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Category Archives: Pixar

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Pixar

Pixar Sales Demo Reel
(1988)

Here is their sales demo reel from 1988 showing what the studio was producing in the days before character animation took over.

Brave

Awards

“Brave” Wins Golden Globe
by Amid Amidi   Sunday January 13, 2013   11:22 pm
Pixar’s Brave won the Golden Globe tonight for Animated Feature Film.
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Cartoon Culture

Live Action “Toy Story”
by Jerry Beck   Sunday January 13, 2013   2:55 pm
Two guys made a live-action remake of Toy Story, shot-for-shot, using actual toys.
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John Lasseter

Animators

Happy Birthday, John Lasseter
by Amid Amidi   Saturday January 12, 2013   10:41 am
Our best wishes to Pixar’s big boss John Lasseter who turns 56 years old today!
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blue_umbrella

Pixar

FIRST LOOK: Pixar’s “Blue Umbrella” short
by Jerry Beck   Sunday January 6, 2013   10:35 pm
This is exciting – a clip from Pixar’s newest short film, The Blue Umbrella, due for release next summer.
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autotoons

Cartoon Modern

Modern Car-Toons: A Look At Autos In Mid-Century Animation
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday January 1, 2013   10:50 am
Animation can provide a fascinating window into the past. In the 1950s and 60s, cars became a daily part of life and animation …
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stevejobs-toystory

CGI

Steve Jobs Promotes “Toy Story”
by Amid Amidi   Sunday December 30, 2012   11:46 am
Three months before Toy Story was released, Pixar owner Steve Jobs took to the stage at the SIGGRAPH conference and explained …
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Monsters University

Feature Film

Pixar Launches A College Website For Monsters University
by Amid Amidi   Monday October 8, 2012   4:55 pm
Those kids at Pixar sure know how to advertise a film. Today
they launched an authentic-looking Monsters University college …
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andrewstanton

Animators

LA TIMES on Andrew Stanton – and life after “John Carter”
by Jerry Beck   Saturday September 8, 2012   4:00 pm
Whatever you thought of John Carter (Me? I liked it, a lot!),
its director Andrew Stanton is one of the good guys. Full …
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toystorybook

Animators

Two New Books You Gotta Get: “The Toy Story Films” and “Sketchtravel”
by Jerry Beck   Saturday August 18, 2012   1:30 am
This is the story of Pixar, John Lasseter and three of the most
important animated features of the last 20 years. It’s also …
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Animators

Brenda Chapman Talks About “Brave” In “New York Times”
by Amid Amidi   Thursday August 16, 2012   10:38 pm
Now that Brenda Chapman is no longer an employee of Pixar, she
is speaking out for the first time about being removed as the …
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Animators

“Brave” Creator Brenda Chapman Quits Pixar For Lucasfilm
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday August 8, 2012   4:22 pm
From the No-Big-Surprise Department: Brenda Chapman, who
developed Pixar’s Brave and was its original director before …
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John Lasseter in a Tractor

Pixar

Watch John Lasseter Talk To A Perky Kid
by Amid Amidi   Saturday July 21, 2012   10:58 am
The best part is when John Lasseter asks the kid if it knows
about E tickets, which haven’t been used at Disneyland in thirty …
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nemo2

CGI

Pixar Is Making “Finding Nemo 2″
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday July 17, 2012   2:49 pm
Pixar is developing Finding Nemo 2, according to a report on
Deadline Hollywood. Andrew Stanton is on board to direct. …
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Ted

Business

“Ted” Is The Highest-Grossing R-Rated Animated Feature Of All-Time
by Amid Amidi   Sunday July 1, 2012   2:40 pm
Seth MacFarlane’s Ted, featuring a cute animated teddy bear in
the title role, exploded past expectations and grossed an …
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