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| Disney movies through to 2012: Cars 2 is coming |
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| POSTED Tuesday, April 08, 2008 04:06:06 PM |
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he Walt Disney Studios unveiled a diverse and ambitious slate of 10 new animated feature films from Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios to be released through the year 2012 at a New York press conference held today by **** Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, and John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios:
The line-up includes new films from Disney and Pixar's accomplished team of filmmakers, and features vocal performances by such top celebrity talents as John Travolta and Miley Cyrus (Bolt), Reese Witherspoon, Billy Connolly and Emma Thompson (The Bear and the Bow), Anika Noni Rose and John Goodman (The Princess and the Frog), as well as return engagements by Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and the rest of the "Toy Story" vocal ensemble (Toy Story 3). The roster of new animated features includes six new films from Pixar Animation Studios, four from Walt Disney Animation Studios, and the first four in a series of direct-to-DVD films featuring Disney Fairies from DisneyToon Studios. Starting later this year with the release of Disney's (Bolt), all Disney and Pixar animated features will be presented in state-of-the-art Disney Digital 3-D(TM). Additionally, newly converted 3-D versions of the beloved classics, Toy Story and Toy Story 2, are set to debut in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
Among the upcoming animated films on the 2008 release schedule are WALLE (Pixar) from Academy Award.-winning director/writer Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) opening nationwide June 27th; (Bolt) (Disney) from the talented new directing team of Chris Williams and Byron Howard, due in theatres on November 26th; and the Disney DVD and Blu-ray release of Tinker Bell, the first in a new franchise of original entertainment set in the world of Fairies, on October 28th. The Studio's 2009 animated slate includes the summer release of Pixar's first 3-D feature, Up, from director Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc.) and co-director Bob Peterson, the Christmas Day release of Disney's original animated fairy tale The Princess and the Frog from acclaimed veteran Disney directors John Musker and Ron Clements (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules) and the Disney DVD and Blu-ray release of Tinker Bell North of Never Land (working title). 2010 brings the highly anticipated return of Buzz and Woody in the Disney Digital(TM) 3D summer release of Pixar's Toy Story 3 directed by Lee Unkrich (Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc.); followed by the Christmas arrival of Disney's version of the classic fairy tale, Rapunzel, featuring the directing debuts of animation legend Glen Keane and directing partner Dean Wellins, and the Disney DVD and Blu-ray release of Tinker Bell A Midsummer Storm (working title).
In the summer of 2011, Pixar's newt marks the directing debut of multiple Oscar.-winning sound designer Gary Rydstrom. Christmas 2011 brings Pixar's first fairy tale, The Bear and the Bow, from acclaimed filmmaker/writer Brenda Chapman (The Prince of Egypt). The Disney DVD and Blu-ray release of Tinker Bell A Winter Story (working title) also debuts in 2011. The year 2012 will mark the return of Lightning McQueen, Mater the tow truck, and an international cast of favorite and new car characters in Pixar's Cars 2, directed by Brad Lewis (producer of Ratatouille). Scheduled for Christmas 2012 from Walt Disney Animation Studios is King of the Elves, an adaptation of a Philip K. **** short story, directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker (Brother Bear).
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My top movies of 2009
1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2. Star Trek
3. District 9
4. Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Transformers 2
6. Terminator Salvation
7. Watchmen
8. This Is It
9. Inglorious Basterds
10. Bruno
11. Wolverine
12. Friday 13th
13. Monsters Vs Aliens
14. Angels and Demon's
15. Hannah Montana |
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