A Lee Unkrich The Secret Life of Pets connection has been revealed, after the director spoke about an old Pixar pitch made prior to Illumination's film.
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Toy Story 3 and Coco director Lee Unkrich is parting ways with pixar after almost three decades.
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The 90th annual Academy Awards ceremony is the hot topic of the week, thanks to the acclaimed winners and their buzzy 2018 Oscars speeches, which ranged from heart-warming to empowering.
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Director Lee Unkrich finally dished on the three The Shining references in Coco, hidden throughout the movie. It's a tradition for the director to hide references to the Stanley Kubrick film in his Pixar movies.
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The Coco alternate opening scene featured an elaborate musical sequence where skeletons and living humans alike sang exposition about Dia de los Muertos.
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Devindra and Jeff join up with Remezcla's Vanessa Erazo to review Pixar's Coco. Also, they chat about Spike Lee's Netflix TV series, She's Gotta Have It, and Paul Thomas Anderson's The Phantom Thread. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook! Download or Play Now in your Browser: Subscribe to the /Filmcast: SHOWNOTES…
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This visual detail on Miguel's guitar may actually have been a case of Coco foreshadowing the plot twist at the end of the film.
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In our Lee Unkrich interview, we talk to the director of Coco about the five year process of bringing Pixar's lovely new animated movie to theaters.
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Coco box office numbers are already setting records in Mexico, where the Pixar animated film opened nearly a month before the U.S. premiere next week.
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Yet another Coco clip takes us to the colorful Land of the Dead, revealing that bureaucracy continues to flourish, even long after we're dead and buried.
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In a new Coco clip and featurette released by Pixar, the animators show the arduous research and love put into the movie about an aspiring Mexican musician.
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In the new Coco trailer, Pixar's latest film set on the Day of the Dead follows a Mexican boy named Miguel who finds himself stuck in the Land of the Dead.
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Pixar animators worked hard to make sure the skeletons in Coco were brought to life in a way that appealed to all ages and audiences.
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In our Coco set visit, we get a sneak peek at Pixar's newest film, and the painstaking research the animation team did to pay respect to Mexican culture.
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A new trailer for the animated movie is coming with the release of Cars 3, but in the meantime, the entire Pixar Coco voice cast has been revealed.
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Pixar and director Lee Unkrich are back with their next original, non-sequel movie and the Coco trailer has arrived to introduce us to the concept.
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Get the latest Coco details. Pixar's new movie has cast Benjamin Bratt and Gael Garcia Bernal. Learn more about the Dia de los Muertos-inspired story here.
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Learn all about the Pixar Coco movie. The Dia De Los Muertos-themed adventure follows a 12-year-old boy named Miguel. Lee Unrick (Toy Story 3) directs.
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The first Pixar musical might be in the works. A new quote suggests Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich has been working on a musical at Pixar. Read more here.
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From 2001 to 2009, Pixar released original films almost every year. And they were all great. Then they did Toy Story 3, followed by Cars 2 and with this year's Monsters University, some fans have began to complain the company is relying too heavily on older material. Others argued that out of 14 films, there…
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Outside of naming a certain director for a certain sequel taking place in a galaxy far, far away, I can't think of a better way for Disney to kick off 2013 than looking ahead to three upcoming Pixar films. This year will bring the prequel Monsters University, but we already know the three films on…
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From the moment Disney announced its intentions to create a new Star Wars trilogy, a big question has been which filmmaker might get a crack at the franchise.
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Stanley Kubrick did not create the photo seen at the very end of The Shining.
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Very little is known about Pixar's upcoming film centered on the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos. Originally, all we were told is it would be helmed by Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich and be released in, or after, 2015. Next, the director revealed the film would explore the Mexican culture's unique, celebratory view of…
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Last month at CinemaCon Pixar revealed that Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3) and producer Darla K. Anderson are working on “a wholly original Pixar Animation Studios film that delves into the vibrant holiday of Día de los Muertos." There hasn't been any additional info on the project until now. And while we still don't have…
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Selling a 3D movie through 2D technology (like our computer screens) always presents a bit of a challenge, but even more so when it's a 3D converted movie of a 2D film that first came out nine years ago. After all, there's no new dialogue or footage to pick over, and little insight to be…
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At the Disney presentation at CinemaCon 2012, Pixar announced a new project: Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich and producer Darla K. Anderson are working on "a wholly original Pixar Animation Studios film that delves into the vibrant holiday of Día de los Muertos." Unkrich tweeted the following, which says that the movie takes place in the…
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