Venice Clip Revealed
Well, not the actual clip but there are some descriptions floating around on what Toy Story 3 footage was previewed at the Venice Film Festival this past weekend. Slashfilm posted a good description on Monday of the clip:
Andy now has grown up, he has to go to college and his mom tells him to get rid of his stuff in the bedroom: attic or trash. So Andy finds Buzz and Woody in a box and decides to bring Woody with him at the college and put the other toys in a black plastic bag for the attic. When he opens the ladder to the attic his sister shows up and he leaves the plastic bag on the floor to help her. the ladder closes and his mum walks by, sees the plastic bag and put everything near the trash out of the house…
Continue reading the rest on Slashfilm: Toy Story 3 Footage Revealed In Venice
September 8, 2009 No Comments
Lasseter talks Rex and RC
The Disney Living channel on YouTube lit up tonight with Volume 4 of the Toy Story Toy collection. This time Lasseter demos RC. Just before the long weekend, a video of Lasseter talking about the new Rex (volume 3) toy was also posted.
See Lasseter talking RC. Next see Lasseter talking Rex.
September 8, 2009 No Comments
Toy Story 3 World Premiere this weekend …albeit just a clip
If you happen to be in Italy this weekend, don’t forget to head over on Sunday to the Venice Film Festival where director Lee Unkrich will screen the world premiere of a short clip from Toy Story 3. There will also be the world premiere screening of the new 3D version of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 by John Lasseter. This is the 66th Venice Film Festival, the oldest film festival in the world.
September 3, 2009 2 Comments
Book: Toy Story, The Art and Making of the Animated Film
Today, Disney Editions published a new edition of Toy Story, The Art and Making of the Animated Film. Written by John Lasseter and Entertainment Weekly writer Steve Daly and originally published in November 1995, the 128-page book is a “richly illustrated” account of the making of Pixar’s first animated feature.
From the production description: With the premiere of Toy Story in November 1995, a new era in the history of feature film animation was born. The first-ever computer animated full-length motion picture, Toy Story was the extraordinary result of a unique collaboration between the Walt Disney Company, the leader in traditional animation, and Pixar, the award-winning computer animation studio.
At $40US, you can order this directly on Disney Books. ISBN: 1-4231-2967-9
September 1, 2009 No Comments
Disney Living: Volume 2 - Lasseter talks Woody
The Disney Living channel on YouTube published a new clip Monday with John Lasseter talking about the new Toy Story toys. John shares why Sheriff Woody pulls at our heart strings while showing the new Toy Story definitive toy line. Second video in the exclusive series on Disney Living, this new video is 120 seconds long.
Check it out: Vol. 2 John Lasseter talks Woody (Vol. 1 can be found here: John Lasseter of Disney*Pixar Talks Toys)
September 1, 2009 No Comments
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
