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Planes Direct to DVD Film Being Made by DisneyToon Studios

Tommy — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:12:25 +0000

This past week the Pixar-related interwebs were a flutter with talk of a DVD Cars spinoff called Planes. I didn’t post anything about it because I thought it sounded pretty crazy. Surely Pixar wouldn’t stoop to the lows that Disney did a few years ago with all the direct-to-dvd sequels they were churning out. Luckily, they’re not.

SlashFilm reports that Planes is actually being developed by DisneyToon Studios. While it’s stil disappointing that Pixar (and John Lasseter specifically) would allow Disney to use their characters in these sequels, at least it’s not being produced at Pixar. And I’ll say it. At least it’s just Cars.

PS – The image above is a joke, just used for illustrative purposes

John Lasseter Signed Wine Bottle

Ratatouille Getting the 3D Treatment?

Tommy — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:03:23 +0000

Oh great. It seems Pixar is working on converting Ratatouille and other library titles to 3D for re-release in theaters. I understood why they did this for Toy Story 1 and 2 (in anticipation for Toy Story 3), but I don’t see the need to do this with all of their films. I am not a big fan of 3D, and I really only see it as a way for movie studies to squeeze extra dollars out of the hands of movie-goers. I can’t think of one movie I’ve seen in 3D where afterwards I was glad I paid the extra money, and I’ve seen quite a few. The only experience I think benefitted from 3D was the recent Day & Night short.

Regardless, I would probably go see this just for the chance to see Ratatouille in theaters again. The same would go for Finding Nemo, which sadly, is the only Pixar film I didn’t see in theaters. What’s your opinion on this? Do you love 3D, hate it, or not really care one way or the other? Sound off!

Via SlashFilm

Also, I need to put CCN8UWEMFFWP in this post for boring, technical reasons, so ignore this line!

Lee Unkrich Posts Toy Story 3 News on Twitter

Henry Selick Comes to Disney/Pixar

Tommy — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:06:18 +0000

Wow, at first I thought this was an April Fools Day joke, but then I realized it would only be a prank to animation geeks like me. It looks like Henry Selick, director of The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, and Coraline, is setting up shop at Disney/Pixar to create new films and adapt more literary works.

Variety claims he will be at Emeryville, but it’s unclear if his films will be under the Disney or Pixar banner. Hopefully we’ll find out soon!

Pixar Fanboy is Back

Tommy — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:43:20 +0000

Just some quick site news. I’ve been busier than ever lately, and I’ve been having trouble fitting Pixar Fanboy into my schedule, but I think I’m ready to pick up posting again. The one thing I definitely do not want to do is just regurgitate Pixar news that other blogs have posted already, so I’m going to try and find some unique posts to make here. I might consider trying a Pixar podcast too, but who knows. Feel free to leave some comments if you have any ideas for the site!

In the meantime, you should check out my newest blog, Animation on Blu-ray. It features news, reviews, and a complete release schedule and database of all animated Blu-ray titles! I didn’t get any review copies of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 on Blu-ray, but I should be picking them up soon and reviewing them.

See you soon!

Toy Story 3 Review and Site Update

Toy Story Films Get Blu-ray Release Dates

Tommy — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:42:22 +0000

Images just for illustration, not the actual covers

It appears the rumors were true. Blu-ray.com is reporting that retailers are now listing a March 23, 2010 release date for both Toy Story films on Blu-ray! I figured they would be released before Toy Story 3 hits the theaters in June, and I can’t wait to watch these in HD.

Some of the features listed are:

Toy Story

Toy Story 3 Sneak Peek – The Story
Paths to Pixar: Artists
Black Friday: The ‘Toy Story’ You Never Saw

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 3 Sneak Peek – The Characters
Paths to Pixar: Technical Artists
Celebrating Our Friend Joe Ranft

This isn’t quite official yet, but I’ll keep you posted. I’m sure we’ll get an official announcement from Disney/Pixar sometime soon, and they’ll act like it’s the first any of us have heard about it, but we can humor them.

Pixar Ant-Man Movie? Edgar Wright Says No

Lee Unkrich Posts Toy Story 3 News on Twitter

Tommy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:36:54 +0000

Lee Unkrich, our favorite Pixarian on Twitter, just posted some cool Toy Story 3 news via a video he made.

The biggest news is that Disney will be extending the run of the Toy Story 3D Double Feature to allow more people to see it. I kind of saw this coming, because why wouldn’t Disney want to make some extra money by having it stay in theaters longer?

Also, Kristen Schaal will voice a new (and as yet unnamed) character in the film. You may recognize Kristen from the Flight of the Conchords HBO series.

Also, the new voice of Slinky Dog was announced as Blake Clark. Lee explains that Blake was actually friends with the late Jim Varney, and that he seemed to channel him in his recording sessions. I can’t wait for June 18th!

Toy Story Double Feature TV Spot

Tommy — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:48:29 +0000

Here’s the TV spot for the Toy Story Double Feature that’s been floating around for a couple days now. I love that they actually put some care into these and aren’t just editing a bunch of clips together.

Also, there’s another reason to be excited about this. The Toy Story 3 trailer will be attached to the double feature! If you’d like some spoilers on the trailer (with new plot details), head over to Jim Hill Media for his round-up.

To Infinity and Beyond! Buzz Lightyear in Space!

Tommy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:57:00 +0000

When the space shuttle Discovery landed last week, it brought back a Buzz Lightyear action figure it had been carrying. It was part of a Disney and NASA partnership to encourage the study of science, and they took some cool video of Buzz floating around in zero gravity.

Via Gizmodo

Pixar Ant-Man Movie? Edgar Wright Says No

Tommy — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:34:37 +0000

The blogosphere was flooded with speculation in the past two days about Pixar making good on the Disney/Marvel deal by making an Ant-Man movie. According to SlashFilm, someone from CHUD quickly got in contact with Edgar Wright, who has been developing an Ant-Man movie for the past few years, and got an official answer.

“The news that Pixar is involved is not wholly accurate and a little premature to comment on. I love Pixar’s work more than anyone and indeed would love to collaborate with them.”

It’s a “No”, but it doesn’t sound like the idea is completely out of the question. No one knows what Pixar will be doing, if they’re doing anything, with the Marvel brand, but I would love to see them collaborate with Edgar Wright.

What Marvel characters would you like to see brought to life by Pixar?

Disney Buys Marvel – John Lasseter Excited

Disney Buys Marvel – John Lasseter Excited

Tommy — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:36:48 +0000

The big news today was of course that Disney is buying Marvel Entertainment for a whopping $4 Billion. Unlike most Marvel Fanboys on Twitter today, I’ve been really excited about this news. I think Disney will be able to handle the Marvel brands in a great way.

I didn’t, however, expect to hear anything about Pixar, but an article on Film School Rejects detailing the Disney/Marvel investors conference call points out that John Lasseter has met with Marvel about a Pixar team up.

This could have been taken out of context, because Lasseter is in charge of more than just Pixar now, but I think something will come out of Pixar with the popular Marvel characters someday. Will it be a feature film? Maybe not, but think of that shiny new studio they’re building in Canada that was going to focus more on shorts and television content. That’d be the perfect place to make some official Pixar/Marvel animation, and I think that is pretty exciting.

Update I found a direct quote from the call.

When asked about a Pixar/Marvel team-up:

“We won’t co-brand, but they will collaborate. When we put these two creative groups together. Sparks will fly.”