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Weekend Report: 'Revenge of the Fallen' Rises with Optimal Debut

29 June 2009 3:10 PM, PDT | From Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen sent shock waves with the first mega-blockbuster launch of the year, rocketing to $109 million over the weekend. With such a massive movie debuting, overall weekend business surged past $200 million, which was up eight percent from the same weekend last year and was a new high for a June weekend. Ravaging approximately 10,000 screens at 4,234 sites, Revenge of the Fallen logged the biggest June opening weekend ever as well as the highest-grossing non-holiday, non-Friday opening weekend, and it ranked seventh overall. With $200.1 million* since its Wednesday debut, the picture scored the second-largest five-day start of all time behind The Dark Knight's $203.8 million. The first Transformers' opening weekend came in at $70.5 million, and it didn't cross $200 million until its 12th day. What's more, Revenge had the biggest IMAX weekend ever: included in its grosses was $11.7 million at 169 IMAX locations (for $14.4 million in five days), topping former title

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Secrets of 'Toy Story 3' Teased

28 June 2009 10:10 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

While "Toy Story 3" teaser trailer outed previously didn't give any idea what to expect from the Disney/Pixar animation, animator Angus MacLane opens up about a few details of the third "Toy Story" movie. In an exclusive interview with Sci Fi Wire in Burbank, California, the director of short film "Burn-e" shared that the approach of the film will be coming from "the standpoint of [Andy] has grown up".

Though the movie's basic idea is that Andy has become an adult, MacLane furthermore noted that Andy's room will still be included in the film. "I can tell you Andy's room is in the movie. That's about all I can say," he said, not mentioning in details whether the room will be Andy's room people are familiar with or it will have a new setup.

Additionally, he also discussed about the new characters. "Oh, I've had a lot of fun with new characters,

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Pixar Promises a Mature and Classy 'Toy Story 3'

28 June 2009 4:03 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

When Toy Story 3 was announced to the wider world thanks to that little teaser before Up, a lot of people groaned. I don't know of a single person who hates either of the Toy Story films, and I don't think it's too mushy to say that they hold a pretty special place in everybody's heart. You don't want to see that watered down and exploited.

Thankfully, it's Pixar at the helm rather than sequel-squeezing Disney, and they assure everyone that the third installment will actually bring closure to the series. SciFi Wire caught up with animator Angus MacLane at the Saturn Awards (he was responsible for Burn-e, and has been with Pixar since Toy Story 2 where he created the crazy Buzz clone), and he spilled a few secrets on the newest adventures of Buzz and Woody. To the surprise of no one that saw Up, their final installment will be a bittersweet one.

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Elisabeth Rappe

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Box Office Beat Down: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Owns the Weekend with Another $112 Million

28 June 2009 8:22 AM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

Weekend Box Office

1) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $112 million

2) The Proposal $18.4 million

3) The Hangover $17.2 million

4) Up $13 million

5) My Sister's Keeper $12 million

6) Year One $5.8 million

7) The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 $5.4 million

8) Star Trek $3.6 million

9) Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian $3.5 million

10) Away We Go $1.6 million

As most suspected, Michael Bay's giant robot sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen owned the weekend, earning a little over $112 million. Though it broke many new records, it failed to live up to studio expectations, becoming only the seventh highest grossing opener in cinematic history. Clearly, it was no match for the The Dark Knight, which took in $158 million when it opened in July of last year. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen had the second highest opening day earnings of all time with $60.6 million. The Dark Knight still holds the record with $67 million. As for firsts, Bay's latest action extravaganza, which stars Shia Labeouf and Megan Fox,

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‘The Matrix’ To ‘The Dark Knight’: Oscar Best Picture Near-Misses Of The Past Decade

25 June 2009 1:30 PM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

Yesterday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the Best Picture category centerpiece at the yearly Oscar awards show will be expanded to include 10 nominees. We MTV Movies Team staffers were not amused.

In the wake of the announcement, many accusations surfaced that this move is nothing more than a ratings ploy. For many, the allegations spring from the fact that “The Dark Knight” — a universally regarded hit and currently the fourth-highest grossing film of all time — was snubbed for a Best Pic nomination. That got me thinking about all of the other incredible films which have fallen victim to Oscar politics over the years…

2008 — Is anyone really going to dispute that “The Dark Knight” should have taken home a statue? Or at least gotten a shot at taking home a statue? No? I didn’t think so. Moving on…

2007 — There are plenty to choose from in

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‘Revenge Of The Fallen’ Franchises: Five Sequels That Don’t Suck

25 June 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

by John Constantine

I hear the same complaint every summer: why are there so many sequels!? Don’t these movie-maker people have any original ideas? How about some new movies already? Look, everyone. Sequels are awesome. We’ve known this about popular fiction since popular fiction was invented. Long before Optimus Prime rolled out in “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” creators and audiences have been itching to return to their favorite characters and stories.

Just look at Cervantes. The guy created the modern novel. His “Don Quixote” was the 17th century equivalent to the summer blockbuster. Know what the guy did ten years after writing it? He wrote part two! Continuing adventures are coded into the very DNA of modern entertainment. The only problem is that they rarely live up to their predecessors. Here are the five movie sequels that not only met expectations, but exceeded them.

Aliens

In film,

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In My Opinion: Ranking Pixar's First Ten Films

15 June 2009 3:54 AM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Ranking Pixar's First Ten Films I wanted to post this list the same week Pixar's Up hit theaters, but I didn't want to put it together before rewatching a few of the Pixar films I hadn't watched for some time. Most notably was Monsters, Inc., which I had only seen once and definitely needed to revisit. I also rewatched Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life, Cars and Finding Nemo. Yeah, it's been all Pixar all the time for the past week around my house and I'm not complaining. Now, let's see how things worked out... A Bug's Life (1998) I rewatched this one when Disney released it on Blu-ray last month and I while I still like this film I was surprised at how simple the story is considering how much more elaborate Pixar storytelling has gotten. A Bug's Life is a cute little movie with cute characters and

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Venice Film Festival 2009: Giuseppe Tornatore’s BAARÌA to open 66th Festival

12 June 2009 3:12 AM, PDT | From TwitchFilm.net | See recent Twitch news

God know’s how many Twitch writers “work” on the always thoroughly Twitch reported Toronto International Film Festival. Shortly before that party starts though, another one takes place at the other side of the ocean: la Mostra Internationale d’Arte Cinematografica, also known as the Venice International Film Festival. GhibliWorld’s Peter van der Lugt will be present to cover it for Twitch, and this is the first news he provides us with:

 

This year Venice, already in its the 66th edition and prolonged with yet another festival direction by Marco Müller, will be handing out life time achievement awards to John Lasseter and the other Pixar directors. Furthermore announced are world premiere screenings of “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2” in 3D, excerpt previews of “The Princess and the Frog” and an extensive Disney • Pixar Animation Master Class. The rest of Venice’s program is yet to be revealed,

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Pixar Planning Monsters, Inc. 2?

8 June 2009 4:04 PM, PDT | From newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news

At the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, Disney/Pixar told buyers behind closed doors to expect a sequel to 2001’s Monsters, Inc. According to Jim Hill, they were sworn to secrecy at the exclusive preview, but the news was too good to keep quiet.

There has been no confirmation since the leak, but Pixar is likely preparing an official announcement soon.  In the meantime, they want to keep attentions focused on Up, which continues to stack up the big bucks from theaters.

Pixar staff and Monsters, Inc. co-director Pete Docter have been coy when asked about the possibility of returning to Monstropolis, saying things like, “I can not confirm nor deny” and “We’ve got a couple of ideas.”

Chief Creative Officer for Disney/Pixar John Lasseter has even gone as far as insisting the studio is “not in the business of making sequels.”  Toy Story 2 was the only

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Monsters, Inc. Sequel in the Works?

8 June 2009 2:12 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

Flying high on the critical and box-office success of Disney/Pixar’s latest masterpiece, Up director Pete Docter could easily be forgiven for taking some time off to revel in his achievement. Of course, taking breaks has never been popular at Pixar, so it’s no surprise to hear that Docter is already back at work on an all-but confirmed sequel to Disney/Pixar’s 2001 film, Monsters, Inc.

 

Slash Film, working off of information from Jim Hill, recently reported that buyers attending the 2009 Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas were treated to a preview session of Disney/Pixar’s upcoming features, one of which was Pete Docter’s Monsters, Inc. 2. It is important to note that a sequel has yet to be confirmed by Pixar, so this report should still be taken as speculative, but it is exciting news nonetheless.

While the cynic might decry Pixar for opting to produce

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Rob Frappier

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Pixar Sequels Are Go!

8 June 2009 1:15 AM, PDT | From EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news

 It was apparently top secret info, told in confidence to buyers at the Licencing International Expo 2009 (a Las Vegas trade fair where studios hawk their upcoming wares), but the news that a sequel to Monsters Inc. is in development at Pixar, alongside Cars 2 and Toy Story 3, could not be contained. There are few other details as yet, aside from the fact of original director Pete Docter's involvement. Docter's Up is currently doing rather well on Us screens, and we're intrigued to see what he can do with the same characters a few years on. After all, Pixar's only sequel to date was the utterly ace Toy Story 2, so there's a high bar there to vault over. The same source also reports that Disney / Bruckheimer Western The Lone Ranger has now taken precedence over Pirates of the Caribbean 4, which has been bumped to summer 2012. Yo-ho Silver!

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Pixar`s Lucky Charm

5 June 2009 12:21 PM, PDT | From SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news

Back in 1995 John Ratzenberger became a part of history as one of the voices in the first animated feature done entirely by computer. That film was Pixar's Toy Story and ever since, Ratzenberger has made a small cameo in every single one of Pixar's 13 feature films. Abominable Snowman - Monsters Inc. Toy Story was the auspicious beginning to a mutually rewarding relationship. The company since has dubbed Ratzenberger their good luck charm having him reprise his role as Hamm in Toy Story 2 and playing P.T. Flea in A Bug's Life, the snow monster Yeti in Monsters, Inc., the monkfish school in Finding Nemo, The Underminer in The Incredibles and even Mack in Cars. This summer with the release of Up, John Ratzenburger continues his relationship with Pixar and returns as Construction Foreman Tom Mustafa - Ratatouille / Hamm - Toy Story 1,2 & 3 / P.T. the Flea - A Bug's Life

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Can Pixar make a movie with a girl who isn't a princess?

5 June 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | From AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news

If you haven’t already stumbled across the letter from NPR's Linda Holmes to Pixar, read it now. It’s worth a few minutes of your time.

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Wasn’t that worth it?

I love the tone of “Dear Pixar, From All The Girls With Band-Aids On Their Knees” and I wholeheartedly second its message. Fundamentally, Holmes thinks Pixar movies are great, but that doesn’t mean she’s willing to give them a pass for being all about the boys. And so I echo her plaintive request to the powers-that-be at Pixar:

Please make a movie about a girl who is not a princess. Holmes lays out the history quite simply:

Of the ten movies you've released so far, ten of them have central characters who are boys or men, or who are anthropomorphized animals or robots

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Coppola: "The Godfather" Should Have Stayed One Movie

3 June 2009 11:47 PM, PDT | From JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news

Well, this is certainly interesting. When discussing sequels and how inferior they are to the first movie, people often point to The Godfather: Part II as the go-to proof that a sequel doesn't have to suck. I too like to name that movie, along with The Road Warrior and Toy Story 2, to give examples of sequels that can be better than the original.

Francis Ford Coppola apparently disagrees, believing that the story of the Corleones should have ended with the first movie, and that II and III should not have been made.

In a new interview with Movieline, Coppola debunks the developing of a fourth film, while admitting that the Godfather sequels were more or less cash-ins.

"I don’t think Godfather ever should have had more than one movie, actually. It was not a serial, it was a drama. The first movie wrapped up everything. To make more

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Arya Ponto

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Weekly Poll Results: Best Pixar Movie

3 June 2009 9:12 AM, PDT | From FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news

Well last week's poll definitely got a lot of people talking, but when the dust settled, Wall-e ended up being voted the #1 Pixar movie to date followed closely by The Incredibles. It's no surprise to see Cars and A Bug's Life down at the bottom of the list, but I can't believe Toy Story 2 was so far down there. When it came out, most people seemed to agree that it improved on the original... still, I suppose the original gets points for being the first feature-length computer animated movie Ever. So anyway, now that many of you have seen Up, where do you think that should fit into the list? 1. Wall-e -- 24.1% 2. The Incredibles -- 22.7% 3. Toy Story -- 18.4% 4. Monsters, Inc. -- 10.7% 5. Ratatouille -- 9.5% 5. Finding Nemo -- 9.5% 7. Toy Story 2 -- 2.9% 8. A Bug's Life -- 1.2% 9. Cars -- 1%

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The Geek Beat: Just So Stories

2 June 2009 11:15 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

I'm not going to review Up because it would be the umpteenth review you've read in a handful of days, and it's not as though I'm going to be the one sour lemon of the bunch. Please. It's Pixar. Hating one of their films is like hating your own mom.

But I think Up is more than a fantastic movie. I think it might go down as an important moment of animation, storytelling, film making, and even this nebulous thing called "geekdom." That's a lot to put on its helium-hoisted shoulders, I'll grant you, but the reaction surrounding the film isn't something I've seen from any Pixar effort yet. This is something special, and my first thought when the credits rolled was "This wasn't for kids. Pixar has grown up ... and this movie makes me cry because I've grown up."

I'm starting to see their films as the story of fandom,

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Elisabeth Rappe

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Weekend Report: 'Up' Lifts Pixar to Tenth Smash

1 June 2009 12:19 PM, PDT | From Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news

Pixar's commercial track record ballooned to a sensational ten for ten with the release of Up. The adventure comedy swooped in with a $68.1 million start on approximately 6,700 screens at 3,766 sites, handily perched atop a weekend that grossed a bit less as a whole than the same timeframe last year when Sex and the City dominated. In the pantheon of Pixar debuts, Up slots in third place, behind The Incredibles and Finding Nemo and ahead of Wall-e, which opened to $63.1 million last year and closed with a $223.8 million total. However, adjusted for ticket price inflation, Up would rank fifth as Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc. would rate significantly higher. When those pictures came out, though, computer animation was a fresher format and not dime a dozen like it seems to be today. Pixar has held up as a brand by focusing on story over spectacle, celebrity voices and pop culture references.

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Easter Eggs in Pixar’s Up

31 May 2009 9:35 PM, PDT | From /Film | See recent /Film news

Pixar loves to hide Easter eggs in their films, little references to movies and characters from the animation studio's past and future. Last year we put together a compilation of Wall-e easter eggs, so I thought we'd do the same thing for Pixar's new film Up. If you haven't seen the film, be warned that this article references scenes from the film which may be considered spoilers. John Ratzenberger has made an appearance in every since Pixar movie to date. He's considered the animation studio's good luck charm. He appeared as Hamm in Toy Story and Toy Story 2, Pt Flea in A Bug's Life, the Abominable Snowman in Monsters, Inc, the Moonfish school in Finding Nemo, the Underminer in The Incredibles, Mack in Cars, Mustafa in Ratatouille, and John the human in Wall-e. In Up he voices the construction worker from the first act of the film named Construction Foreman Tom.

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'Up' Soars to the Box Office's Top

31 May 2009 9:13 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

Pixar have once again dominated the North American box office, placing their latest animation "Up" at the top slot of the revenue chart. With opening bow being estimated at around $68.2 million, the family adventure film became the tenth Pixar movie to land atop the chart and maintained the studio's perfect box-office track record, scoring ten for ten.

Among Pixar movies, this Pete Docter-directed animation is the studio's third highest debut behind "Finding Nemo" and "The Incredibles", but still ahead of "Wall-e" which opened to $63.1 million. If the ticket price inflation is taken into consideration, however, "Up" slid to fifth place since "Toy Story 2" and "Monsters, Inc." would rate significantly higher.

As for the film's success nabbing the #1 slot despite concern over its geriatric action hero, Mark Zoradi, the president of the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, said, "An elderly gentleman and a young boy traveling off to South

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Toy Story 3 Teaser Trailer

31 May 2009 6:11 PM, PDT | From Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news

Tom Hanks and Tim Allen return as the voices of Woody and Buzz Lightyear, a couple of toys that come to life when the humans aren’t watching. Aka “Toy Story”. Part 3 is on the horizon, scheduled for a June 10, 2010 release. Here’s your first look at the third installment’s teaser trailer. Woody, Buzz, and the rest of their toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, departs for college. Featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Michael Keaton, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Ned Beatty, Jodi Benson, Don Rickles, and Estelle Harris. Lee Unkrich, who co-directed “Toy Story 2″, “Finding Nemo”, and “Monsters Inc”, directs from a script by Michael Arndt. The trailer in high-def over at Apple.com.

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