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How Disney bought Lucasfilm and what the future holds
…Vader. Also included is an enlightening infographic on how Disney, masters at merchandising, monetized the Toy Story series — which could be a template for how they might handle the… |
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VES Unveils “50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Timeâ€
…lasting impact on the practice and appreciation of visual effects as an integral, artistic element of cinematic expression and the storytelling process,†said Roth. We are equally thrilled about the… |
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AV Readers’ Best of the Decade List: 2001-2010
…through the following decade! — James R Whitson 1 toy story 3 1573 2 the incredibles 1478 3 WALL-E 1362 4 ratatouille 1338 5 up 1285 6 finding nemo 1234… |
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Interview with Pixar’s Angus MacLane
…Best Animated Film award. MacLane, who has worked as an animator on eight of Pixar films, talks about WALL-E, Toy Story 3, why Pixar makes such great films, and more…. |
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The 68th Annual Golden Globe nominations announced
Nominations for the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced today. Nominees for the Best Animated Film category are Toy Story 3, How to Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist, Despicable… |
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Update on Pixar projects for Disney parks
…the Fantasyland theater may be replaced around 2010 or 2011 by Toy Story Live. Meanwhile, two proposals for a renovation of Tomorrowland are said to be in consideration, with the… |
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Buzz and Woody are billionaires
After recently becoming the highest grossing animated movie of all time worldwide, Toy Story 3 has now scored another victory by crossing the $1 billion mark, according to Entertainment Weekly…. |
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Interview with John Ratzenberger
PixarPlanet has posted an exclusive interview with John Ratzenberger wherein he talks about Pixar, his humanitarian work, and more. From Toy Story to the forthcoming Up, Ratzenberger has appeared in… |
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Clip from Pixar’s Day & Night
…short features two characters, one filled with day, the other filled with night. Day & Night will be attached to Toy Story 3 which opens in theatres June 18th, 2010…. |
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The Dad Behind The Myth: An Interview With Walt Disney’s Daughter Diane
…was also a technical innovator, pushing ahead with pioneering uses of storyboards, sound (and later stereo surround), color, widescreen, 3D and special effects, as well as animatronics – “real” animated… |
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DreamWorks, Dragon take home the Annies
DreamWorks was once again the big winner at the Annie Awards (though Disney and Pixar cut their involvement with animation’s highest honor this time out). Toy Story 3 may be… |
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Newman gets star on Walk of Fame
…animated film — 1995’s Toy Story. Since then he’s become one of the most popular and honored animated film composers around. Ten of Newman’s nineteen Oscar nominations have been for… |
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Wall•E passes the $200 million mark
…total of $204,078,076. These earnings put the sci-fi comedy above Toy Story and A Bug’s Life, but just slightly behind last year’s Ratatouille, which made $206,445,654 in it’s total theatrical… |
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Looney Tunes: Back In Action
…opening to the film looks mighty good fun, much like the original opening to Toy Story that had Buzz Lightyear in full battle mode against Zurg. Here we get Daffy,… |
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Pinocchio Deluxe Edition
…Snow White, Cinderella, Toy Story and The Nightmare Before Christmas all contained such extravagant bonuses. The Pinocchio book is a slightly lighter affair than some of those other additions, but… |
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Monsters University graduates at box office
…its $82 million debut was Toy Story 3 back in 2010. In other box office news, Man of Steel saw a slightly bigger than expected drop–largely thanks to the surprise… |
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Best-reviewed animated films of all time
…motion smash Chicken Run, acclaimed and surreal foreign entries such as The Triplets of Belleville, and most of the CGI works from Pixar, with Toy Story 2 topping the list…. |
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Top 20 Pixar characters named
Empire Magazine lists its 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.)… |
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Walt Disney Studios Showcase Event Report
…recent Walt Disney Studios Showcase Event with information on Bolt, Car Toons, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, A Christmas Carol, Toy Story 3, a new Alice in Wonderland and more…. |
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UPDATED: Man of Steel bulletproof at box office
…additional $12 million with early Thursday shows). That makes it the top film ever in June beating out the previous leader, Toy Story 3, which earned $110.3 million. UPDATE: Weekend… |
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Disney sends Snow White to China
Disney has hired Toy Story 3 writer Michael Arndt to write their upcoming fairy tale spin-off Snow & the Seven, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film will imagine Snow… |
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Will the real WALL-E please stand up?
…is now showcasing maquettes from WALL-E, Ratatouille, and Meet the Robinsons, as well as a spinning, strobe light-enabled Toy Story animation . . . Pixar in true 3D. A few… |
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Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
…and blast-off explosions, you’ll find that Jimmy Neutron could hold its own against the likes of Armageddon and Toy Story 2 with the 5.1 track in play! Bass has a… |
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New Legend of the Guardians trailer
…some prints of Toy Story 3 in theaters this weekend. From the director of 300 and Watchmen, Legend of the Guardians swoops to the big screen in 3-D and IMAX… |
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Benson on Barbie
Jodi Benson, who plays Barbie in the Toy Story movies but who is perhaps best known for her role as Ariel in The Little Mermaid, talks with Click on Detroit… |
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G2: Pixar’s changing face of animation; New Wonder Woman
The Guardian online version of its G2 supplement today looks into the way Pixar and its feature debut Toy Story revitalized the animation industry, as the third film gets ready… |
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Last Airbender soars at box office
…out on Thursday. Meanwhile, Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 3 continued its impressive run with a strong take of $30 million. With a current total of $289 million, it should… |
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Big weekend for Despicable Me
…best opening that the studio has seen for any movie so far this year. Meanwhile, Toy Story 3 managed to have two accomplishments of its own. First, it surpassed Disney’s… |
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Pixar sets release date for Stanton's next film
…rumored to be about a robot. Stanton’s previous film as a director was Finding Nemo. He has been credited as a writer on Pixar’s Toy Story films, A Bug’s Life,… |
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The Art Of Pixar Shorts, plus last chance for the Oscar Contest!
…Shorts that preceded Toy Story, followed by The Next Generation Of Shorts, and the Feature Film-Based Shorts, which I think is a great way to regard the films and breaks… |
