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Meet Quicksilver & the Scarlet Witch in Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron first featurette

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Director Joss Whedon and Stars Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson introduce you to Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch in a new featurette for Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” According to Whedon these new characters are massively important in the Avengers universe.

Short, but sweet. May 1st can’t get here soon enough.

Plot synopsis below:

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Monsters University Director Appears at Google

Google has a long running series where they bring in important authors and artists for a lunch length talk about their latest projects. Two of Pixar’s brightest stars — Director Dan Scanlon and Producer Kori Rae — took the short drive from Emeryville to the… Read More »Monsters University Director Appears at Google

Andrew Stanton Reflects on John Carter

Director Andrew Stanton is back in Emeryville working on a sequel to Finding Nemo, but he took some time to talk to the LA Times to reflect on the box office disappointment that was John Carter. My initial review of the movie was positive, even… Read More »Andrew Stanton Reflects on John Carter

Pixar Exile Brenda Chapman Speaks

Brenda Chapman recently announced she had left Pixar for new career opportunities, include some consulting at Lucasfilm. As we stated previously, we wish her luck in her future work. Despite being removed from the Director role on Brave, a movie and story she created, Chapman… Read More »Pixar Exile Brenda Chapman Speaks

Pixar’s first female director leaves

If there is one slight against the Pixar brain trust, it’s that it’s a boy’s club. I don’t think it’s a matter of intent, but rather it evolved that way out of the initial friendships that helped create Pixar. Brenda Chapman was the first woman… Read More »Pixar’s first female director leaves

Pixar’s Brave – Featurette & New Trailers

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Kelly Macdonald - Voice of Merida in Pixar's Brave

Pixar has released a new featurette featuring Director Mark Andrews and much of the voice talent behind the film.

Also, we’re closing in on June 22nd, the opening date for the film, so it must be clearing house time. They’ve also released two new extended trailers, which I’ve included below.

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Pixar Director Using Tumblr to Chronicle New Production

If you want to see how the proverbial Pixarian sausage is made, you’ll have your chance with a new tumblr blog from Pixar director Lee Unkrich. The Toy Story 3 director recently tweeted about a big meeting and then announced a new endeavor, the start… Read More »Pixar Director Using Tumblr to Chronicle New Production

EARTH from DisneyNature – Director’s Roundtable

Director Alastair Fothergill took part in a Virtual Roundtable for DisneyNature’s EARTH today. They also showed the ‘Earth Diaries” film that will be a special feature on the Blu-Ray Disc. It took over 5 years to complete the film, so there is a lot of territory covered in the feature, but it really lets the creators put some umph behind what is otherwise just the story of the movie.

The next two films Fothergill is working on for DisneyNature are Big Cats, projected to release early in 2012, and Chimpanzee, which should arrive early in 2013.

For those interested in the nitty gritty, I’ve included the full transcript below.

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