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Outside of being a very good filmmaker, Quentin Tarantino is also one of the most opinionated film fans around. As someone who loves cinema and studies it, Tarantino just has a lot of opinions about the industry and films.

Already teased at Disney’s D23 Expo this past August, Pixar is making some minor revisions to its upcoming TV slate. Pixar Animation Studios revealed a sneak peek at two new upcoming Pixar TV series—the first of its kind for the company— the limited, four-part series “Dream Productions,” a spin-off of “Inside Out,” and the all-new original series “Win or Lose” featuring the intertwined stories of different characters as they each prepare for their big championship softball game.

You probably will remember the drama that surrounded “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” after its release last year. The film was universally beloved by fans and critics, but that didn’t stop folks who worked on the film from speaking out about the reportedly terrible working conditions during production of the animated film.

Beyoncé has revealed her favourite film of 2024.In her cover interview for GQ‘s October issue, the artist was asked about the music and films that are currently inspiring her, before sharing some of her top picks of the year so far.“I love and respect all of the female singers-songwriters who are out right now.… Raye, Victoria Monét, Sasha Keable, Chloe x Halle, and Reneé Rapp,” she began. “I love Doechii and GloRilla, and I just heard That Mexican OT, he’s from Houston….

Pixar have confirmed that Incredibles 3 is now in production, and have announced a spin-off series for Inside Out.The animation studio made a series of project announcements at Disney’s Entertainment Showcase Panel on Friday (August 9), also sharing that the already-announced Toy Story 5 will be receiving a 2026 release.Incredibles 3 was not given a firm release date, but it was announced that Brad Bird, who directed both of the previous films, as well as The Iron Giant and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, will also return to helm the third instalment in the superhero franchise.The Inside Out series – their first ever such series – will be titled Dream Productions and will hit Disney+ in 2025. It is set between the first two films and will explore the studio inside Riley’s mind where her dreams are literally made.“This is our first original series, and we wanted to do something unique and bold, unlike anything we’ve done before,” said Pixar veteran Pete Docter at the showcase.It follows on from the recent cinema release of Inside Out 2, which is the highest-grossing film of 2024 so far, the highest-grossing Pixar film ever and the second highest-grossing animated film of all time, after the 2019 version of The Lion King.The film reconnects with Riley, now 13 years old, whose emotions from the first film are now joined by Anxiety, Embarrassment, Envy and Ennui.

released the film’s first full-length trailer online.The footage introduces characters new (Moana now has a little sister) and familiar, like her pet pig Pua and the Kakamora, a band of dart-blowing coconut-clad pirates.Johnson also announced that he’d be continuing his long-running work on Disney projects to create a “Monster Jam” live-action movie.The studio did not announce any updates to Johnson’s other Disney project, the live-action “Moana,” that is in development.Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni teased the May 2026 Star Wars film “The Mandalorian & Grogu,” which they said only started filming recently. Favreau said he felt compelled to “put something together” for the showcase and showed a brief clip featuring the title characters, as he put it, “on a whole new journey.”Law spoke about “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,” announcing it will be coming to Disney+ on Dec.

Pixar Animation Studios’ Chief creative officer, Peter Docter, took the stage tonight at D23 in Anaheim, California. While we he gave updates on “Toy Story 5,” the “Inside Out” Disney+ spin-off, a new film called “Hoppers” and other projects.

Pixar Animation Studios’ Chief creative officer, Peter Docter, also the director of “Inside Out,” “Up,” and “Soul,” said earlier today that the animation company would reveal the existence of a new animated film in Anaheim tonight. Sure enough, at Disney’s D23 Expo, Pixar announced a new film called “Hoppers,” which has been dated for March 6, 2026.

Pixar Animation Studios’ Chief Creative Officer Peter Docter took the stage tonight at D23 in Anaheim, California, and while we already recapped new details unveiled about “Toy Story 5” and a new 2026 film called “Hoppers,” there are more Pixar-related news. Disney’s beloved animation house also revealed some about their “Inside Out” spin-off series.  Titled “Dream Productions,” the series is set in “Inside Out” character Riley’s dream world.

It’s a slow Friday in August, and Walt Disney Studios has taken the opportunity to update its future calendar, including a rash of new mystery dates for 2026 and 2027. Of course, that does get into some significant Marvel Studios updates.

The Numbers reported.The sixth installment in the “Despicable Me” franchise, which stars its Minions, a species of little yellow henchmen, helped the franchise to become the first animated one to reach $5 billion at the global box office, according to Deadline.The horror movie “Longlegs,” starring and produced by Nicolas Cage, came in second, with sales of $10 million. The Post called the film, where Cage plays a serial killer, “one of the best horror movies of the past several years.”“Inside Out 2,” which was in second place last Friday, fell down a notch to third, with just over a $6.1 million-dollar take.On Wednesday, it surpassed 2018’s “Incredibles 2” to become Pixar’s biggest worldwide earner of all time, as per The Hollywood Reporter.“Fly Me to the Moon,” a rom-com drama starring A-listers Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, landed in fourth, with close to $4.5 million in revenue.

The Numbers reported.The film, the third installment in the “A Quiet Place” franchise, centers around New York City during an alien invasion and stars Lupita Nyong’o, whom the New York Times says “commands the screen.”It is projected to enjoy earnings of $53 million this weekend, according to Variety, which would be the highest opener for the franchise.“Inside Out 2,” which was No. 1 for two weeks in a row, fell to second place, with $17.1 million in sales.The Disney/Pixar flick, which was released on June 14, has already earned $902.9 million globally, and is expected to surpass the $1 billion-dollar mark this weekend, according to Deadline.“Horizon: An American Saga,” the Western produced and directed by, and starring Kevin Costner, landed in third, with a $4.1 million-dollar take.

It’s no secret that theaters are struggling, and 2024 was shaping up to be another disappointing year. You know it’s a rough year when we’re already at the end of June, and “Dune: Part Two” is the highest grossing film worldwide ($711 million).

just as joyous for “Inside Out 2.”The Pixar sequel collected $100 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, setting a new record for an animated movie in its follow-up frame in theaters.The previous best second weekend for an animated title was the $92 million for “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” Only six movies ever have had better second weekends.In just a week and a half, “Inside Out 2” has become 2024’s highest-grossing film to date with $724.4 million globally, including $355.2 million in US and Canadian theaters.That passes the $711.8 million worldwide total of “Dune: Part Two.” “Inside Out 2” will likely blow through the $1 billion mark in about a week, which would make it the first film since “Barbie” to do so.The extent of the “Inside Out 2” success startled Hollywood, which had grown accustomed to lower expectations as the film industry watched ticket sales this year slump about 40% below pre-pandemic totals, according to data firm Comscore, before “Inside Out 2” came along.The record haul for “Inside Out 2,” though, recalled past years when $1 billion grosses were more commonplace for the Walt Disney Co.It is also a much-needed blockbuster for Pixar, which after experimenting with direct-to-streaming releases, reconsidered its movie pipeline and approach to mass-audience appeal.Now, “Inside Out 2,” which dipped a mere 35% from its $154 million domestic debut, is poised to challenge “The Incredibles 2” ($1.2 billion) for the all-time top grossing Pixar release.It could also steer the venerated animation factory toward more sequels.

The Numbers reported.The story, a sequel to 2015’s “Inside Out,” centers around a 13-year-old dealing with her new emotions of Anxiety, Envy, Embarrassment and Ennui, which are all characters in the film.It already took home the title of highest earning film of 2024 so far, surpassing “Dune: Part Two,” which was released in March. “Inside Out 2’s” earnings domestically are already $285.7 million, which beat the sci-fi flick, which took in $282 million, according to Variety.It also has the potential to surpass “The Super Mario Bros.

Inside Out 2.” The animated sequel earned $155 million in ticket sales from 4,440 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, according to studio estimates Sunday.Not only is it the second-highest opening weekend in Pixar’s 29 years of making films and the second-biggest animated opening ever (behind only the $182.7 million launch of “Incredibles 2” in 2018); It’s also the biggest of 2024, and since “Barbie.” With an estimated $140 million from international showings, “Inside Out 2” had a staggering, and record-breaking, $295 million global start.Tony Chambers, who heads theatrical distribution for Disney, was confident that the film would do “extremely well.” But even he was surprised at how much it exceeded already high expectations.“People go to the theaters for great movies,” Chambers said.

The Numbers reported.A sequel to 2015’s “Inside Out,” it chronicles a teenager’s journey with four new emotions — Anxiety, Envy, Ennui and Embarrassment, which are all also animated characters in the movie. The Post called the film “nice, but not as good as the original.”It is projected to enjoy an up to $100 million domestic opening weekend, which could make it the highest grossing movie of 2024 so far, according to Forbes.“Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” which was No.

Inside Out,” with a voice cast led by Amy Poehler, which returned it to the inventive glory days of “Toy Story” and “Ratatouille.” Almost a decade later, Pixar’s crisis is now existential. Its fortunes at the box office have plummeted, the movies often stink, it’s been forced to lay off staffers and is quickly losing its once-dictatorial grip on American childhoods.

We are going to take a wild guess that when you first heard the news that 2015’s Oscar-winning “Inside Out” was getting a follow up you immediately thought, “Oh, no. Not a sequel to a beloved animated movie.

Lately, the news over at Pixar has been more about cost-cutting and focusing on established brands. Not necessarily the stuff you’d hope to see from one of the most creative studios on the planet.

How quickly times change. There once was an era when Pixar didn’t think it needed sequels and could just go from original story to original story.

After “Elemental” was the studio’s biggest hit since “Toy Story 4,” Pixar hopes to continue its commercial bounce-back with another sequel, “Inside Out 2.” Smart move on Pixar’s part: the 2015 original film was the animation studio’s last true critical darling, making several critical top 10 lists that year. To be fair, other recent Pixar films have scored well with critics too, but “Inside Out 2” still needs fresh take on its premise for everyone to take it seriously.

Grossing $858.8 million worldwide and finishing its theatrical run as the seventh-highest-grossing film of 2015, Pixar’s “Inside Out” was a smash sensation for the company, with glowing reviews from audiences and critics. While there was a time when Pixar insisted it would not just churn out sequel after sequel for many of its properties and perhaps not make any at all for certain properties, the allure of doing “Inside Out 2” proved too tempting for the studio.

MEXICO CITY — Mexican actor Ana Ofelia Murguía, who gave voice to the character of “Mama Coco” in the popular Pixar film “Coco,” has died, Mexican officials said. She was 90.Mexico’s National Fine Arts Institute announced Murguía’s death Sunday without providing a cause of death.“She leaves an enormous void on our country’s sets,” Culture Secretary Alejandra Frausto Guerrero said in a statement.“Coco,” which was released in 2017, brought Murguía to an international audience late in life.But the actor had a long acting career in Mexican film and television, and on the stage.She appeared in some 70 plays and 90 movies, including ‘Life Sentence’ (1979) and ’The Queen of the Night’ (1994).In the animated “‘Coco,” she voiced the soft-spoken great-grandmother of a boy discovering his family’s musical history.In April, the National Autonomous University of Mexico awarded Murguía its Ingmar Bergman Medal for leaving “an indelible mark” on Mexican film and theater.In her acceptance speech, Murguía displayed her typical humility, asking “Why me?” She said she was exhausted by all of the recognition and plaudits.“This career has been my life,” Murguía said.

Hey, when you think about it, 2023 started off strong, right? “M3GAN” was fun. Ariana Debose reminded us that “Angela Bassett did the thing.” The Oscars were an “Everything Everywhere All At Once” celebration.

If there is any “brand” under the Disney umbrella that has seemingly been hurt the most since COVID began in 2020, it’s Pixar. What was once the premier animation studio in the entire film industry has turned into a struggling branch of the Disney content factory, with three of its last five films being sent straight to Disney+.

If you had listened to the media industry pundits on Sunday, June 18th, Disney and Pixar had another disappointment on their hands. Peter Sohn’s “Elemental,” just the second Pixar film to open directly in theaters since the end of the pandemic, earned just $29 million in the U.S.

The Good Dinosaur. We then move through time to roughly the 10th century where we find Merida, the princess trying to save herself (and her mum), and be Brave by showing she doesn’t need to marry a suitor – fair given her age, 16.

Disney’s Pixar has unveiled a new trailer for Inside Out 2 this week (November 10) and Stranger Things actress Maya Hawke will star in the new film as “anxiety”.The new film comes more than a decade after the original Inside Out was released in 2015. That film was set inside the mind of a young girl named Riley and explored her emotions including Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger as her world changed around her.In the latest film, Riley is now a teenager and experiences a new emotion – Anxiety – which is voiced by Hawke.In the teaser trailer, viewers see what a significant effect Anxiety has on Riley in a short time as signified by the sound of an emergency alarm and a wrecking ball coming into view.“I’m Anxiety,” Hawke says to the other emotions in Riley’s head.

After a string of movies that did poorly at the box office, Pixar looks to a critical hit from last decade to change their fortunes.

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.The action spy flick, which the Post lauded as “summer’s best movie,” was released in select theaters on Monday, with a wider release on Wednesday.“Sound of Freedom,” which is in third last week, moved up to the No. 2 spot, earning close to $7.5 million.

With poor box office numbers so far for Pixar‘s “Elemental” and James Mangold‘s “Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny,” Disney sees itself in the middle of its worst theatrical slump in a long time. And it arguably started back in March with “Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania,” which made less than $500 million worldwide and suffered the steepest second-week drop at the domestic box office of any Marvel film.

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.The Jennifer Lawrence-led flick centers around a 32-year-old bartender and Uber driver who accepts a job to date a 19-year-old from a Craigslist ad created by his parents.Rolling Stone said the A-List actress is “easily the best thing in this comedy about a woman hired to ‘date’ a shy high school senior — yet not even foul-mouthed, no-filter J-Law can save this mess.”“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” crawled up to second place after being in third last week, earning 5.7 million. There was buzz from fans that a sequel to the flick would be released in March, but that rumor was dispelled from an anonymous artist who worked on the movie.“There’s no way that movie’s coming out then,” the employee dished to Vulture.“Everyone’s been fully focused on Across the Spider-Verse and barely crossing the finish line.

The Post noted in a review that called the flick “solidly entertaining.”The film is tracking to open in the $70 million range over the long Father’s Day and Juneteenth weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Next in line was Pixar’s new animated adventure film “Elemental,” which grossed $11.8 million in its opening night on Friday. It could end up being Pixar’s lowest debut, wrote the blog Slashfilm.The family flick is set in a New York-esque metropolis inhabited by anthropomorphic wind, water, fire and Earth citizens, and is sweet but underwhelming, said The Post.“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” took third in the box office, raking in $8.1 million.

the struggling animation studio has picked their most rudimentary characters ever — fire and water. Far from the ingeniously realized robot in “Wall-E” or the scrappy rodent chef of “Ratatouille,” here simple flames gab, droplets ride the subway and blades of grass work office jobs. Fire riding a bicycle — really? The movie walks a fine line between clever adventure and Pixar self-parody.Running time: 103 minutes.

As we prepare for the release of Pixar’s newest film, “Elemental,” it’s time to start thinking about the future. And we know Pixar loves to tease the next thing right as they release the current film.