Unkrich: No plans for Toy Story 4 :(
Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich insists there are no plans to make Toy Story 4, although he revealed there will be a short film with all the characters, which will be shown with Cars 2. Here’s hoping. Read the rest of the article here: Unkrich: No plans for Toy Story 4
July 21, 2010 No Comments
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 Poster!
That Toy Story 3 Teaser Poster that has been cycling around since D23 was confirmed authenticate today by director Lee Unkrich… well, kinda… his Twitter tweet went:
@leeunkrich Seen our first Toy Story 3 poster? http://bit.ly/3gJHkw.
No Toy Gets Left Behind. I love it! The poster can be found over on latinoreview.
September 15, 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
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
The Accessible Director: Lee Unkrich
Twitter has been infiltrated by celebrities. Oprah has welcomed it with open, very public arms. Ashton Kutcher held a charity race against CNN to up his follower counts. And let’s not forget poor Wil Wheaton, who was one of the first of their kind to join Twitter. This surge of celebrity attention has been great to add further validity to Twitter in the eyes the more mainstream masses. Celebrities express that they love being able to cut out the middleman (executives and publicists) and have that direct conversation with the public. But Twitter has also opened doors beyond the actors to the as yet untapped production studio back rooms. Never before Twitter, has the general public been able to gain such insight into the workings and development of the major Hollywood blockbusters.
Today you can follow your favorite blockbuster film from budget- to casting room- to release- with the aid of the writers, cameramen, animators, set designers, producers and directors who are taking time out to provide us with tweets. Director Lee Unkrich is a perfect example: Lee, avid twitterer, who previously co-directed Finding Nemo and Monsters, Inc and is currently working on Pixar’s Toy Story 3 has been giving adoring Toy Story fans updates on the progress of this film in production; something which would have been unreal in the past. Most recently Lee tweeted:
@leeunkrich Editing TS3 at 36,000 feet. http://twitpic.com/75bx6
@leeunkrich Finally cast the last new character in TS3.
Lee’s messages were instantly re-tweeted all over twitterland in mass! This form of broadcast is obviously a marketer’s dream and yet this is being driven, not by marketing but by an accessible director (wonders out loud if Lee should be collecting two pay checks). Bottom line: the value that Lee is providing cannot be calculated but is certainly appreciated by the adoring Pixar public. Keep on tweeting Lee!
June 15, 2009 2 Comments
