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Disney’s “Moana” (opening November 23rd) boasts several animation breakthroughs: It will be the first major movie ever translated into Tahitian; the teenage heroine (voiced by Hawaiian newcomer Auli’i Cravalho) has no love interest; and, it’s the first CG feature directed by Disney hand-drawn vets John Musker and Ron Clements (“The Princess and the Frog,” “Aladdin,” “The Little Mermaid”).
“Moana” also marks the feature producing debut of Osnat Shurer, who was in charge of the shorts program at Pixar (“Lifted,” “One Man Band,” “Boundin'”), and later jumped to Disney to head development before getting the promotion. However, Musker said her pre-Pixar experience was just as valuable; before she joined the animation house in 2002, she’d served as an independent documentary producer with shoots in India, Tibet, China, Japan, Israel, and Turkey.
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“Moana” also marks the feature producing debut of Osnat Shurer, who was in charge of the shorts program at Pixar (“Lifted,” “One Man Band,” “Boundin'”), and later jumped to Disney to head development before getting the promotion. However, Musker said her pre-Pixar experience was just as valuable; before she joined the animation house in 2002, she’d served as an independent documentary producer with shoots in India, Tibet, China, Japan, Israel, and Turkey.
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- 11/3/2016
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Pixar Animation Studio announced that they are developing a new and original project for Disney, and that it will be released on November 27th 2013. The film is not a sequel to any of their previously released titles. Disney doesn't reveal anything else on the project. No title, no story details.
I went and did a bit of research seeing if I could find anything on this new Pixar film project, and I've come across a couple different things that I will run by you.
It was previously reported that Pete Doctor (Up) was working on a new project back in 2009 telling New York Magazine,
I’m mostly focused on the next film that I have in development already. That one I just started. We finished Up, I took some time off, spent some time in Europe and Japan doing publicity over there, so I’ve only been on this for like a couple weeks.
I went and did a bit of research seeing if I could find anything on this new Pixar film project, and I've come across a couple different things that I will run by you.
It was previously reported that Pete Doctor (Up) was working on a new project back in 2009 telling New York Magazine,
I’m mostly focused on the next film that I have in development already. That one I just started. We finished Up, I took some time off, spent some time in Europe and Japan doing publicity over there, so I’ve only been on this for like a couple weeks.
- 6/20/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
The Incredibles (Blu-Ray)Walt Disney Home Entertainment2004/Rated PG/Running Time 115 minsList Price: $45.99 – Available April 12, 2011With amazing strength and popularity amongst superheroes, Bob Parr is Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) a hero with a heart of gold who battles criminals one moment and saves kittens in a tree the next. While rescuing a suicide jumper who didn't want to be saved, Bob ignites a public fury against superheroes, soon finding themselves facing one lawsuit after another, causing the government to develop a "Superhero Relocation Program". Fifteen years later, Bob has settled down and married the beautiful Helen a.k.a. Elastigirl (Holly Hunter), whose powers rival those of Mr. Fantastic and Plastic Man and has given him three wonderful children. Missing the fast and furious life as an adventurer, Bob is now stuck in a dead end job at an insurance company whose sole purpose appears to be robbing its customers blind.
- 4/22/2011
- LRMonline.com
tuesday thursday top ten: for the listmaker in me and the listlover in you
What follows is a reworking of a post originally published in 2007. It's two years later and you know what that means: Pixar has given us two more classics. Up brings their feature film count to ten. You know what Ten means: Top Ten Time!
Pixar by Preference
Cars (John Lasseter, 2006) 117 min.
Pixar's only dud. Chief among its problems: the anthropomorphics were forced. Let me get this straight: Cars as bugs on windshields of cars as cars who act like humans and they even sleep in hotels for cars -- What? What? It's not quite Shark Tale in the realm of painful "they're just like us!" pandering but it's not 'good' either. I would give it a second chance except it's also Pixar's longest feature... too long by about 23 minutes. Thankfully, they seem to have reversed their bloated running time trending.
What follows is a reworking of a post originally published in 2007. It's two years later and you know what that means: Pixar has given us two more classics. Up brings their feature film count to ten. You know what Ten means: Top Ten Time!
Pixar by Preference
Cars (John Lasseter, 2006) 117 min.
Pixar's only dud. Chief among its problems: the anthropomorphics were forced. Let me get this straight: Cars as bugs on windshields of cars as cars who act like humans and they even sleep in hotels for cars -- What? What? It's not quite Shark Tale in the realm of painful "they're just like us!" pandering but it's not 'good' either. I would give it a second chance except it's also Pixar's longest feature... too long by about 23 minutes. Thankfully, they seem to have reversed their bloated running time trending.
- 5/31/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
'Nemo' lands 9 at Annie Awards
Pixar Animation Studios crashed across the 31st annual Annie Awards like a tropical storm Saturday, sweeping up every category in which it was nominated. The Northern California studio's computer-animated fish tale Finding Nemo netted nine awards -- best animated feature, directing, writing, music, production design, voice acting, character animation, character design and effects animation -- during a ceremony at the Alex Theatre in Glendale. Pixar's short-film division also claimed a win for writer-director Bud Luckey's Boundin'. Luckey thanked Pixar "for the shirt on his back," noting that his luggage was still somewhere in Phoenix. Despite the euphoria that comes with such a dramatic sweep, many of Pixar's Annie winners gave acceptance speeches tinged with sadness. The comments mostly were in response to news this month that Pixar has ended negotiations with Walt Disney Studios to renew a 10-year-old production and distribution agreement.
- 2/9/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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