The Pixar Perspective on ‘Planes’
Planes is not a Pixar movie, but it badly wants to be. More to the point, the Walt Disney Company wants you to think that Planes is from Pixar. Though the Pixar Animation Studios logo does not appear...
View ArticleConfirmed: ‘The Good Dinosaur’ Switches Out Director Bob Peterson
After the D23 Expo, speculation ran wild on what had happened to Bob Peterson, the director of The Good Dinosaur, who was nowhere to be found during Disney’s biannual show. A report emerged earlier...
View ArticleThe Pixar Perspective on Replacing Directors
Last week, this column pondered why, exactly, Disney and/or Pixar Animation Studios were holding back on a teaser trailer for their next film, The Good Dinosaur, which is slated to open in May of 2014....
View Article‘The Good Dinosaur’ Pushed To 2015, No Pixar Film In 2014
Since 2006, it has been a given that we would see a Pixar film released during the summer season every year. The first indication that this streak was at risk of ending arrived with the news that The...
View ArticleThe Pixar Perspective on the Pixar Canada Shutdown
Watching business decisions get handed down from on high is always maddening, with the context for such choices being obscured from public view; all that can result is rampant speculation. So it is...
View ArticleThe Pixar Perspective on Loren Carpenter
As was discussed in this column throughout 2013, the year 2014 is going to be an interesting one for Pixar Animation Studios. We have to look well into 2015 for the company’s next feature, and between...
View ArticleThe Pixar Perspective on ‘Star Wars’
The gravitational pull of the endless Star Wars franchise is inescapable in modern cinema. Though there have only been six live-action films in the series, the vast ocean of toys, theme-park...
View ArticleIt’s Official: Pixar Working On ‘The Incredibles 2′ and ‘Cars 3′
Last year, Pixar President Ed Catmull detailed the studio’s plans to release an original film every year, and a sequel every other, totaling up to three films every two years. Up to this point, we have...
View ArticlePixar Wows With Themed Lands At Disney Parks
The ambitious La Place de Rémy in Disneyland Paris is much more than a collection of Ratatouille attractions. It is an immersive experience that transports you to the Paris that was seen in the film,...
View ArticlePixar Has Apparently “Completely Reimagined”‘The Good Dinosaur’
Last August, we found out that director Bob Peterson had been taken off The Good Dinosaur after the film apparently hit creative difficulties. A group of Pixar directors including Lee Unkrich (Toy...
View Article‘Toy Story 4′ Officially Announced, Heading To Theaters In 2017
The Toy Story franchise is perhaps Pixar’s most important franchise. After all, it was the original Toy Story that launched the animation studio into the spotlight. In 2010, 15 years after the first...
View Article‘Toy Story 4′ To Be A Love Story, More Details
Just a short while ago, we received confirmation that Pixar is currently developing Toy Story 4 and it is coming to theaters in 2017. The follow-up film, long expected to be announced given the...
View ArticleConcept Art For The ‘Toy Story 3′ You Never Saw
Pixar is currently a subsidiary of Disney (the animation studio’s official name is Disney/Pixar), but it was not always that way. Actually, when Michael Eisner was CEO of the Walt Disney Company, and...
View ArticleNew Steve Jobs Book To Be Published March 24th
In the months following the tragic death of Steve Jobs in 2011, there was news of several books dedicated to retelling the story of the iconic figure’s life. The biggest book of them all, though, was...
View Article‘Toy Story 4′ Will Reportedly Focus More On The Toys, Less On Humans
Last year, Pixar confirmed that Toy Story 4 is currently in development. The announcement caught many off guard as although there had been rumors swirling of a fourth Toy Story film, it remained...
View ArticleSee ‘Inside Out’ Stars and Creative Team Celebrate At Cannes
Inside Out received an incredible reception at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday, with those in attendance at the screenings stating that the film received what will easily be one of the strongest...
View ArticlePixar Reveals ‘Finding Dory’ and ‘Good Dinosaur’ Details At Cannes
Cannes has been quite a whirlwind adventure for Pixar this year, as the studio’s upcoming film, Pete Docter’s Inside Out, enjoyed its world premiere at the annual French festival and saw heaps of...
View ArticleHead Inside The ‘Inside Out’ U.S. Premiere With 35 Photos
The Inside Out world premiere took place at the Cannes Film Festival in France last month, making it the second Pixar film to screen at the prestigious festival. With the film’s release date rapidly...
View ArticleTake A Peek At New ‘Cars 3’ Concept Art
As promised, Pixar has taken Cars 3 to the Detroit Auto Show being held the next two weeks in Michigan. Kicking off the event earlier today, John Lasseter took part in a press conference previewing the...
View ArticleWatch: ‘Cars 3’ Sneak Peek Reveals More Plot Details
Cars 3 is under a significant amount of pressure – not unlike the pressure that Lightning McQueen has to manage in the third entry of the franchise. The story of the film revolves around McQueen coming...
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