This was a picture that was bound to happen, Larry the Cable Guy (aka actor Dan Whitney) and the animated personality he voices Tow Mater, together in the new Disney California Adventure Cars Land. I love these guys, but my eyes are drawn to the… Read More »Larry The Cable Guy at Cars Land and the Cozy Cone Motel
On my recent visit to Pixar Studios I had the great pleasure of interviewing Katherine Sarafian, the producer of the highly anticipated film Brave. She shared some nuggets (seems like there should be a McNuggets joke in there somewhere) about working at Pixar and the story behind Brave, which, in case I haven’t made it clear, looks awesome.
On her career with Pixar:
Well, it has been a long road, but I think that Pixar is one of those places where you can work on lots of different films and have a different career on each film, so I try. On each film I grew into a new role. I started sort of entry level, at the bottom, and moved up. By the time I was on “A Bug’s Life” I was a first-time manager, and once I learned that I could manage people, and really enjoyed doing that, then there was a progression into marketing for a while.
… Pixar is very much about how you recover from your errors. Because I, you know, we, learned on the job. A lot of us did here.
A movie titled “The Good Dinosaur” will fill a slot in the 2014 film slate for Pixar Studios. Little has been known about this film other than the fact that it involves dinosaurs and is being directed by ‘Up’ writer Bob Peterson. A recent interview… Read More »Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” Themes Revealed by Director
In a small ceremony this morning at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, the U.S. Postal Service celebrated the issuance of 125 million new stamps today featuring popular Disney•Pixar characters. “These delightful stamps lift spirits and touch hearts and remind us that when it comes to… Read More »New Pixar USPS Stamps Released
Disney*Pixar has released the latest clip from its upcoming film “Brave.” In it the three clans present the suitors for Princess Merida’s hand. Definitely like this segment (even though we’ve already seen much of it). But I’m still interested in more behind the scenes sort… Read More »New Clip From Pixar’s Brave – The Suitors
For Disney this may seem like a grand experiment, but for me it falls into the “why didn’t they think of this before” category. Take the one of a kind high seas vacation that is the Disney Cruise Line and offer a California based cruise with a focus on just Pixar films. It’s a great idea and it’s now officially happening later this year.
More than a dozen of Pixar Animation Studios’ most memorable characters will make their shipboard debut during four special Pixar-inspired seven-night California Coastal cruises Sept. 16 through Oct. 14, 2012. During these voyages, Disney Cruise Line guests will be able to interact with and explore the world of Pixar and their beloved films while the Disney Wonder sails to popular port cities along the coast of California.
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A new clip from Yahoo! Movies provides us a moment from the film in which Elinor struggles to talk about her problems to King Fergus. I like the comic relief from Fergus which helps to lighten up an otherwise emotional scene. I like learning more… Read More »New Brave Clip – Speak To Her
Last Monday Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science hosted the Marc Davis Lecture, which this year was a panel talk. Among the panelists was John Lasseter who spoke on the future of animation. One of my favorite quotes from the night was Lasseter’s insistence… Read More »John Lasseter on the Future of Animation