As I reported earlier on The Pixar Blog , Pixar’s Up (directed by Pete Docter) will be arriving on DVD and hi-def Blu-ray Disc (Region 1) on November 10. Both editions can now be pre-ordered online from a variety of retailers. The film will come in both a 1-Disc DVD and a… Read More »Up coming Nov. 10 to DVD & Blu-ray
My son has finally reached the age where he’s playing regularly with LEGO blocks. Just in time too, as LEGO is now coming out with a line of Toy Story Mini Figures (aka MiniFigs) that look absolutely amazing. If you’re at the SDCC you can… Read More »Toy Story LEGO Minifigs debut at SDCC
Originally uploaded by jon sarriugarte Every year Pixar Studios invites friends and family to come to the studio and show off their rare and collectible vehicles at the Motorama. Turns out many of the company’s employees (including John Lasseter) share a love of cars. This… Read More »Pixar Motorama
Yesterday we saw mixed messages from stock analysts on the earnings potential of the Walt Disney Company of the rest of the year. One analyst is eating a bit of crow after predicting that Pixar’s UP would tank. He graciously admitted his bad in the… Read More »Analysts Mixed on Disney’s Potential
With little or no ceremony the next to last section of the original Disneyland parking lot, now known as Timon, has been closed to guests. This is in preparation of adding ‘Cars Land’ to California Adventure, the second gate at Disneyland Resort. All the original… Read More »Original Disneyland Parking lot now completely gone
Next year there will be 10 movies nominated for and Academy Award for Best Picture instead of the usual 5. Something the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president said made me thing this change should be called the ‘Pixar rule’. “I would not… Read More »Did OSCAR change Bext Picture Rules to Help Pixar?
Pixar artists Jim Capobianco and Alex Woo were recently interviewed by the marvelous Art Of The Title blog. That only makes sense when you know that the pair were responsible for the end title sequence of WALL-E which actually completes the story of humanity’s return… Read More »Creators of WALL-E’s end titles interviewed
The Orange County Register has a beautiful and touching story of how one family with a dying 10 year old girl reached out to Pixar to fulfill her last wish of seeing the movie ‘UP’. The family couldn’t bring her to the theater since the… Read More »Pixar Grants Dying Girl’s Wish to see UP