The Cars films has to be my least favourite of Pixar’s works, but kids tend to love them and they made a fair amount of dosh for the animation studio. Also, to quote the great and wise Yoghurt: “MERCHANDISING!” And that’s something Pixar’s new paymasters, Disney, certainly will not pass on, hence Planes. We’ve already seen the announcement of comedian/actor Dane …

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Y’know, not every film that Pixar releases, happens to be actually be Oscar material. Take Cars for instance. Yeah, it’s a fun movie, but compared to the majority of the Pixar library, it finishes in last place. Pixar then went on to make a second Cars film a few years later, and that’s a movie which didn’t even finish. It …

With the exception of the Toy Story franchise, Pixar has only ever done one sequel, Cars 2, but that automobile ended up backfiring and smoking up the place. Now the acclaimed animation house is back in with their second attempt at a follow-up movie, and hoping they can avoid the same fate by swapping the “se” for a “pre”, with prequel …

If there’s one thing that I admire about Pixar, it’s that they’re always thinking ahead. They’ve got films in the pipelines for years to come, and with projects that take several years to be completed, it’s a wise decision to have an eye on the future. One such film was announced a couple of years back already, and would see …

I grew up on cartoons. Instead of sportsmen or great leaders, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck were my role models. Which, if you know me personally, certainly explains a lot (I would still be willing to sacrifice an appendage for a real life portable hole). But animation can be used for more than just gags involving coyotes and really fast …

Movies based on real-life video games franchises have a lukewarm reputation at best. Films centred on fictional games have tended to fare a bit better – think Tron and The Last Starfighter. Either way, the game adaptation genre levels up with Wreck-It Ralph, the latest CGI-animated comedy from Walt Disney Animation Studios (as opposed to Disney subsidiary Pixar). Last Updated: …

If there’s one thing that Pixar is good at, it’s lining up new projects for the foreseeable future. While Brave may have finished it’s run earleir this year at the theatres, Pixar currently has another four films in various stages of production, and for one such movie, they’ve recruited Derek “Safety not guaranteed” Connolly to help develop it. Last Updated: November 30, …