I ain't no dumb-ass, I know Pixar have two sequels on the way, but the point is, these sequels aren't going to cause the biggest fluctuation in suicide rates since Paranormal Activity, like Cars 2 did. No, these are the good sequels, the kind you get when you combine childhood memories with magic mushrooms. Monsters University promises to live up to the standards of it's predecessor, and if you think that's all they're gonna spit out at us, you're probably right for about a year or so... but then! The Good Dinosaur hits our screens May 30th 2014 (a little over a year from now...) and we're just mind blown again by Pixar's naming team. Toy Story = Story about toys... Monsters Inc. = Company of Monsters... A Bug's Life = About the life of a bug... they're just full of brilliance aren't they!
The Good Dinosaur was announced in 2011, although many fans noticed some hints in Up: B-roll 1 which is a promotional trailer for the movie up... see if you notice (if you can't find the the promo trailer 'cause I can't and I have to tell you I searched Google twice, nothing)! However, here's what John Lasseter told us about the upcoming movie:
"They are kind of cartoony but they are dinosaurs; they are not walking around with clothes on or anything like that, they still are kind of dinosaurs. We focused on mostly the plant-eaters, not the carnivores… Their society becomes more of an agrarian society, meaning farmers. They become farmers. It’s a very funny story about a certain way of life that a young dinosaur has trouble fitting into and he ends up going on this quest. He kind of messes up and he has to put everything right by going on this quest and on that quest he meets this our character that is an outcast from his society too and so the two of them form this bond and it becomes this unique kind of story…"And there you have it... The Good Dinosaur folks! Technically, doesn't the title imply other dinosaurs are bad? I wonder...
Now on top of this, we have the upcoming Finding Dory scheduled for release on 25th November 2015... I'm hoping they don't screw this up, I'm praying they do it right, so dear lord don't let Dory go missing, because I don't think that's going to fair well with viewers. Andrew Stanton is returning as director, with Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks making another appearance as Dory and Marlin, respectively. The movie is said to be about Dory being reunited with her family but other than that, not much else is known, other than that Nemo and The "Tank Gang" are returning! Oh yes bitches! Jacques is back, the guy sounds like somebody James Bond would defend England from! Except the movie is set off the coast of California, so the England shit just ain't happening... Here's DeGeneres hilarious comment about the movie and Pixar.
"I have waited for this day for a long, long, long, long, long, long time. I'm not mad it took this long. I know the people at Pixar were busy creating Toy Story 16. But the time they took was worth it. The script is fantastic. And it has everything I loved about the first one: It's got a lot of heart, it's really funny, and the best part is—it's got a lot more Dory."They have been very busy with Toy Story 16 haven't they? It's like that movie Shrek 5: Can't Believe People Still Pay To See This. Official movie guys...
We still haven't mentioned the movie I'm getting quite excited for (whoever just thought that i'm excited because it's based on a little girl is just sick, I know one of you did -__- I'm watching you!). A new theme to explore for Pixar is inside the mind, which is where Inside Out comes in. Inside Out is to be released on June 19th 2015 and is against the backdrop of a young girl's mind, and is about the human mind and the young girl's emotions. I think this will be brilliant if they add the creative spark which they always manage to squeeze in (no matter how unneeded secret agents are in a movie about racing cars, they manage to fit it in). Here's a synopsis of the movie from the Disney panel at CinemaCon:
"Pixar takes audiences on incredible journeys into extraordinary worlds: from the darkest depths of the ocean to the top of the tepui mountains in South America; from the fictional metropolis of Monstropolis to a futuristic fantasy of outer space. From director Pete Docter (Up, Monsters, Inc.) and producer Jonas Rivera (Up), the inventive new film will take you to a place that everyone knows, but no one has ever seen: the world inside the human mind."Okay, so it;s really just telling you about everything you ever watched, but still, the latter half of the last sentence is good. Here's a little bit more of a detailed description from John Lasseter's interview with Charlie Rose:
"Pete [Docter] has this way of constantly trying to figure out something that we’re all familiar with in some way… he’s constantly looking for these kinds of things. You look at people oftentimes and they do something to make you go “What are they thinking?” or it’s like how a song gets stuck in your head and you just can’t get it out. Little quirky thing like this that we all do. Certain emotions just seem to take us over, anger or happiness, where you start giggling and laughing and you can’t stop. He thought “I want to take a look at that, explain that.” His idea is that the emotions of this little girl are the characters and it takes place in the head of this little girl, and shows how they control things that go on. It’s very, very clever and it’s truly unlike anything you’ve ever seen, yet it explains things you've seen."Sounds pretty amazing if you ask me, but they will have to explore more detailed concepts of the mind than just emotion for me to be hooked, I am a Vulcan as you all know... Anyway here is some concept art...
And our final Pixar movie of the day is untitled as of yet, but is centered around Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead as you may be more familiar with. Barely anything is known, but an estimated release date I'd say would be the latter half of 2016 (latter twice in one post, we're getting fancy here). The movie's working title is The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dia de los Muertos and here is the official synopsis and some concept art:
"From director Lee Unkrich and producer Darla K. Anderson, the filmmaking team behind the Academy Award®-winning Toy Story 3, comes a wholly original Pixar Animation Studios film that delves into the vibrant holiday of Día de los Muertos"
Sorry the concept art is so small, small images to start with, but stay tuned for more news tomorrow :D
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