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‘John Carter of Mars’ filming in Utah this November; lead actors revealed.

June 12, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Disney/Pixar’s first live-action film, directed by Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, WALL-E), will begin production this November in Utah — taking advantage of the state’s film tax credits, up to $5.5 million for the $28 million of work expected to be completed in-state.

The state is quite happy as it will employ over 400 full-timers for seven months in Utah, which means they’ll be paying to stay in Utah’s motels, eating at Utah’s restaurants, etc — thus contributing greatly to the local economy, all-the-while putting Utah on the map as a place to film Hollywood films.

John Carter of Mars is based on a series of books about a Civil War veteran transported to Mars.

Update: It was also announced today that Taylor Kitsch, who played Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine will star as John Carter, while Lynn Collins, who was also in Wolverine as Hugh Jackman’s love interest and currently stars in HBO True Blood, will play the role of Dejah Thoris, the Princess of Mars.

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Via KSL

Pixar discusses UP’s deleted subplot

June 12, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Early on in development, Carl (the old man from Up) was shown carrying a giant egg throughout the film. This subplot was eventually removed from the final film, however. But why was Carl, at one point, carrying this mysterious egg? Pixar’s Pete Docter, director of Up, has revealed the details to MTV Movies Blog.

“That was early on. We had the bird give birth to this egg, and Carl then felt like he needed to take this baby — it needed tending to, and needed to get home, get away from these awful dogs and things. [The egg] had a larger picture involved with Muntz. Muntz wanted the egg because it was this youth potion that made you grow young.[Muntz] was after the bird and all that; it was really interesting, but it kind of got more bizarre… it was an element that we dropped out from the story.”

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‘Monsters, Inc. 2’ all but officially confirmed

June 8, 2009 / / 1 Comment

The rumors are all but officially confirmed as word on the street is that “Monsters, Inc. 2” is in development and will most likely be released in 2013. Pixar’s other upcoming sequels are Toy Story 3 (2010) and Cars 2 (2011). The news was revealed to attendees at the Licensing International Expo 2009. While they were told to keep things to themselves, the news quickly leaked to blogs around the web. Pete Docter, director of the original Monsters, Inc and Up, will return to helm the sequel.

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Pixar’s “Up” remains at No. 1 spot for 2nd week

June 7, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Update: The Hangover managed to sneak by Up to take the number one spot. Final numbers reported this morning put The Hangover’s total at $45 million, while Up brought in $44.3 million.

Previously reported: Pixar’s “Up” managed to pull in $44.2 million this weekend, enough to remain in the number one spot for the second weekend in a row. Up was the first summer movie of 2009 to accomplish that feat. In only ten days, Up has raked in $137.3 million, assuring itself an eventual $225+ million domestic haul.

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Full Top 10 list after the break.

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Pixar’s “Up” debuts at No. 1

May 31, 2009 / / 0 Comments

As expected, Pixar’s latest Up debuted at No. 1 over the weekend, pulling in a whopping $68.2 million; continuing Pixar’s perfect streak of hits. This was #10 — for anyone that’s keeping count. This makes Up the third-best opening for Pixar, behind the $70 million openings of Finding Nemo and The Incredibles.

Congrats to everyone at Pixar. As always, the victory is well deserved.

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‘Toy Story 3’ plot details emerge

May 27, 2009 / / 0 Comments

At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, John Lasseter of Pixar commented about next year’s Toy Story 3 and what we can expect as far as the story is concerned: “Toys are put on this Earth to be played with by a child. The thing they worry about the most is all the things in life that prevent them from being played with, and probably the thing they fear the most is being outgrown.” This seems to confirm the rumored story of Andy moving away to college and the toys being donated to a local pre-school.

Pete Docter, who directed “Up” and worked on the first two Toy Story films, said the people behind the original movies spent two days in a cabin thinking of ideas for the film. He added: “For a while, we were worried that we didn’t have the story. We were like, `Oh, nothing’s coming.’ Then something clicked on the second day, and it just, like, flooded.”

Lastly, Ed Catmull, president of Pixar and Disney’s animation studios, teased Pixar fans worldwide when he mentioned that Pixar had hit on a big emotional finish to Toy Story 3 and that it would be the film’s surprise.

So, what do you think could be the big twist? Would Pixar be brave enough to actually kill one of its beloved characters?

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Via AP

Interview with Pixar’s Partly Cloudy director

April 27, 2009 / / 0 Comments

The folks over at AWN had the opportunity to interview Peter Sohn, director of the new Pixar short film, “Partly Cloudy.” The short will play before Pixar’s upcoming feature “Up,” in theaters May 29. Peter Sohn was previously an animator/story artist on various Pixar films, including Ratatouille, The Incredibles and Finding Nemo.

AWN: Talk about the pitch and how it went from there.

Peter Sohn: The original pitch was just as I explained: There’s the world of storks that deliver babies, but where do they get these babies from? And my answer was obviously the clouds. And I had done some drawings of these cloud characters — taking some photos and Photoshopping eyes and a nose in and then having some birds all flocking up to the skies. I pitched this story of a smaller gray cloud that [lived below and] made some of the dangerous babies. And I showed John these images and he touched on one of them and said let’s start developing this one. And that was close to a year-and-a-half ago and it’s been a really interesting learning experience for me. Obviously, this is my first [short]. It really is like raising a baby. I felt very much like Gus during this thing — making something and wanting people to like it.

Read the rest of the interview at AWN.

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Tom Hanks dishes on ‘Toy Story 3’

April 23, 2009 / / 0 Comments

The fine folks over at Empire Magazine, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, have gotten an exclusive interview with Tom Hanks in which they talk about his upcoming projects, including the much-anticipated Toy Story 3.

According to Hanks, he has gone through three complete recording sessions and will no doubt have to do at least one more within the next eight months. He then compares animated film work to “beasts,” revealing that he will probably have to go in for even more sessions after his presumed last.

Also, Hanks revealed that Pixar took a different approach this time in regards to revealing the story to him and fellow co-star Tim Allen. Instead of a traditional script, Pixar invited them to a story reel screening of the entire film. It consisted of moving storyboards backed by music, sound effects and voice work done by Pixar employees. After having seen the reel, both Hanks and Allen were excited and said: “This is great, let’s get to work!”

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