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Pixar founder Steve Jobs dead at 56
…a feature film, the result of which was Toy Story. After a decade of nonstop big screen successes the Walt Disney Company bought Pixar in 2006 for $7.4 billion, making… |
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First look at new Pixar short Day & Night
ComingSoon has an exclusive first look at Pixar’s upcoming short Day & Night. Directed by Teddy Newton, Day & Night will play in front of Toy Story 3 starting June… |
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Disneyland expansion plans
According to The Orange County Register Disneyland has announced new expansion plans for the entire resort. Mention was made again of the pending Little Mermaid, Cars and Toy Story Mania!… |
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Hoo-Ray! Classic, really-for-real Disney in Hi-Def! Plus TMNT!
…appear to be keeping the big-name, hit titles coming while holding back the crown jewels of The Incredibles and particularly the Toy Story duo (out in 2009/10, anyone?) for maximum… |
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Billy Crystal, from Woody to Mike
Disney Insider officially confirms what was already well known: that Billy Crystal was originally given the opportunity to voice Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story, but declined. “After seeing the finished… |
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Enchanted at the box office
…being Toy Story 2, Enchanted, Unbreakable, A Bug’s Life and 101 Dalmations. For more information on Enchanted‘s box office, be sure to check out Deadline Hollywood Daily and Box Office… |
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Ratatouille is Golden
…animated films had been nominated for the overall Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) award — with Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Toy Story 2 winning it…. |
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Ratatouille, Tinker Bell problems?; NIMH DVD!
…fly if done right, and hope that Lasseter can see the value in the proposed franchise. Who knows, maybe we have a Toy Story 2 situation here where the resulting… |
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Looking back at Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
…of the best animation resources out there, the TAG Blog, takes a trip down memory lane on Disney TV Animation’s 2D series based on the space warrior in Toy Story…. |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Six
…wild hallucinogenic sequence as a character attempts to drunkenly drive his car home! We’re In The Money is Toy Story circa 1933, while Ride Him, Bosko! isn’t as bad as… |
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Hanks, Allen back together for Cruise
Hollywood Reporter has announced that Toy Story double-act Tom Hanks and Tim Allen will re-team for Jungle Cruise, an action-adventure based on Disneyland’s famous park ride…. |
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Bolt comes to life, plus new Narnia contest!
…animator Cinzia Angelini about her fascinating career (including a very brief stint on Toy Story 3 at Disney’s doomed sequel lab Circle 7 Animation) and, of course, her new movie…. |
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Floyd Norman: Walt Disney's 10th Old Man
…Dame, Mulan, and Toy Story II, Floyd Norman has truly earned the right to be known as Walt Disney’s 10th Old Man. Listen to the podcast with Floyd at o-meon…. |
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New Up interviews
…Peterson. Concurrently USA Today talks with Pixar’s “lucky charm” John Ratzenberger, who’s contributed a performance in all 10 of Pixar’s movies, starting with Ham the piggy bank in Toy Story…. |
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Making of Pixar’s Day & Night
…Reher, try to explain how “the hardest Pixar short to describe” works. Day & Night will be attached to Toy Story 3 when it opens in theatres on June 18…. |
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First movies for iTunes
…appear first when Apple’s iTunes makes films available for download. Obviously, Disney and Pixar movies figure heavily in the mix. The list even mentions Toy Story 3 (but not W.A.L.-E.)…. |
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Have A Laugh! Volumes 1 and 2
…DisneyParks, The Lion King Diamond Edition, Toy Story 3, A Christmas Carol and the Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 double feature set. Case Study: It’s the packaging descriptions that truly lets down both… |
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US Postal Service to release Pixar stamps in 2011
…the rat and Linguini from Ratatouille, Buzz Lightyear and two of the green, three-eyed aliens from Toy Story, Carl Fredricksen and Dug from Up, and the robot WALL-E from WALL-E…. |
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Highest grossing films of 2010
…this year with Toy Story 3 at the top of the list. DreamWorks with Shrek Forever After and How To Train Your Dragon follow behind Disney, while Despicable Me makes… |
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Doctors on Docter
…Pixar’s Pete Docter is the latest interviewee at the blog Spline Doctors. The conversation covers Docter’s work with animation, as well as the progression of computer animation since Toy Story…. |
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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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Favorite CG characters listed
…Ghost (Casper), T-Rex (Jurassic Park), Sandman (Spider-Man 3), Woody and Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story), T-1000 (Terminator 2: Judgment Day), Yoda (Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith), Bumblebee (Transformers),… |
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Brad Bird talks Incredibles 2; Pixar sequel poll
…the Internet Movie Database’s Daily Poll asks the question, “With Toy Story 3 on track for a 2009 release, which other Pixar feature would you most like to see a… |
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Interview with Brad Bird
Brad Bird talks to LatinoReview about his upcoming live-action feature 1906, Toy Story 3, chances of Iron Giant seeing a theatrical re-release, and more…. |
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Forty-one songs compete for Oscar
…Sky from Legend of the Guardians • Darling I Do from Shrek Forever After • I See the Light from Tangled • We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 The… |
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Awards Watch: Animators’ Roundtable
In the run to to the awards season, The Hollywood Reporter speaks frankly to the creators and directors of some of this year’s biggest animated films, including Toy Story 3,… |
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Pixar’s great Muppet caper
…the Brain Trust?” says Disney exec Sean Bailey, who has been overseeing the release of a string of summer duds in relation to Pixar’s 11th straight hit, Toy Story 3…. |
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Tangled stronger than expected
…Hallows’ $50.3 million. Adding in the mid-week opening days gave it a $69 million five day take. That’s good for the second best Thanksgiving opening ever behind only Toy Story… |
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Listen to the 2007 Disney shareholder meeting
…2007. Held today at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET, the presentation reviewed such animated projects as Meet the Robinsons, Ratatouille, WALL•E, American Dog, Toy Story 3 and The Frog Princess…. |
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Newman up for two Grammy’s
Composer Randy Newman is up for two Grammy Awards from two different animated projects. Toy Story 3 is nominated for Best Score Soundtrack. Other nominees include Danny Elfman for Alice… |
