New Toy Story 3 character announced!
Bond? James Bond? Why no, it’s Mr. Pricklepants! Ex-James Bond star Timothy Dalton will voice a new Toy Story 3 character named Mr. Pricklepants as announced today by John Lasseter while at a London presentation outlining Disney / Pixar’s upcoming harvest. Mr. Pricklepants (which is probably the best character name this year) is a hedgehog toy with thespian tendencies. Read more: Ex-Bond to voice Toy Story role.
September 10, 2009 No Comments
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
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
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
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
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
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
More Toy Story 3 Desktop Wallpapers
We’ve found 2 more Toy Story 3 desktop wallpapers! Resolution for the first on is 1680×1050 and includes most of our Toy Story friends (Woody, Buzz, Rex, Jessie, Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head, Hamm, the Aliens, etc). The resolution of the second wallpaper is 1280×800 and features Woody, Buzz and soldier.
See the previous posts of Toy Story 3 desktop wallpapers here and here.
Instructions: Click to enlarge. Right-click, Save As into a directory of your choice, right-click on the enlarged image (assuming it is the right size for your screen) and select the option to “Set as Wallpaper” or similar descriptive command.
June 12, 2009 1 Comment
