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What's The Word On 'Monsters U'?
17 June 2013 8:20 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
In Pixar's "Monsters University," a prequel to 2001 "Monsters, Inc.," our expert "scarers" to be – the wisecracking pipsqueak Mike Wazowski and the burly James B. Sullivan – are college freshmen with high aspirations.
Pixar, too, knows something about expectations. Thanks to the gentle poetry of "Up," the cosmic romance of "Wall-e" and the unlikely artist portrait of "Ratatouille" (not to mention others), the mantle is high for Pixar, a paragon of pop culture.
But lately, the studio hasn't been living up to its uniquely high standard. "Monsters University" follows two subpar efforts, "Cars 2" and "Brave," both of which lacked Pixar's usual inventiveness. The digital animation outfit, it turned out, is human after all.
"Monsters University" is neither a bold return to form nor another misfire, but a charming, colorful coming-of-age tale that would be a less qualified success for all but Pixar. The profusion of sequels is indeed dismaying for a »
- AP
Watch Two Impressive Animated Films ‘Monsters University’ Director Dan Scanlon Made in High School
16 June 2013 10:00 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
This is another edition of Short Starts, where we present a weekly short film(s) from the start of a filmmaker or actor’s career. Dan Scanlon has worked at Pixar for almost twelve years (he started the day before 9/11), and it’s taken this long for him to direct his first solo effort for the studio, Monsters University. Actually, though, that’s not a very long time to wait, especially considering he’s the youngest person there to helm a feature (he turns 37 two days after the movie hits theaters). Prior to this, he co-directed the 2006 Cars short Mater and the Ghostlight with John Lasseter and had been a storyboard artist on Cars, Toy Story 3 and Disney DVD sequels The Little Mermaid II and 101 Dalmatians II and was on the senior creative team for Brave. In 2009, Scanlon put out his award-winning feature debut, a non-Pixar-based live-action mockumentary he stars in titled Tracy, which »
- Christopher Campbell
Monsters University Movie Review
14 June 2013 12:11 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Title: Monsters University Directed by: Dan Scanlon Starring: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, Nathan Fillion, Charlie Day, Aubrey Plaza, Alfred Molina, Tyler Labine, Joel Murray, Sean Hayes, Dave Foley, Peter Sohn There are those who believe that Pixar is in a state of decline, mainly due to their ability to dip their hand into the pool of their earlier films and make a couple of sequels. Between that and the mixed response for their previous summer film “Brave,” a lot of movie-goers have waned on their confidence that Pixar is still capable of being a collection of A-grade storytellers whose combined talent with CG animation put them [ Read More ]
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- Melissa Molina
Lucasfilm Developing Animated Feature with Former Pixar Director
13 June 2013 12:55 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
In a recent interview with Animation Magazine, Brave co-director Brenda Chapman revealed that she just finished working on an animated movie at Lucasfilm. That movie is being directed by Gary Rydstrom, who directed the Toy Story short Hawaiian Vacation. He was also directing the animated movie Newt at one point, which ended up being shut down. Most of his career has been as an Oscar winning movie sound designer though. Looks like he's moved on to bigger and better things! Here's what Chapman had to say about the new Lucasfilm project in development:
I have been working on a project with Lucas for quite some time — about six months. When Lucasfilm was handed over to Kathleen Kennedy, she asked me to consult on the film to help solve its story problems. It was an opportunity for me to work with her. I felt honored to be asked by her, after what happened at Pixar. »
- Joey Paur
Gary Rydstrom Now Directing Mysterious LucasFilm Animation Project That Brenda Chapman Was Once Involved With
12 June 2013 7:44 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Oh, the tangled web of feature animation. When Brenda Chapman, who had directed "Prince of Egypt" and was set to become the first female director of a Pixar feature, was fired from "Brave" 18 months before it was set to be released, after a contentious (sometimes outright hostile) production period, she regrouped at Lucasfilm Animation, working as a creative advisor on an unspecified feature film project. When Disney acquired Lucasfilm, it seemed to most that Chapman would quietly move along too, and she has, but not before finishing up work on the Lucasfilm project and passing it along to a more-than-worthy successor. She also spills some details about what she's working on now.Before Disney's acquisition, scuttlebutt was that Lucasfilm was working on an animated feature centered around the world of fairies and that it would be a musical, but not an original one – it would feature well known, expensively licensed pop songs. »
- Drew Taylor
Top Ten 3D Animated Movies Your Kids Should See Before They Grow Up
12 June 2013 7:37 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
5- Finding Nemo (2003)
A heartbreaking and heartwarming movie about clownfish, 2003’s Finding Nemo had audiences glued to the screen. A story about a son taken from his father, and the lengths a dad would go to save his only child, Finding Nemo was a fast favorite. Exploring both life under water, and unlikely relationships, this film still had fans begging for a sequel ten years later. Much to everyone’s excitement, Disney and Pixar have finally listened to our plea and a Finding Dory is slated to come out in 2015.
4- Monsters Inc. (2001)
Who doesn’t remember being afraid of the monster in the closet when they were a kid? Worried that just as you were about to fall asleep, it would pop its gruesome head out and come for you in the night. Well according to 2001’s Monsters Inc. that’s exactly what happens. A story about an organization »
- Caitlin Marceau
Film Review: ‘Monsters University’
9 June 2013 9:00 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Not even attempting to scale the heights of Pixar past, “Monsters University” finds Disney’s toon studio operating at a pleasantly middling level of artistic achievement. Tracing the friendship of scarer-in-chief Sulley and one-eyed sidekick Mike Wazowski back to its college-rivalry roots, this zippy, colorful, bright-minded prequel scarcely needed to exist, yet makes for perfectly agreeable entertainment now that it does. Given that 2001’s “Monsters, Inc.” remains one of the studio’s top B.O. earners, Pixar’s 14th animated feature can be counted on to eek out similarly robust biz among family audiences, who will respond warmly to the easy, ingratiating comic sensibility at play here.
While Pixar’s recent output includes at least one underrated original (“Brave”) and one undisputed triumph (“Toy Story 3”), the company’s increasing reliance on sequels and spinoffs bears out the idea that even Hollywood’s most reliable creative entities must resort to cannibalizing themselves sooner or later. »
- Justin Chang
Monsters University review
9 June 2013 2:20 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Review Louisa Mellor 10 Jun 2013 - 05:52
Campus comedy with a heart, Pixar's Monsters University, is funny, terrific-looking, and a treat for fans of the original…
A dozen years after we first met Mike and Sulley in Pixar’s impressive, imaginative Monsters Inc., the duo is back for a college years prequel. First up, let’s allay the doubts of franchise-cynics by saying that the film works. As an entertaining family comedy and a touching how-did-they-get-there story, it works.
By focusing on Mike Wasowski’s quest to cast himself against type as a Scarer, Monsters University defines a clear emotional through-line that leads to an unexpected message. When you wish upon a star, do your dreams come true? Not in this picture. Sometimes, wishing and hard work just isn’t enough. Sometimes, you have to fail and adapt.
Described by producer Kori Rae as the first U-rated campus comedy, the college »
- louisamellor
Disney and Pixar confirm animated releases until 2018
29 May 2013 10:43 PM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
News Simon Brew 30 May 2013 - 06:41
We know when to expect a raft of new Disney and Pixar animated movies now. We just don't know what they are...
With Walt Disney Animation Studios now firing strongly off the back of hits such as Tangled and Wreck-It Ralph, the broader Disney studio now has in place two outlets delivering a major animated motion picture every year. The Animation Studios has been doing one (this year's release: Frozen), and Pixar has, of course, been doing the other (with Monsters University arriving shortly).
The studio has now revealed a whole host of upcoming release dates for its next projects, although what it's not done is told us just what they are. So let's go through the dates first, before we do a bit of guess work.
4 March 2016: Untitled Disney animation
17 June 2016: Untitled Pixar animation
23 November 2016: Untitled Disney animation
16 June 2017: »
- simonbrew
Disney Princesses: Ranking Merida, Snow White & More as Role Models
28 May 2013 7:25 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
Every year it seems there's a new controversy about the Disney Princesses –- whether it's Peggy Orenstein's scathing indictment of pink-princess mania in the book "Cinderella Ate My Daughter" or the newest kerfuffle over "Brave's" Princess Merida and her makeover from scrappy, wild-haired archer into a sexified Scottish babe. Disney unveiled the curvier, older-looking rendition of Merida in time for the Pixar character's official "coronation" as a Disney Princess on May 11 –- angering not only many fans but the movie's writer and co-director, Brenda Chapman. The Academy Award-winning animator, who based Merida's look on her own daughter, Emma, told the Marin Independent Journal that Disney's "makeover" was "a blatantly sexist marketing move based on money." The Merida makeover sparked such a backlash that Disney has since stated the stylized version was a one-off to celebrate the coronation (as well as a limited-edition set of merchandise), and that the »
- Sandie Chen
Disney Princesses: Ranking Merida, Snow White & More as Role Models
28 May 2013 3:25 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
Every year it seems there's a new controversy about the Disney Princesses -- whether it's Peggy Orenstein's scathing indictment of pink-princess mania in the book "Cinderella Ate My Daughter" or the newest kerfuffle over "Brave's" Princess Merida and her makeover from scrappy, wild-haired archer into a sexified Scottish babe.
Disney unveiled the curvier, older-looking rendition of Merida in time for the Pixar character's official "coronation" as a Disney Princess on May 11 -- angering not only many fans but the movie's writer and co-director, Brenda Chapman.
The Academy Award-winning animator, who based Merida's look on her own daughter, Emma, told the Marin Independent Journal that Disney's "makeover" was "a blatantly sexist marketing move based on money." The Merida makeover sparked such a backlash that Disney has since stated the stylized version was a one-off to celebrate the coronation (as well as a limited-edition set of merchandise), and that the »
- Sandie Chen
Disney Princesses: Ranking Merida, Snow White & More as Role Models
28 May 2013 3:25 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
Every year it seems there's a new controversy about the Disney Princesses -- whether it's Peggy Orenstein's scathing indictment of pink-princess mania in the book "Cinderella Ate My Daughter" or the newest kerfuffle over "Brave's" Princess Merida and her makeover from scrappy, wild-haired archer into a sexified Scottish babe.
Disney unveiled the curvier, older-looking rendition of Merida in time for the Pixar character's official "coronation" as a Disney Princess on May 11 -- angering not only many fans but the movie's writer and co-director, Brenda Chapman.
The Academy Award-winning animator, who based Merida's look on her own daughter, Emma, told the Marin Independent Journal that Disney's "makeover" was "a blatantly sexist marketing move based on money." The Merida makeover sparked such a backlash that Disney has since stated the stylized version was a one-off to celebrate the coronation (as well as a limited-edition set of merchandise), and that the »
- Sandie Chen
'Star Trek' Sound Mixer Will Files Talks Dolby Atmos
23 May 2013 6:28 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
If you plan to catch a Dolby Atmos mixed film--such as Star Trek Into Darkness or Epic--in an Atmos equipped theater this weekend, here’s more about the use of the format, as explained by Star Trek’s re-recording mixer Will Files of Skywalker Sound. Atmos is Dolby’s immersive sound system that debuted a year ago with Disney/Pixar’s Brave, a mix on which Files also worked. Since then, the sound system has been used or scheduled for use on roughly 40 features, including Epic, which opens this weekend, as well as upcoming Man of Steel, Monsters University, The Heat,
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- Carolyn Giardina
New Monsters University Trailer Has Mike And Sully Partying College-Style
22 May 2013 12:25 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Pixar has been quite dependable when it comes to having yearly feature releases. The studio has put out one film a year since 2006, a stretch that has included movies like Cars, Ratatouille, Wall-e, Up, Toy Story 3, Cars 2, and Brave, and this year will be no different. Next month Pixar will, after a long wait, finally deliver the Monsters Inc. prequel Monsters University to theaters, and it's a reason to celebrate. And why not do so with the backing track in this brand new trailer, courtesy of Apple? The new spot for the film is titled "It All Began Here" and the song (according to Coming Soon) is called "Roar," a new release from Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso of Swedish House Mafia. The song will be featured on the movie's soundtrack, which is currently available for pre-order and will be released on June 18th. Directed by Dan Scanlon, Monsters University »
More Rules Changes for the 86th Academy Awards
21 May 2013 3:37 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Oscar 2014: (Flexible) maximum of two winners in Best Animated Feature Film category (photo: 2013 Best Animated Feature winner Brave) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced another rule change for the 2014 Academy Awards. This latest change affects the Animated Feature Film category. According to the Academy’s press release, from now on there will be "a maximum of two award recipients" for Best Animated Feature Film, one of whom must have a producer credit. And that’s where things get a bit confusing. Despite the "maximum of two" Oscar recipients, "the director and/or key creative individual shall continue to be a recipient, and in the circumstance of a two-person team with shared and equal director credit, a third statuette may be awarded." In other words, it’s a flexible two-person maximum. Last year, at most two individuals were listed per nominated film in the Best Animated »
- Andre Soares
Future Animated Film Oscars To Be Shared by Producers
20 May 2013 11:57 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Future recipients of the Oscar for animated feature film will include one producer, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday.
A new tweak to the Oscar rules by the Acad’s Board of Governors reiterated that there would typically be two people honored for each animated feature Oscar, but specified that one would be a producer, alongside the director “and/or key creative individual.”
In the case of a two-person team with shared and equal director credit, the Academy said a third statuette may be awarded.
The most recent animated film Oscar went to “Brave” and its two directors, Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman. »
- Jon Weisman
Academy Changes Rules For Animated Feature Oscar Category
20 May 2013 11:44 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has approved the rules for next year's Oscars, with the most significant change affecting the Animated Feature Film category. In that category, a new rule designates a maximum of two award recipients, one of whom must have a producer credit. "The director and/or key creative individual shall continue to be a recipient, and in the circumstance of a two-person team with shared and equal director credit, a third statuette may be awarded," The Academy noted. This year, a film with two director credits -- "Brave" (shared by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman) -- won the Oscar, and both Andrews and Chapman took a statuette. However, producer Katherine Sarafian did not. Previously announced rules changes for the 86th Academy Awards include allowing members to see the nominated documentary shorts and foreign language films either at a theatrical screening or on DVD. »
- Peter Knegt
Brad Bird Talks 'The Incredibles' Sequel and Why He Turned Down 'Star Wars'
16 May 2013 11:27 AM, PDT | Fandango | See recent Fandango news »
Ask Pixar fans which movie they'd like to see a sequel to and most of them will tell you The Incredibles. With Finding Nemo and Monsters, Inc. releasing sequels over the next few years, The Incredibles remains one of the few movies in Pixar's library that hasn't gotten a second installment. Wall-e, Up, Ratatouille, Brave and A Bug's Life remain the other Pixar features that haven't had a prequel/sequel… yet. The Incredibles director Brad Bird recently spoke with THR about the prospects of a sequel. "I have been thinking about it. People thing that I have not been, but I have. Because I love those character and love that world. I am stroking my chin and scratching my head. I have many, many elements that I think would work really well in another...
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Disney Buckles Under 'Sexy Merida' Backlash
16 May 2013 9:40 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
So apparently the suits at Disney have given up and are like, "Fiiiiine, we'll make Merida an un-hot ginger."
The controversy, which first reared its head earlier this week when a more slim-trim/glammy Merida from "Brave" was unveiled for her coronation as a Disney World Princess, has resulted in fan outcry that ultimately led the Mouse House to tell Inside the Magic that the redesign was strictly a "one-time stylized version" that will only be used on a "limited line of products" for Target.
While the studio claims the backlash was "blown out of proportion," it's fair to say that when the lady who won an Oscar for "Brave," Brenda Chapman, is calling you out for sexism it might be time to prick up your ears.
Fans have a history of anger at the first sign of change in an iconic character (see Bat nipples in "Batman and Robin, »
- Max Evry
Disney retreats from Princess Merida makeover after widespread criticism
16 May 2013 3:51 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
'Glam' version of character from Pixar animation Brave removed from Disney website after creator describes it as 'horrible'
Disney has been forced to remove a "glammed-up" version of Princess Merida from the Pixar fantasy fairytale Brave from its official website following a high-profile campaign.
Red-headed teenage tomboy Merida had been given a makeover in advance of her induction into the Disney Princess collection, rendering the character slimmer, older and somewhat sexualised in comparison with her appearance in 2012's Oscar-winning animation. More than 200,000 people signed a Change.org petition calling on the studio to return the character to her more realistic origins and the redesign was also criticised by Merida's Oscar-winning creator Brenda Chapman.
While Disney has not officially announced a U-turn, the creator of the Change.org petition says "glam" Merida has gone missing from the Disney Princesses website after being officially inducted at Disney World last weekend.
"Numerous supporters »
- Ben Child
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