First Teaser Trailer for Pixar's 'Monsters University'

It's here, it's here! Disney has just revealed the first teaser trailer for Pixar's Monsters University online for our viewing and entertainment. As a reminder, this is just the very first teaser, meant to play in front of Brave this weekend, and it only gives us an intro to the college world of Monsters U. and a reminder that it's coming up next year. Both Billy Crystal and John Goodman are back to voice a younger Mike and Sulley, along with Steve Buscemi as Randall and plenty others. This is just a fun teaser giving us a taste of the Animal House/Revenge of the Nerds shenanigans we're going to get with this. Enjoy!

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Watch: Disney's Charming New Father's Day Spot for Pixar's 'Brave'

Disney has released a Father's Day spot for Pixar's Brave, and it really is wonderful. The film itself is a heartfelt story about a Scottish family, and the relationship between a rebellious daughter and her royal mother and father. This spot highlights some of the more intimate, character moments between Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald) and her father, King Fergus (voiced by Billy Connolly). It's a perfect short spot with just the right amount of charm to brighten your day. Check it out below and enjoy!

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Pixar's New Animated Short - Enrico Casarosa's 'La Luna'

Disney has officially released the first still image along with a new teaser "poster"  for the new Pixar short film titled La Luna. Below you'll see the two first looks from La Luna, directed by Pixar's Head of Story Enrico Casarosa, an Italian artist who started work as a storyboard artist at Blue Sky, before going on to work on Cars and Ratatouille at Pixar, working his way up to now directing his own short. La Luna is the timeless fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. 

See the first images below!

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The Top 10 Highest Grossing Movies from 2010!

No matter how many times we cry about wanting original stories, less sequels and more bold motion pictures, the films that earn the most money at the box office seem to indicate other desires from audiences worldwide. Nearly every movie included in the ten biggest earners of 2010 is either a sequel in an established franchise or an adaptation of a book or series of books, and one remake. Only two original films cracked the Top 10, and you probably already know one. See the full Top 10 list below!

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Pixar’s Cars 2 Early Review

 I love Pixar. But the one film in the entire Pixar catalog that I don’t love (not to say that I don’t like it, it’s just a few steps below the rest) is Cars. To me, it almost feels like one of the movies Dreamworks Animation had produced at that point of time. And if it weren’t for the heart of the storyline, I probably would’ve enjoyed it a lot less.

The film wasn’t considered a huge box office success, grossing $461,981,604 worldwide — less than Pixar films of previous years like Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo (which in comparison made $867.8 million worldwide). But the merchandising for the film has brought in billions in sales, which is why Disney green lit a sequel and began construction on a huge CarsLand expansion of the Disney California Adventure theme park.

But now someone claims to have screened an early cut of the film, and has posted a review online. What did they think? Find out after the jump.

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Tron Legacy Team Join Forces with Toy Story 3 Team

 

Entertainment Weekly published a great article today about how the Tron Legacy filmmakers sought out the help of some of Pixar's best and brightest for advice on improving the film after they showed them an early cut in March. Then, they actually hired Toy Story 3 writer Michael Arndt and director Brad Bird to write some of the new pages for the reshoots. The screening took place in March, they also showed it to other filmmakers in LA, and then they went in for planned reshoots in June. An absolutely brilliant idea and I think this is going to only help make it a more polished movie all around.

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Box office

There was more joy for the good folk at Pixar as Toy Story 3 romped to another box-office topping weekend in the US. The third toytastic instalment continued its opening weekend momentum with the seventh-highest second weekend ever, an estimated $59m, 57% of which came from 3D screens.

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To infinity and Beyond

The animated heroes of "Toy Story 3" sold $109 million worth of tickets during their opening weekend at the North American box office, reviving slow summer sales, according to estimates issued on Sunday by distributor Walt Disney Co.

The film scored the best debut for a film produced by Disney's Pixar Animation unit. The old mark of $70.5 million was set by "The Incredibles" in May 2004.

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Lee Unkrich talks Toy Story 4

Aside from the brief blip of Toy Story 2 in 1999, it seemed that Pixar was a company averse to creating sequels; now, though, they’re positively swamped by them. Toy Story 3. Cars 2. A second installment of Monsters Inc. And now, while Toy Story 3 had been commonly regarded as the end of that franchise, director Lee Unkrich is reopening the door. “We know that people love the characters, love Woody and Buzz, and would hate to say good-bye to them completely,” Unkrich told MSN. “I don’t know that there would ever be a ‘[Toy Story] 4.’ We don’t have any plans for one — but we are trying to find ways to keep the characters alive. We have announced we’re going to do a short film in front of Cars 2 that uses the Toy Story characters. We’re going to keep them alive; they’re not going away forever.”

What I’m saying is… maybe they should?

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"Toy Story 3" set to smash Pixar opening record

"Toy Story 3" could give the summer box office a second big booster shot in as many weeks if industry expectations become marketplace reality.

Disney's 3D threequel should earn as much as $100 million during its first weekend, a record for a Pixar-produced movie. "The Incredibles" holds the title of the best Pixar opener, debuting with $70.5 million in May 2004 en route to a $261.4 million total in North America.

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New Clip For Toy Story 3 - Bathroom Escape UPDATED + Great Escape

New Toy Story 3 clip comes fresh and clean. It's Just hilarious, no words to describe it. This keeps getting Better and Better. + Toy Story 3  is currently at 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with 23 review logged and have a rating of 9.4/10 of  from 1,047 votes on IMDB... Let's hope it keep's Up.

Watch the Bathroom Escape after the jump:

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Pixar guys working on Toy Story 3 Video Game

"Movie-based games seem like they're destined to fail," says Jason Katz, story supervisor for Pixar's latest animated film, "Toy Story 3." "It's like putting a giraffe in human clothes."

But Pixar's collaboration with Avalanche Software on the "Toy Story 3" video game, released this week by Disney Interactive, demonstrates a fresh approach to the typically dreadful movie tie-in. Like most offerings in the genre, the game includes an interactive retelling of the film's plot. But Avalanche has also taken Buzz, Woody and the rest of the cast and put them in an open-world playground, called the Toy Box, that feels even truer to the spirit of the franchise.

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What If...

What would Pixar’s WALL-E look like if it was an anime series starring human characters instead of robots? Or what about Finding Nemo set on land instead of the ocean? These two Pixar/Andrew Stanton reimaginings were found on 4chan. The Finding Nemo art (available after the jump) is credited to Andrew Kalko, but I’m not sure who created the Wall-E piece.

Pixar's UP: Discovering a Lost World

Disney has released a new featurette titled Inside Up: Discovering a Lost World on IGN today that looks at what went into creating the South American jungle that Carl and Russell end up at in Pixar's Up. This is why I love Pixar and everything they do. And yes, I'm happy to give more exposure to a Pixar movie on the very day that DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs Aliens hits theaters, because they have such an extreme amount of passion for what they do. And if you're one of those people that are skeptical about Up, then please watch this, as it'll give you a better idea of the story and inspiration behind Pixar's latest work of art.

Watch the Inside Up: Discovering a Lost World video:

By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.

Pixar's Up is directed Pete Docter, one of the original Pixar members who directed Monsters, Inc previously and wrote the stories for Toy Story and Toy Story 2. The film is co-directed and written by Bob Peterson, who also wrote Finding Nemo. Disney will debut Up in theaters everywhere on May 29th this summer.

First Full-Length Trailer for Pixar's UP

One more new trailer to debut before the weekend arrives, this time it's for Pixar's Up. This full feature-length trailer finally introduces us to not only Dug the dog, but also to Kevin the bird, some other supporting characters, and of course, Muntz, the big villain, which is even the first time I've ever seen him. There's no need to explain anything else, so just dive right in and get your first good look at Up! And if I didn't say it before, let me add it again, I love that dog!