Remakes. Sequels. Prequels. Screen adaptations of books, cartoons, comics, and TV shows. It can’t be denied that the film industry is starting to run rampant with movies based on something that has already been done. What’s shocking, though, is just how few original ideas Hollywood is really seeing.
Wikipedia recently posted a list of the highest [...]
Up is still in my top three films of the year. Even now with it’s release on Blu-ray, the gut-punch still gets me and it’s still a marvelous film to watch. The Blu-ray is also no slouch in it’s pristine presentation of the film, it also features a nice batch of extras that go into [...]
After the success the 3D double feature of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 has garnered over its originally planned two-week run, Pixar has announced that the showing will continue for at least another two weeks.
Given how well-received the first two Toy Story films were upon their original releases, and continue to be during their [...]
Pretty much, this is my reaction to the Toy Story 3 trailer, at least the beginning of it. Point is, my generation (and I say that with confidence) has grown up with these characters and love them just as much as Andy loved teaming up Buzz and Woody to take down Mr. Potato-head. Pixar knows [...]
Thanks to the awesome folks at Gordon and the Whale, here’s the exclusive first trailer for the upcoming Pixar and Disney sequel Toy Story 3. When Andy has to go away for college, all of the toys come to the realization that they’re going to be given away. Now, set in new environments the toys [...]
Pixar’s first foray into live-action film (unless you count brief snippets in Wall-E), an adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough’s John Carter of Mars by director Andrew Stanton, has gained three fantastic cast members: Mark Strong (Syriana, Kick-Ass), James Purefoy (Resident Evil, Solomon Kane) and Thomas Haden Church (Spiderman 3, Sideways).
Church will play “Tal Hajus, an [...]
After a raging battle between cgi animation powerhouses Dreamworks and Disney’s Pixar, a victor has finally been announced. Dreamworks has latched onto the project of The Leaf Men with Ice Age director Chris Wedge helming the pic. The feature will be written by scribe James V. Hart and it is under Fox Animation and Blue [...]
Spoilers ahead for the teaser trailer of Toy Story 3.
A wonderful attendee of the D23 Expo was able to quote Pixar guru John Lasseter on the state of Toy Story 3 in relation to the other entries in the franchise. Lasseter revealed that while there was always interest in making another sequel, the quality to [...]
Andrew Stanton, the phenomenally talented director behind Wall-E and Finding Nemo, is pushing Pixar productions into unmapped territory — his adaption of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars story will be a conglomerate of computer generated imagery and live action material in what’s expected to be the first entry in a trilogy of films.
The film just gained [...]
The San Diego Comic Con of the Mouse world, the D23 Expo, now has a website full of announcements of reveals, including sneak previews of films such as Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Jake Gyllenhaal’s tanned and rippling musculature in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The Princess and the Frog, and Robert Zemeckis’ [...]
If you ask Pixar why sequels to their movie gems are few and far between, they’ll tell you they only do sequels when they have a good story. They must have had a larger shipment. Joining Toy Story 3 and Cars 2 comes news of the sequel to the 2001 animated hit Monsters Inc.
Though [...]
