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DC Toy Fair photos
Scott from Now Playing Magazine has informed us of new DC Toy Fair photos that have been posted online which feature figures from the Fantastic Four animated series, figures from… |
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Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear commercial goes viral
…is just the latest of several viral videos for Toy Story 3 from the studio. In addition, AV reader Grace points out that Barbie’s pal Ken, as seen in the… |
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More Incredible updates
Business Wire reports that Upper Deck Entertainment will release the trading cards for the Disney/Pixar Treasures Collectible Card Set, featuring pics from The Incredibles, both Toy Story films, Finding Nemo,… |
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2003: ’Tis The Season To Buy Presents!
…on in recent years. TOY STORY – THE ULTIMATE TOY BOX DVD COLLECTION Announced as OOP earlier this year, now is the time to go for this lavish three-disc set,… |
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2003: ’Tis The Season To Buy Presents!
…of additional ideas you may have missed out on in recent years. TOY STORY – THE ULTIMATE TOY BOX DVD COLLECTION Announced as OOP earlier this year, now is the… |
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Pixar Shorts Collection Giveaway – Winner!
Pixar invites you to discover 13 highly entertaining computer animated shorts from the creative minds that brought you Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and many more. With revolutionary animation,… |
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Aesop’s Fables: Volumes 1 & 2
Van Beuren (1928-1933), DVDs produced by Thunderbean, 1 disc each, approx. 135 minutes each, 4:3 ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0, Not Rated, Retail: $14.95 each Storyboard: Mice frolic, cats dance, and… |
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Why do we cry so easily at animated films?
…easily when watching animated films. Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich posits that, “Live action movies are someone else’s story. With animation, audiences can’t think that. Their guards are down.”… |
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Tour of Pixar unveils interesting tidbits
…soon team with Pixar for a project, while also commenting that the ending of Toy Story 2 hints at the story for its sequel. As for Pixar’s next feature, Ratatouille,… |
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The Road To Broadway And Beyond: Disney’s Aladdin – A Whole New World
…highest grossing animated feature of the time, The Lion King, not to mention experimentation in stop-motion (The Nightmare Before Christmas) and computer graphics (Toy Story) that took Disney even further… |
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Easter goodies, plus a review roundup!
…first two films in their signature Toy Story series, again released as Blu-ray/DVD combo packs. Speaking of The Princess And The Frog, don’t forget that all five parts of Jeremie’s… |
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Working with John Lasseter
…park ride Toy Story Mania. Speaking of Robinsons, Jim Hill also enlightens on Lasseter’s suggestions to the film’s director, Stephen J. Anderson, with the main advice being, “Make the movie… |
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The Lego Movie opens
…to become their “second biggest advance ticket seller among all animated films, right behind 2010’s Toy Story 3“. That could mean a record haul — BOM projects The Lego Movie… |
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Bird serves Ratatouille at WonderCon
…numerous questions, unveiling various bits of info concerning The Incredibles 2 and Toy Story in IMAX 3D. It was also announced that a new Ratatouille trailer, as described in the… |
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DreamWorks' Truckers trucking ahead
…on Pixar’s Toy Story 3, The Hollywood Reporter announces that this year’s adapted screenplay writer Simon Beaufoy, winner for Slumdog Millionaire, has joined DreamWorks to fashion the script for the… |
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Reporter's Notebook: Road to the Big Easy – The Walt Disney Company Annual Meeting
…Meet the Robinsons, Ratatouille, Toy Story 3, and Song of the South . . . and, of course, the infamous corporate gadfly Evelyn Davis. Read the full story at: www.o-meon.com…. |
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Meet The Robinsons
…you are watching something classic, historic, or something that will last the test of time. Just think back to when you saw Beauty And The Beast or Toy Story in… |
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Academy Award-nominated director awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
…A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, and Monsters, Inc, and was responsible for Pixar’s short film slate including the 2003 Academy Award nominated short film Mike’s New Car. Guggenheim Fellowships… |
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Father Of The Pride: The Complete Series
…rough bunny trainer (a guest starring R. Lee Ermey, of Full Metal Jacket and Toy Story soldier fame), eventually finding himself going for Snack’s girlfriend (Christina Applegate) in a completely… |
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David Michael Maurer speaks with Pixar's Jeff Pidgeon
On “The Filmschool Podcast,” Emmy-winning editor and filmmaker David Michael Maurer interviews Pixar story animator and voice actor Jeff Pidgeon (both Toy Story films, Monsters, Inc.). With a running time… |
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The Incredibles on Ice
…have a big role). The company has enjoyed much success in recent years with other on-ice productions of a number of Pixar movies including Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., and… |
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Frozen crosses $400 million mark at domestic box office
…landmark, with the others being Toy Story 3, The Lion King and Shrek 2. Frozen has also been dominating the box office in Japan, where it has been on top… |
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UPDATED: Aladdin flies to a whole new world at box office
…have Toy Story 4, The Lion King, Frozen II and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker coming our way before 2019 comes to a close, plus they have the Sony… |
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Disney's CG sequel satellite studio?
…it is thought that Toy Story 3 would be the first to go into production. Meanwhile, Hill also looks at what Disney’s {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/04122004.2.htm flop opening}} for The Alamo will… |
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Flushed Away: The Animated News Review
…Flushed Away to Madagascar, Chicken Run, James Bond, Toy Story, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Caddyshack, Star Wars, Mary Poppins, Superman, Batman, X-Men, Lady and the Tramp,… |
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The Ballad Of Rango
…the industry in 1993, some two years before Pixar were to debut their groundbreaking Toy Story. With the two companies so intertwined in their history, it was quickly expected that… |
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Whedon to direct \\Wonder Woman\\
Recently named writer and director of the long-in-development \\Wonder Woman\\, Joss Whedon (\\Toy Story\\, \\Titan AE\\, \\Atlantis: The Lost Empire\\) plans to take the superhero back to her roots, according… |
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\\Cars\\ opens today
…a fresh rating of 77% on {{link http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10004076-cars/ Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer}}. The critical consensus is that “while the story may not reach the high standards of \\Toy Story\\ and \\The… |
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Monsters University pushed back to 2013, Official logo revealed
…make his feature-length directorial debut with Monsters University. Scanlon has previously worked as a story artist on Toy Story 3, and helmed the Cars-related Pixar short Mater and the Ghostlight…. |
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ParaNorman
…that were only vaguely familiar with the method and hadn’t yet been exposed to CGI movies (Toy Story was still two years away). Burton’s Nightmare wasn’t a huge hit on… |