• 'Monsters University' Review: A Hilarious, Heartfelt Return To The Monsters Universe

    Monsters University features all the entertainment and heart you've come to expect from Pixar, and then some. We meet Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) during their college years, as the company's first prequel is set years before the events of 2001's Monsters Inc. Director Dan Scanlon turns that simple story idea into a great, fast…

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  • Thomas Newman Scoring Pixar's 'The Good Dinosaur'

    Thomas Newman has worked with Pixar a couple times in the past on little films like Wall-E and Finding Nemo, and now he's going to work with the animation giants once more. The film is The Good Dinosaur, which pixar has been developing for the past few years. The composer recently stated that The Good…

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  • Pixar's 'Monsters University' Teaser Trailers

    Disney has released the teaser trailer for Pixar's Monsters Inc prequel Monsters University. The film takes us back to when Mike and Sully were in school learning how to scare. Its Pixar's version of a college comedy, and the teaser trailer gives us a glimpse at some of the partying and pranks we might expect.…

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  • Filmmakers Tease Themes For Pixar's 'The Good Dinosaur'

    Though it announced a new title and release date for The Good Dinosaur last month, Pixar's been loathe to give away too many plot specifics at this early stage. When first announced, all the studio would reveal was that the basic idea is "What if the cataclysmic asteroid that forever changed life on Earth actually…

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  • LOL: See The Temp Logo For 'The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs'

    Over the weekend at Disney's D23 Expo, Pixar announced two new films. One is jokingly called The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs, to be released on November 27, 2013. The film is directed by long-time Pixar veteran and voice actor Bob Peterson (he voiced Dug the dog in Up) and co-directed by Peter Sohn, also…

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  • 10 Things You Need To Know About Pixar's 'Monsters University' [D23 Expo]

    Pixar's Monsters Inc prequel Monsters University tells the story of how Mike Wazowski and Sulley became friends during their college years at scare school. This weekend at D23 Expo, we learned a lot more about the project. Hit the jump to read the ten things we learned about Monsters University, and even see some unfinished concept…

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  • Pixar Announces Dinosaur Movie For Holiday 2013 [D23 Expo]

    Today at the Walt Disney Studios presentation at the D23 Expo, Disney announced two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios. Both films, yet to be officially titled, will be released in the slots following the announced Monsters Inc prequel Monsters University, which hits theaters on June 21st 2013. Learn more about the first of the…

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  • Essay: Is Kevin, The Tropical Bird In Pixar's UP, A Nod To The LGBT Movement?

    Yesterday, CBS News aired a segment on an "ongoing blogger debate" over the representation of black people and negative stereotypes in Disney's The Princess and the Frog. Of course, after previous and longer segments on the failing economy and Air France, even the way in which Katie Couric mentioned "bloggers" carried a decidedly trivial tone…

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  • 30 Seconds Of Pixar's Partly Cloudy

    Want to see 30 seconds of Pixar's next movie? I'm not talking about Up, I'm talking about the short film (which will be attached to Up), titled Partly Cloudy. The directorial debut of storyboard artist and animator Peter Sohn (he also provided the voice of Emile in Ratatouille) tells the story of where babies come…

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  • New Photo From Pixar's Partly Cloudy

    In March we posted the first photo from Pixar's newest short animated film Partly Cloudy. But to be honest, the first photo was a wide shot, and you really couldn't see the characters that well. Pixar has released a new photo on AICN (click on over to see the image in high res). I wonder…

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  • First Look: Pixar's Partly Cloudy

    Pixar has sent us the official plot synopsis for Pixar's next short film, Partly Cloudy, the directorial debut of storyboard artist and animator Peter Sohn (he also provided the voice of Emile in Ratatouille). Also, AWN has gotten their hands on the first official photo from the short, which can be seen above. And I…

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  • Next Pixar Short Film - Partly Cloudy

    The good people of Upcoming Pixar have been searching the Disney A-Z (and it's appendix) and therein discovered the first information on the short cartoon set to precede Pixar's Up when it hits theatres in May. Don't get overly excited because the information is pretty thin. First of all, we know who is directing the…

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  • Cool Stuff: Totoro Forest Project

    An exhibition/auction is being held to support the non-profit organization, "Totoro No Furusato National Fund", which was established by Oscar winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.The benefit auction, which will be held at the Pixar Animation Studios campus in Emeryville, CA on September 6th 2008, will feature more than 200 pieces of original art from some really…

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  • Pixar Does 2D Animation

    The upcoming DVD release of Disney/Pixar's Ratatouille will include the first hand-drawn animated 2-D short film in Pixar history. Yes, you did just read that correctly - good ol' fashion 2D animation from the studio that innovated computer rendered 3D animation. The 11-minute film is also the longest short film in Pixar history. "Your Friend…

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  • New Ratatouille Photos

    Disney has released a bunch of new character stills from Pixar's presentation of Ratatouille. Check them out below: Official synopsis: Academy Award®-winning director Brad Bird ("The Incredibles") and the amazing storytellers at Pixar Animation Studios ("Cars," "Finding Nemo") take you into an entirely new and original world where the unthinkable combination of a rat and…

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