Tag: Up
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Box Office: Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ Underwhelms With 51 Million Debut as ‘Jurassic World’ Stays No. 1
To infinity and beyond? Not exactly…“Lightyear,” a spinoff story set in Pixar’s “Toy Story” universe, fell short of that boundless milestone in its box office debut, collecting a lackluster 51 million from 4,255 North American theaters. Family audiences, the movie’s prime demographic, have been largely absent since Covid. But even so, those ticket sales are…
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Listen To The First Track From Pixar’s Lightyear Score
Michael Giacchino has already dropped what’s sure to be one of the best soundtracks of the year with “The Batman,” and now, the composer is back at it again with “Lightyear.” Ahead of the Pixar film’s June premiere, Disney Music’s Vevo channel has made the first track from the soundtrack available on YouTube. The tune,…
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Seymour Wishman, First Run Features President and ‘Sex & Justice’ Co-Director, Dies at 79
Seymour Wishman, a longtime producer, writer, legal expert and president of First Run Features, died on Jan. 29 at a family home in Bridgewater, Conn., his daughter Samantha confirmed to Variety. He was 79.Over the past 38 years, Wishman had served as president of First Run Features. During his time at the N.Y.-based independent film…
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Cool Stuff: Mondo Gives Pixar’s Up Score The Vinyl Soundtrack Treatment
The folks at Mondo are adding yet another banger title to their limited vinyl soundtrack releases. This time they’re continuing their streak of releasing Michael Giacchino’s work with one of his most iconic and influential scores. That’s right! Pixar’s “Up” is getting the white glove treatment complete with absolutely gorgeous cover art by Nicole Gustaffson and…
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‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ Featurette: How the Disney+ Series is Picking Up the Mantle
Following its debut, fans and critics alike noted how much The Falcon and the Winter Soldier felt like a continuation of the style and scope of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — an action series that could deliver in Hollywood-sized spectacle. But while executive producer Nate Moore notes in a new The Falcon and the Winter…
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Votd: Pixar’s ‘Up’ Gets the Anime Opening Treatment
What if Up was an anime? It’s a question no one was really asking, but one we got the answer to thanks to Pixar’s recently released Pixar Remix video, which condenses the entirety of the beloved 2009 Pixar film into a cheery two-minute anime opening. And it’s awesome. Watch the Up anime opening below. Pixar…
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Remembering Michael Apted: How the ‘Up’ Series Shaped Cinema… and Its Director
Michael Apted was 22 when he joined the crew of “Seven Up!,” a British made-for-television documentary that profiled 14 children from different class backgrounds. That made him 15 years senior to his subjects, with whom he maintained contact, establishing an almost familial connection that spanned more than half a century.Apted did not direct the original…
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I raised my kids on Pixar – and it has ruined classic cinema for them | Zoe Williams
Having grown up on Toy Story and Up, this generation has zero tolerance for slow pacing or only mild amusementI was recently scrolling through Christmas films at the cinema opposite the kids’ school, picturing the happy scene where I arrive unexpectedly outside the gates, on 17 December or thereabouts, wearing flashing reindeer horns, and bear…
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‘Up’ and ‘Lost’ Composer Michael Giacchino Unveils First Track from His Debut Solo Album — Exclusive
Since getting his start in composing over three decades ago, Michael Giacchino has covered a lot of ground: video games, working with J.J. Abrams on “Lost” and “Star Trek,” scoring Pixar films like “Coco” and “Up” (for which he won an Oscar), and most recently on the upcoming “The Batman.” So when the pandemic struck…
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Daisy Ridley and the Duplass Brothers are Churning Up Some Audio Entertainment for Your Listening Pleasure
Podcasts were already enjoying something of a resurgence in popularity and quality before the pandemic hit. Now in the age of coronavirus, their audiences have grown even more as people are desperate to find new entertainment to keep them occupied while being stuck at home. With podcasts and audio storytelling at large earning more attention…