Randy Newman - the Music of Toy Story 3
Director Lee Unkrich Twittered these wonderful snapshots yesterday of the master, Randy Newman, at work completing the score for Toy Story 3.
@leeunkrich Back with Randy Newman for another day of Toy Story 3 scoring. http://twitpic.com/17kpht
March 10, 2010 No Comments
Final Toy Story 3 Poster Unveiled Today
Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3 director) unveiled this awesome Toy Story 3 poster today via Twitter.
@leeunkrich I’m proud to unveil our final Toy Story 3 poster! http://bit.ly/FZsuy
Just 105 days to go! Ride like the wind, Bullseye!
March 4, 2010 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
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
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
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
Michael Keaton Tapped for Ken?
Director Lee Unkrich may have let slip another new character for the upcoming Toy Story 3. In his recent Twitter tweet Lee wrote:
@leeunkrich Michael Keaton in the house.
..and the Toy Story 3 fans were instantly abuzz re-tweeting the speculation that Keaton might portray Ken (Barbie’s boe) in the upcoming film. Minutes after he posted the message, Unkrich retracted his tweet. Stay tuned, we’ll be following this closely.
June 17, 2009 3 Comments
Unkrich Editing Toy Story 3 between BBQs
The MTV Movies Blog strikes again with this captured tweet from Lee Unkrich (Director of the anticipated Toy Story 3):
@leeunkrich Editing TS3 in the lovely and humid state of Arkansas today. I still feel like napping after last night’s amazing BBQ.
And six hours later he had this entry:
@leeunkrich Off to dinner at “Whole Hog BBQ”. Does that mean there will be offal on the menu? I’m scared and excited.
Com’ on Mr Unkrich, naps and BBQs come after the Toy Story 3 release party!
You can follow Lee on his Twitter account @leeunkrich to taunt him along with all of his TS3 progress.
June 10, 2009 No Comments
