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
Toy Story Mania! for iPhone
As blogged about on Pixar Fanboy last week, Disney recently released Toy Story Mania! for the iPhone and iPod Touch (iTunes App Store link) at $4.99.
Inspired by attraction of the same name at Disneyland, the game is primarily a simple point and shoot game based on the events of the first two Toy Story movies. There’s a Buzz Lightyear themed area, a Woody-themed “rootin’ tootin’ shootin’” gallery, and an Army Men-themed area too.
I’ve downloaded it and spent 30 minutes or so playing around. My first impression is they’ve done a great job, this game has lot’s of playability. Further, the app has already garnered 4 stars on the Apple App Store.
Of course I’m still waiting for the bigger Toy Story Mania video game to be released for the Wii in the next month or so. In the meantime, if you own an iPhone or iPod Touch, go ahead and download this nice little app, you should not be disappointed.
Update: Disney is claiming that there’s a “big surprise” if you bring your iPhone with the game installed to the Disneyland resort.
August 26, 2009 No Comments
Andy’s Sister Molly? Bonnie?
Last Friday Pixar Planet posted about some additions to the Toy Story 3 Internet Movie Database (IMDb) page: Andy’s little sister, Molly Davis, is seen only as a supporting character during the first two Toy Story films. According to IMDb, actress Beatrice Miller has been cast to play Molly in Toy Story 3.
Another addition to IMDb’s cast list is a new character named Bonnie. According to IMDb, actress Emily Hahn has been cast for this role.
As remarked on Pixar Planet, we’ll now be speculating about who will play college aged Andy and what he will look like. Ideas?
August 25, 2009 No Comments
Goodbye Summer Break, Lot’s of news
The official Disney Toy Story site was revamped! The main page now has a countdown for the upcoming Toy Story and Toy Story 2 3D Double Feature Event (October 2, 2009); a link to the Toy Story Mania! video game (for Wii) and links to Toy Story books. Of course there is also a little link to the Toy Story 3 promo page which has the trailer teaser and these great little video ‘treats’: Checkers; Jack-in-the-box; The Age of the Dinosaur; and Give it a Spin.
Update: Don’t forget the Characters section on the updated website. Each of the characters from the first two films have bios and download links with a wonderful assortment of Toy Story character wallpapers!
One of the highlights from this summer was when Director Lee Unkrich introduced Ken, played by Michael Keaton, for “Toy Story 3″ (we chirped about it in the previous post: Michael Keaton tapped for Ken?). Lee sat down with blog writer Drew McWeeny for a candid interview which also focused on Lee’s Twitter abilities.
SDCC 2009: Disney Animation Round Four - Lee Unkrich
Update: Here’s a clip from Comic-Con 2009 where Director Lee Unkrich officially announces that Michael Keaton is cast as Ken for Toy Story 3. Enjoy it here: Ken Announcement.
August 25, 2009 No Comments
Angus MacLane’s Lego Photostream
Pixar animator Angus MacLane has a flickr page where he shares his latest Lego creations.
Featured creations include Carl (from Up) and Wall-E (from Wall-E). Angus, who also directed the Pixar short film BURN-E shows his Lego talents with a likeness of the featured character. An amusing aspect of his flickr page are the comments as the majority of individuals who post are obviously not aware of his Pixar connection.
Check out the MacLane Photostream on flickr.
July 2, 2009 2 Comments
What to Expect in Toy Story 3
Scifiwire.com got the opportunity to sit down with Angus MacLane, the Pixar animator who lent his talents to WALL-E, Toy Story 2 and is now helping to bring together Toy Story 3. In the interview, Angus discusses how the film is coming from the standpoint of a grown up Andy, his attachment to the Toy Story franchise, but would not elaborate on many other details of the next film.
Read the complete article: What to expect in Toy Story 3.
June 27, 2009 No Comments
