Pixar and Discovery Chronicle the 'Reign of the Dinosaurs'

9 April 2010 2:32 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Speculation on what the guys at Pixar are up to is always a popular topic around these parts, and when website Gordon and the Whale speculated last summer that the next project in the animation company's queue might be something involving dinosaurs, we all got excited. The basis for that hypothesis centered on a series of dinosaur-themed concept art featured in the background on one of Up's special features. The idea became even more plausible when we learned that animator Austin Madison and character sculptor Greg Dykstra had taken several animators on a field trip to archaeological sites at the Black Hills Institute in South Dakota. What could it all mean?

Turns out it means almost exactly what we suspected. Pixar's next project involves teaming up with The Discovery Channel to create a program entitled Reign of the Dinosaurs!. Sure, it's not the feature-length dino-flick we were all anticipating, but »

- Alison Nastasi

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