New books: ‘The Art of Up’ and ‘The Art of Pixar Short Films’
Two new books are now available for pre-order on Amazon. They are: The Art of Up and The Art of Pixar Short Films. Below are the covers for each book. Click on the images to be taken to the Amazon pages where you can pre-order them at the discounted price.
New clip from Pixar’s “Up”
“Up” is a Pixar comedy adventure about 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip: an overly optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell.
Up arrives in theaters on May 29th 2009.
‘WALL-E’ wins two more awards
With many awards already claimed, WALL-E nabbed two more over the weekend.
The New York Film Critics Online awarded WALL-E its Best Animated Feature of the Year award and also picked the film as one of the year’s Best Pictures.
The second award came from AFI via their annual Top 10 Movies Of The Year awards. Below are the films that AFI named the Top 10 of the year.
(Alphabetical Order)
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
FROZEN RIVER
GRAN TORINO
IRON MAN
MILK
WALL-E
WENDY AND LUCY
THE WRESTLER
2009 Golden Globe animation nominees
The 66th Annual Golden Globe nominees have been announced and Kung Fu Panda, WALL-E and Bolt were nominated for Best Animated Film. Both WALL-E and Bolt were also nominated for Best Original Song. The nominated WALL-E song was co-written by Peter Gabriel and the “Bolt” song was co-written by Miley Cyrus.
The Golden Globes ceremony will be broadcast on Sunday, January 11th, 2009 at 8 PM EST on NBC.
“Tokyo Mater,” Pixar’s first 3D short, premieres Dec. 12th
Disney•Pixar will premiere its first Disney Digital 3-D short film – “Tokyo Mater” – directed by John Lasseter, at theaters nationwide beginning December 12. Appearing before Walt Disney Pictures’ “Bolt,” the animated short is the fourth in Disney•Pixar’s “Cars Toons” series, inspired by the hit 2006 film “Cars.”
In “Tokyo Mater,” a routine tow lands Mater in Tokyo, where he is challenged to a drift-style race against a nefarious gang leader and his posse of ninjas. With the help of his friend, “Dragon” Lightning McQueen, and some special modifications, Mater attempts to drift to victory and become “Tow-ke-O Mater, King of all Drifters.”
2-D computer versions of “Tokyo Mater” will also be available for theaters showing “Bolt” in 2-D.
‘WALL-E’ nominated for three Grammys
And the nominations just keep coming for Pixar’s masterpiece, WALL-E. This time around the film was nominated for three Grammys. The awards will be broadcast early next year.
1) Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
WALL-E, Thomas Newman, composer
2) Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Down To Earth (From WALL-E ), Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, songwriters
3) Best Instrumental Arrangement
Define Dancing (From WALL-E ), Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers
Pixar’s “BURN-E”
National Board of Review names ‘WALL-E’ Best Animated Feature
AWN reports that The National Board of Review has picked their “best of” list for 2008 and among the winners are two animated movies, including: “Wall-e” for Best Animated Feature and “Waltz with Bashir” as one of five Top Foreign Language Films. Wall-e was also named one of the Top Ten Films of the year.
‘WALL-E’ Art and Production photos
Disney has released 20 art and production photos for WALL-E, scheduled for DVD and Blu-ray release on November 18th.
‘WALL-E’ DVD & Blu-ray bonus content preview
Check out these three behind the scenes videos of WALL-E:
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