Tag Archives: Pixar

Mike’s New Car (2002) — Theatrical Short

Mike's New Car

#CotD: The the­atri­cally released short from Mon­sters, Inc. “Mike’s New Car” won an Acad­emy Award for short film.

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Brave To Open June 18 at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre


Brave

Disney-Pixar’s “Brave” extends its pio­neer­ing spirit to its world pre­miere on June 18, mark­ing the grand open­ing of Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre.

The red-carpet event is a spe­cial pre­sen­ta­tion for Film Independent’s 2012 Los Ange­les Film Festival.

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Up (2009) — PIXAR Animated Film


Up

#CotD: Bud­geted at an esti­mated $175 mil­lion, PIXAR’s “Up” made that all back in the first 23 min­utes of it’s release. NOT.

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Brave New Character Posters

Brave

PIXAR’s next release is nearly upon us, and we are get­ting a bit more art­work to sup­port that release. Pixar just popped up with some new posters for Brave, and a lit­tle bit more of a look at the new char­ac­ters that come with the story.
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Jack-Jack Attack (2005) — PIXAR Direct-To-Video Cartoon

Jack-Jack Attack (2005)

CotD: Released on the DVD of The Incred­i­bles, “Jack-Jack Attack” is a great alter­nate slice of time from Brad Bird’s 2005 film.

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Disney-Pixar’s “Brave” premieres at Edinburgh fest

Brave

The much-anticipated Disney-Pixar ani­mated film “Brave” will receive a glit­ter­ing Euro­pean pre­miere on the clos­ing night of the 66th Edin­burgh Inter­na­tional Film Fes­ti­val, Scot­tish First Min­is­ter First Min­is­ter Alex Salmond and fes­ti­val artis­tic direc­tor Chris Fuji­wara announced Tuesday.

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One Man Band (2005) — Pixar Animation Studios Theatrical Cartoon

One Man Band (2005) - Pixar Animation Studios

CotD: Pixars’ “One Man Band” was first shown at the 29th Annecy Inter­na­tional Ani­mated Film Fes­ti­val in Annecy, France seven years ago today.
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Toy Story (1995) — Pixar Animation Studios


Toy Story (1995) - Pixar Animation Studios
CotD: CGI Ani­mated films really got their first big boost 16 years ago with PIXAR’s release of “Toy Story”, their first com­puter ani­mated feature.

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A Bug’s Life (1998) — PIXAR Theatrical Animated Film


A Bug's Life (1998) - PIXAR

CotD: PIXARS’s sec­ond fea­ture, “A Bug’s Life” showed they were not just a one hit won­der.
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Mater And The Ghostlight (2006) — PIXAR Theatrical Cartoon


Mater And The Ghostlight (2006) - PIXAR Theatrical Cartoon

CotD: Spun off from PIXAR’s Cars film, “Mater And The Ghost­light” brought sec­ondary char­ac­ter Tow Mater into the (lime) light

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The Incredibles (2004) — PIXAR Theatrical Feature Film


The Incredibles (2004) - PIXAR Theatrical Feature Film

CotD: The first PIXAR film with human char­ac­ters, “The Incred­i­bles” was a won­der­ful mix of James Bond and PIXAR

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Next Pixar features to focus on dinosaurs, brain

Pixar Animation Studio

Dinosaurs and the mys­ter­ies of the human brain will be the sub­jects of Pixar Ani­ma­tion Stu­dios’ next two fea­tures, sched­uled for release in 2013 and 2014.

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Disney and Pixar ending boycott of Annie Awards

Disney

Dis­ney and Pixar will be among the com­pa­nies sub­mit­ting entries for this year’s Annie Awards, end­ing their with­drawal from the prizes, Hol­ly­wood online news site TheWrap has learned.

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Luxo Jr. (1986) — Theatrical Cartoon

Luxo Jr. (1986) - Theatrical Cartoon

CotD: It all started with “Luxo Jr.” the first major short from PIXAR stu­dios and the sym­bol of the studio ~

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Cars 2″ toys drive Mattel’s second-quarter income

Cars 2

Mat­tel Inc.‘s second-quarter net income has jumped by 56%, thanks in part to toys based on Cars 2.

The largest United States toy maker said last Fri­day that sales of play sets and cars con­nected with Pixar-Disney’s lat­est film are sell­ing even more than Toy Story 3 play­things did when they came out last year.
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