Tag: Inside Out
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‘Onward’ Leads Box Office With Ho-Hum $40 Million
Disney and Pixar’s “Onward” debuted this weekend to $40 million, enough to lead box office charts but still a somewhat disappointing start given the studio’s sterling track record when it comes to animated fare. Internationally, the film brought in $28 million for a global tally of $68 million.“Onward,” a fantastical adventure about two teenage elf…
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‘Float’ Director Bobby Rubio on Unconscious Bias and Pixar’s First Filipino American Character
Bobby Rubio, who made his directorial debut with Pixar’s animated short “Float” on Disney Plus earlier this month, has worked at Pixar as a story artist since 2012, contributing to “Inside Out,” “Incredibles 2” and “Brave.” But “Float” broke new ground as the first Pixar work to feature a Filipino American animated character.The short tells…
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Mindy Kaling: ‘I was so embarrassed about being a diversity hire’
The star of The Office and The Mindy Project has defied typecasting by writing her own roles – and working very hard. She talks about Late Night, her new film with Emma Thompson, remaking Four Weddings, and her own real life rom-com“Oh my God, I can’t believe you’re doing it again, you’re insane! I love…
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Mindy Kaling Created Her Own Opportunities (and Doesn’t Plan on Stopping)
Over the course of two hit sitcoms, a couple of best-selling books and some scene-stealing turns in Hollywood blockbusters such as “Ocean’s 8” and “Inside Out,” Mindy Kaling has cultivated an image as a kinder, gentler and more relatable star than most. On Instagram or Twitter, where she routinely shares parenting anecdotes and restaurant recommendations,…
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PGA Awards: ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Wins Animated Film Prize
Sony’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” has won the animated movie award at the Producers Guild Awards.“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” topped “The Grinch,” “Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs,” and “Ralph Breaks the Internet.” The last three PGA winners in animation – “Coco,” “Zootopia,” “Inside Out” – have also won the Oscar.The fifth season of “Last Week…
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Film News Roundup: Ticket Sales Launch on Brie Larson’s ‘Captain Marvel’
In today’s film news roundup, “Captain Marvel” has begun ticket sales, Yara Shahidi is named an awards ambassador, and SAG-AFTRA has reached an agreement with New York Public Radio.TicketingOnline ticket sellers Fandango and Atom Tickets have launched sales of Brie Larson’s “Captain Marvel” a full two months before the Disney-Marvel tentpole opens.The gap between the…
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Brie Larson Kicks Ass in New ‘Captain Marvel’ Trailer
Disney-Marvel has dropped a new trailer for Brie Larson’s “Captain Marvel” during Monday Night Football.In the trailer, which features an old lady who can also kick butt, Larson’s Captain Marvel begins to question her history after she start remembering her previous life on Earth — before she became part-Kree and a superhero. The trailer also…
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Pixar/Disney Will Be in Good Hands as Pete Docter and Jennifer Lee Replace John Lasseter
The John Lasseter era is really over at Pixar and Disney with Tuesday’s promotions of Pete Docter and Jennifer Lee as chief creative officers of the respective animation studios. They’ve been the frontrunners all along to succeed Lasseter (set to leave Disney and Pixar at year’s end after allegations of workplace sexual harassment), and they…
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DisneyLife: living the Disney dream 24/7
The animation giant’s UK-only streaming service offers round-the-clock Mary Poppins, Frozen outtakes and value for moneyThis week sees the home entertainment release of Coco, Pixar’s sweet-souled, lantern-lit melange of Mexican lore with Hollywood hero’s-journey corn. It’s the animation superpower’s most purely charming film in several years: not as concept-y and clever-clever as Inside Out, not…
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‘Captain Marvel’ Adds Annette Bening
Annette Bening has joined the cast of “Captain Marvel,” sources tell Variety.Bening will most likely play the superhero’s mom in the film.Brie Larson stars in the titular role, with Jude Law, Ben Mendelsohn, and Gemma Chan also on board.“Half Nelson” helmers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck are directing, while Kevin Feige is producing the Marvel…