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Amid a torrent of announcements at today’s D23 animation panel, we learned that John Lasseter will not be directing 2019's Toy Story 4 , as previously thought, passing the reins to Josh Cooley instead. Following in the footsteps of Lee Unkrich , who took over from Lasseter on Toy Story 3 , Cooley will lead Buzz, Woody and the gang on their fourth outing, having come a long way from his days as a Pixar intern on the first Cars film, before stepping up to become a writer on inside Out . Taking to the stage, Cooley teed up a short teaser film of him wandering the Pixar offices and talking to many of the artists and designers involved in the film. As the film palyed out, we briefly glimpsed a new toy that looked a lot like a Hawaiian doll, called Lulu and early pre-vis of a toy chick. In other Pixar news, Lasseter announced an as-yet untitled new project to be directed by Monsters University’s Dan Scanlon. Set in a suburban fantasy world populated by elves, trolls and sprit

Director Lee Unkrich (“Toy Story 3”) and producer Darla K. Anderson (“Toy Story 3”) revealed the title of their upcoming film today at D23 Expo 2015. Disney·Pixar’s “ Coco ” is the celebration of a lifetime, where the discovery of a generations-old mystery leads to a most extraordinary and surprising family reunion. Please Leave A Comment-

TO INFINITY AND BEYOND! Nearly two decades after Pixar Animation Studios created the world’s first computer-animated feature film with “ Toy Story ,” it revealed plans for Disney•Pixar’s “ Toy Story 4 ,” an adventure that returns audiences to the world of the studio’s signature characters. John Lasseter , director of the original “ Toy Story ” and “ Toy Story 2 ,” will direct the film, which opens a new chapter in the lives of Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the “Toy Story” gang. The story was dreamt up by Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter and Lee Unkrich, the storytellers who have been the driving force behind all three “Toy Story” films. “We love these characters so much; they are like family to us,” said Lasseter. “We don’t want to do anything with them unless it lives up to or surpasses what’s gone before. ‘Toy Story 3’ ended Woody and Buzz’s story with Andy so perfectly that for a long time, we never even talked about doing another ‘Toy Story’ movie. But when Andrew, Pete,

Given how short Rex’s arms are, it’s ironic that he’s the Toy Story world’s resident hand-wringer. But in Pixar’s new animated short Partysaurus Rex ( playing before Finding Nemo 3-D on Sept. 14 ), we discover that bath time is when the nervous-nellie plastic dinosaur finally lets himself get down and dirty. “He’s sick of being the angel of goodness and sensibleness and caution and fear,” says voice actor Wallace Shawn, who has played the persnickety plaything since 1995. “He wants to stand on the side of pleasure and happiness and joy. … I live this drama every day of my life!” It’s the third in Pixar’s series of Toy Story Toons shorts, which follow life for Woody, Buzz and the gang in the care of new owner Bonnie (seen at the end of Toy Story 3, and as the face in the center of the bubbles in the pic below.) In this mini-movie, Rex gets drafted for bath time and encounters a sad lot of rub-a-dub-dub cohorts. “If you’re a bath toy you get really intense playtime. It’s like a p

Hollywood A-lister Tom Hanks has acted in more than 60 films, won two Oscars, and is about to star in a new movie alongside Julia Roberts . During a BBC interview about the release of Larry Crowne , he also said that Toy Story 4 was 'being worked on'. Please Leave A Comment- Source- BBC

Disney has delivered the first image from the Toy Story short tilted Hawaiian Vacation that will be featured be Cars 2 . this weekend. Set in new owner Bonnie’s bedroom, “ Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation ” features Woody (voice of Tom Hanks ) and Buzz (voice of Tim Allen ) and the rest of the favorite “ Toy Story 3 ” toys as they create the ultimate Hawaiian vacation for Ken (voice of Michael Keaton ) and Barbie (voice of Jodi Benson ). It seems Ken badly miscalculated their travel arrangements, so the gang has to create a dream getaway in Bonnie’s Midwestern bedroom—in the middle of winter. “ Hawaiian Vacation ” also features the voices of Joan Cusack, Wallace Shawn, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, Blake Clark, Bonnie Hunt, Timothy Dalton, Kristen Schaal, Jeff Garlin and John Ratzenberger . Please Leave A Comment-

The sky’s the limit as DisneyToon Studios proudly announces PLANES – a spectacular, full-length CG animated comedy action adventure movie for everyone set high above the world of CARS . PLANES will introduce an entirely original and hilarious crew of daredevils from every corner of the globe and draws inspiration from the immensely popular Disney•Pixar’s CARS world. PLANES will arrive on Blu-ray™ and DVD in Spring 2013. Enjoy the teaser trailer after the Jump... The sky’s the limit as DisneyToon Studios proudly announces PLANES – a spectacular, full-length CG animated comedy action adventure movie for everyone set high above the world of CARS. PLANES will introduce an entirely original and hilarious crew of daredevils from every corner of the globe and draws inspiration from the immensely popular Disney•Pixar’s CARS world. PLANES will arrive on Blu-ray™ and DVD in Spring 2013. “We had such a great time exploring the world of ‘Cars’ over the course of two films, so it s

The 83rd Academy Awards belonged to The King’s Speech, which won four Oscars from its 12 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor ( Colin Firth ), Best Director ( Tom Hooper ), and Original Screnplay ( David Seidler ). The complete winners list below: BEST PICTURE 127 Hours Black Swan The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right WINNER: The King’s Speech The Social Network Toy Story 3 True Grit Winter’s Bone BEST ACTOR Javier Bardem, Biutiful Jeff Bridges, True Grit Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network WINNER: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech James Franco, 127 Hours BEST ACTRESS Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone WINNER: Natalie Portman, Black Swan Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine BEST DIRECTOR Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit David Fincher, The Social Network WINNER: Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech David O. Russell, The Fighter BEST SONG “Coming Home,”

There Are Some Surprises With the year coming close to the end we thought we would wrap up the Top Ten films of 2010 . The list ranges from A toy in a box to sexy vampires, a boy wizard, a green ogre and even a titan if you can believe that.  I was surprised to see some of the box office totals for these film. Check out the list after the Jump.. 1.Toy Story 3 The Pixar threequel, shot in 3D, grossed $1.1 billion at the box office . Domestically, it grossed a handy $415 million. The news overseas was even better, where Toy Story 3 grossed $648.1 million. Not bad for a franchise that took a decade-long hiatus. The extra charge for a 3D ticket no doubt boosted the bottom line for Pixar and Disney. 2. Alice in Wonderland In the months leading up to the release of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, there was rampant speculation about whether audiences would embrace Tim Burton’s retelling of Lewis Carroll’s classic tale. The movie became a hit, and had impressive playability. Domestic

"Halo: Reach" Breaks Records " Halo: Reach ," Microsoft's prequel to one of the video game industry's biggest franchises, recorded more than $200 million in sales in the U.S. and Europe on its first day. Microsoft late Wednesday highlighted that the sales for the first 24 hours make "Halo: Reach" not only its biggest game release ever, but also the biggest U.S. entertainment launch of the year. Its one-day gross exceeded the opening weekend box-office hauls of Hollywood blockbusters such as " Iron Man 2 ," " Alice in Wonderland " and " Toy Story 3 ," the company emphasized. The new game, which hit stores Tuesday, also exceeded the previous "Halo's" first-day haul of $170 million, which had set an opening record in 2007. But it fell short of the record $310 million in sales set last year by " Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ." "Reach" is an Xbox 360-only title, while the Activisi

Inception Is On Top Again For Third Week It looked like Dinner for Schmucks might actually be enough to topple the current box office champion, Inception. But by the end of play Sunday, Christopher Nolan’s Cobb and the team pulled off another victory to give the dream thieves a third week atop the charts in the States, Inception nabbing $27.5 million and the Schmucks running away with $23.3 million. Salt slipped down to third place, taking $19.2 million, while Despicable Me stole $15.5 million for fourth. But even the kiddie/3D cash boost factor couldn’t save Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore , with the animal spies sequel bringing in just $12.5 million, which hopefully means this might be the end for the franchise. That said, given the nine-year wait between the first two, maybe we should be wary that, like a horror movie villain, another one could spring up in a decade. Zac Efron won’t be too thrilled either: his latest stab at grown-up filmmaking respecta

Cars Spin-Off Called "Planes" Cars may not have been Pixar’s biggest moneymaker when it was released in theaters, but the franchise has been a monster hit when it comes to merchandise, raking in several billion dollars in a relatively under-the-radar fashion. Next summer’s release of Cars 2 should boost that figure even further, but then again, kids may be in no rush to replace the Lightning McQueen plush toy they already bought back in 2006. How do you refresh the brand? With planes, of course.   Pixar is currently developing Planes as a semi-sequel and spinoff franchise to Cars, one meant to take advantage of the enormously lucrative direct-to-video market. It’s a format that Pixar has flirted with before Toy Story 2 was once meant to go direct to video, and Toy Story 3 was originally developed for DVD in a semi-unauthorized fashion by Disney before Pixar head John Lasseter took over the company — but with Planes, Pixar could leverage the Cars brand without diluti

"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" Wins The Box Office Race " The Twilight Saga: Eclipse " continued its boxoffice dominance on Friday as it drained moviegoers' wallets of an estimated $28.6 million. Summit's supernatural romance, playing in 4,468 theaters in North America, ticked up slightly on its third day of release from the $24.2 million it collected on Thursday as its domestic cume rose to $121.3 million. Current estimates suggests the movie could power its way to a four-day holiday weekend gross of about $106 million, which would add up to an opening six-day tally at more than $198 million, putting it ahead of " New Moon's " first six-day number of $178.9 million. Meanwhile, in second place, Paramount's fantasy " The Last Airbender ," held steady. Following its $16.4 million bow on Thursday, it again grossed more than $16 million on Friday. In its third weekend, Disney's " Toy Story 3 " held down the third

Toy Story 3 Puts A Hex On Jonah And The Rest Of The Field The toys were back in town, and audiences were back in theaters. Pixar Animation Studios broke the piggy bank again with Toy Story 3 , which raked in an estimated $109 million over the weekend. Overall weekend business was up 29 percent over the same timeframe last year, and, with around $195 million, it was the industry's largest-grossing third weekend of June ever. Pixar's track record extended to 11 consecutive blockbusters, reaffirming yet again the role that consistent, universal storytelling plays in branding and commercial success. Toy Story 3 delivered the studio's highest-grossing launch yet, surpassing The Incredibles' $70.5 million. However, in terms of estimated attendance, it was effectively around the same as Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc.. The first Toy Story took ten days to hit the same level of attendance as Toy Story 3 in three, while Toy Story 2 reached the

Toy Story Characters To Return In Cars 2 I know many of you out there will be going to see Toy Story 3 this weekend and thought of never seeing the toys on the big screen again after Toy Story 3. We have an updated from Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich revealed in an interview and on Twitter that there will be a new short film with the characters of Toy Story attached to Cars 2 , in theatres June 24 next summer. "We’re going to keep [the characters] alive; they’re not going away forever," says Unkrich in the MSN Movies interview. This will undoubtedly be one of the new Toy Story Toons produced at Pixar Canada in Vancouver and will probably play in addition to the regular theatrical short we've come to expect. Please Leave A Comment- Source- Pixarblog

Toy Story 3 Easter Eggs This is an Amazing job that a few site put together. I can only imagine how long this took(I would never have the patience to compile all these facts) , but it is great. As you know Pixar loves to throw in fun little Easter eggs into there film, inside jokes, cameos of other Pixar characters, and several other things that make watching these Pixar movies that much more fun. There's been a collection of Toy Story 3 Easter eggs that recently hit the internet, and I thought I would pass them along to you. Please remember some of you out there may consider this a Spoiler due to the face you will see images from the film. So you have been warned. So here we go... Home Town Map: Behind Andy's bed is a map of the world marked with pushpins. Those pushpins each correspond to the hometowns of the film's production team.   Cutting Blvd Sign:  W. Cutting Blvd. is the street where Pixar was originally located in Richmond, CA.   Sid's

Toy Story 3-Groovin' With Ken! Last year at Comic-Con we got our first look for Pixar's upcoming Toy Story 3. We were privileged to get a look at this featurette called Groovin' With Ken! to help promote Toy Story 3. The video was done in a fun retro 70's style.  Ken is being voiced by Michael Keaton , which I think is awesome. The film hits theaters on June 18th 2010. Please Leave A Comment-

New Toys Story 3 Clips Howdy partners we have two new clips from the upcoming Toy Story 3 movie. One is a behind the scenes featurette and another showing how cool Buzz Lightyear really is. The film was directed Lee Unkrich, and stars the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, R. Lee Ermey, Jodi Benson, Ned Beatty, Michael Keaton, Timothy Dalton, Jeff Garlin, Bonnie Hunt, Whoopi Goldberg, Kristen Schaal and Blake Clark. Film Clip - Buzz Flies | Featurette - The Great Escape Synopsis: The creators of the beloved “Toy Story” films re—open the toy box and bring moviegoers back to the delightful world of Woody, Buzz and our favorite gang of toy characters in TOY STORY 3. Woody and Buzz had accepted that their owner Andy would grow up someday, but what happens when that day arrives? In the third installment, Andy is preparing to depart for college, leaving his loyal toys tro

Inception And Toy Story 3 Mash-Up Trailer The Amazing guys over at Screenrant have out did their self's again. They are one of the reasons I am where I am at this moment. I asked for help and they gave me a few hints and tips, so I have to thank Vic for that. Screen Rant video editor extraordinaire Mike Eisenberg has been tickling the magic video elves once again and this time he messed with the trailers for two of the biggest, most anticipated movies coming out this summer – Inception and Toy Story 3. Please Leave A Comment- Source- Screenrant

Toy Story 3 Lots-O-Huggin Bear Japanese Commercial We got our hands on a Lots-O-Huggin Bear Japanese Commercial. This is part of the marketing from the Incredible guys over at Pixar. The commercial makes you feel like the toys in the upcoming Toy Story 3 film have been around for years. Please enjoy. Please Leave A Comment-