Tag: Toy Story
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This Disney Animation Division Never Made Movies & Was Nicknamed Pixaren’t
Do you ever find yourself looking fondly back at the Disney animated classics of the early 2000s? Monsters Inc. 2: Lost in Scaradise? Finding Nemo 2? Toy Story 3, sans the incinerator? Don’t feel too bad if those aren’t ringing a bell – they were never made. These are the films that were being worked…
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Makers of Lightyear flop among Pixar job cuts by Disney
Director and producer of Toy Story spinoff lose roles after $200m production brought in just $226.7m in global ticket salesWalt Disney’s Pixar Animation Studios has eliminated 75 positions including those of two executives behind the box office disappointment Lightyear, sources said on Saturday, the first significant job cuts at the studio in a decade.The cuts…
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Will Poulter Was Mistaken for Sid From ‘Toy Story’ During L.A. Trip, Combats Focus on His Looks: ‘I’m Not Conventionally Attractive’
Will Poulter revealed in a recent GQ magazine interview that he was mistaken for the “Toy Story” villain Sid by a moviegoer during a recent trip to Los Angeles.The actor, who recently joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Adam Warlock in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” spoke out on often being reduced to his…
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Why a ‘Toy Story’ TV Series Would Work Better Than A Movie
With the announcement of a brand-new Toy Story movie now in the works at Pixar Studios, fans seem to be rather divided on how they’ve been reacting to the news. While some have expressed excitement at getting to see their favorite toy characters setting off on a new feature-length adventure, others seem to be a…
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‘Toy Story 2’ Was Nearly Lost Forever
When Toy Story was released in 1995, it made movie history and forever changed how most animated movies were made. In the early 1990s, animated films were as hot as ever, thanks to huge Disney hits like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King. Their style of hand-drawn animation was…
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‘Toy Story’ Movies Ranked According to Rotten Tomatoes
Beloved characters Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), and friends are coming back to screens for new adventures. Disney CEO Bob Iger recently announced that a fifth installment of the incredibly successful Toy Story franchise is in the works at the company. While plot details are still a mystery, this new installment will surely…
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Face/Off Review: Nicolas Cage and John Travolta Rock My Face Off
There are certain films that not only change the landscape of films but the way we see film. The Jazz Singer popularized the idea of “talkies” in the 1920s. Jaws brought about the idea of the summer blockbuster. Toy Story introduced the first completely CGI movie. Oh yeah, and there was that time a bunch…
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Toy Story 2 Ending Explained: A Moving Allegory For The Stages Of Life
When Pixar’s “Toy Story” first hit theaters in 1995, it was pure magic. Making close to 30 million during its opening weekend, the film went on to inspire a full-on franchise with “Toy Story 2” coming out four years later. Today, there are three true sequels to the original film, as well as the recently…
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Spellbound: Everything We Know So Far
With the release of Luck, Skydance Studios entered the realm of animation for the first time. This was also the first film produced for Skydance Animations by John Lasseter, a former head at Disney/Pixar Animations. Lasseter was appointed to lead Skydance Animation in 2019, and together with Paramount Animation and Ilion Animation Studios, the company…
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Tom Hanks Has Mixed Feelings About The Idea Of Joining The MCU
It seems like everyone and their mom has joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There are Academy Award-nominees and winners alike in the casts of the film and TV series like William Hurt, Natalie Portman, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Tilda Swinton, Rachel Weisz, Angelina Jolie, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Bale, Charlize Theron ……