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‘Finding Nemo’ Sequel Gets Name and Release Date
Disney and Pixar announced today that the much anticipated sequel to the 2003 Oscar-winning feature Finding Nemo will be released on Nov. 25, 2015. The new pic, which will be directed by Andrew Stanton and feature Ellen DeGeneres reprising her role as the friendly and forgetful blue tang fish will [...]
Al Jazeera Children’s Channel to Offer Disney Content
Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) recently announced a new free TV agreement with Disney, Middle East and North Africa (MENA). JCC, a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, has acquired the rights to a selection of Disney’s most popular kids and family content, including Disney and [...]
Studiocanal Packs for ‘French Riviera’
French company Studiocanal has joined forces with Les Armateurs to produce the upcoming animated feature French Riviera, reports Variety. Based on a story by graphic artist Richard Zielenkiewicz (aka Monsieur Z), the film also showcases a script by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow (Toy Story). The action-adventure pic, which mixes [...]
Hot Discs: Pixar’s ‘Brave’ and ‘Short Films Vol. 2'
It’s a big Pixar week on the home entertainment front as the studio’s acclaimed summer hit Brave and its Short Films Collection Vol. 2 become available on Blu-ray and DVD this Tuesday (Nov. 11). Directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman, this lavishly animated feature centers on the red-haired Scottish [...]
Pixar’s Buried Treasures
Among my favorite things to discover and write about are “Easter eggs:” the little hidden references and in-jokes that crop up in practically everything that has ever been animated. Back in 2003, while researching an article about the Pizza Planet Truck, which has appeared in a cameo in nearly every [...]
‘Toy Story of Terror’ Set for 2013
Good news, toybox fans! More delightful Toy Story adventures featuring Buzz, Woody and the gang are set to come to the small screen in the coming years. While Pixar has kept the characters alive with a series of brilliant CG theatrical shorts (Hawaiian Vacation with Cars 2, Small Fry with [...]
Pixar’s ‘Nemo’ 3D Re-release Hooks $17M in Debut
More than $17 million poured in the box office coffers this weekend for Disney-Pixar’s release of Finding Nemo in 3D. A solid showing, it still was only good enough for second place for the weekend. The winner this weekend was Resident Evil: Retribution. Based on the popular video game series, [...]
Audiences Get Chance to Find Pixar’s ‘Nemo’ in 3D
Nemo’s back, and he’s so excited he’s about to pop right off the screen. The stereoscopic 3D re-release of the Pixar blockbuster Finding Nemo leads the major theatrical releases this week and looks to pick up business after a lackluster showing in recent weeks. The movie was first released in [...]
First Look at 3rd ‘Toy Story Toon’: ‘Partysaurus Rex’
Rex, the plastic dinosaur, faces the greatest threat of all time — bath time — in Partysaurus Rex, the most-recent Toy Story Toon short, set to play in front of the Sept. 14 release of Pixar’s Finding Nemo 3D. “If you’re a bath toy you get really intense playtime. It’s [...]
2012 SIGGRAPH Must-Sees
With the 39th annual conference and exhibit running August 5-9 in the Los Angeles Convention Center, there’s plenty for CG fanatics and technophiles to check out. Here’s our list of can’t-miss confab events. Electronic Theater: Enjoy the year’s most impressive CG feats in short films, commercials, music videos and more [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
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