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Interview: ‘Turning Red’ Filmmaker and Pixar Vice President of Creative Domee Shi Discusses Telling Personal Yet Universal Stories
Pixar is a very special home for a creative storyteller. The way they’ve cultivated individual voices, while telling acclaimed stories that still manage to make oodles of money? That’s rare. So, it’s always a pleasure to talk to someone who’s on the inside of the company. Last week, I had the opportunity, getting some time […] More
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Awards Radar Community: If You Saw ‘Lightyear’ This Weekend…What Were Your Thoughts?
This weekend, Buzz Lightyear returned to the big screen with Pixar’s release of the pseudo origin story Lightyear. With the hook of the film being that this is the movie Andy from Toy Story watched to make him want Buzz in the first place, it feels like something slightly more than just a cash grab. […] More
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Film Review: ‘Lightyear’ is an Entertaining Sci-Fi Adventure for All Ages That Goes to Infinity and Beyond
Buzz Lightyear is obviously not the only reason why the Toy Story franchise is so beloved, but he’s certainly a piece of the puzzle. So, making Lightyear, an origin story for the character (of sorts, as you’ll see), is a bit of a risky proposition. Then again, Disney and Pixar didn’t hesitate to make Toy […] More
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Interview: ‘Lightyear’ Director and Producer Chat About Pixar’s Latest Work of Art
For those of you who don’t know, Pixar is my favorite studio. Animation is my favorite medium, and the film that pretty much started my love of film happened to be Toy Story. Oh, I also happen to be the exact same age as Andy. So when I say that I’ve been waiting my entire […] More
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Interview: The Creative Minds Who Make The ‘Lightyear’ Visuals Soar: Greg Peltz & Jeremy Lasky
There’s a lot of Buzz about Lightyear and with good reason. I was recently given access to screen about 30-minutes of footage from the highly anticipated animated adventure. I have been dying to discuss it and can now finally reveal just how amazing it is. What I saw goes beyond the Toy Story world where […] More
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‘Turning Red’ Is About Much More Than A Big Red Panda
Viewers will take away many things from Turning Red. The new animated feature film from Pixar tells the a story that viewers may feel like is their own with one big furry exception. Thirteen year old Mei Lee (voiced by Rosalie Chiang) is a wonderful daughter, a spirited friend who just happens to turn into a twelve […] More
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Film Review: ‘Turning Red’ Finds Pixar Exploring the Beast That is Puberty
What if Pixar made Teen Wolf for younger girls? The result is Turning Red, the company’s latest animated event. This is an interesting current period of time for Pixar, as they’ve seemingly fallen short of greatness on a consistent basis, while still putting out incredibly strong animated fare. Of course, being really good instead of […] More
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Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’ to Go Straight to Disney+
Pixar’s next film and half of their 2022 slate, Turning Red, will skip its theatrical release amid the Omicron surge and go straight to Disney+ instead, the studio announced today. The film is set to release on March 11. This marks the third Pixar film to be affected by the ongoing COVID pandemic. Soul, which […] More
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New Trailer and Poster Released for Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’
The latest Pixar film will mark its first theatrical release since 2020’s Onward. More
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‘Lightyear’ Teaser Takes Us “To Infinity and Beyond”
This Wednesday morning, Disney and Pixar released the teaser trailer and poster for their upcoming film, Lightyear. The film is set to be released on June 17, 2022. This new sci-fi action/adventure from Pixar follows the origins of Buzz Lightyear, voiced this time by Chris Evans, the man who inspired the toy and many generations […] More
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Interview: Director Louis Gonzales and Producer Courtney Casper Kent Discuss Disney Pixar’s Wrestling-Themed Short ‘Nona’
As discussed in our article for Aphton Corbin’s Twenty Something, Disney Pixar’s SparkShorts series has been a big success at giving promising filmmakers a platform to create something personal and exciting. This time around, Nona gives Louis Gonzales his first taste of directing after many years of working in animation – and he knocks it […] More
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Interview: Aphton Corbin Discusses Her Wonderful Disney Pixar Short Film ‘Twenty Something’
Disney Pixar’s SparkShorts series has been an exciting short film series that has allowed a variety of talented animated filmmakers to flourish in recent years. The idea of the project is to allow new stories to be told and to give the opportunity for filmmakers to flex their talent. ‘Twenty Something,’ directed by Aphton Corbin, […] More