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Disney Slating 3-D Releases of Recent Animated Hits

Damon Houx — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:04:50 +0000

The circle of life, indeed. When The Lion King hit theaters in 3-D, the Walt Disney company was not expecting it to be the cash cow that it’s turned into, as the re-release has made nearly $80 Million and isn’t done yet. It’s then no surprise that Disney has now slated four of their classics for re-issue. All in 3-D. Check them out..

Up first is Beauty and the Beast on January 13, 2012 , which will be followed later that year by Finding Nemo on September 14, 2012 . It should be noted that Beast is currently available on 3-D Blu-ray, but a DVD and Blu-ray reissue of The Lion King didn’t hurt that film’s business. Nemo has yet to come to Blu-ray, and at this point, I would target a fall 2012 release date for it – if it worked for The Lion King, they’ll surely do it again.

Monsters, Inc. will be hitting screens January 18, 2013. This is good for everyone as the film’s prequel Monsters University hits June 21, 2013. And then The Little Mermaid is slotted for September 13, 2013.

There are a couple of things to note here. One is that converting computer animated films to 3-D is relatively easy, so slotting The Little Mermaid for last may have more to do with prepping materials. Beauty and the Beast is likely the first to go because it was recently converted for Blu-ray. The other thing to note is that Disney used to reissue their films all the time, a practice that stopped when they didn’t know how to deal with home video. Their reissue strategy is why Disney has pulled their titles off the market and then re-released them a couple years (or sometimes a decade) later. This model has proved very successful for the studio, and helped make their most famous misfire (Fantasia) profitable in the 1960′s.

Which of the four are you most excited for?

Monsters Inc. Sequel Titled Monsters University

Damon Houx — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:03:11 +0000

There’s been a slow trickle of news from CinemaCon, with most of it teaser posters for films from later this year. The biggest bit so far is the official title for the Pixar sequel to Monsters Inc. That title: Monsters University. This also fits with previous information this might be a prequel. Though nothing has been confirmed, the likelihood of John Goodman and Billy Crystal reprising their roles is all but assured (who would say no to Pixar?)

Pixar is rightly revered for their work so far, but – that noted – this bent of doing sequels (and now prequels) is a little disheartening. I’m sure this will be another quality effort from the team, it’s still a little sad that they feel the need to go back to previous films after Toy Story 3 and Cars 2. And this is a dreaded prequel. There’s no getting around that this is partly about keeping the toys and the brand viable.

Monsters Inc. is one of Pixar’s best films, and has aged well over the decade since it came out. But without the “doorways to children” as the central narrative concern and having established how the main character come to change that for the better, it won’t have that great connection to how children process and fall in love with supposedly scary or large things. But the universe of this film was one of the most exciting aspects of the original, and exploring that could be fun.

Cars 2 hits theaters this summer, so work on the film should be well under way, with the film targeted to hit theaters sometime in 2012.

What’s your favorite Pixar? (Mine is Monsters Inc.… Or Ratatouille… or…)

Kathryn Bigelow to be Honored at The Hollywood Awards

craigsternberg — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:43:37 +0000

Let the award season begin! The 13th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood awards have announced that Director Kathryn Bigelow will be honored with the “Hollywood Director Award”, Screenwriter Nora Ephron will be presented with the “Hollywood Screenwriter Award”, Disney/Pixar’s UP will get the “Hollywood Animation Award” and Scott Farrar, visual effects supervisor for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will receive the “Hollywood Visual Effects Award” at the festivals Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony.

The ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 26, 2009.

The Announcement was made by Carlos de Abreu, Founder and Executive Director of the Hollywood Film Festival. “It is a great pleasure to recognize the extraordinary talent of Kathryn Bigelow, Nora Ephron, Peter Docter and Scott Farrar,” said Mr. de Abreu, “and to honor their achievements and contributions to filmmaking.”

Kathryn Bigelow recently directed The Hurt Locker, a film that received great acclaim. Bigelow’s remarkable work has alternated between edgy and art-house fare (The Loveless, Near Dark, The Weight of Water) and Hollywood products (Point Break, Strange Days, K-19: The Widowmaker) throughout a highly regarded career spanning more than 25 years.

Nora Ephron is an academy award nominated screen writer, her credits include films Heartburn, Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail and Bewitched.

Peter Docter is the director and writer of The Walt Disney Studios’/Pixar Animation Studios’ animated feature UP. Docter made his debut as a director on Monsters, Inc. for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He earned another for his original story credit on the Oscar-winning WALL-E.

Scott Farrar has been a part of the special effects super champs, Industrial Light & Magic since 1981 as a camera operator on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and was promoted to visual effects supervisor on Who Framed Roger Rabbit. In 1985, he received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for his work on Cocoon. Since then he has received Oscar nominations for The Chronicles of Narnia, Backdraft, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence and Transformers.

Monster’s Inc 2 in the Works?

Krystal Clark — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:20:39 +0000

This isn’t really a surprise to me, but there are rumors circulating that Pixar is working on a sequel to their hit film, Monster’s Inc. According to /Film several big wig buyers were given the inside scoop on Disney’s future film plans at this year’s Licensing Fair that was held in Las Vegas. Even though these privileged individuals were sworn to secrecy, a few of them spilled the beans that Pete Docter the director of Up, is definitely working on Monster’s Inc. 2.

After the immense success of Up, and it’s domination of the box office two weeks in a row (are we really blown away by this news?), Docter is now the new hot director in town. In the past Docter has toyed with the idea of a Monster’s Inc sequel, and even told audiences at 2008′s Comic Con that “We’ve thought about it… We’ve got a couple of ideas.” This paired with the unofficial confirmations from the Licensing Fair gives us something to think about.

Pixar has already released their upcoming schedule up to 2012, but Monster’s Inc wasn’t mentioned. That leaves the door open for a possible sequel in 2013? News has even spread within the Pixar compound. Their official blog started receiving searches for “‘monsters 2013 pixar” way back in January. The search stemmed from inside the companies own domain, Pixar.com. Even their own workers want to know what’s going on!

Do you think Monster’s Inc 2 is on it’s way? What other Pixar films would you like to see a sequel to?

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