Tag "Ratatouille"

Lasseter Unveils Pixar Stamps at D23

August 22, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan 4 Comments divider image

Walt Disney Studios and Pixar Animation Studios chief creative officer John Lasseter was joined by deputy postmaster general Ronald Stroman at top Disney fan event D23 Expo over the weekend to unveil the new USPS Send a Hello Forever stamp series. Characters from five popular Disney/Pixar movies grace the Send [...]

Giant Robots, Firemen and Classic Re-issues Out on Disc

July 5, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Robots, children’s titles and re-issues dominate this week’s animated home video releases. Up first is Transformers — The Japanese Collection: Headmasters (Shout! Factory, $29.96), offering a unique look into the original animated series that spawned the current box-office king feature film Transformers: Dark of the Moon. And if giant robots in [...]

‘Cars 2′ Co-Director Brad Lewis Heads to Digital Domain

June 29, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Having navigated Pixar’s Cars 2 to the finish line as co-director to John Lasseter, Brad Lewis has signed on to directed original animated feature films for Digital Domain Media Group’s Tradition Studios. Lewis comes to Digital Domain after 10 years at Pixar racking up credits that include producing the Oscar-winning [...]

‘Cars 2′ Crosses the Finish Line with Huge Lead

June 27, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Disney-Pixar’s Cars 2 raced to a strong finish in its opening weekend with $68 million in ticket sales, handily beating out its predecesor. The opening weekend gross for the film handily beat out the $60 million opening weekend take for 2006′s Cars, as well as the openings for fellow Pixar [...]

USPS Unveils Pixar Stamps for Summer

December 30, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The United States Postal Service is honoring the films of Pixar with a set of postage stamps that will go on sale Aug. 19. The stamps will be sold in a pane of 20 featuring five different images from Pixar films: Lightning McQueen and Mater from Cars (2006) Remy the [...]