Tag: Finding Dory
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Andrew Stanton Had To Fight For Buzz To Go Into Spanish Mode In Toy Story 3 [Comic-Con]
The “Toy Story” franchise is known for its Randy Newman theme song, “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” but apparently, the Spanish Buzz Lightyear who appears in “Toy Story 3” did not have a friend in everyone as the movie was being made. Lucky for him, he had Andrew Stanton in his corner.As a director,…
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Lightyear Director Angus MacLane And Producer Galyn Susman On Metanarrative And More [Interview]
Director Angus MacLane and producer Galyn Susman have been heavily involved in numerous Pixar projects going back decades. Susman’s first credit as an associate producer came with “Ratatouille” in 2007, and she later produced several Pixar shorts and TV specials. Her first credited feature as a producer was for “Toy Story 4,” and she returns…
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‘Revolver’: Beatles-Themed Comedy Will Star Maya and Ethan Hawke
Real-life father and daughter Ethan Hawke and Maya Hawke will star together in Revolver, a comedy about a young woman trying to get very close to the Beatles after a plane carrying the Fab Four unexpectedly lands in her hometown of Anchorage, Alaska. Wall-e and Finding Nemo/Finding Dory director Andrew Stanton is set to helm…
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‘Knives Out’ and ‘Queen & Slim’ Hope ‘Frozen II’ Leaves Some Leftovers Over the Long Thanksgiving Weekend
After delivering the fourth largest domestic opening for an animated title ever and the largest global debut ever for an animated title, Frozen II enters the Thanksgiving frame with sights set on a $100+ million five-day performance and perhaps a couple more records along the way. In addition to Frozen II’s anticipated dominance, Lionsgate will…
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‘Toy Story 4’ Crosses $1 Billion, Fifth Disney Film to Hit Global Box Office Landmark in 2019
Disney has its fifth billion dollar movie of the year, as “Toy Story 4” crossed $1 billion at the global box office on Wednesday night since debuting on June 20.It has earned $421.8 million domestically and is the fifth-highest grossing film domestically of all time. This year alone, Disney boasts “Avengers: Endgame,” “The Lion King,”…
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Disney Has Already Broken Its Own Annual Global Box Office Record With $7.6 Billion
The 2019 box office was predicted to be a year of Disney domination, and that has proven to be all too true as the studio has broken the all-time annual global box office record in just seven months thanks to Marvel films like “Avengers: Endgame” and its latest release, “The Lion King.”The previous record had…
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The 50 best films of 2018 in the UK: No 9 – Coco
Mexico’s Day of the Dead unearths family secrets in a Pixar animation whose impact has grown since its relatively low-key releaseSee the rest of the UK countdownThe best culture of 2018Last year, on its Us release, this charming Pixar animation didn’t even make our American top 50 films of 2017 list: that may have been…
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‘Incredibles 2’ Hits $1 Billion at Box Office Faster Than Any Animated Film
After seven weekends in theaters and with releases in several major overseas markets still to come, Disney/Pixar’s “Incredibles 2” has hit $1 billion at the global box office, doing so faster than any other animated film in history.The sequel to Brad Bird’s hit 2004 film is also the 36th film in box office history to…
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What ‘Incredibles 2’ Says About the Modern Superhero Craze
Out of the many filmmakers whose careers have soared thanks to working at Pixar Animation Studios, just two have leapt from animation to live-action: Andrew Stanton and Brad Bird. Stanton was the director of the 2012 science-fiction adventure John Carter, which sadly wasn’t able to break out at the box office, so just a few…
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‘Incredibles 2’ Delivers Record-Shattering $180 Million Opening Weekend
Disney and Pixar’s Incredibles 2 delivered a massive opening weekend debut, not only shattering the previous opening weekend record for an animated film, but finishing with one of the top ten openings of all-time for a film of any genre. Additionally, Warner Bros.’s R-rated comedy Tag debuted in third position while Sony’s Superfly fell short…