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Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 3’ Gets IMAX 3D Release

IMAX and Disney today announced that Toy Story 3 will be released to IMAX 3D theatres simultaneously with its wide release on June 18, 2010.

Toy Story 3 will be digitally re-mastered with proprietary IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) technology.

“Pixar’s beloved films have changed the way people go to the movies. IMAX is proud to be working with both Pixar and Disney, who like IMAX, strive to transport moviegoers to incredible places that people only dream about visiting,” said Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment.

“In IMAX 3D and through the power of Randy Newman’s incomparable music, audiences will be able to see and hear Woody, Buzz, and the rest of the larger than life characters of Toy Story in a whole new way.”

Directed by Lee Unkrich, Toy Story 3 is a story of survival as the toys attempt to escape from the school to which they were donated after Andy left home for college.

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R.I.P. Roy Edward Disney

The LA Times reports:

Roy Edward Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney whose commitment to his uncle’s creative spirit prompted him to mount revolts that led to the unseating of two of the company’s chief executives and a revival of the studio’s legendary animation unit, died today. He was 79.

Disney, who had been battling stomach cancer, died at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, according to Clifford A. Miller, a spokesman for Disney’s company Shamrock Holdings.

Read the entire article, which chronicles Mr. Roy Disney’s career, at LATimes.com

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‘Toy Story’ and ‘Toy Story 2’ coming to Blu-ray March, 2010

Disney is prepping Pixar’s Toy Story and Toy Story 2 for Blu-ray Disc and DVD release on March 23, 2010 — just in time to cash in on the Toy Story 3 hype.

Toy Story and Toy Story 2 will be released as “Blu-ray + DVD” combos in two different packages: one with the Blu-ray Disc logo/design front and center, while the other puts the DVD in the spotlight. Eight week later, on May 11, both movies will be released in DVD only packages.

Both discs will include an exclusive sneak peek of Toy Story 3. Other extras included are:

Toy Story:
– The Story of Toy Story 3
– Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs: Blast Off
– Paths to Pixar: Artists
– Studio Stories
– Buzz Takes Manhattan
– Black Friday: The Toy Story You Never Saw

Toy Story 2:
– The Characters of Toy Story 3
– Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs: International Space Station
– Paths to Pixar: Technical Artists
– Studio Stories
– Pixar’s Zoetrop
– Celebrating Our Friend Joe Ranft

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‘The Princess and the Frog’ debuts at No. 1 with $25MM

Classic animation fans rejoice! Disney’s return to 2D animation is a success with The Princess and the Frog earning $25 million in its first weekend of nationwide release; enough to take the #1 spot.

The Princess and the Frog is Disney’s first traditionally animated film, with theatrical release, since 2004 when “Home on the Range” had an opening weekend haul of $13.8 million. That film went on to gross $104 million worldwide — a gross that The Princess and the Frog will no doubt eclipse.

The Princess and the Frog is based on The Brothers Grimm’s classic fairy tale “The Frog Prince,” which follows the adventures of a young woman turned into a frog by a kiss from an amphibian.

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Pixar’s Up nominated for three Grammy awards

The folks at Pixar Animation Studios have something to celebrate today as their latest animated hit “Up” has been nominated for three Grammy awards. Up’s score is nominated in the Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media where it will go up against The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, Milk, and Star Trek. Also, two of Up’s individual tracks, Married Life and Up with End Credits, were nominated for Best Instrumental Composition and Best Instrumental Arrangement.

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