Pixar

Mattel Expects Challenging Economy to Continue Through 2009

source: Wall Street Journal

Mattel also has the toy rights to Disney Pixar Animation Studios Inc.'s "Cars" movie. McGowan said the full-length animated sequel is coming in 2011 and Mattel has the toy rights for it, too. During the webcast, CFO Farr said Mattel remains on track ...

Published Wed, Jun 17

CG Overdrive: "Story is the king" - Pixar's Alex Woo

source: IndiaFM

 India To tackle this conundrum, CG Overdrive 2009, Singapore, held a session on the craft of storyboarding by Pixar Animation Studio's story artist, Alexander Woo. In an hour-long session, Woo, whose company has produced endearing animation flicks like Cars, ...

Published Wed, Jun 17

With “Toy Story 3,” “Cars 2” and “Monsters, Inc. 2” now in the ...

source: Jim Hill Media.com

Which is why it really isn'ta coincidence that the sequels that were initially greenlit after The Walt Disney Company acquired Pixar Animation Studios back in 2006 were based on John Lasseter films. While John won't actually be directing either of ...

Published Tue, Jun 16

CGOverdrive starts on a promising note

source: IndiaFM

 India Another notable speaker at the Character Animation Track is Victor Navone, a 2-4D Animator at Pixar Animation Studios. He has contributed to Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and most recently WALL-E, which won the Academy Award for Best ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

Pixar Planning Monsters, Inc., Cars and Toy Story Sequels

source: Paste Magazine

 GA To date, the only attempt made by Pixar at a sequel was Toy Story 2, one of Disney's few family movie sequels to ever actually make it to the big screen, and one of the few to be considered by Paste as one of the best animated movies of all time. ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

Life in the Old Dogs Yet ; Disney's Latest Pooch is Inspired By ...

source: California Chronicle

 CA Bolt, which made almost $300million worldwide when it was released in the spring, was the first Disney animation made in digital 3D, using similar computer animation techniques to Pixar films such as Toy Story and Finding Nemo, but with the added ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

“Up” Scores Pixar's Best Third Weekend Ever

source: Indie Wire

As the below chart reveals (care of the endlessly informative boxofficemojo.com), “Up” just had the best third weekend ever for a Pixar film, besting “Finding Nemo”'s $28384483 and “The Incredibles”' $26523852. It's also the tenth highest third weekend ...

Published Sun, Jun 14

Asner, 80, is tired of stereotypes, eager for work

source: MiamiHerald.com

 FL Asner was sought after for the role of Carl Fredricksen in Up, the latest tale from Pixar and its parent outfit, Walt Disney, whose animated hits include WALL-E, Ratatouille, Finding Nemo and the Toy Story flicks. Up director Pete Docter says Asner was ...

Published Sun, Jun 14