The Simpsons is no stranger to spoofing pop culture. Sunday night WALL-E, the cute trash compactor robot from the Disney*Pixar movie of the same name, was honored with his own 15 seconds of fame. Do you have a favorite Disney spoof from The Simpsons? Mine… Read More »The Simpsons spoofs Wall-E
PixarPlanet, via BoxOfficeMojo, is reporting the Cars 2 sequel will be released on June 24, 2011 from Pixar. A little bit about the plot has been revealed as well. Cars 2 will follow Tow Mater and Lightning McQueen as they find themselves in “a new… Read More »Cars 2 release date set?
If you’re one of the millions of users who get their news from Facebook, you’ll be happy to know that Disney/Pixar has set up their first Fan Page. Content from ‘UP’, the next film from Pixar, is featured right now. Signup as a fan and… Read More »Disney / Pixar launches Facebook Fan Page
Hal Boedeker at the Orlando Sentinel profiles the success of Orlando Artist Ethan Long whose flash-animated cartoon character ZeFronk is now appearing on The Disney Channel. ZeFronk is a French Dachshund who hosts a cooking show from his doghouse and teaches kids to eat smarter.… Read More »Orlando Artist’s Cartoon to appear on The Disney Channel
I hope everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving Day Holiday and the ensuing weekend. I enjoyed taking a few days away from the computer and burying my nose in a good book or two. The Twilight Series, that the movie that bested Bolt last weekend is based… Read More »Monday Morning Roundup – Disney News
The numbers from this weekend’s box office will be tough to swallow at the house of mouse on Monday morning. $27 million for BOLT! versus $70.5 million for Twilight. BOLT! didn’t even creep into second place on the charts. That was reserved for super spy… Read More »BOLT! sucked dry by Vampire Romance Flick
The NY Times has a terrific article about Mark Walton, the Disney Animator and general pop culture nerd, whose ‘scratch’ track for Rhino, the wheel bound Hamster from BOLT!, became the breakout character of the movie. A couple months ago, though, the co-directors asked Mr.… Read More »Destiny calls Disney Animator to Voice Talent Stardom in Bolt!
If you’re like me and wondered while you were watching WALL•E in the theater you wondered what happened to that repair robot who got locked out of the AXIOM when EVE and WALL•E flew in, then you’ll get a real kick out of BURN•E.
Below the cut you’ll find the transcript from a recent roundtable discussion with Director Agnus MacLane.
Previously: My Review of BURN•E, WALL-E on Amazon.
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