Petaluma CA police arrested a Pixar finance manager last week after he sent sexually explicit images and messages from his office computer to an undercover detective posing as a 13-year-old… |
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Pixar's Presto!
Animation World Network features an exclusive first look at Pixar’s upcoming short film, Presto. Presto, the two-page article reports, stars a magician and his rabbit who partake in a cartoonish… |
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More Pixar and Wall•E goodies
Upcoming Pixar notes that Marketplace posted a great interview, also available as an audio podcast, with author David Price about Pixar’s transformation from failing computer company to Hollywood darling. A… |
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Disney and Pixar release Coco short film Dante’s Lunch
Disney and Pixar surprised fans by releasing a two-minute short film Dante’s Lunch, based within the upcoming Pixar feature Coco. Directed by Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3), Coco is scheduled… |
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Two conversations with The Pixar Touch author David A. Price
…history of Pixar Animation Studios. The 320-page book is in stores now. Update: Also visit The Pixar Blog for another interview with David Price, this one conducted by Mike B./MB1000…. |
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Disney and Pixar animator/voice actor Bud Luckey passes away
Bud Luckey–a Pixar animator and voice actor who’s probably best known for the Oscar-nominated short Boundin’–has passed away, his son Andy Luckey has revealed on Facebook. Luckey had quite a… |
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Interview: Nate Wragg, Pixar character designer
Luxo points to the Character Design blog, which offers an interview with Nate Wragg, character designer for Pixar. The conversation covers such topics as some specifics of Wragg’s work, other… |
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A peek inside Pixar; new software creates cost-cutting talking heads
The Popular Mechanics website has a couple of interesting stories up for animation fans. Tobey Grumet takes a {{link http://popularmechanics.com/technology/television/2004/7/pixar_live/ very brief visit}} to the Pixar Animation Studios, but much… |
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Exclusive look at character designs from upcoming Pixar/Disney films!
Rush over to the Character Design blog while you can for a rumored first look at early character designs from upcoming Pixar and Disney character: Miley Cyrus’ character Penny from… |
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Toy Story / Toy Story 2: Special Editions
…Retail: $39.99 Disney/Pixar (1999), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (March 23 2010), Blu-ray plus DVD, 92 mins plus supplements, 1080p high definition 1.78:1 widescreen, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 ES, Rated G,… |
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Toy Story 3
…Pixar lets itself down by resorting to an overly pop-culture reference when Barbie meets the day-care’s Ken doll for the first time. Pixar hasn’t been immune from such references, of… |
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Disney announces ten animated films through 2012
…Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios. The line-up includes new films from Disney and Pixar’s accomplished team of filmmakers, and features vocal performances by such top celebrity talents as John… |
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The Incredibles: Collector’s Edition
…pretenders to the crown (Disney releases its own CGI movie, sans Pixar, this holiday season), The Incredibles’ critical, box-office and Oscar-winning success clearly places Pixar at the top of their… |
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Jan Pinkava reveals “les ropes” of Ratatouille
…At that time Disney was going through upheavals and troubles and Pixar’s star was rising higher and higher. The real weight of authority for Pixar’s movies was with John Lasseter,… |
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Finding Nemo: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
Disney/Pixar (May 30 2003), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (December 4 2012), 5-Disc combo pack with Blu-ray 3D and two Blu-ray discs plus DVD and Digital Copy, 100 mins plus supplements,… |
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Brave: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…here. Well, perhaps it was too personal for the Pixar brass: Chapman left the film – and Pixar – and her screenplay, co-written with Irene Mecchi, got another two rewrites… |
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25 Years of Pixar is Qube’d
TV show and iPhone app In The Qube traveled to Singapore earlier this year, for the opening of a world-touring exhibition celebrating 25 Years of Pixar Animation Studios. Currently showing… |
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First look at new Pixar short Partysaurus Rex
The first images from Pixar’s new Toy Story short Partysaurus Rex have surfaced online and can be seen at EW.com. In the short, Rex gets drafted for bath time and… |
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A shortie but goodie: Pixar's Knick Knack
For iPod Video fans, Pixar’s short Knick Knack has just been released on iTunes. Download Here… |
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Pixar’s “Mind” movie gets a title?
Pixar’s Untitled Movie That Takes You Inside The Mind may be untitled no more. Bleeding Cool reports that the Pete Docter directed film, told from the perspective of a little… |
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Pixar's UP teaser out now
The first teaser for the Disney/Pixar’s upcoming feature film UP is now online and can be watched at the official UP site. Up hits theatres on May 29, 2009…. |
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Review of Pixar's Boundin'
Ain’t It Cool News has a new review of Pixar’s short Boundin’, which will be shown in front of The Incredibles this November. The short is about a narcissistic lamb… |
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It’s Pixar meets Mad Max in the Cars on the Road trailer
…mood for more Cars at this point, you might still think that this looks pretty fun. It arrives on Disney+ this September. From Disney and Pixar, Cars on the Road… |
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Pixar’s rules of storytelling
io9 has a list of the 22 rules of storytelling compiled by Pixar storyboard artist Emma Coats — the “nuggets of narrative wisdom she’s received working for the animation studio… |
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Pixar: 20 Years of Animation coming to Science Museum in London
Opening April 1st, the popular Pixar: 20 Years of Animation exhibition will be available at the Science Museum in London for only ten weeks. For more information on the experience,… |
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Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur details emerge
LA Times shares details on Pixar’s upcoming prehistoric adventure The Good Dinosaur. Directed by Bob Peterson, in The Good Dinosaur, “an asteroid never hit the Earth and dinosaurs still roam.”… |
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Pixar releases RenderMan for Maya
Pixar Animation Studios announced Tuesday the beginning of sales of the program RenderMan for Maya 1.0. The Academy-Award winning program “is specifically engineered to deliver high-end feature film quality standards… |
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Newest iPod to play video; iTunes to carry Disney television shows, Pixar shorts
…Walt Disney Company. Additionally, six short films from Pixar Animation Studios will be available to download at iTunes, for $1.99 apiece. The Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Reuters, both via Yahoo!… |
