Briefly: In this post, you will find two just-released posters for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, as well as an interesting featurette on the film.
On Stranger Tides will be released in just a matter of months, on May 20.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
New 'Pirates' posters and featurette
On Stranger Tides will be released in just a matter of months, on May 20.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
'Super 8' trailer and poster
J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg seem to have created something really special with Super 8. It is very, very Spielbergian--it basically looks like E.T. with a bunch of action. Or The Goonies with aliens. Both mash-ups I'd be very, very happy with. No gimmicks and no celebrities just to have celebrities; Super 8 seems to be an incredibly welcome and refreshing return to classic, wonderful storytelling at its finest.
Above you'll find the awesome, simple poster, and below is the just-released trailer.
Is it June yet?!?
Friday, March 11, 2011
Lasseter talks 'Cars 2'
Here's a short video of John Lasseter talking about Cars 2. He discusses his inspirations, his favorite characters, and the interesting fact that Finn McMissile was actually developed for the original Cars film. It's a short, sweet, very interesting clip. Definitely worth a look.
Also, John has managed to make me a little bit less skeptical about the film, claiming it's "not a parody of a spy movie, this is a spy movie."
Thank goodness. I knew I could count on you, Mr. Lasseter.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
'Art of Pixar' Book on its way
Briefly: According to Amazon.com, later this year, Chronicle Books will be publishing a book entitled The Art of Pixar: 25th Anniversary: The Complete Color Scripts and Select Art from 25 Years of Animation. It is by everyone's favorite animation guru/Cartoon Brew writer Amid Amidi, who also wrote The Art of Pixar Short Films several years ago. A while back, he was set to write The Art of Toy Story 3, but then announced that he wouldn't be anymore; many believed he had a falling out with Pixar, but now it appears that the exact opposite is true.
It looks like the 320-page hardcover book will land just in time for Christmas, around early November. . . And I can't wait to get my hands on it! 320 pages of Pixar at my fingertips... Oh boy!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
New 'Cars 2' Trailer, Retro Posters, and Hi-res Stills!
Above you will find a full, extended, super awesome trailer for Pixar's upcoming film Cars 2. Below, you will find a collection of just-released stills. Click to massively embiggen. . .
And here is the pièce de résistance, a collection of retro Cars 2 posters (courtesy of Empire), straight from Emeryville, California. Click these to embiggen, too. . . Boy oh boy, would I want a print of that London poster for my wall.
I'm still questioning Cars 2. As I've been saying all along, it looks like it has great characters, spectacular animation, and even a cohesive plot, but I just don't see any room for the coveted "Pixar heart" that they've had in every film since Luxo, Jr. But I'm not going to pass judgment on the film just yet. If anyone's earned my trust and respect, it's Pixar. I'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt until I see the film later this year.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
The Real 'Up' House
No, your monitor isn't broken. The image to the left is accurate and real--a team at National Geographic created Carl Fredricksen's house and tied 300 helium-filled weather balloons to it!! Although the house wasn't actual size, it was still fairly large at 16 by 16 feet, and flew at an altitude of 10,000 feet for over an hour.
This is quite possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen.
This was done for a new National Geographic TV series, How Hard Can it Be?
Check out Gizmodo for some more info and pictures.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
'Toy Story: Hawaiian Vacation' Clip
Disney/Pixar just released the above clip from Toy Story: Hawaiian Vacation, the upcoming short that will be attached to Cars 2.
EW spoke with the short's director, Gary Rydstrom, who discusses how all of the original voice actors came back for the short, and also how his favorite part involves a singing Mr. Pricklepants.
Interesting....
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