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Disney and Pixar released the first full trailer for their new film Elemental. Leah Lewis (Nancy Drew) will voice Ember Lumen, along with star Mamoudou Athie (Jurassic World: Dominion) as Wade Ripple. The project features Pixar veterans like director Peter Sohn (The Good Dinosaur) and producers Pete Docter and Denise Ream. The script comes from Brenda […]
Disney has green-lit sequels to Frozen, Toy Story, and Zootopia. The announcement was made by CEO Bob Iger during the company’s Q1 earnings call on Wednesday. “Today I’m so pleased to announce that we have sequels in the works from our animation studios to some of our most popular franchises, Toy Story, Frozen, and Zootopia,” Iger said, as reported by […]
María Salud Ramírez Caballero, the woman believed to have been the inspiration behind the character Mama Coco in the 2017 Disney and Pixar film Coco , passed away on Sunday. She was 109. Her death was confirmed via Twitter by Roberto Monroy, Secretary of Tourism for the Mexican state of Michoacan. Caballero died in her […]
The best animated movies of all time, like the other best movies of all time, encompass a cornucopia of emotions: celebration, heartbreak, joy, grief, excitement, and anger. Animated movies have a long history of tackling both the more mundane aspects of everyday life, in a comedy or otherwise light-hearted film, to serious global and political issues in […]
This year’s D23 Expo hasn’t disappointed. The semiannual event kicked off Friday with a slew of trailers for the most anticipated Disney films, including Hocus Pocus 2, Mufasa: The Lion King, Disenchanted, and The Little Mermaid live-action remake. However, Day 2 generated even more buzz, as it delivered additional sneak peeks and major announcements for Marvel and Star Wars projects. Though some of the footage was exclusive […]
Twitter users are applauding a Disney World employee for making sure Black children weren’t snubbed during a recent parade. According to TMZ, the now-viral moment was captured by a father who recently accompanied his children to the Orlando theme park. The clip shows a parade in which a worker dressed as Toy Story’s Woody notices two Black kids cheering from the […]
Tim Allen wasn’t too impressed by the new Lightyear movie. The 69-year-old actor shared his thoughts during a recent interview with Extra, explaining why he wasn’t involved in the flick, despite voicing Buzz Lightyear in the first four Toy Story films. Allen claimed he chose to “stay out” of the project because he didn’t believe it had […]
Pixar isn’t invincible after all. Despite its ties to the studio’s beloved Toy Story franchise, Lightyear opened with just $51 million at the domestic box office, Variety reports. While it does mark the best opening for an animated film since the pandemic started, it fell well short of industry expectations. In fact, it failed to […]
Chris Evans spoke candidly about criticism towards the same-sex kiss that’s featured in the Disney and Pixar animated film Lightyear. “The real truth is those people are idiots,” Evans told Reuters Television. “Every time there’s been social advancement as we wake up, the American story, the human story is one of constant social awakening and growth and […]
Pixar has reportedly reinstated a same-sex kiss scene in its much-anticipated Lightyear film. A “source close to the production” told Variety the decision was made recently, amid widespread backlash over Disney’s slow response to the “Don’t Say Gay” bill controversy. The animated flick has Chris Evans as the voice of Buzz Lightyear, who, in this telling, is a person who inspired the Toy Story action […]
