Brave director Brenda Chapman is back with this new Come Away trailer, a live-action origin story of Peter before Neverland and Alice before Wonderland.
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Angelina Jolie, David Oyelowo, and more star in this delightful fairytale origin story. Read our Come Away review from the Sundance Film Festival.
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Read about the Brenda Chapman Come Away project. The Brave director will make her live-action debut with a Peter Pan / Alice in Wonderland prequel.
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Lucasfilm has always stood for something. For many years, it was a beacon of excellence thanks to Indiana Jones and Star Wars. Then, for a while, it was a whipping boy thanks to fan dissatisfaction. These days, after the sale to Disney, it's a mystery box. A company whose inner workings and project slate are…
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The Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida rolled out the red carpet this weekend as they coronated Merida, the star of Pixar's Brave, as the 11th official Disney princess. It was a lavish occasion and video of the event is now online. While this universal acceptance into the Disney's canon should be…
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The news of new Star Wars movies instantly raised question marks around a bunch of seemingly standard Hollywood departures. First was Matthew Vaughn, who suddenly left X-Men: Days of Future Past and soon mentioned as a possible director for Star Wars Episode VII (though he's more likely working on Secret Service). Now Brenda Chapman, the…
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The incredibly interesting career of Brenda Chapman has just taken a brand new turn. Chapman, probably best known for being removed from the Pixar film eventually called Brave, has been working in animation for decades, contributing to the stories of The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and much more. She directed The Prince of…
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Save for a few of the original directors, few people can give you a better snapshot of what's going on at Pixar than Katherine Sarafian. The production coordinator turned director of marketing and now producer has been with the company since 1994 and their first film, Toy Story. For the past five plus years, she's…
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Disney has released a third trailer for Pixar's 2012 film Brave. The new trailer is actually more of a extended clip from the movie than a traditional trailer -- I know it is being promoted as such, but I'm not sure if this will be screened in theaters. Watch it now embedded after the jump.…
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It’s hard to fathom that Brave, Pixar’s next feature film, is still almost a year away, but fans have seen the exciting, yet non-revealing, teaser trailer.
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Pixar's first original fairy tale, Brave, is about a young princess named Merida (Kelly Macdonald) who defies her parents and inadvertently brings turmoil to their Kingdom. She must then do whatever is in her power to make things right. Featuring the voices of Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson and Robbie…
Read MoreNext summer brings us Pixar's first original fairy tale, Brave, and today brings a significant update. Entertainment Weekly got their hands on some very cool concept art and a couple announcements in regards to the voice cast and direction credit. First up, Reese Witherspoon will not be lending her voice to the lead character, Merida,…
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Did a cab driver really bring Hugh Jackman to the Georgia set of Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class this weekend? And is Brenda Chapman, once set to be the first female Pixar director, not only off of their summer 2012 film Brave but leaving the company entirely? Read more about each rumor after the jump.…
Read MoreOur friends at Cartoon Brew are hearing from their "reliable sources" that Brenda Chapman is no longer directing Pixar's Brave (previously titled The Bear and the Bow). We hear that she was pushed aside from full directing duties a while back, and that story artist Mark Andrews (who also co-directed the Pixar short One Man…
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Grand speculation time: The Pixar Blog has put together some tweeted info and discussions with undisclosed sources to come up with the theory that Bono and perhaps The Edge are writing a song or music of some sort for Brave, the in development Pixar film that was formerly titled The Bear and the Bow. The…
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Big news on the Disney/Pixar front, the mouse house has revealed Pixar's future animation slate: May 29th 2009: From the Academy Award®-nominated team of director Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc.) and co-director Bob Peterson comes Up, a comedic adventure taking off (and lifting spirits). Here is a brand new plot synopsis direct from the studio: Carl…
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