Posts from — August 2009
What does Disney / Marvel mean for Boom! Studios?
Disney / Marvel deal is the news of the day (See Disney to buy Marvel for $4bn). So what does this mean to the (potential) Boom! Studios deal to publish the new Disney titles and an ongoing comic series of Cars, Wall-E and Toy Story? (We blogged about this recently: Boom! to Serve Up New Toy Story Comic). If Marvel has anything to say about it, probably nothing. Why? Marvel Comics, publishes superhero comics. That’s their bread and butter, and it has worked incredibly well for them over the years.
Read about the comic industries reaction to the deal: More Comic Industry Reaction to Marvel & Disney. Afterwards, please share your thoughts.
August 31, 2009 No Comments
Book: Pixarpedia …Get it Today
Everything you wanted to know and beyond in this complete guide to the world of Pixar was released today. From the production description: From before Toy Story to beyond Up!, this one-of-a-kind encyclopedia captures all the films, shorts, characters, history, and information of Pixar Studios. Thousands of photographs and illustrations combine with behind-thescenes information to form the ultimate Pixarpedia.
Pixar FanBoy posted an early review which you can read over here… Pixarpedia: An Early Review
Published by DK Publishing, you can pick up a copy at Amazon or your favorite book store. ISBN: 9780756654320
August 31, 2009 No Comments
Lego Heart Toy Story
At Comic-Con 2009 the Lego / Toy Story exhibit featured a life size Lego Buzz Lightyear as well as Lego’s new set of Toy Story Mini-figs (minature lego characters) which are to be released just in time for Christmas. With a simple search on Flickr you can see just how popular Buzz was at the conference. I’ve posted previously about the Toy Story Mini-figs.
Life size Buzz photo courtesy of Pizzagirl.
August 28, 2009 No Comments
Pixar Mantra: Make it great.
A wonderful article over at Variety (by Peter Debruge) in conversation with John Lasseter on Pixar’s incredible 10 span feature film winning streak. ”It’s safe to fail.” says Lasseter who then goes on to explain in the article that the trick is to make those mistakes as quickly as possible and move on. At one point the article includes a quote from Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich:
“We fail a lot, we just don’t fail by the time the movie comes out. John would be the first to tell you that every movie we’ve made has been at one point the biggest piece of garbage we’ve ever worked on.”
Read the complete article here: Lasseter preaches fail-safe philosophy
August 28, 2009 No Comments
Double Feature in 3D Wallpapers
About a week ago, in anticipation of the Toy Story double feature event on October 2nd (in glorious 3D), Disney revamped the Toy Story character page. Here are the direct links to your favorite Toy Story character wallpaper (personally, I’ve adorned my desktop with the Aliens).
Woody: iPhone, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200
Buzz: iPhone, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200
Aliens: iPhone, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200
Sarge: iPhone, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200
Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head: iPhone, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200
Rex: iPhone, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200
Jessie: iPhone, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200
Hamm: iPhone, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200
Slinky Dog: iPhone, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200
Instructions for PC:
Click appropriate resolution to load picture. Right-click on the picture and choose “Set As Background” or “Set As Wallpaper.”
Instructions for Mac:
Click appropriate resolution to load picture. Right-click or Control-click on the picture and choose “Set as Desktop Background” or “Use Image as Desktop Picture.”
Instructions for iPhone:
Click appropriate resolution to load picture. Right-click or Control-click on the picture and choose “Add Image to iPhoto Library.”
August 27, 2009 No Comments
Boom! to Serve Up New Toy Story Comic
Comic book maker Boom! Studios will be releasing several new ongoing series including Cars, Wall-E and Toy Story, all of which start with a “zero” issue in November and will be available monthly.
Following up on the hit Toy Story comic mini-series released in June, this new ongoing features all new, never before seen original stories with your favorite Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story characters. Woody and Buzz are back … and Andy, too!
Alan J. Porter will write the Toy Story series with art by Brett Schoonover. You can follow Alan on Twitter @AlanJPorter.
Update: This news is still sitting on the rumor windmill and has not yet been confirmed. Stay tuned for further updates.
August 27, 2009 1 Comment
John Lasseter Demos Definitive Toy Line
Great post over at Pixarfanboy with a video of John Lasseter discussing the definitive new toy line for Toy Story. Check it out: Lasseter on the Toy Story Definitive Toy Line. The Line up was created by Thinkway Toys.
Afterwards, you can subscribe to the Disney Living channel over on YouTube. It’s a seven part series that kicks off today where John will play the part of Vanna White with introductions of these marvelously designed play things.
August 27, 2009 No Comments
Comic-Con 09: Toy Story 3 Plot Details
John Lasseter the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios stands next to Director Lee Unkrich as he shares with the Comic-Con 2009 audience the plot on Toy Story 3.
August 27, 2009 No Comments
Pizza Planet delivers!
If you can’t get enough of that Pizza Planet truck, Wikia has a box full of images on the cameo appearances this delivery vehicle has made in various Pixar projects. License plate number RES1536 and seen in both Toy Story films, there is a bumper sticker on the rear bumper that reads “How’s my driving? Ha ha ha ha ha!”.
They’ve found the truck in almost all Pixar feature films with the exception of The Incredibles (I’ll bet it’s there, somewhere).
Pizza Planet truck - Pixar Wiki
Update: There’s been some debate over at Wikia as to whether a couple of frames in The Incredibles shows the Pizza Planet truck seen on the road while the family is driving to fight the Omnidroid. The colors are right. What do you think?
August 27, 2009 No Comments
Lego does Toy Story!
Still catching up on what might be old news to some – this one from about a month ago compliments of Upcoming Pixar (Pixar Planet). Lego will be releasing some cool looking Toy Story Mini-figs (minature lego characters) to coincide with Toy Story 3. You can get a glimpse here on these Flickr galleries: flickr, flickr.
I’m still awe-inspired with Angus MacLane and what he has done with his Lego creations.
August 26, 2009 No Comments
